Gregg Levine

More interesting to me than what Obama said is how we know that he said it.

California Lt. Governor John Garamendi will be joining us for a live chat today, Monday, at 2pm Pacific (5pm Eastern), to talk about health care reform and the importance of a public option.

Mr. Garamendi, the leading candidate to fill the now vacant seat for California’s 10th Congressional District, was twice California’s State Insurance Commissioner.

Jane appeared on ABC’s TopLine today, and she agrees with RNC Chair Michael Steele—cost control is something we have to focus on in the health care debate. Which is why we need—at the very minimum—a public option to exert a competitive downward pressure on the price of private insurance.

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It is not a surprise that Dick Cheney has seized the opportunity to issue another affirmation of his love of torture; what is a surprise, however, is how lazy and transparent Dick’s defense has gotten.

Did you know that that GOP Congressmen had something called the “Health Care Solutions Group?”

“GOP Rep. Roy Blunt has now said Republicans won’t offer a health care bill of their own, breaking a previous promise.”

Yes, Tamryn, that’s Christian values for ya’.

Illinois’ appointed junior Senator Roland Burris has just made official what was reported yesterday: He will not run for for his own full term. (Funny how hard it is to say he will not run for re-election without saying “re-election”).

I will not be a candidate inthe 2010 election, and I will not runfor the Illinois Senate seat.

In making his announcement, Burris cited a choice between raising funds for a campaign

If you are just a wee bit skeptical about the seriousness of today’s “big terror bust” in Riverdale, New York, you are not alone.

Perhaps much of this has been said before, but some of the fallout from Stewart vs. Cramer—the calls for changes in the way business “news” is handled—puts some long-simmering arguments about media consolidation back on the front burner.

Media conglomerates do not exist to deliver news, they exist to deliver shareholder value.