What Obama will say in his address (Politico)

[jefferson_dem]

From Politico, for whatever it's worth.

Some of these principles/particulars are also discussed in the NYT piece. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/health/policy/06lessons.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all

What Obama will say in his address
By: Mike Allen and Carrie Budoff Brown
September 5, 2009 12:36 PM EST

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The contents of the speech were still being debated over the weekend. But here is what POLTIICO gleaned from conversations with top aides:

1) Obama will lay out a specific “President’s Plan,” even if he doesn’t call it that. He will make clear what’s on the table, and what he thinks warrants further debate, such as how to pay for the overhaul.

2) He will not confront or scold the left. “This is a case for bold action, not a stick in the eye to our supporters,” said an official involved in speech preparation. “That’s not how President Obama thinks. The politics of triangulation don’t live in this White House.”

3) He will make an overture to Republicans. “He will lay out his vision for health reform – taking the best ideas from both parties, make the case for why as a nation we must act now, and dispel the myths and confusion that are affecting public opinion,” the aide said.

4) He will make it clear that it’s better to get something done than nothing done. White House aides are reminding fellow Democrats that the party lost Congress in 1994 by failing to do any health reforms at all after Congress balked at the original plan by President Bill Clinton. “The lesson of 1994 is not that tackling health reform is politically perilous. It’s that failing to act could be devastating,” said Dan Pfeiffer, the White House deputy communications director.

5) Obama will try to reassure the left about his commitment to a public option, or government insurance plan. Aides said they are rethinking what he will say about this. He wants to thread the needle of voicing support for a public option, without promising to kill health reform to get it. But liberal congressional leaders were unyielding in their support for it on a conference call he held from Camp David yesterday, and he's going to meet with them at the White House early next week.

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[Dinger]

1. Typical RW Bias Of politico

They suck, period.

[jefferson_dem]

2. They do suck.

But if you strip away Politico's typically shitty framing, I wouldn't be surprised if it shakes out the way they outline.

[otohara]

3. I Fucking Hate Politico

we need a ban on posting stuff that shitty organization. It pisses me off how much time MSNBC gives to these clowns.

[Malikshah]

4. Ah, Politico... Faux-lite. The kinder, gentler version of Murdoch, but still as deadly.

Try drudge next time....

[madamesilverspurs]

5. Politico,

aka the National Enquirer in a gilded frame. Owned and operated by Bushites, purpose is to disinform, misinform, and otherwise contribute to the manipulation of the gullible. Counterfeit journalism with a dressier veneer than that worn by Fox's monopoly-money version.

[Cha]

6. Mike Allen..

"Mike Allen is the chief political correspondent for Politico. He comes to us from Time magazine where he was their White House correspondent. Prior to that, Allen spent six years at The Washington Post, where he covered President Bush's first term, Capitol Hill, campaign finance, and the Bush, Gore and Bradley campaigns of 2000. Before turning to national politics, he covered schools and local governments in rural counties outside Fredericksburg, Va., for The Free Lance-Star, then wrote about Doug Wilder, Oliver North, Chuck Robb and the Bobbitts for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, where he nurtured police sources on overnight ride-alongs through housing projects. Allen also covered Mayor Giuliani, the Connecticut statehouse and the wacky rich of Greenwich for The New York Times. Before moving to The Times, he did stints in the Richmond and Alexandria bureaus of The Washington Post. Allen grew up in Orange County, Calif., and has a B.A. from Washington and Lee University, where he majored in politics and journalism."





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