http://www.dickmorris.com/blog The Official Site of Dick Morris Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:10:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Anxious to avoid raising taxes too much to pay for their health care proposals, the Obama Administration and its Congressional allies hit on a great new idea: Make the states raise their taxes to fund the program instead. Both the House and the Senate bills require that states cover ... http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2009/11/20/obamacare-big-state-tax-hikes/ A Zogby Poll this week illustrates the stark choice facing Senate Democrats as they have to decide whether or not to vote for ObamaCare. The poll shows that Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln, high up on the list of vulnerable Senate Democrats seeking reelection in 2010, literally faces a choice between ... http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2009/11/19/one-senators-choice-obamacare-or-reelection/ Published on TheHill.com November 17, 2009 Joseph Stubbs, president of the American College of Physicians — the second-largest doctors’ group in the country — confirms that “the supply of doctors just won’t be there” for the 30 million new patients President Barack Obama wants to cover. Noting that the doctor shortage ... http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2009/11/18/doctor-shortage/ Click Here To Donate To The New Ad Against Obamacare! Ad paid for by the League of American Voters. Contributions to the League of American Voters are not tax deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. Contributions from individuals and corporations are permitted by law and welcome. Thank you! http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2009/11/17/donate-to-the-new-ad-campaign-against-obamacare/ Published in the New York Post on November 16, 2009 As he flew to Asia on Saturday, President Obama told the media in Alaska that he opposes a congressional investigation into the Fort Hood massacre, saying that we must "resist the temptation to turn this tragic event into political theater." Yet, ... http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2009/11/17/changing-the-subject-why-o-nixed-ft-hood-probe4/ President Obama’s decision to put Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on trial in New York City along with four others accused of helping destroy the World Trade Center and attack the Pentagon on 9-11 paints a bulls-eye for terrorists right on New York City, their favorite target. Now Obama has identified ... http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2009/11/14/painting-a-bull%e2%80%99s-eye-on-new-york-city/ Harry Reid can pass a bill in the Senate that has no public option or an easy opt-out, shallow subsidies for the uninsured, a low total cost, weak penalties for not having insurance, no coverage for abortion and no general tax increase (except for the premium and medical device taxes). And ... http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2009/11/13/defeat-obamacare-in-detail/ Published on TheHill.com on November 10, 2009 Don't assume that the 38 Democrats who voted against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) extremist version of healthcare reform wouldn't have supported it if their votes had been needed. The days before the final passage on Saturday were not filled with stirring appeals to ... http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2009/11/12/the-myth-of-the-moderate-dem/ As Sean Hannity is fond of saying: "Let not your heart be troubled." We can still beat the Obama program in the Senate! Obama needed the momentum of House passage to help him in the Senate where the real challenge lies. There, we have several Senators who might ... http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2009/11/09/we-can-win-in-the-senate/ In his nationally televised remarks following the horrendous killings at Ft. Hood, President Obama never mentioned the T word. The attack was an act "of violence." No mention of terrorism. In fact, the Ft. Hood shooting is the first terror attack on American soil since 9-11. But Obama, ... http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2009/11/08/ft-hood-attack-was-terrorism/