Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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Buzzards Circle Bipartisan Effort

NYTimes fronts story on Dems "set to go it alone" on health reform, Politico reports WH "prediction" of party-line vote. EXCERPTS: Read them here. Gibbs pushes back: "The president has said countless times he will work with anyone from any party... we continue to be hopeful that we can get bipartisan support." [...]

Health Care Chat

Obama holds conference call with faith leaders Wednesday afternoon to discuss health insurance reform. Later: He'll call into BlogTalkRadio for health care interview at 5 pm ET.

Landslide

Marist poll finds if Obama went up against Palin in 2012 he'd win with 56% of the vote while Palin would get 33%. MORE STATS: Get them here.

Pre-Election Violence

Attacks around Afghanistan Wednesday kill at least six election workers a day before the presidential vote. But: Police raid Kabul bunker, kill three militants.

Scores Dead in Baghdad Attacks

At least 75 are killed and more than 300 injured Wednesday by a wave of violence in Iraq's capital.

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Why August Does Not Matter

August has been bad for Barack Obama. No doubt about it. He has been stuck repeating the same talking points for a health plan that he can't get through Congress--largely because of dissent within his own party--while the media busies itself alternately covering the virulent, if contained, backlash to his proposal, and trying to cut [...]

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