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	<title>Comments on: The Public Option Trigger: Naïveté, Insanity, or Trickery?</title>
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		<title>By: Mauimom</title>
		<link>http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/14/the-public-option-trigger-naivete-insanity-or-trickery/#comment-54415</link>
		<dc:creator>Mauimom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Donna Edwards&#039; child &amp; mine were in the same class at a small local high school.  She&#039;s a good person; I hope she can hold out against Rahm &amp; his minions.

I reiterate my thoughts about VanHollen.  As head of the DCCC, he ought to be hearing stories like yours.  I fear he is too beholden to the &quot;establishment&quot; of the party [read Rahm + Obama], but assuming your letter can get through to him, it should make a point.

Dems ought to realize how many people like you are out there, have always been &quot;good Democrats,&quot; have relied on the Dems to do the right thing by them, and are disappointed by the Dems waffling and caving to the special interests.

We &quot;ordinary people&quot; have long memories, and if the Dems are going to back this crazy &quot;mandate thievery,&quot; folks are going to be reminded every time they open their paycheck and see the increasing deduction for &quot;health insurance&quot; [sic].  Or when they get the notice from the IRS telling them they have to pay a penalty for not signing up for health care piracy.

You can only do what you can do, but kudos to you for whatever you&#039;re doing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Donna Edwards&#8217; child &amp; mine were in the same class at a small local high school.  She&#8217;s a good person; I hope she can hold out against Rahm &amp; his minions.</p>
<p>I reiterate my thoughts about VanHollen.  As head of the DCCC, he ought to be hearing stories like yours.  I fear he is too beholden to the &#8220;establishment&#8221; of the party [read Rahm + Obama], but assuming your letter can get through to him, it should make a point.</p>
<p>Dems ought to realize how many people like you are out there, have always been &#8220;good Democrats,&#8221; have relied on the Dems to do the right thing by them, and are disappointed by the Dems waffling and caving to the special interests.</p>
<p>We &#8220;ordinary people&#8221; have long memories, and if the Dems are going to back this crazy &#8220;mandate thievery,&#8221; folks are going to be reminded every time they open their paycheck and see the increasing deduction for &#8220;health insurance&#8221; [sic].  Or when they get the notice from the IRS telling them they have to pay a penalty for not signing up for health care piracy.</p>
<p>You can only do what you can do, but kudos to you for whatever you&#8217;re doing.</p>
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		<title>By: facethemusic</title>
		<link>http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/14/the-public-option-trigger-naivete-insanity-or-trickery/#comment-54408</link>
		<dc:creator>facethemusic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Negotiating a trigger is tantamount to deciding how many uninsured people is an acceptable number. It&#039;s saying &quot;things as they are now are OK, but if it gets X% worse, then we&#039;ll act.&quot;

It&#039;s a bitter pill that, after running an inspired and inspiring national campaign, Obama cannot bring himself to make the compelling moral argument for the public option.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Negotiating a trigger is tantamount to deciding how many uninsured people is an acceptable number. It&#8217;s saying &#8220;things as they are now are OK, but if it gets X% worse, then we&#8217;ll act.&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a bitter pill that, after running an inspired and inspiring national campaign, Obama cannot bring himself to make the compelling moral argument for the public option.</p>
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		<title>By: Elliott</title>
		<link>http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/14/the-public-option-trigger-naivete-insanity-or-trickery/#comment-54405</link>
		<dc:creator>Elliott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ground zero, to be sure</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ground zero, to be sure</p>
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		<title>By: ThingsComeUndone</title>
		<link>http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/14/the-public-option-trigger-naivete-insanity-or-trickery/#comment-54403</link>
		<dc:creator>ThingsComeUndone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;The health insurance industry itself admitted that they will fail to bring down premiums if the Baucus bill is enacted.
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

  Then what is the point of the Baucus bill except to screw us?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>The health insurance industry itself admitted that they will fail to bring down premiums if the Baucus bill is enacted.
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<p>  Then what is the point of the Baucus bill except to screw us?</p>
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		<title>By: JClausen</title>
		<link>http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/14/the-public-option-trigger-naivete-insanity-or-trickery/#comment-54402</link>
		<dc:creator>JClausen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have been actively encouraging my Congresscritter Bruce Braley to run. 

Vilsack is not a dirty word in Iowa, however. Grassley need to go. 

I&#039;ll take my chances with Monsanto*g* This is Iowa after all( the home of BIG AGRA)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been actively encouraging my Congresscritter Bruce Braley to run. </p>
<p>Vilsack is not a dirty word in Iowa, however. Grassley need to go. </p>
<p>I&#8217;ll take my chances with Monsanto*g* This is Iowa after all( the home of BIG AGRA)</p>
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		<title>By: foothillsmike</title>
		<link>http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/14/the-public-option-trigger-naivete-insanity-or-trickery/#comment-54401</link>
		<dc:creator>foothillsmike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We have enough industry reps in congress.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We have enough industry reps in congress.</p>
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		<title>By: Loo Hoo.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Loo Hoo.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, she&#039;s a dem, and it would be hard to beat Grassley in the obnoxious department.

Another OT from Raw Story:

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Honduran negotiators reached agreement Wednesday on a plan to restore President Manuel Zelaya to office and end a political crisis triggered by his ouster in a June coup.&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, she&#8217;s a dem, and it would be hard to beat Grassley in the obnoxious department.</p>
<p>Another OT from Raw Story:</p>
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<p>Honduran negotiators reached agreement Wednesday on a plan to restore President Manuel Zelaya to office and end a political crisis triggered by his ouster in a June coup.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: ThingsComeUndone</title>
		<link>http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/14/the-public-option-trigger-naivete-insanity-or-trickery/#comment-54399</link>
		<dc:creator>ThingsComeUndone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Snowe has no GOP pull Rahm only has pull with Dems if this passes Harry Reid and Obama own it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Snowe has no GOP pull Rahm only has pull with Dems if this passes Harry Reid and Obama own it.</p>
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		<title>By: foothillsmike</title>
		<link>http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/14/the-public-option-trigger-naivete-insanity-or-trickery/#comment-54397</link>
		<dc:creator>foothillsmike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>But not be replaced by a senator from Monsanto</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But not be replaced by a senator from Monsanto</p>
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		<title>By: Elliott</title>
		<link>http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/14/the-public-option-trigger-naivete-insanity-or-trickery/#comment-54396</link>
		<dc:creator>Elliott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I for one will be happy to see old Grumpypants go</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I for one will be happy to see old Grumpypants go</p>
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