Southern Politics
August 11, 2009 -
Yesterday we reported on how a provision in the health care reform bill promoting advance care planning was being misconstrued by some politicians -- including former Alaska Governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin -- as creating a "death panel" pushing euthanasia of elderly and disabled people.
July 22, 2009 -
For Obama and Democratic leaders anxiously -- desperately? -- trying to pass health care reform by the end of the summer, every week seems to present a new obstacle likely to derail the whole plan. The current Obstacle of the Week: Rep. Mike Ross, a conservative Democrat from small-town Arkansas who is currently leading a Blue Dog rebellion from his perch on the now-critical House Energy and Commerce Committee.