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Here’s a roundup of commentary I’ve seen the past few days on the state-based progressive bloggers regarding the Senate health care bill (aka, “LieberCare”) and related topics. Enjoy! *Not surprisingly, Minnesota Progressive Project loves the “Senate smackdown” of Joe Lieberman (I-”Insurance Industry”) by Al Franken (D-MN). They ask, “Can you imagine what this exchange would [...]

Reactions from state-based progressive bloggers to the Senate health care deal are starting to trickle in. Here’s a short sampling. *Ohio Daily Blog writes: Swell. Democratic Senators have apparently negotiated themselves under the table and killed the public option according to AP. Get ready for the spin. *At Blue Commonwealth (VA), one “front pager” writes [...]

On paper at least, Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas is a Democrat. As we’ve seen recently, though – particularly on health care reform and the public option – she sometimes has a very funny way of showing it. Apparently, there are Democrats in Arkansas who are feeling this way as well. One of them has [...]

Now this is how you frame an issue! Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana says we should stop reforming health care so we can concentrate on killing Afghans. This is how monstrous the right wing mindset has become: killing is a higher priority than healing. We can borrow to wage war but we cannot borrow to [...]

Check out Blue Arkansas for a fascinating interview with Wendell Potter, chief corporate spokesman for CIGNA before becoming a whistleblower and health insurance reform advocate. Here’s how Potter describes his “transformation from insurance company insider to whistleblower and advocate of reform.” Well, about 2 yrs before I left I began worrying about some of the [...]

North Decoder has a story that would be hilarious if it weren’t so…on second thought, it’s hilarious! :) This has got to be the most dishonest piece of corporate bull that I have seen in some time. Blue Cross wants a better bottom line and they’re not ashamed of it. If you are a Blue [...]

As usual, there’s a lot of good stuff being written on the state blogs. Here’s a sampling of what’s out there right now. 1. Brian Leubitz on Calitics has an excellent article on the Republican’s “big idea” of selling insurance across state lines. The problem? “It will encourage states to be more permissive to insurance [...]

So sad. :( Nigel Coleman, chairman of the Danville Tea Party, says the local property owner hosting the rally asked him to pull the plug. “We will not be going forward with the plan,” a crestfallen Coleman told me by phone moments ago. “We had to cancel it. The property owner won’t allow us to [...]

Please post to your Facebook wall and RT on Twitter — this needs to go viral Is this great or what? Thank you Rabbi Fish! “The moral imperative for our time is clear. Anyone whose guide in public policy is conscience, anyone who argues that faith and religious traditions should direct our actions, such a [...]

Thanks to Betsy Muse from BlueNC for the following “Voices from the States” update on health care, the public option, etc. Most people outside of North Carolina have a hard time understanding our politics. We are lumped in with southern states and most people, it seems, think of us as conservative. Until the state voted [...]