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Harkin: Obama Must Unequivocally Support Public Option
Brian Beutler | September 4, 2009, 11:26AM
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Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) is one of the Senate's strongest advocate of the public option. He talked to the White House yesterday and told them exactly what he thinks the President needs to do next Wednesday.
In the two days since Obama announced that he'd be giving a major health care speech on Wednesday, progressives and public-option supporters have filled the vacuum to pressure Obama to make the public option a major flank of that speech. By comparison, conservative Democrats have been relatively quiet--which may be good news for progressives, or it may be a sign that public option skeptics believe the President's on their side.
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ericf
September 4, 2009 12:19 PM
It's sometimes amazing that Harkin and Grassley come from the same state.
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clonecone
September 4, 2009 1:06 PM
Harkin should be majority leader.
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neroden
September 4, 2009 3:53 PM
Thank you Tom Harkin.
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ejg3
September 4, 2009 4:50 PM
The same needs to be heard from a lot more Democrats in Congress.
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foodchain11
September 4, 2009 6:25 PM
Go tro hell, the both of you. YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT to tell the rest of us what to do! FDR passed a very scaled down form of Social Security and then it grew. I AM SICK of RURAL people telling the rest of the country what it can and can't do. I also am sick of FAR LEFT AND RIGHT people telling the rest of us what we can and can't do. It's not your country!!! It's ALL OUR COUNTRY. Now, go home and be quiet!
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