by Nicholas Graham | Huffington Post
Barack Obama’s selection of Tom Daschle as Health and Human Services Secretary, as well as “health reform czar,” signals that the incoming president is serious about passing comprehensive healthcare reform. …

by Carl Davidson | Progressives for Obama
American progressives have won a major victory in helping to defeat John McCain and placing Barack Obama in the White House. The far right has been broadly rebuffed, …

(This might be an odd time to writer a letter, but I felt compelled. UHC – we mean it!!!)
by Priceman Cross-posted from Progressive Blue
Hopefully, we will reach the magic number 60 in the Senate, but …

by Thomas Ferraro | Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bowing to the wishes of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, Senate Democrats seem ready to do what it takes to keep Sen. Joe Lieberman in their ranks despite his …

From AMERICAN PATIENTS UNITED
On November 19th, 2008, at 10 a.m., the Senate Finance Committee will hold a host a hearing in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, in Washington, D.C., titled:  “Health Care Reform: An Economic …

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
Last night, in his first interview since being elected, Barack Obama told “60 Minutes” that among his top priorities is to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
But, Guantanamo Bay is …

by Robert Dreyfuss | The Nation
A new and growing Sunni resistance movement in Iraq could shatter the false sense of post-surge calm–and it might get Russian support. There’s no question that for the vast …

by Linda Milazzo
According to the local Los Angeles newspaper, The Daily Breeze, California Congresswoman, Jane Harman, a blue dog conservative democrat, is up for a high level intelligence position in the Obama administration. The …