Senate Democrats fail to overturn White House deal with big pharma in drug prices in a Finance Committee vote. That and the day’s other political news in the TPMDC Morning Roundup.
Greg Sargent catches one of those oddities that emerge from time to time in public opinion. In this case, nearly two-thirds of those surveyed in the new CBS/NYT poll think Republicans are opposing Obama on health care reform for political reasons — but nearly two-thirds also think Democrats shouldn’t pass reform without Republican support.
White House Counsel Gregory Craig is out as pointman for closing Gitmo.
The local coroner in Kentucky confirms to TPMmuckraker that the word “fed” was written on that dead census worker’s chest, apparently using a felt tip marker.
Obama’s joint appearance with Sarkozy and Brown this morning. Watch.
Fox News had a breaking news report this morning that Nancy Pelosi was working on drafting her own health care reform bill — a report that Pelosi’s office immediately knocked down. TPMDC has more.
We now have three counter-terrorism arrests in different parts of the country (apparently in totally unconnected plots) in little more than a week.
In addition to the Zazi case, which has been percolating for a while now, men were arrested in Illinois and Texas earlier this week, each of whom allegedly attempted to detonate explosives in buildings. In both cases, they were dummy explosives provided by government informants, much like in the case of Newburgh Four back in May.
The new cases also show how different most of these stings are from the Zazi case, which had federal agents so spooked because he allegedly had not only the intent to commit a terrorist act but the training and means as well. Read More
Sen. Kyl snarks to Sen. Stabenow that he doesn’t care about maternity benefits since he’s a man.
Stabenow snarks back in style.
See the video.
MA judge rejects GOP big move to block Kirk appointment to Kennedy senate seat.
It had to happen. Birthers go on the air with their own late night ‘birther’ informercial in Texas.
