A Blue Dog With Time and Clout on his side-Washington Post

A Blue Dog with Time and Clout on his side- Washington Post: "A few weeks ago, Rep. Mike Ross, a little-known conservative Democrat from Arkansas, seemed an unlikely power broker poised to put the brakes on the president's plan for a fast-track health-care reform bill."

Support Slips for Health Plan - WSJ.com

Support Slips for Health Plan - WSJ.com: "Support for President Barack Obama's health-care effort has declined over the past five weeks, particularly among those who already have insurance, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found, amid prolonged debate over costs and quality of care."

Support Slips for Health Plan - WSJ.com

Support Slips for Health Plan - WSJ.com: "-- Support for President Barack Obama's health-care effort has declined over the past five weeks, particularly among those who already have insurance, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found, amid prolonged debate over costs and quality of care."

Fat accompli: Congress's weight issue- Politico.com

Fat accompli: Congress's weight issue-Politico.com: Supposedly preoccupied with costs and how to reduce them, the various committees involved in producing health care legislation have all but ignored the, well, husky animal in the room: fat people."

Lawmakers Cut Health Bill's Price Tag-Washington Post

Lawmakers Cut Health Bill's Price Tag-Washington Post: Key lawmakers on Wednesday moved to cut roughly $100 billion from the cost of health-care reform proposals as they sought to break weeks of gridlock on President Obama's signature legislative initiative before Congress departs for a month-long recess."

Obama Defends Health Agenda - WSJ.com

Obama Defends Health Agenda - WSJ.com: "President Barack Obama, acknowledging the rising protests against his health-care efforts, took some of the sharpest jabs yet at his opponents, accusing them of rallying opposition with scare tactics and hypocrisy."

Top Senate aide: Health deal not "imminient" - POLITICO.com

Top Senate aide: Health deal not "imminent"- POLITICO.com: "A top aide to Max Baucus (D-Mont.) is pushing back against a WaPo story [Actually, the headline more than the story] claiming that a health care deal -- sans a public option -- is 'close.'"