Obama, Give Us the Diagnosis Straight – Roll Call

Obama, Give Us the Diagnosis Straight

By Tracie Powell and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted September 8, 2009 at 12:00am

will address a joint session of Congress
frame the debate
well-financed by the health care industry
CBS News poll
reported
First:
public option is dead
“death panels,”
Second:
town hall meetings
Third:
for the uninsured
recently released data
blitz of TV commercials
Fourth:
his skin color
Tracie Powell is a former American Political Science Association congressional fellow and writes regularly on politics and policy.

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