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Isakson backs off criticism of deathers

Looks like the deathers got to Johnny Isakson, the Georgia Republican who authored Senate legislation providing Medicare coverage for end-of-life planning. Yesterday, Isakson slammed deather claims about the House bill… Read more »

Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open Thread

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If We Didn't Have ...

... an idiot press, we wouldn't need this:... Read more »

Presidential pushback on "deather" conspiracy theories

As ABC's Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller note, President Obama pointed out the amusing detail that one of the key authors of the provision twisted by Sarah Palin and others… Read more »

Rove's Involvement In U.S. Attorney Firing

What a shock: White House e-mails show that former White House political adviser Karl Rove was deeply involved in the firing of a U.S. attorney in New Mexico. The documents… Read more »

Karl Rove Lying? No!

The House Judiciary Committee released thousands of documents yesterday proving what anybody who has been paying attention for the last eight years already knew, that Karl Rove is a lying… Read more »

The Blue Dogs and "Level Playing Fields"

Remember how much Blue Dog Jim Matheson loves UnitedHealth? Impressing fiscally conservative Democrats like Matheson, a leader of the House of Representatives' Blue Dog Coalition, is at the heart of… Read more »

Who are the Shouters?

The New York Times explores what they call the "Roots of Rage" at townhall meetings. Many said the Obama administration’s plans for a new health care system were just another… Read more »

Hold the Presses! A Blue Dog Looking Out for His Constituents!

In the middle of all the healthcare chaos and cynicism, this is a ray of light: U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar says there are about 267,000 people without health insurance in… Read more »

Abbreviated Pundit Round-Up

Your one stop pundit shop. Kathleen Parker sees a problem with the end-of-life section of the House health bill, and is sorry that Sarah Palin's idiotic rhetoric about "death panels… Read more »