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1. Campaign Desk

   CJR Holds a Missouri Town Hall Meeting

   August 25, 2010 11:09 AM

   Last August I visited the college town of Columbia, Missouri, and did man-on-the street interviews with small business owners, college students, and people getting care at a community clinic. I went back to Columbia last week and visited the... Continue reading

2. Campaign Desk

   Those Social Security Code Words Again

   August 19, 2010 01:11 PM

   The Hill yesterday set the standard for coverage of the president’s remarks in a Columbus, Ohio, backyard town hall meeting. Jordan Fabian reported that the president said Social Security is not in crisis, and needs only modest... Continue reading

3. Campaign Desk

   More Codes in the Social Security War

   August 17, 2010 01:28 PM

   The Washington Post, which at times has acted like the head media cheerleader for the president’s deficit commission, appeared to send a political message in its Social Security analysis Saturday. The paper pointed out that the president was... Continue reading

4. Campaign Desk

   Social Security in the Heartland: Lonnie Judy

   August 16, 2010 11:19 AM

   Before the year ends, the president’s fiscal commission will bring forth a plan for cutting the deficit. While commission co-chairs Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles have announced that everything that costs the government money is on the table—wars, hunger programs,... Continue reading

5. Campaign Desk

   Food Stamps and Health

   August 11, 2010 03:52 PM

   It’s hardly surprising that the nation’s news media haven’t sent forth a flood of stories about how Congress has cut billions from the food stamp program to help states pay for Medicaid and teachers’ salaries—a kind of robbing-Peter-to-pay-Paul exchange. What... Continue reading

6. Campaign Desk

   The Medicare Sales Job Moves Along

   August 9, 2010 03:25 PM

   In his radio message this weekend, the president focused on Medicare, trying as hard as he might to convince skeptical seniors that health reform would be good for them. The president has reason to worry about the older... Continue reading

7. Campaign Desk

   Consumer Advice for Retirement Savings

   August 6, 2010 10:20 AM

   “Social Security Jitters? Better Prepare Now,” read the headline of a money story in the New York Times last Saturday. “At last,” I thought, “here’s a consumer piece that might actually help people.” And up to a point it did... Continue reading

8. Campaign Desk

   Social Security in the Heartland Archive

   August 3, 2010 11:05 AM

   This is a complete archive of Trudy Lieberman's "Social Security in the Heartland" articles, listed in descending order. 12/22/10: Social Security in the Heartland: Nick Quealy-Gainer - What Social Security means to real people 12/15/10: Social... Continue reading

9. Campaign Desk

   Social Security in the Heartland: Jennifer Tayabji

   August 3, 2010 10:38 AM

   Before the year ends, the president’s fiscal commission will bring forth a plan for cutting the deficit. While commission co-chairs Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles have announced that everything that costs the government money is on the table—wars, hunger programs,... Continue reading

10. Campaign Desk

    Hurray for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    August 2, 2010 04:05 PM

    It’s not often that editors let their reporters detail the steps they took to report a story, but a wonderfully refreshing and candid piece appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch yesterday and did just that. Investigative reporter Jeremy... Continue reading

11. Campaign Desk

    Sebelius Watch, Part IV

    July 30, 2010 10:28 AM

    A few days ago, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius came forth with one more goodie from the new reform law: the right to appeal a coverage decision made by a health plan. It’s yet another in a series of positive talking... Continue reading

12. Campaign Desk

    Kudos to The New York Times

    July 28, 2010 10:16 AM

    There’s been way, way too much follow-the-newsmaker reporting in recent weeks, with Obama’s acolytes trailing the procession to the promised land of health and financial reform. That’s why we were so pleased to see two pieces in the Times that... Continue reading

13. Campaign Desk

    Paying Attention to Social Security

    July 23, 2010 10:35 AM

    Slowly, ever so slowly, the mainstream media is discovering the Social Security story. So it’s worth noting two pieces in prominent news outlets this week: one on Businessweek.com by Chris Farrell, a contributing economics editor for Bloomberg Businessweek, and the... Continue reading

14. Campaign Desk

    The Other Liz

    July 21, 2010 11:44 AM

    The press has been abuzz lately about the possible appointment of Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren to head the Federal Reserve’s new consumer financial protection bureau. There’s been a ton of speculation about whether Warren (who might be a tough... Continue reading

15. Campaign Desk

    Social Security in Perspective

    July 20, 2010 10:15 AM

    To hear the media tell it, you’d think most Americans agree that this country must drastically reform its Social Security program. As Campaign Desk has pointed out, Social Security and the federal deficit have become Topic A in Washington, but... Continue reading

16. Campaign Desk

    A Fresh Take on Health Care

    July 13, 2010 10:58 AM

    It all sounded so simple in the years leading up to health reform. The politicians, from the president on down, railed against people—particularly the poor and the uninsured—clogging up the ERs. The solution: Give them insurance, and they wouldn’t go... Continue reading

17. Campaign Desk

    Who Will Tell the People?

    July 8, 2010 10:01 AM

    Ohio congressman John Boehner’s recent interview in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review touched on all the red hot stones—health care, BP, Afghanistan, and financial reform legislation, which he likened to “killing an ant with a nuclear weapon.” That remark made... Continue reading

18. Campaign Desk

    The Passing of Dr. Robert Butler

    July 7, 2010 12:34 PM

    I always thought Bob Butler would live forever. After all, he was Mr. Live A Long Life, and preached the gospel of helping Americans do just that. I never thought of Bob getting old, although the last time I saw... Continue reading

19. Campaign Desk

    A Tip of the Hat to The Oregonian

    June 30, 2010 12:16 PM

    We often thought nobody was paying attention when, during the health reform debate, we urged the press to investigate the plight of some two million disabled Americans who qualify for monthly disability checks from Social Security. Yet they can’t get... Continue reading

20. Campaign Desk

    Welfare, Entitlements, and Sharron Angle

    June 28, 2010 01:53 PM

    It’s fair to say that Sharron Angle is controversial. She’s the former Nevada state legislator who is running against Harry Reid, and some political bookies think she might give old Harry a run for his money in November. If that’s... Continue reading

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