Judge to Ohio: Hands off tobacco money

A judge has permanently barred Ohio authorities from spending roughly $250 million in anti-tobacco funds on other programs and balancing the state budget.

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White House seeks health plan compromise

President Barack Obama's top health care adviser said Wednesday a compromise is within reach on a government health plan for the middle class that wouldn't drive private insurers out of business.

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Democrats seek compromise on health care plan

Democrats are seeking a compromise on a bigger government role in insurance coverage as part of President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.

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Obama says all nations had to compromise

President Barack Obama says there's no doubt that all the nations at the G-20 summit, including the United States, have had to give ground on some of their top priorities.

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Obama signals he's open to health care compromise

President Barack Obama is signaling that he's open to compromise on overhauling the nation's health care system.

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Analysis: Hope for More Iran Compromises

Iran's abrupt release of 15 British sailors and marines is raising hopes the country might compromise on other disputes, most notably its nuclear program.

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(CNN) -- Democrats call it compromise. Republicans call it bribery.

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Here's something that adds a bit of perspective to the Senate's decision to compromise by dropping the public option: The new CNN poll's internals show that the public option is more popular than the Senate health care proposal by a whopping 17 point difference.

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I have yet to see (in print) or hear a definitive plan to sink the monstrosity of a health control bill. The absence of a sound, practical solution to providing care instead of control is nowhere to be seen. My gut tells me the GOP is afraid of the wrong people.

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Message to Democrats in Senate: Strategy for success when it comes to "delivering" in real-time from a go-to "operations" manager. the frontline workers know 'how" to deliver on any project, but only when their voices are included in the planning and the bosses listen.

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Mr. President, Are you saying, "YES WE CAN" have MEDIOCRE healthcare reform?

Mr. President,

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You're a traitor Lindsey Graham!

So say conservative constituents at a town hall meeting. Why??? Because you committed to work with Democrats, and not just any Democrat... John Kerry!

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How Close is Close Enough?? Article and Poll

Suppose, just for a minute, that a candidate came along that was running for Senate. For the sake of this article, we will speak of this candidate in the masculine, but whether or not it is a man or woman is irrelevant.

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Couples dish on the stupidest and silliest fights they've ever had, and The Nest chimes in with tips on how to be sure you're fighting fair.

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The world of American politics is a wary battlefield. We take no prisoners. It is us vs. them. It is right vs. wrong. It is all or nothing. It is the fight for our country against what we can only deem as the enemy.

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The Invisible Healthcare Plan

Okay, how many of you honestly know what the Healthy Americans act is? Not too many of you, I see... Well, how many of you know what "Obamacare" is? Holy cricket! That's almost all of you! So, how many of you know what the current system is? Well, I would hope so...

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Latest word from the White House is that the President still supports a public option but is also standing by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius's remark last weekend that a public insurance plan is "not the essential element" of health-care reform.

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The Naivete of Barack Obama? With Poll.

After searching for years, Susan has found the job of her dreams. It will be challenging, rewarding, and above all she will be able to make a difference in areas she considers important.

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Obvious Solutions on Public Option

Headline reads: Health care concessions riles Left, Right unmoved. Predictable, isn't it? It's hard not to be a little self-righteous about this, but I've experienced this before. People want the democratic process, but don't want what the democratic process entails.

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Change-maker or overeager compromiser? A roundtable of leading political observers — David Gergen, Paul Krugman and Michael Moore — assess the first six months of Barack Obama's presidency

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Ms. Miller, an activist with Greenpeace, had worked hard on her own time to elect Barack Obama because he directly and urgently addressed the issue nearest her heart: climate change.

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Americans unschooled in liberal health-care politics may have trouble deciphering the White House's conflicting proclamations this week about a new government insurance program for the middle class.

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Conservatives Compromise on Health Care: A Liberal's Dream

Recently I was discussing President Obama's healthcare plan with a conservative who opposes the plan saying it might put us on the road to a single payer system.

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I believe in social darwinism, and no that does not mean everyone dies. It means you adapt and find some way to survive, be it working harder or learning to beg for charity better.

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The DiggBar, Digg's browser-based toolbar for digging and sharing content, has seen a tidal wave of controversy since its release last week.

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President Obama came to office promising swift and comprehensive action to combat global climate change. The administration has taken a rather passive role on the issue, proclaiming broad goals while remaining aloof from details of climate legislation now in Congress.

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Key Democratic and Republican senators have given themselves just three months to get a major healthcare bill to the floor but the biggest obstacle to an agreement remains unresolved: whether to create a new, federal health benefit.

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So with relatively small changes to the stimulus ("for example, a few more infrastructure projects") McGurn says Rep. Thad McCotter told him, "as many as 30 or 40 in the House might have signed on".

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In a passage from his 2006 book, "The Audacity of Hope," he sounds like a Republican complaining about the stimulus.

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Why all the hatred?

Bipartisanship, whats that? It seems like more and more that word "bipartisanship" is becoming a part of one of the worlds lost languages. Though you hear the term being thrown often, you seldom hear of it actually taking place.

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