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  • Will No One Speak for the Granny Killers?


    At TPM, Todd Gitlin defends President Obama against the obvious criticisms
     

    You can say that he's still not willing to talk to Americans straight about the need to limit high-tech medicine for the very old and very frail. Presidents won't do that.

    We have to learn to live within the constraints of our political system, I guess. ...[Thanks to alert reader R.] 2:15 P.M.

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    Hostage to Fortune Watch:

    Joe Biden --"I believe we will have a bill before Thanksgiving."

    Nancy Pelosi --"I'm confident the president will sign a bill this year."

    Joe Klein --"Congress will pass some form of health-care reform this year, probably something very close to what the President proposed." ...

    2:25 P.M.

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    Breitbart 1, National Endowment for the Arts 0. ...Update: NEA damage control lacks crisp uner-the-busness of WH damage control. ... 2:41 P.M.

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    Ambinder: Romneycare is kind of a success in Massachusetts. ... 2:46 P.M.

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