Health Care Tea Party targets Sen. Bill Nelson’s Tampa office next week

The anti-ObamaCare folks at Dick Armey’s Army, Freedom Works, have planned a Tea Party rally next Thursday in Tampa. Details after the jump:

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The federal deficit, and perceptions of it, start to imperil Barack Obama’s health care reform

By Mitch Perry
PoHo contributor and anchor of the WMNF Evening News on 88.5 FM community radio

Health care reform in Washington is in peril.

In the words of Maryland Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski late last week, “Obviously this is not going to go as fast as we thought.”

The promise of reforming health care has been a singular focus of President Barack Obama — well, along with dealing with the banking crises, the foreclosure crises, and getting the economy recharged.

But now that crunch time is approaching, the various voices that comprise the debate in Washington are speaking up, and some groups previously considered as potential allies, (such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce) are now speaking critically of the legislation being discussed right now.

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