Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigJan 21, 2010
Just pass the damn thing If the health care bill fails, President Barack Obama’s legacy could be limited to the failing war in Afghanistan Worse yet, many thousands more Americans will die because they don’t have adequate medical care. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJan 20, 2010
The president got creamed in Massachusetts. No amount of blaming this disastrous outcome on the weaknesses of the local Democratic candidate or her Republican opponent’s strengths can gainsay that fact.
Obama’s opportunistic search for win-win solutions to our health care concerns and our larger economic problems is leading to a lose-lose outcome for the president and the country. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 20, 2010
Well, the Democrats really made a donkey out of this one. The Commonwealth of Taxachusetts, as it's known among tea-partiers, will now have a Republican senator. That means the Democrats' filibuster-proof majority -- which only amounted to doing Joe Lieberman's bidding, anyway -- is over. (continued) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJan 19, 2010
In hopes of ensuring that Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is the winner in Tuesday's special election for the U.S. Senate seat once occupied by the late Ted Kennedy, President Barack Obama has taken to the airwaves in a TV ad supporting Coakley's bid for office in a tight race against Republican challenger Scott Brown. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 16, 2010
He's not your, er, conventional Republican -- having spent part of his childhood being raised by a bona fide welfare mom, not to mention posing nude during law school -- but regardless, Massachusetts state Sen. Scott Brown could pose a serious challenge to his Democratic opponent, Martha Coakley, in the race to fill the late Edward Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 3, 2009
And they're off or at least, she's off: On Thursday, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley became the first contender for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat to officially announce her candidacy, which she's reportedly been considering for the past year, but she'll face some fierce competition for the vaunted position in coming months. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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