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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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