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Matthews: McConnell Should Be Man of the Year – Time Picks Bad People Like Hitler

Chris Matthews on Friday said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell should be Time magazine's Man of the Year for engineering a “disgusting strategy” that forced Obama to the left and made the President look like a socialist. “Time magazine’s picked people pretty awful,” claimed the “Hardball” host. “I’m not mentioning their names…Hitler” (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Matthews: McConnell Should Be Man of the Year – Time Picks Bad People Like Hitler

Chris Matthews on Friday said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell should be Time magazine's Man of the Year for engineering a “disgusting strategy” that forced Obama to the left and made the President look like a socialist. “Time magazine’s picked people pretty awful,” claimed the “Hardball” host. “I’m not mentioning their names…Hitler” (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Matthews: McConnell Should Be Man of the Year – Time Picks Bad People Like Hitler

Chris Matthews on Friday said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell should be Time magazine's Man of the Year for engineering a “disgusting strategy” that forced Obama to the left and made the President look like a socialist. “Time magazine’s picked people pretty awful,” claimed the “Hardball” host. “I’m not mentioning their names…Hitler” (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Lady Gaga and Harry Reid Discuss Repealing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ on Twitter

In a sign of the technological times we live in, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) sent a message via Twitter to pop singer Lady Gaga on Tuesday concerning a vote on the controversial military policy known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Reid’s tweet was actually in response to Gaga informing her 6.3 million followers: Gay Veterans were my VMA dates. Repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. CALL HARRY REID to Schedule Senate Vote  For those unfamiliar, VMA is short for Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards (Gaga and escorts pictured above right). So began a modern exchange over gay rights between a popular entertainment figure and one of the most powerful men in Washington:

Senate Finance Committee drops Dem health goals, including public option

After weeks of secretive talks, a bipartisan group in the Senate edged closer Monday to a health care compromise that omits a requirement for businesses to offer coverage to their workers and lacks a government insurance option that President Barack Obama favors, according to numerous officials.

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Senate Finance Committee drops Dem health goals, including public option