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McCAIN WOULD DRIVE UP HEALTH CARE COSTS FOR FAMILIES, WHILE BENEFITING HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES

By Toby Chaudhuri
April 29th, 2008
04/29/2008

Sen. John McCain’s health care plan would dismantle the employer-provided system that covers more than 60 percent of non-elderly Americans and drive up health care costs, according to experts responding to the announcement of his proposal today. An average family could see their health care costs as much as double under the McCain health care plan, according to an analysis by the Campaign for America’s Future.

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Why Clinton is going to become the Nader of 2008

By Michael Kwiatkowski
April 23rd, 2008

Everyone's talking about Hillary Clinton's win in Pennsylvania yesterday over rival Barack Obama. Ten whole percentage points: may I make whoopee in my pants, now? It's still not enough to help the senator supposedly representing New York catch up to the one supposedly representing Illinois in terms of pledged delegates. more »

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Health Care Horror Stories

From nytimes.com
April 11th, 2008
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nytimes.com — Not long ago, a young Ohio woman named Trina Bachtel, who was having health problems while pregnant, tried to get help at a local clinic. Unfortunately, she had previously sought care at the same clinic while uninsured and had a large unpaid balance. The clinic wouldn’t see her again unless she paid $100 per visit — which she didn’t have.

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What exactly was behind Obama's purge of delegates in California?

By Michael Kwiatkowski
April 11th, 2008

Stop me if you've heard this one. Yesterday MyDD reported that the Obama campaign had wiped over nine hundred delegates in California from its list of chosen representatives for the national convention in August. more »

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The Polarizer and The Unifier: A Reasoned Look

By Gus Wynn
From opednews.com
March 30th, 2008
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opednews.com — As it drags on, the Hillary-Obama debate gets more vicious - we've now seen polarization across gender, race, age, class and ideology. But we've also seen many firsts: cleaner campaign fundraising, record turn-outs, record youth blocs, record first-time voter blocs, and a new "standard for candor". Can you guess which candidate is the divider and

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Obama and Clinton Forces: Why Can't We All Just Get Along?

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March 16th, 2008
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huffingtonpost.com — The Fighting Between The Two Major Democrats Has To Get Under Control Or We Are Handing The Republicans Another Four To Eight Years In The White House. The Very Dirty Politics Of Race Has No Place In The United States Political Arena. No More DEMOCRATIC Mud Slinging By Surrogates and Fellow Democrats, Please! As Progressives, lets set the example!

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A mistake that never should have been made.

By Michael Kwiatkowski
March 10th, 2008

You've just got to feel sorry for Hillary Clinton. She just can't seem to do anything right in this campaign. It's not just her underestimation of the Clinton Rules, under which anything she says or does -- no matter how innocent or mundane -- is transformed into some conniving attack formed from evil intentions (just look at the false hype over the "dark" ad). more »

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This does the left no good.

By Michael Kwiatkowski
March 6th, 2008

Looks like Moulitsas still can't let go of the paranoid "Clinton darkened Obama in her ad" conspiracy theory. more »

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The Do's and Don'ts of Campaigning: Clinton and Obama Edition

By Michael Kwiatkowski
February 27th, 2008

Earlier I posted the Do's and Don'ts of campaigning against Ralph Nader, because it is quite obvious that as in 2004, far too many Democrats are going to waste badly needed time and energy trying to eliminate him from the ballot -- time and energy that can and should be spent selling the Democratic nominee. more »

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