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ARLEN SPECTER NOW OPEN TO A PUBLIC PLAN.
Lot of health reform posts on the blog today. That's because there's a lot of health reform policy news today. For instance, Arlen Specter, who recently gave a one word "no" when asked if he supported a public plan on Meet the Press, is now proclaiming himself open to a public plan:
In a letter to the progressive group Health Care for America Now, Specter said he looks forward to ``discussing and considering'' the issue. He said a starting point could be a proposal by Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., that seeks to maintain a level playing field between the private and public sector.
The mark of a great political mind, I guess, is the ability to hold two contradictory ideas within days of each other.
Elsewhere, The Washington Post -- where I'll be starting next week -- just created a health care reform super site, including a blog from Ceci Connolly. Welcome to the 'sphere!
COMMENTS (38)
Congratulations on the move to the WP. i hope there'll be room for a blog for you. Please do all of us a favor and periodically chide George Will and Robert Samuelson. They need it.
Posted by: Joe K | May 11, 2009 3:25 PM
Perhaps it is too early to judge, but the WaPo home page nowhere mentions this healthcare reform site.
I also find the pull-down menu of "Editorials, Opinions, Columns and Blogs" less than useful (I'm actualy trying to be non-harsh). No key to what is current from any of those listed. Some folks get to be listed under both Op-Eds and Columnists (George Will, Kathleen Parker, David Broder).
Even worse is the single lonely entry for "Blogs" at the bottom of the pull-down, which brings up a list of nearly ONE HUNDRED (100!) blogs, with the subject area, but no headlines for current posts.
It's amazing that the WaPo chooses to pay nearly a hundred folks to write and suffer in obsurity with no readers because the readers can't find the blogs. I'd bet the traffic is a real embarassment if ever revealed. What do these bloggers tell their friends they do for living?
I guess paying for the right to say 'we got blogs' is better than saying 'forget blogs', but if they are invisible there isn't much difference.
Posted by: JimPortlandOR | May 11, 2009 3:26 PM
This is good news. The public plan is always presented in a defensive fashion, mentioning it right before a statement about how compromise is needed. Considering the most politically craven guy is willing to give it a chance is a good thing.
Posted by: yep | May 11, 2009 4:12 PM
When you wrote "welcome to the 'sphere", I imagined you said it like Sean Connery in The Rock.
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