1. Barack Obama

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Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 6:00 am

Obama Obama ran on a platform to enact the most sweeping health care overhaul in decades, and much of his focus in his inaugural year has been just that. Although some have criticized Obama’s decision to allow congressional leaders to take the reins in drafting the actual bills, there’s never been any doubt whose template they were following. And when hurdles arose (and there were many), congressional leaders were usually summoned to the White House, where the wrinkles were ironed out. If health care reform does become law next year, despite economic problems at home and national security problems abroad, it will be because of the president’s insistence.

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Comment posted December 24, 2009 @ 3:13 pm

Yeh so some of you need to start thinking about others and not”me, me me”.
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Comment posted December 24, 2009 @ 3:14 pm

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ruffian518
Comment posted December 24, 2009 @ 8:13 pm

Yeh so some of you need to start thinking about others and not”me, me me”.
I think this bill will be good for alot of people, so I'm not going to complain


yvonne
Comment posted December 24, 2009 @ 8:14 pm

Yeh so some of you need to start thinking about others and not”me, me me”.
I think this bill will be good for alot of people, so I'm not going to complain


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