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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Daily Democratic Wire 6-21-2009

George Wenschhof

Happy Father's Day!

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NY Times/CBS Poll shows 72% of Americans support public health care - this is a huge shot in the arm for President Obama who has come under fire from Republicans who oppose any publicly funded health care. Only 20% opposed and 7% had no opinion. the NY Times has more here.

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Unrest in Iran continues - Twitter and Facebook continue to be a major source of information coming from Iran as the government has limited access to media. While these sources of information are valuable, they are also not necessarily a total picture of what is transpiring within Iran. All the more reason for the present government to allow for a free press. CNN.com has more here.

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Republicans continue to play games in House - unhappy with how appropriations have been going and their inability to offer amendments, they have resorted to procedural means to slow the approval process. TheHill.co has more here.

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