CHEER UP! Another in an occasional series of good news about the Obama Administration...

All of this is culled from only the first page of DU's GD:P section. :fistbump:

Hekate


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Lobbyists Stew After Being Bounced From Boards
Posted by babylonsister on Mon Oct-05-09 10:30 AM
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=news-000003216413

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Pelosi criticizes Baucus health bill - “This is why we need a strong public option..."
Posted by jefferson_dem on Thu Oct-08-09 06:36 PM
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/62361-pelosi-criticizes-baucus-health-bill

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Another thing Obama has NOT done: Obama loan relief plan hits goal early
Posted by Peacetrain on Thu Oct-08-09 08:57 AM
Just kidding ;)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091008/ap_on_bi_ge/us_foreclosure_aid_4


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Senate democrats have deal on jobless aid
Posted by Kdillard on Thu Oct-08-09 04:21 PM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33230509/ns/politics-capitol_hill /
"Senate Democrats said Thursday they have reached a deal to extend unemployment insurance benefits to the nearly 2 million jobless workers across the country who are in danger of running out of assistance by the end of the year.


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Calling 'Em Out: The White House Takes on the Press
Posted by babylonsister on Thu Oct-08-09 09:36 AM
Calling 'Em Out: The White House Takes on the Press
By Michael Scherer Thursday, Oct. 08, 2009
Obama aides say they can't rely on reporters to referee public debates.
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Pelosi to submit multiple public options for CBO scoring
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will submit multiple versions of the House's healthcare bill for cost estimates, she announced on Thursday.


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Poll: Republicans Fall to 25 Percent Approval, Most Americans Back Public Option

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30 senators ask Reid to include a public option in the merged bill
Posted by Mass on Thu Oct-08-09 02:12 PM
If Sherrod Brown's count is accurate at 44, we need at least 7 more to get 51 (6 if we include Biden) and 10 additional one who do not filibuster.
http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/10/08/public_option /

30 senators sign letter backing public option

In the past, it's been House Democrats who've been most vocal in supporting the public option. Now, Senate Democrats are getting on the bandwagon.

30 Democratic senators (really, 29 Democrats and one independent who caucuses with them, Vermont's Bernie Sanders) joined together on Thursday to send a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in which they ask him "for your leadership on ensuring that the merged health reform bill contains a public insurance option."

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House Passes Expanded Hate Crimes Bill (Republicans complain)


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House Republicans admit that they're outmatched by Nancy Pelosi; want to "put her in her place"

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AP Interview: White House amps up push on climate

P.S. I just "rec'd" this to offset the "unrec". I guess the "Unrec Fairy" is up early this morning.

Really. I mean it. ;-)

Hekate

Posted elsewhere on DU, with this link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8298580.stm

This just feels bizarre: this is terribly early in his administration. But here's what they said:

US President Barack Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
The Nobel Committee said he was awarded it for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples".
The committee highlighted Mr Obama's efforts to strengthen international bodies and promote nuclear disarmament.
>snip<
"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," the Norwegian committee said in a statement.
"His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population."
Asked why the prize had been awarded to Mr Obama less than a year after he took office, Nobel committee head Thorbjoern Jagland said: "It was because we would like to support what he is trying to achieve".

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6733023&mesg_id=6733023

:hi:

K&R

I'm starting to think that too many people don't EVER want to be happy. About anything. The crab, crab, crab is getting tiring, and it's nice to see all the GOOD news in one place so we get some friggin' perspective.

Thanks again. :thumbsup:

K & R

:party: :toast:

Hekate