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Tuesday August 18, 2009 · 3:39 PM PDT

2009/08/18 · 15:39

All the August commotion over HCR has been tough on President Obama and all supporters of progressive change. The town hall shout downs and media disinformation have taken a toll. It came to a fever pitch Sunday with the HHS Sibelius comment that "the public option is "not the essential element" to health insurance reform and Drudge's white flag. Doom was the mood on Monday.

Today as I watch endless news on the cable and surf the internets something seems to have changed. I see less "death panel" nonsense and town hall wackos coverage, more defenders of the public option and critics of co-ops, more GOP painting themselves into the corner of no.

I hear a lot of snark in Kos comments about Obama the chess master or political ju jit su. But could it be that he has made a great move by floating the no public option balloon? Has he changed the conversation by making himself the villain? Ju jit su or luck I think the argument has turned, and in our favor.

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So what changed the conversation

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So what changed the conversation

Ju jit su

3 votes

pissed off progresives

8 votes

media ethics

0 votes

cosmic imperative

1 vote

ME ME ME !

1 vote

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Monday August 17, 2009 · 6:25 PM PDT

2009/08/17 · 18:25

HCR legislation is still in development with much to be done to
consolidate the bills in each chamber and then merge the two. At that point HCR will be at the mercy of the House, Senate, and President Obama any one of which has the power to kill the bill. Only agreement of all three will make it law, basic School House Rock stuff. The question becomes who should use that power and under what conditions?

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What should happen?

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What should happen?

The House stands its ground and HCR is killed in conference

32 votes

The House compromises POTUS Vetoes

5 votes

The bill becomes law.

6 votes

Oh my, 200 days. What are you doing?

krllos

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Sunday August 09, 2009 · 10:53 PM PDT

2009/08/09 · 22:53

To all my friends who are so upset with Pres. Obama and sympathetic to this diary Oh, my President. What are you doing? please stop and think about what you are saying.

Obama has been in office for 200 days. He has snatched the economy from the brink of the abyss W. left us facing. He is rebuilding our international reputation and cleaning up the neo-con mess in Iraq and Af-Pak. He has seated the first Hispanic justice. Health care reform has made more progress in congress than it did under the last seven POTUS. And there is much more that I am to lazy to list.

krllos

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Thursday October 30, 2008 · 11:40 PM PDT

2008/10/30 · 23:40

Nothing gets me fired up and ready to go like some good music. And as we head into the 2 minute drill mode in this campaign I thought it might be nice to compose a diary of political "jock jams" Enjoy or don’t

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Which is the best music to vote to

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Which is the best music to vote to

Party Song by_Catch 22

2 votes

PUBLIC ENEMY - FIGHT THE POWER

12 votes

Black Flag-Rise Above

2 votes

L7 - Pretend weÂ´re dead

1 vote

Dead Kennedys - California Ãoeber Alles

0 votes

Megadeth - Peace Sells

1 vote

MC5-Kick out the Jams

3 votes

Rossini William Tell Overture

2 votes

Tom Morello: This Land Is Your Land

6 votes

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Oh my, 200 days. What are you doing?

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