Nov 17, 2008
02:59 pm
Last night on 60 Minutes, Barack Obama reiterated his promise to close down Gitmo.
Nov 16, 2008
06:57 pm
Tonight 60 Minutes gives us the Obama interview, which contains this:
In a wide-ranging interview that will air Sunday night on the CBS program, “60 Minutes,” President-elect Barack Obama said he would choose at least one Republican for a position in his cabinet but declined to hint at who he had in mind.
“Will there be Republicans?” asked Steve Kroft, the “60 Minutes” interviewer. “Yes,” Mr. Obama replied. But when pressed, the president-elect would not name the G.O.P leaders he is considering nor did he tip his cards about which cabinet office he saw as a good fit for a member of the opposing party.
I have heard so much chatter from the right about how Obama isn’t being bi-partisan, especially after he picked Rahm as his chief of staff. It looks like Obama is out to prove them wrong again.
By fixing the antiquated system to calculate the federal poverty level we can quickly fix the flaws in the new health care bill. Below are the bills introduced in the House and Senate to do just that.
Use the widget below to find your members of Congress and how to contact them, then do so. Pushing these bills through Congress will help open up more accessible and affordable health coverage to all Americans.
Over 2,200 veterans, who couldn't afford health insurance, died in 2008. On Veteran's Day 2009 IntoxiNation decided to highlight tweets from polticians who oppose healthcare reform yet wanted to claim how they supported our veterans on Twitter. Here is an example of one such tweet
Visit the rest at the Veteran's Day Project 2009 page
| President Obama Job Approval | |
|---|---|
| Approve: | 49.0% |
| Disapprove: | 45.9% |
| Spread: | +3.1% |
| Generic Congressional Vote | |
|---|---|
| Republican: | 44.0% |
| Democrat: | 43.4% |
| Spread: | +0.6% |
| Direction of Country | |
|---|---|
| Right Direction: | 33.4% |
| Wrong Track: | 61.0% |
| Spread: | -27.6% |
| Congressional Job Approval | |
|---|---|
| Approve: | 19.3% |
| Disapprove: | 75.7% |
| Spread: | -56.4% |
