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18 Jul 2011, 7:53 pm
But most intelligent, reasonably astute folks know the difference: health insurance pays the doc, disability insurance pays me (and, hence, the mortgage).Apparently, our Rocket Surgeon in Chief (RSiC) is unaware of these differences:"During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama often discussed his mother's struggle with cancer ... fighting with insurance companies that sought to deny her the coverage she needed to pay for treatment. [read post]
18 Jul 2011, 1:46 pm by Howard Friedman
According to the White House Blog, on Saturday morning President Barack Obama met with the Dalai Lama in the Map Room at the White House. [read post]
18 Jul 2011, 11:06 am by Big Tent Democrat
. - President Barack Obama I came across that video at Hullabaloo and Digby points to d-day's reaction to it. [read post]
18 Jul 2011, 11:05 am by Emily Kesler
Also, visitors to his official website could sign a petition to President Barack Obama saying they agree with Sanders’ speech on deficit reduction, which over 130,000 did. [read post]
18 Jul 2011, 11:01 am by David Ingram
President Barack Obama introduced former Ohio attorney general Richard Cordray today as his choice to lead the new consumer protection agency, saying Cordray would be an advocate for people who can't afford to hire "teams of lawyers from blue-chip law firms. [read post]
18 Jul 2011, 4:39 am by Glenn Reynolds
FLASHBACK: In 2006, Every Democratic Senator, Including Barack Obama, Voted Against Raising The Debt Limit. [read post]
16 Jul 2011, 8:33 pm by Jeralyn
You'd be hard-pressed to find someone much more right-wing than I am (my politics put me somewhere midway between Patrick Buchanan and David Duke), yet if there were only two candidates on the ballot, Barack Obama and Sarah Palin, and it was a close race, and I lived in a swing state...I'd have to to vote for Obama. [read post]
15 Jul 2011, 12:24 pm by Glenn Reynolds
MORE ON THAT 80% CLAIM: Hi, I’m Barack Obama, and I Just Make Stats Up Out of Nothing. [read post]
15 Jul 2011, 12:13 pm by David Ingram
A new academic article says President Barack Obama's legal shop has been trying to cut down on its interaction with academics, activists and Justice Department lawyers, restricting the flow of information about how Obama's lawyers select new federal judges. [read post]
15 Jul 2011, 9:54 am by Steve Davies
This time around, the Democrat in the White House is Barack Obama, and if history is any guide, counting on him to hold up a spending bill simply because it eliminates funding for species listings is probably a long shot. [read post]
15 Jul 2011, 9:46 am by Jacob Katz Cogan
McClelland, Exporting virtue: neoconservatism, democracy promotion and the end of history Oz Hassan & Andrew Hammond, The rise and fall of American's freedom agenda in Afghanistan: counter-terrorism, nation-building and democracy Jeff Bridoux, 'It's the political, stupid': national versus transnational perspectives on democratisation in Iraq Nicolas Bouchet, Barack Obama's democracy promotion at midterm James D. [read post]
15 Jul 2011, 8:13 am by J DeVoy
 In short, the moving tale Obama regularly recounts about his mother’s tragic battle with insurance companies – which was relied on heavily by the White House in pushing health care reform – is false. [read post]
15 Jul 2011, 4:42 am by Glenn Reynolds
It might have been useful to Barack Obama when he was a state senator from a college town. [read post]
14 Jul 2011, 3:41 pm by Glenn Reynolds
Obama to 47% to 39%. “Registered voters by a significant margin now say they are more likely to vote for the ‘Republican Party’s candidate for president’ than for President Barack Obama in the 2012 election, 47% to 39%. [read post]
14 Jul 2011, 10:54 am by David Ingram
The move is the latest of several within President Barack Obama’s legal shop. [read post]
14 Jul 2011, 9:22 am
But in “A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother,” author Janny Scott quotes from correspondence from the president’s mother to assert that the 1995 dispute concerned a Cigna disability insurance policy and that her actual health insurer had apparently reimbursed most of her medical expenses without argument....The book came out in early May. [read post]