Jon Stewart on the Bipartisan Health Care Summit

Yesterday's big bipartisan health care summit is all anyone is talking about, and obviously not everyone is in agreement about it. Some thought it was a very strong summit that solved a lot of problems, others thought the entire summit should be scrapped and a whole new summit created in its place. Then of course, there are those who wanted voters to have a chance to speak at the summit, the so-called "public option." Fortunately, there's talk of a bipartisan summit to debate all of these points.

Coverage of the summit continues below, including a via-satellite interview with Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC).

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Jon Stewart: Senator Ackbar Is Right

For a while, the GOP has earned a reputation as the party of obstruction with their mantra of "No." Well, in the wake of President Obama's plan for a televised bipartisan health-care summit, their mantra has changed to, "It's a trap!" Which I guess makes them the party of 4chan.

Stephen Colbert's take on the issue can be found below.

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The Blog Hole: Dick Morris, Krugman and Broke Is The New Bling

Obama Hurts Capitalism's Feelings Clinton turncoat turned Fox News muppet Dick Morris explains why Wall Street won't be returning Obama's late-night booty calls, because Mr. President has been talking trash. [realclearpolitics.com]

The Democratic Party Is The Party Of Cat Herds  Basically, the Republicans are disciplined Stormtroopers, and the Democrats are a dance party of manic-depressive drama queens, or at least, that's one interpretation of Ronald Brownstein's essay.  [theatlantic.com]

The Markets Are Less Gandalf, More Gollum  Sometimes New York Times columnist Paul Krugman gets into a heated debate at a cocktail party, and to win he just goes "Oh, where's your Nobel Prize?" Krugman takes apart faith in magical markets today, and he sounds right?  [nytimes.com]

America Is Better Off With Great Taste, Less Filling  Robert Frank isn't going to miss America in 2007, and neither should you. It was a greedy time of champagne magnums and credit card spending orgies. We're better off as hobos. [prospect.org]

Tags: Democrats, Dick Morris, Paul Krugman