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Chris Weigant: Democrats Now "All In" On Healthcare Reform

President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party are now, to use a poker term, "all in" on healthcare reform. Some may immediately respond to hearing this by saying: "Hey, Chris, you're just on an endless quest for fresh, new metaphors to describe the ...

From CHRIS WEIGANT, Huffington Post,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate

Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [102] -- Harry Reid's Glacial Progress Grinds On

Our illustrious (cough, cough) White House press corps showed it could get to the bottom of a story with impressively journalistic and probative skills this week. The story that so obviously required multiple questions to President Obama on his trip to ...

From CHRIS WEIGANT, Huffington Post,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Harry Reid,  U.S. Republican Party

Chris Weigant: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed And An Independent Department Of Justice

This column is really a second installment to yesterday's ("How To Not Give Khalid Sheikh Mohammed What He Wants"), where I took a look at two of the criticism's against Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try the accused mastermind of the 9/11 ...

From CHRIS WEIGANT, Huffington Post,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Eric Holder,  Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,  White House,  Richard Nixon

Chris Weigant: Healthcare Reform Struggle Will Not End This Year

The struggle for healthcare reform is not going to end this year. By saying that, I am not breaking any news about Harry Reid or the Senate, or even about the chances for passage of any particular bill or healthcare reform scheme before New Year's Eve - ...

From CHRIS WEIGANT, Huffington Post,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Ronald Reagan,  U.S. Senate

Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [101] -- Count Me With The Misfits

[Update: Well, it looks like Friday the 13th bit me on the hind end. I wrote the entire beginning to today's column without closely checking my facts. Therefore, it is totally and utterly wrong. Since this is the first time I've made an error of this ...

From CHRIS WEIGANT, Huffington Post,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. House of Representatives,  Joe Lieberman,  Nancy Pelosi

Chris Weigant: President Obama At Fort Hood Memorial

[Program Note: I am honoring Veterans Day this year by taking the day off. Instead of a column, today I present the transcript of President Obama's remarks at yesterday's memorial service for those killed in the tragedy at Fort Hood in Texas. I thought ...

From CHRIS WEIGANT, Huffington Post,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  National Guard,  Osama bin Laden,  Mark Todd

Chris Weigant: Cold War's End -- The Wall Comes Down

It must be a little hard to understand, for anyone reading this under the age of about 30 or so, the significance of the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago. Because one event has become historical shorthand for an immense change in the dynamics of ...

From CHRIS WEIGANT, Huffington Post,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Andrew Jackson,  White House,  Barack Obama

Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [100] -- Whigging Out

%3 I have to admit, fills me with delight as a Democrat." I will explain that silly subtitle in a moment, but first we've got to delve even deeper into rampant silliness. If such silliness and unseriousness does not appeal to you, then I strongly ...

From CHRIS WEIGANT, Huffington Post,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Democratic National Committee,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. House of Representatives,  Congressional Budget Office

Chris Weigant: One Year After Obama's Election: Still Smarter... Than The Alternative

The day before I cast my vote for Barack Obama, I wrote a column titled "Barack Obama Is Smarter Than Us." By "us," I meant the legions of us lefty bloggers out here, who second-guessed his campaign on a daily basis for nigh on two years. I included ...

From CHRIS WEIGANT, Huffington Post,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  White House,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Congress

Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch [October 2009] -- Flattening Trends

Is the absence of a trend a trend? Much like Sherlock Holmes' non-barking nocturnal canine, the remarkable thing about President Barack Obama's poll numbers last month was that nothing remarkable happened. Both trendlines were pretty flat for the month, ...

From CHRIS WEIGANT, Huffington Post,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Ronald Reagan,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Congress,  The Pentagon

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