Obama needs Dem support
Too big to fail is the tagline health lobbyist Fred Graefe applies to the health care reform effort, and he s got it dead right. The failure of an overwhelmingly Democratic Congress to pass President Barack Obama s No. 1 priority would be a politica...
 3.0K - Aug. 13, 2009; scored 83.0 Former Oregon governor doesn't want cabinet post
SALEM Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber said Wednesday he s not interested in a holding a cabinet-level post in the Obama administration, despite renewed speculation that he s in the running for such a spot. But he says he wouldn t mind serving as ...
1.8K - Feb. 5, 2009; scored 83.0 Daschle was in too deep
Tom Daschle s withdrawal from consideration as future secretary of Health and Human Services had to happen. So seemingly strong on health-care policy but weak on ethics, the man President Obama had picked to remake the American health-care system had...
2.7K - Feb. 4, 2009; scored 531.0 Obama faces fallout of nomination glitches
WASHINGTON (AP) His infant presidency already shaped by mounting national troubles, President Barack Obama now faces an added challenge: weathering the fallout of a spate of nomination glitches. I screwed up, Obama said repeatedly after two top no...
1.5K - Feb. 4, 2009; scored 107.0 Health reform just may happen
Let the name-calling begin. A national health plan is again proposed, and its foes are trying to deal it death by unflattering labels. The old favorites include socialized medicine and government takeover of health care. Some 61 percent of America...
3.3K - Jan. 28, 2009; scored 107.0 Emphasis on health moves Tom Daschle to the front of the line for Senate hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) Showing the emphasis that some lawmakers are putting on health care issues this year, former Sen. Tom Daschle will be the first of President-elect Barack Obama s Cabinet choices to undergo a hearing. Daschle, Obama s pick as the nex...
1.4K - Jan. 8, 2009; scored 1000.0 Universal health care too expensive
The good news: Now that Democrats have won total control of the government, all Americans are likely to have health insurance. The bad news: The ranks of the uninsured, previously about 46 million, probably will swell by another 5 million to 6 millio...
4.2K - Jan. 4, 2009; scored 107.0 Richardson is Obama s pick for Commerce post
CHICAGO (AP) President-elect Barack Obama is ready to name New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his choice for commerce secretary after passing over his vanquished Democratic rival for secretary of state. Democratic officials say the two would appear...
2.9K - Dec. 3, 2008; scored 83.0 Obama announces Clinton for Cabinet
CHICAGO (AP) President-elect Barack Obama announced today that Robert Gates would remain as defense secretary, making President Bush s Pentagon chief his own as he seeks to wind down the U.S. role in Iraq. Obama picked former campaign rival Hillary...
8.2K - Dec. 1, 2008; scored 83.0 Obama likely to name Geithner to Treasury post
WASHINGTON (AP) President-elect Barack Obama is likely to name Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, as Treasury Secretary in a time of intense economic turmoil as he rounds out the upper echelon of his Cabinet, a senior Demo...
4.5K - Nov. 22, 2008; scored 83.0 Obama likely to tap Clinton for top diplomat post
WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for the former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who fought hard for the presidency. One ...
2.6K - Nov. 21, 2008; scored 83.0 Familiar Democrats fill out fledgling candidate, Daschle to be Obama s health secretary
WASHINGTON (AP) President-elect Barack Obama promised the voters change but has started his Cabinet selection process by naming several Washington insiders to top posts. Obama is enlisting former Senate leader Tom Daschle as his health secretary. H...
1.4K - Nov. 20, 2008; scored 442.0 | 
