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Fauci: Don't Blame the Drug Companies!

According to Dr. Anthony Fauci of NIH, it’s because of there was a perfect storm of events that created the shortage, or in his parlance, a “triple whammy.” Fauci told Congress, “You start late through no fault of anybody. That’s when the virus appeared. You have a flu waiting for you when the kids go back to school and you have a slow grower. That’s the issue. That’s the issue." It turns out that the H1N1 grows quickly in human beings, but not so quickly in the eggs used to grow the vaccine.

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November 4, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (2)

Huckabee: Mechanism, Not Ideas, Failed Conservatives in NY-23

ABC News’ David Chalian Reports: A once and, perhaps, future Republican presidential candidate described the unfolding of events among the Republican and conservative ranks in NY-23 as nothing short of a “disaster.” “It was just a disaster waiting to happen so I don’t think it was so much about the Democrat got elected, it was that the Republicans really fumbled the ball and the Democrats fell on it in the end zone,” said former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on ABC News’ “Top Line.”

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November 4, 2009 in Top Line | Permalink | User Comments (1)

Senators Expand Home Buyer Tax Credit, Extend Unemployment Benefits

ABC’s Z. Byron Wolf reports: Senators 98-0 voted tonight to extend unemployment benefits by 20 weeks in states hardest hit by the economic downturn and by 14 weeks everywhere else. They also extended an $8,000 first-time home buyers tax credit...

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November 4, 2009 in Congress, Financial Reform | Permalink | User Comments (14)

GOP Leaders: ‘Political Rebellion Going on in America’

The top Republicans in the House and Senate, House Minority Leader John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, took something of a victory lap today, jumping on the results from yesterday’s elections in Virginia and New Jersey to predict GOP gains in the 2010 congressional contests.

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DGA to Guv Candidates: Don't Get 'Boxed In' on Health Care Reform

Nathan Daschle, the executive director of the Democratic Governors Association (D.G.A.) said Wednesday that the party's candidates for governor cannot "fall into the trap" of getting "boxed in" on federal issues like health-care reform.

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November 4, 2009 in Democratic party, Republican Party, Senate | Permalink | User Comments (0)

One Year In, ‘Change’ Rules -- Again

ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: We love anniversaries in this business, and today marks exactly a year since President Obama stood in Grant Park in Chicago to declare victory in the presidential election. Here’s my take on how things look...

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GOP climate change bill boycott - Day 2

Senate Democrats tried for the second day to begin the editing process of sweeping climate change legislation, but Republicans continued their boycott of the sessions

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November 4, 2009 in Congress, Democratic party, Environment, GOP, Obama Agenda, Republican Party, Senate | Permalink | User Comments (8)

Cornyn: ‘We Will Not Spend Money in a Contested Primary’

With Republicans grappling with the fallout of an intra-party battle that may have cost them a House seat, the head of the Senate Republican campaign effort is making a pledge that may ease some of the anger being directed at the party establishment.

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Plouffe: Obama Campaign Energy Not ‘Transferable’

It was a rough night for Democrats who, one year ago, were triumphant in their quest for the White House. David Plouffe -- the political operative largely responsible for President Obama’s historic victory in 2008 -- tells ABC News the energy of that campaign does not necessarily transfer to other democrats.

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November 4, 2009 in Democratic party, GOP, President Obama, Republican Party, Virginia | Permalink | User Comments (9)

The Note: Change Election - GOP Finds Hope; Democrats Find Fear; Independents Find Power

The big Republican wins in New Jersey and Virginia are tempered by the very real fact that it was Democrats who actually gained a seat in Congress (over no less a foe than Sarah Palin).

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November 4, 2009 in The Note | Permalink | User Comments (40)