The defeat of Arlen Specter
Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter’s defeat at the hands of upstart Rep. Joe Sestak made him the second Senate incumbent to lose an intraparty battle in the 2010 elections–the largest number since four incumbents fell in 1980.
Specter’s loss will be endlessly examined (and then re-examined) in the days to come but, at its root, there were [...]
David Frum got fired after critizing GOP health-care strategy
Three days after calling health-care reform a debacle for the Republicans, David Frum was forced out of his job at the American Enterprise Institute on Wednesday.
The ouster also came one day after a harsh Wall Street Journal editorial about the former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, which said that he “now makes his [...]
The Health care Issue the U.S. Leaders have to resolve
Differences have emerged as President Barack Obama urged top Republicans and Democrats to focus on agreements at a six-hour televised healthcare summit.
He urged 40 congressional Democrats and Republicans in Washington DC to avoid political theatre, as part of a fresh bid to save his troubled reform plans.
For the first time, Mr Obama offered his [...]
