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Is Health Reform Killing Democrats?
By not in system - AOL News(Sept. 1) -- It's safe to say, things don't look good for Democrats this November. With a new Gallup poll giving Republicans a "whopping" 10-point lead on the generic ballot, the question pundits are asking now is: how did Democrats become so unpopular? For the last month or so, conventional wisdom held that the dismal economy explained the Democrats' misfortunes. However, with a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll finding opposition to the Democrats' health care bill up to 45 percent from 35 percent, some are challenging that assumption. Health Reform Caused Voters to Flee the Dems, writes ...
Judge: Federal Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
By not in system - AOL NewsBOSTON (July 9) - A U.S. judge in Boston has ruled that a federal gay marriage ban is unconstitutional because it interferes with the right of a state to define marriage. U.S. District Judge Joseph Tauro on Thursday ruled in favor of gay couples' rights in two separate challenges to the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA. The state had argued the law denied benefits such as Medicaid to gay married couples in Massachusetts, where same-sex unions have been legal since 2004. Tauro agreed, and said the act forces Massachusetts to discriminate against its own citizens. "The federal ...
Dentist Charged Over Using Paper Clips in Root Canals
By David Knowles - AOL News(March 16) -- Open wide and say "fraud." A grand jury in Bristol County, Mass., has indicted a dentist for bilking Medicare for false claims, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said today. Michael Clair, 51, stands accused of using pieces of paper clips for root canal procedures, then billing Medicare for much costlier stainless steel posts instead. Clair was indicted on charges of submitting false Medicaid claims using other dentists' provider numbers, and for illegally prescribing the prescription drugs hydrocodone, Combunox and Percocet to members of his own staff. The ...
What Gordon Brown Can Learn From Massachusetts and Chile
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyIf British Prime Minister Gordon Brown didn't watch CNN International last week, let's hope that one of his staffers did. Two landmark elections in Chile and Massachusetts delivered stunning victories for right-wing political parties. And in my humble opinion, both elections have portentous implications for the upcoming elections in the U.K. ...
Now What? Democrats Struggle to Make Sense of Losses
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyAfter a year of tightly scripted, largely predictable speeches, President Barack Obama went slightly, but tellingly, off script Friday afternoon during his town hall meeting in Lorain County, Ohio. Before getting into the meat of his speech on the economy, he said, "It's just nice being out of Washington. There are some nice people in Washington, but it can drive you crazy."The president returned to his script to talk about his days on the campaign trail, when he could eat in diners and walk into barber shops to ask people what's on their minds. "It's harder to do that nowadays, to get out of ...
Obama and the Loss in Massachusetts: Was It the Messenger or the Message?
By Joann M. Weiner - Politics DailyNobody ever called President Obama the Great Communicator. That honor belongs to President Ronald Reagan. But during the 2008 campaign Obama became known as the Great Orator for his ability to inspire the American people -- "Yes, we can" -- that anything was possible. ...
Brown Victory: Democrats Once Again Fail to Seize the Moment
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyRepublican Scott Brown's defeat of Martha Coakley in Massachusetts is both stunning and, at the same time, a scenario all too familiar for Democrats. How did it happen? The same way Massachusetts nominees lost the presidency for Democrats in 1988 and 2004, and the same way Democrats in Congress lost health reform and their majorities in 1994. They think they have all the time in the world to define themselves, to sell themselves and their policies, to respond to attacks, to dicker over bills, to win elections. And then it turns out they don't. ...
Life Without Teddy: Massachusetts Students Face Their First Republican Senator
By Kase Wickman - Politics DailyBOSTON -- The last time a Republican was elected to fill a Massachusetts seat in the U.S. Senate, Barack Obama was still Barry. It was 1972 when Ed Brooke was re-elected, and the future 44th president of the United States was just 11 years old. Ted Kennedy, of course, had already been a senator for a decade when Brooke was elected. Kennedy's nearly five-decade reign makes it easy to believe that there has never been life without the so-called Lion of the Senate representing Massachusetts. The months since Kennedy's August death excepted, for a staggering 59.8 percent of Massachusettians -- ...
Opinion: The Democrats' Golden Opportunity
By not in system - AOL News(Jan. 20) – Democrats distraught in the aftermath of Martha Coakley's tumultuous defeat in Massachusetts may one day look back and find a silver lining. Scott Brown's upset victory – propelled by suburban and independent voters – should serve as a wake-up call to Democrats in Washington: If we want to preserve a Democratic governing majority in November, we'll have to earn the trust of the forgotten middle class every step of the way. Some Democrats may be tempted to blame Coakley's loss simply on a disastrous campaign – that but for a series of missteps, the outcome ...
Winners and Losers in Mass. Senate Election
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(Jan. 20) -- At first glance, it's quite clear who's the biggest winner in Tuesday's Massachusetts election. State Sen. Scott Brown has become the GOP's latest hero by capturing the U.S. Senate seat Democrats held for decades. And not just any Democrats -- the Kennedys. Brown's victory over state Attorney General Martha Coakley -- Tuesday's biggest loser -- in the battle to succeed Ted Kennedy might spell defeat for health care reform, which the late senator called the cause of his life. A closer look at what online commentators are saying about the election that ended the Democrats' 60-vote ...
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