Bipartisanship, Health Care Reform & The Benefits Of Compromise

Gallup: Obama’s Approval Among Independents At 38%
With the discouraging employment numbers coming out earlier this week (even though the unemployment rate dropped) and the seeming unpopularity of many of the administration’s...

UPDATE: CNN’s Broken Government Features Independent Panel
UPDATE: CNN’s Don Lemon with Independent Panel TONIGHT: Omar Ali, Joe Gandelman and Nicole Kurokawa on Broken Government 7:20pm — Ok, just heard from Don Lemon, independent panel...

Obama Sums Up Health Care Debate
If you can watch the following 20 minutes, it’s hard to argue that the President’s proposals are anywhere close to radical. In fact, some of the more “radical” parts...

Obama, GOP fail to reach accord on health bill (AP)
AP - Giving no ground, President Barack Obama and Republican leaders fought forcefully for their competing visions of historic health care reform Thursday in an exhausting, often-testy...

Tom Tancredo Pulls Tea Party Further Down In The Muck
The Tea Party protests last spring could have been the start of something important in American politics had it not been for the vocal group of far right wingers who insisted on leveling all...