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9:15 AM, Nov 13, 2009 • By MARY KATHARINE HAM
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"The result is a Rube Goldberg scheme of penalties and inducements, creating a system that is ripe for gaming...As the system gets gamed, the costs will be much, much higher than CBO is estimating."

"Obamacare is predicated on the assumption that the federal government has the knowledge, capacity, and will to drive greater efficiency in American health care. Inadvertently, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has become an articulate spokesman for why that assumption is dead wrong."

In a move that can only be described as highly un-Olbermannesque, Sean Hannity admits to some creative editing on his show, and apologizes for it.

Nice sales job: "More Americans now say it is not the federal government's responsibility to make sure all Americans have healthcare coverage (50%) than say it is (47%). This is a first since Gallup began tracking this question"

You can buy Kennedy's house if you have a spare couple million.

Greg Craig's slow-motion sacrifice to the underside of the bus is finally complete. He'll be replaced by Anita Dunn's husband.

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White House may drop cap and trade upon finally getting the news that Americans are concerned about jobs and spending, not job-killing federal boondoggles. Still hoping for that health-care bill, though.