2008 Woodie Awards
Caucus 2008: Our endorsements
Issue date: 12/21/07 Section: Opinions
- Rather than forcing those who cannot afford health insurance to buy it through mandates and punishing those who don't fall in line with fines, Obama's approach to ensuring total coverage of all Americans aims to lower costs by pinning the pressure on insurance and pharmaceutical companies. We believe Obama to be the most able to confront massive industrial monopolies and their ballooning profits and to begin needed reform by reducing costs for our citizens. Individuals will not be turned down for coverage because of illness or pre-existing conditions. Along with expanded eligibility for Medicaid and SCHIP, Obama will create a National Health Insurance Exchange to help those who wish to purchase private insurance. As a watchdog group, the exchange will aid in private insurance market reform by creating rules and standards for participating insurance plans to ensure fairness in both price and accessibility. Insurers would have to charge premiums deemed fair and stable by the exchange and would be required to justify an above-average premium increase. He will prohibit drug companies from keeping generics off the market and end the ban that prevents the government from negotiating with drug companies for the Medicare prescription-drug benefit.
- Obama believes the issues surrounding global warming and energy can be solved by the ingenuity of the American people. He would double federal clean-energy science and research funding, including biomass, solar, and wind technologies. He would institute a complete economy-wide cap-and-trade system, using the profits to help workers and industries adapt to clean technology development and production, transforming green advancement into jobs and economic growth. Obama believes in expanding Federal Efficiency Grants for energy efficient buildings and ending incentives for utility companies that have customers who consume more energy - instead giving these incentives to utilities that improve energy efficiency. He will mandate that all new vehicles be flex-fuel vehicles by the end of his first term, reforming the auto industry to better compete with foreign companies while decreasing emissions.
- Obama believes the issues surrounding global warming and energy can be solved by the ingenuity of the American people. He would double federal clean-energy science and research funding, including biomass, solar, and wind technologies. He would institute a complete economy-wide cap-and-trade system, using the profits to help workers and industries adapt to clean technology development and production, transforming green advancement into jobs and economic growth. Obama believes in expanding Federal Efficiency Grants for energy efficient buildings and ending incentives for utility companies that have customers who consume more energy - instead giving these incentives to utilities that improve energy efficiency. He will mandate that all new vehicles be flex-fuel vehicles by the end of his first term, reforming the auto industry to better compete with foreign companies while decreasing emissions.
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Anne Schimke
posted 12/21/07 @ 8:12 AM CST
I guess Oprah can make anyone look good. However, I don't feel Obama was all that oratorical during the last debate that was on PBS.
luvreba
Anne
posted 12/21/07 @ 8:14 AM CST
I guess Oprah can make anyone look good. I don't feel during the last debate he possessed the commanding oratorical abilities you propose in your article. (Continued…)
Jane
posted 12/21/07 @ 8:18 AM CST
I feel that he did possess the gravitas and commanding oratorical abilities in the last debate.
The Clinton's attacks on Obama by surrogates Shaheen in New Hampshire and now Bob Kerrey are scurrilous and shameful. (Continued…)
Joe
posted 12/21/07 @ 8:26 AM CST
The Daily Iowan is a newspaper. You should not be endorsing anyone, even if you did pick a Democrat and a Republican.
Jerry OBrien
posted 12/21/07 @ 8:54 AM CST
What a surprise that the Daily Communist Iowan endorses Barack Hussein Obama and John McCain (whose fine work in campaign finance reform now only allows multi-millionaires to run for president!). (Continued…)
mark
posted 12/21/07 @ 9:28 AM CST
unfortunately, both mccain and obama are washington insiders. and unfortunately, perhaps that is what it takes nowadays to be president. it's a sad commentary but just look at all the horrible infighting amongst the president and congress. (Continued…)
Brian '99
posted 12/21/07 @ 10:03 AM CST
""Ron Paul, whose radical domestic policies create more problems than they solve""
HAVE YOU SO LITTLE FAITH IN OUR INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES THAT YOU SO FEAR TAKING POWER OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND PUTTING IT BACK IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE, WHERE IT BELONGS?
COWARDS, ALL!
Miketh
posted 12/21/07 @ 10:06 AM CST
Brian '99,
Keep in mind that the DI are a bunch of liberal snot nosed kids who would like big daddy government to keep on wiping their collective asses all throughout their liberal snot nosed lives. (Continued…)
Richie Sambo
posted 12/21/07 @ 10:39 AM CST
The Daily Iowan... I though newspapers were to report the news, NOT MAKE IT!
Well, another example of Main Stream Media Monopolizing the public in who they should vote for in the Caucases. (Continued…)
Biden 2008
posted 12/21/07 @ 10:43 AM CST
Yeah I think I counted about 30 "uh's" out of Barack's mouth in the first 5 minutes. Oh well his is still a good guy, just not one that I think can stand up to republicans and win. (Continued…)
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