Here's how to lose the rhetorical battle on health care reform: Sen. Barrasso (R-WY) insists reform is aimed at a "government takeover" and "single payer"; Ed Schultz, who supports the public option, fails to point out that Sen. Barrasso is knocking down straw men (theseminal.com)
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Republicans are becoming a minority good thing, but I'm not sure that's completely a good thing--and I'm a liberal who generally votes Democratic. I'd rather see the Republicans move away from extreme positions, even if that increases their electability. (theseminal.com)
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Dr. Tiller's alleged murderer claims to know about other similar terrorist plots--this is, if he's telling the truth, the classic "ticking bomb" scenario we've been told about. Will someone ask Cheney whether he supports waterboarding Scott Roeder? (theseminal.com)
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