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For Ben Nelson, 65 percent is the new majority.

Sarah Palin has finished her memoir four months after reaching a book deal — a little too fast, says Andrew Sullivan.

Micheal Moore lays out 13 problems with the current health More…

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Health care is a question not only of ideology, but also of geography.

Obama goes to Denmark to pitch Chicago’s Olympics bid.

As the Senate Finance Committee takes a Yom Kippur break, a liberal group pushes Baucus on the public option.

But Harry More…

The Waiting Room

Here’s a quick wrap-up of today’s health care news.

One day before the Senate Finance Committee is set to present the nearly 600 proposed amendments to Chairman Max Baucus’s (D-Mont.) health care plan, the amendments presented by fellow “Gang of Six” member, Sen. Olympia Snowe’s (R-Maine), made More…

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Former community organizer Obama was never a believer in mass protests.

Obama thinks ACORN should be investigated — but doesn’t specify by whom.

Think Obama’s Secret Service has a tough job? Clinton’s team had to rescue a half-naked — and fully drunk — More…

The Waiting Room

Here’s a quick wrap-up of today’s health care news.

Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today presented his long-awaited proposal to overhaul health care. While Baucus calls his $856 billion plan (though in a letter to Baucus, the Congressional Budget Office estimated the bill would cost More…

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Obama calls Kanye a “jackass” — off the record.

The framework of Baucus’ plan could be presented to the Finance Committee today.

And the plan’s already getting attacked from all sides.

Roxanne Wilson asked her husband, “Who’s the nut who hollered out ‘You lie’?”

Most Republicans More…