Welcome to the first installment of Week in Review for Friday, January 22, 2010. Some of the top political issues and stories will be highlighted at the end of each week.
Prop 8 Trial
Wanted to direct readers to a live blogging account of the Prop 8 trial. The bloggers there are either in the courtroom or in the overflow room in San Francisco as the trial is being conducted…. Have a good read over at http://prop8trialtracker.com
And don’t forget to take the Gay or Straight Marriage Quiz!
Can’t make it any easier than this, folks…
Here is a textbook example of how to argue for the public option. This is Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) discussing the public option on Morning Joe this morning.
President Obama calls out S.C. Senator Jim DeMint for politicizing the health care debate.
Now there are some in this town who are content to perpetuate the status quo, who are in fact fighting reform on behalf of special interests. There are others who recognize the problem but believe — or perhaps hope — that we can put off the hard work of insurance reform for another day, another year, another decade.
Just the other day, one Republican Senator said — and I’m quoting him now — “If we’re able to stop Obama on this, it will be his Waterloo. It will break him.”
Think about that.
This isn’t about me. This isn’t about politics. This is about a health care system that is breaking America’s families, breaking America’s businesses, and breaking American’s economy.
We can’t afford the politics of delay and defeat when it comes to health care. Not this time, not now.
DeMint, during a conference call with conservative activists, claimed that
“If we’re able to stop Obama on this, it will be his Waterloo,” Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said yesterday “It will break him.”
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