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Fred Barnes: It's like Jimmy Carter never left town By: Fred Barnes OpEd ContributorNovember 9, 2009 Republican conservatives and moderates are at each other's throats. Tea party populists are furious at President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and aren't crazy about Republicans either. Democrats haven't got a clue. There's talk of a third party. The economy is stagnant as unemployment, now 10.2 percent, climbs. It's beginning to look...  

President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, key House and Senate Democratic and Republicans, and most importantly the major pharmaceuticals and private insurers know one thing, and they've known it from the start of the health care debate. And that´......; more  

BBC NewsObama hails a 'historic' US victory on healthcare reformIndependentThe Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, celebrates the Democratic victory during a news conference following the House vote on healthcare reform in Washington. President Obama's last-minute push proved decisive Pushed over the finish ...Barack Obama expects to sign health care legislation 'by end of year'Telegraph.co.ukHouse health care bill has nowhere to go in SenateThe Associated...  

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 Phyllis Schlafly, founder and president of the leading conservative public policy organization Eagle Forum, made the following statements on the eve of the scheduled House vote on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) health care reform bill, the Affordable Health Care fo...  

U.S. Rep. John Murtha said Speaker Nancy Pelosi, National Security Adviser Jim Jones and Defense Secretary Robert Gates are pressuring him not to fund the VH-71 presidential helicopter. Murthan added if President Obama veto the defense appropriations bill over the issue, Congress could probably find the votes to override it.  

---Quote--- If Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas makes good on his declaration that he won't run in the upcoming Palestinian presidential election, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and his entire cabinet would resign, top Palestinian officials predicted yesterday. If that's...  

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