Eleanor Clift

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Who Are the First Responders to Voters’ Concerns?
Democrats need to focus on the economy.
November 6, 2009

Sometimes I think the Democrats have a death wish. For Harry Reid to ruminate about putting off health-care reform until next year is to give the Teabaggers even more time to stir up populist outrage about an out-of-touch Congress. With every poll showing that the No. 1 concern among voters is the weak job picture, the White House seems unresponsive. The news, first reported by BusinessWeek, that Goldman Sachs received a supply of H1N1 vaccine before many New York City hospitals fed into the simmering anger over the favored treatment of Wall Street. ( Click here to follow Eleanor Clift )

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Fresh Eyes on Medical Care
Some people see any change to the current health-care system as a threat. Then there's Susan Kelly.
October 30, 2009
The Road to Health-Care Reform
Why making laws takes so darn long.
October 23, 2009
How One Senator’s Vote Can Affect Another’s
Will Joe Lieberman be the first Democratic domino to fall on health-care reform? Will Olympia Snowe be the first Republican one?
October 16, 2009
When Humor Attacks
Obama's Nobel Prize would feed nicely into a 'Saturday Night Live' parody. But comedy wouldn't be funny without an element of truth.
October 9, 2009
Why Don’t Liberals Care About Health Care?
You'd think liberals would be excited about health-care reform. You'd be wrong.
October 2, 2009
The Ambassador's Jewels
Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright tells NEWSWEEK about the pins she wore for diplomacy, and the stories behind them.
September 28, 2009
Majority Report
Some liberals think Democrats should purge their more conservative members, but do they want to be in the minority?
September 25, 2009
Cover Stories (2)
Cover Story
Troubled Waters
War, storms, leak probes—and a growing array of ethics clouds. Dark days for the Republican Party.
October 10, 2005
Cover Story
As the Shadows Fell
The story of Ronald Reagan's last decade is at once grim and tender. The personal history of how Nancy coped with his Alzheimer's.
June 21, 2004
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Newsweek

open quoteDemocrats with long memories might draw from the Clinton experience the conclusion that whatever concessions they make to the Republicans, they'll never be enough.close quote