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OFA Ad in USA Today Highlights the Millions of Americans Standing for Reform

Today, Organizing for America ran a full-page ad in USA Today to highlight a few of the millions of Americans who are standing up for health reform. The ad features photos of supporters with the names of who inspires them to fight for reform — showing members of Congress and the public the real reasons we need to pass reform now.A few news outlets took notice:TechPresident: Organizing for America ran  a full-page ad (pdf) in today’s USA Today, they report, that makes use of the photos sent in through their online photo-uploader — an interesting bit of online/offline synergy.ABC’s The Note:New from Organizing for America: Personalizing the fight. A full-page ad in USA Today …

Barack Obama builds on George W Bush’s bad mistakes

Barack Obama has failed to improve America’s standing in the world, writes Simon
Heffer.

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The White House posted a photo:

President Barack Obama talks to a Member of Congress while en route to George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., to deliver remarks on health insurance reform, March 19, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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Health care latest: Obama rallies people vs. insurers

President frames vote as a choice between a victory for insurers or “victory for the American people.”

Momentum for Reform Grows as More Representatives Announce They’ll Vote ‘Yes’

With a vote expected this Sunday, momentum continues to build as more and more members of Congress announce that they will vote ‘yes’ on health insurance reform.This morning, Ohio representative John Boccieri announced that he will vote in support of reform, and yesterday Colorado representative Betsy Markey and Rep. Bart Gordon of Tennessee both announced that they’ll be voting ‘yes’ on the health reform bill as well.The Washington Post reported on Rep. Boccieri decision to vote ‘yes’: Boccieri said he was also inspired by the story of Natoma Canfield — the leukemia patient from Ohio whose plight was highlighted recently by President Obama. He said it reminded him of his own mother’s battle with breast cancer."I want my mom to know that I’m …

General David Petraeus tipped as Republican 2012 presidential candidate

Speculation mounts that the man credited with turning around the Iraq war
could run as presidential candidate.

President Obama in Virginia: “In just a few days, a century-long struggle will culminate in a historic vote.”

This morning, President Obama traveled across the Potomac to speak at George Mason University in Virginia, where he delivered his closing argument on health reform just days before a final vote in the House of Representatives:  A few miles from here, Congress is in the final stages of a fateful debate about the future of health insurance in America. It is a debate that has raged not just for the past year, but for much of the past century. It’s a debate that is not only about the cost of our health care but the character of our country – about whether we can still meet the challenges of our time; about whether we’re still a nation that gives …

Obama targets insurers in final health care push

President Barack Obama will make a final public plea for health care reform Friday, framing the upcoming congressional vote as a showdown between ordinary Americans and big insurance companies, White House aides say.