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Forget Blanche Lincoln. Let’s beat Jim Bunning

Sen. Bunning: Yay for me, I have a job. For now. In the last few days, MoveOn.Org, the AFL-CIO, and other progressive causes have committed at least 4 million dollars to Arkansas Lt.

Obama pushes for quick health care reform passage

President Obama says time for debating health reform is over it’s time to vote. And if republicans won’t get on board, democrats are threatening to use a controversial technique to get it done.

SC Democrat announces plans to challenge Sen. Jim DeMint

A former South Carolina legislator and judge is entering the race against U.S. Sen.

In the News: "An impassioned demand for swift action on health care"

Here is some of the news following President Obama’s speech calling for swift action on passing health reform legislation:
Boston Globe – “Obama steps up health care pressure: Tells Democrats it’s time to bypass GOP objections”
President Obama increased the pressure on Congress yesterday to take an up-or-down vote on his health care package, calling on Senate [...]

GOP’s 2+2=4

Republican major donor target: THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY:   Photographic
evidence of closed door strategy sessions reveal Republicans targeting
“Insurance Industry” for “major” contributions.  “Amid a flap over an
embarrassing fundraising presentation, another presentation appears to
show at least one state GOP is ready to reap rewards from the insurance
industry, which could open the party up to charges that it is [...]

Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

President Barack Obama signs H.R. 4691, Temporary Extension Act of 2010, in his private office in the residence of the White House, March 2, 2010. Photo by Pete Souza

Mark Bauerlein on BAMN

Mark Bauerlein, professor of English at Emory University and author of The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30), commented on the BAMN lawsuit I blogged about last week.
BAMN is trying to overturn a California law that bars the government from discriminating against [...]

Philippine journalist recounts escape from massacre

Journalist Aquiles Zonio, one of only three survivors of the Maguindanao massacre, tells of his narrow escape and the continuing climate of fear in the region.

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