Video: Tancredo Storms Off MSNBC Set, "Insulted" by Markos Moulitsas
2009-11-07 19:24:33 - The former Colorado congressman demanded an apology from Moulitsas for reference to his Vietnam War deferment.

Pelosi Has the Votes
2009-11-07 19:21:25 - "Hours before an expected vote on a sweeping health care bill, House Democrats believe they've secured the 218 votes they need to approve the bill, several party insiders said," Politico reports. "Votes have a tendency to shift in the final hours before a controversial vote, but party leaders were expressing more genuine confidence as the sun set over the Capitol than they had exhibited all week. Word started spreading around 5 p.m. that leaders had the votes they ...

City of L.A. Ripped in Business Survey
2009-11-07 18:41:41 - A survey finds the city of Los Angeles can't shake its reputation for being business unfriendly.

Small Businesses Need Party Favors
2009-11-07 18:41:41 - Small businesses on Main Street have been left out of Wall Street's big company party, writes Charles Crumpley.

The Ugly Politics of Mass Killings
2009-11-07 18:23:39 - Where's the liberal cover-up?

Rep. Peters supports health care bill
2009-11-07 17:41:05 - Washington -- Freshman Rep. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Hills, announced Saturday that he'll vote for Democratic-sponsored legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system.

On Moderate Bias
2009-11-07 17:20:57 - Time notes that most discussions whether the news media is biased overlook the most significant bias out there. "As anyone following health reform knows, centrism is a political position too. And you see moderate bias -- i.e., a preference for centrism -- whenever a news outlet assumes that the truth must be somewhere in the middle..." "Often, moderate bias is just the result of caution, but the effect is to bolster centrist political positions -- not least by implying ...

Comparing 3 Different Health Bills At Debate
2009-11-07 16:59:45 - Here is a comparison of the three health care bills before Congress, including one by House Democrats and an alternative by House Republicans. In the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is finalizing legislation merging the work of two committees and making other changes. The Senate Democrats' bill has not yet been made public, so some specifics are unknown.

Nixon's Last Press Conference
2009-11-07 15:20:42 - On this day in 1962, Richard Nixon gave his " last press conference " after losing the California governor's race. Said Nixon: "Gentlemen, think of what you're going to miss. You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore." Just six years later he was elected president.

US Disappointed at Breakdown in Honduras Political Talks
2009-11-07 14:43:21 - Deadline Thursday for setting up national unity government passed without agreement by rival parties

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