…how it would be funded without adding to the deficit. In contrast Obama claimed Obamacare would work without a mandate, got elected, and let Baucus add a mandate. Honesty is…

…agenda out of Congress. This is similar to 2009-10 and Obamacare when centrist Dems like Baucus and Lieberman slow-walked it nearly to death. It is also similar to what happened…

…Obama had to deal with Ben Nelson, Lieberman, Baucus, Conrad, Specter, Landrieux, Lambert Lincoln, Pryor, McCaskill, Bill Nelson (moderate to conservadem) *and* Byrd, Levin, Feinstein, Jeffords, who were dedicated to…

…them.) 2.Obama’s proposed chained-CPI cut would typically reduce benefits for 3 percent, and by as much as 6 percent for some recipients. 3.The White House’s decision to label this cut…

…also added the final two sentences. The post is a followup to a post from earlier Friday. I’ve also created an additional label: mainstream-journalism gimmickry. I’ve left the original rather…

…and since then, models have proliferated, transforming the name “Smith and Wesson .38” into a generic label for a particular style of gun, even clones that aren’t made by Smith…

…benefits in exchange for the pittance of slightly higher taxes on the upper crust. The article goes even further astray at the end with its label of a “two-part deal”…

…the right to set the tone of the dialogue by letting them label the current situation. We aren’t facing a “fiscal cliff”, he notes, but rather an “austerity bomb”. [The…

…not only a great read but also a revealing informational source on the changes in the American polity, she does note the label he attaches to the right-wing resurgence (“breadwinner…

…still be some private label issues and they will be crowded out and, more importantly, the whole point is to get more mortgages written (either for new purchases or refinancing)….