“We’re going to have to get this done. … Those who are betting against this happening this year are badly mistaken. We are going to get this done. We will reform health care. It will happen this year. I’m absolutely convinced of that. …” – President Obama Not if Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu, Ron Wyden, Joe Lieberman, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins have anything to say about it. Huffington Post has the letter they sent to Pres. Obama .

Weekly Intelligence Briefing – Friday, July 17, 2009 Non-Aligned Movement Meeting in Sharm el-SheikSI Analysis: Leaders of 50 nations convene in Egypt to discuss the world economic crisis, the universal right to nuclear energy and the fight against poverty and peace and development in general at the Non-Aligned Movement Summit.  In recent years, analysts have seen the NAM as a palpable sign of geopolitical repositioning from a unipolar American-led world to a multi-polar one that will rely on

guardian.co.uk Obama Delivers Speech at NAACP Centennial Convention Washington Post [*] OBAMA: Thank you. What an extraordinary night, capping off an extraordinary week, capping off an extraordinary 100 years at the NAACP. (Applause.) So Chairman Bond, Brother Justice, I am so grateful to all of you for being here.

This is the first in a series of posts where we attempt to examine the current public option being proposed as part of the overal health care reform act being debated by congress. This first post attempts to outline my preference for single payer health care and isolate some potential concerns about the public health care option.  Following this post a second installment will be offered that attempts to disect the current public option being debated and to see if our fears hold up underneath or are untenable.