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Leading conservative economist Bruce Bartlett writes that the Obama-hating town-hall mobs have it wrong-the person they should be angry with left the White House seven months ago.
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National Dems think they’ve caught a prominent Republican in another major health care gaffe, and they say they’re planning on banging away at it all day today.
The gaffe in question: GOP Rep. Roy Blunt has now said Republicans won’t offer a health care bill of their own, breaking a previous promise. Worse, it turns out Blunt is chair of something called the “House GOP Health Care Solutions Group.”
Blunt’s quote went up online late yesterday evening:
“Our bill is never going to get to the floor, so why confuse the focus? We clearly have principles; we could have language, but why start diverting attention from this really bad piece of work they’ve got to whatever we’re offering right now?”
That’s a pretty stark admission that Republicans won’t introduce their own bill solely because they think it’s better politics to keep the focus on the Democrats.
It gets better. Head over to the House GOP Health Care Solutions Group’s Web site, and you’ll find prominent video of Blunt vowing the GOP is “drafting our own legislation.”
Wall Street Journal: IRS says Corporations used loopholes to pay 25% instead of the required 35% tax rate.
The CIA’s $1,000 a Day Specialists on Waterboarding, Interrogations - As the secrets about the CIA’s interrogation techniques continue to come out, there’s new information about the frequency and severity of their use, contradicting an 2007 ABC News report, and a new focus on two private contractors who were apparently directing the brutal sessions that President Obama calls torture.
Justice Souter To Retire From Supreme Court - Factors in his decision no doubt include the election of President Obama, who would be more likely to appoint a successor attuned to the principles Souter has followed as a moderate-to-liberal member of the court’s more liberal bloc over the past two decades.
Flawed Credit Ratings Reap Profits as Regulators Fail - As the U.S. and other economic powers devise ways to overhaul financial regulations, they have yet to come up with plans to address one issue at the heart of the crisis: the role of the rating firms.
Stanford ’surrenders’ to feds who didn’t want him - DeGuerin said he brought his client to the federal building because he wants to make it clear Stanford is available to authorities. The lawyer said he wants to avoid a “perp walk,” where an accused person is arrested and escorted in handcuffs before the media. “A perp walk will be adverse to his right to a fair trial,” said DeGuerin.
The first East Texas Online tweet!
From the White House:
We invite you to participate in our community-moderated online town hall. Submit your own question about the economy and vote on submissions from others. We also encourage you to include a link to a video of yourself asking your question (ideally 30 seconds or less), but text submissions are all you need. Come back on Thursday to watch the President answer some of the most popular submissions live at WhiteHouse.gov.
UPDATE: The online town hall will be at 11:30 AM Eastern, the voting will close at 9:30 AM.
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