Six months and counting, Obama's Era of Change has reached a crucial point where the push against "politics as usual" has found a test case in health care reform At his press conference last night, the President observed that "if you don't set deadlines in this town, things don't happen. The default position is inertia, because doing something always creates some people who … [Read more...] about The Upside of Inertia

This was disappointing to be sure. Even after the Democrats ran up the white flag and admitted there would be neither cap and tax nor health care reform prior to the August recess, Roy Blunt (R-Mo) initially informed us that the GOP wouldn't bother offering their own alternative to reforming health care. (Hat tip to the Plum Line.) “Our bill is never going to get to the … [Read more...] about We Don’t Need the Party of No Ideas, Guys

Yesterday, in a post about private health insurers cherry-picking and misrepresenting polling data to prevent the passage of health care reform in Congress, I wrote the following: … [Read more...] about The Status Quo Vs. Imperfect Change

Yesterday we discussed the refusal by the Secret Service to provide a list of health care executives who had visited the President at the White House to discuss policy changes. Shortly after President Obama's presser, as promised, the list was delivered. I would like to retract my previous comments and simply say, well done, Mr. President. That's what we need to see. By … [Read more...] about Sunshine! Well Done, Mr. President