So where does the health care debate go from here?
Well first of all The White House believes that this effort will be successful if the President can clearly explain to Americans how health care reform will benefit them.
Where do I begin with President Obama's speech tonight? Here are The Brody File takeaways.
1. The President may want a public option but he backed away from it big time Wednesday. Let's be real. If you're a liberal Democrat Congressman listening to that speech what are you thinking when you hear the following line:
Democratic Congressman Bart Stupak tells the Beltway Buzz he's "confident" he has the votes to block the rule that allows H.R. 3200 onto the floor for debate. However, he says he's not taking anything for granted.
Watch my TV report on the controversy over President Obama's "Back to School Speech". Also watch my analysis on the health care debate in Congress.
I read President Obama's "Back to School" speech. Did you? I have posted the entire speech below but first a few thoughts.
It's hard to look at that speech and find anything wrong with it. You'd have to be the "World's greatest Nitpicker" to find some sort of hidden meaning. Then again to the conspiracy theorists out there who knows? I mean after all how much of the President's speech was changed AFTER the controversy erupted?
Hello and welcome to the oncoming fall season. Where did summer go?
To quote one of my producers: “Let your army of family and friends know that (your interview with) Pat Boone airs September 8th on The 700 Club.”
Pat is the original "American Idol", and my wife Nedra (she of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame), accompanied me on this interview. Can you believe Pat Boone is NOT in the Hall? We talk about that among other things.
Someone asked me yesterday if Christians in Afghanistan are experiencing persecution by the Taliban. The question took me by surprise. In the months that I've spent in this war-torn country, I've never come across any Afghan citizen who isn't Muslim.
Umm...Memo to the White House: White House "Green Jobs Czar" Van Jones is becoming toxic. Van Jones is becoming more like the Dow Jones during the recession. His stock is plummeting.
Jones is coming under fire for a whole littany of past comments and actions. Fox News has been all over this More on the controversy here.
Republican candidate for Virginia governor, Bob McDonnell, made headlines this week for a thesis he wrote while earning his masters degree at Regent University 20 years ago.
Did your last school year end on a good note? Hopefully so! But just in case it was a downer, here’s some encouragement.