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STAFF EDIT: Handling health care debates

Washington D.C.’s handling of American health care reformation has not proceeded the way President Barack Obama promised it would in his State of the Union address. Debates and discussion have been kept under wraps and pushed behind closed doors, and corresponding criticism from the right at the GOP House Issues Conference in store last month stopped Obama in his tracks. The president said he would ensure that health care negotiations were televised to keep Americans informed, but no amount of channel-changing has brought the public any further into the loop –– proposals have remained the stuff of bewilderment and mystery to most.

STAFF EDIT: Super Bowl: society's savior

It could have been the result of Betty White’s Snickers endorsement. Perhaps the return of The Who, or the potential for an additional bejeweled Peyton Manning knuckle did the trick.

Guest Perspectives

Weekly Columnists

SONI: Capitol Hill Constipation

It was what we were all waiting for – an assertive and confrontational President Barack Obama. He served the GOP its first warm can of whoop-ass at the televised Q&A session at the House Issues Conference in Baltimore, digging into on any Republican with inconsistent stats and faulty arguments. House Minority Leader John Boehner (unfortunately pronounced Bay-ner) sat idly by on stage, the glow of his fake tan paling as his heart sank.

Letters to the Editor

LETTER

Even if the reader can relate to the frustrations expressed in The Daily Free Press’s budget editorial (“Budget bullet: un-bitten,” Feb. 3, p. 6), he or she is unsure of who or what to be angry at. The editorial admits “no one person’s voice, no one act. . .can single-handedly heal the financial hurt,” but later refers to President Barack Obama’s “insincere and untimely urging” and says that he needs to “address the country with a unifying goal: get out of this mess.”

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