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The hard bargains and steep costs of passing health reform

Unveiling a modified health reform bill on Saturday, Senate Democratic leaders appear to have cobbled together the 60 votes they’ll need to pass the most expansive overhaul to the nation’s health care system in generations. But winning that support comes at a steep cost.

Jobless benefits extension muddled by lawmaker wrangling

Mike Lillis at the Washington Independent sends the following dispatch from the frontlines in the partisan war to extend benefits to the vast ranks...

Conservatives rework rhetoric after high-profile New York loss

SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. --Slightly before midnight on Tuesday, reality reared its ugly head. Hoffman lost to Democrat Bill Owens, who became the first member of his party to represent this region of New York in Congress since the 1870s. The margin when Hoffman conceded was slightly more than 4,000 votes. Nothing went right. Owens won his base in the northeastern part of the district, and he won or held his own in the parts of the district that Scozzafava–who endorsed Owens after leaving the race–represents in the assembly. Hoffman underperformed in the Syracuse, N.Y., suburbs that neither candidate had political ties to, even though polls had him leading by a 2-1 margin there.

Hasty Medicare bill a bumbling gift to anti-reform Republicans

With Democratic leaders hoping to bring up legislation to fix, once and for all, the formula to pay doctors who treat Medicare patients, a...

Expected DNC Attendance Could Jump Up 30 Percent

On Jan. 11, 2007, Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean selected Denver as the host city for the Democratic National Convention. With the convention...

Members Claim Club 20 Controlled by Oil and Gas

Ponytailed, liberal and a member of the Green Party, San Miguel County Commissioner Art Goodtimes served for 10 years on the board of...

Eagle County Republicans Emboldened by Controversial Commissioner’s Loss in Mayor’s Race

Eagle County Democrats says lightning-rod county commissioner Arn Menconi's loss last week in the Eagle mayor's race had more to do with his confrontational...

Super Tuesday: 24 States and Counting

Just in case you were wondering just which states, in addition to Colorado, have jumped onto the Super-Duper Tuesday bandwagon, keep reading for the...

Clinton’s New Campaign Leader Happy with Early Support in Colorado

Second Democratic presidential campaign goes professional in Colorado.As Colorado's Feb. 5 Democratic presidential caucus approaches, the state is drawing increased attention from the presidential...

Democratic Strategists Optimistic About Colorado

State is trending blue, says analyst for National Committee for an Effective Congress.Colorado may represent the Democratic Party's best opportunity in the country to...
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