The John Batchelor Show

VIDEO: In the News

April 24, 2015

Thursday  23 April 2015  / Hour 1, Block A:Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal, in re: spoke with Allysia Finley and Joe Rago.  The Obama Adm wants the TPP (Pacific trade: Trans-Pacific Partnership), but much of the Democratic Party does not. Fast-track trade authority.  President's epiphany: weakest recovery of any recession; the president has become a TPP devotee. Bill left Committee with a poison pill.   ACA: state subsidies, Supreme Court.   GOP prepares a plan B in case the Court rules for the plaintiffs.  GOP says: we want a plan that immediately covers the indigent entirely in exchange for  . . .   Note distinction between practically-minded people (e.g., Sen Johnson) and windbags.   . . .  Bill Whelan in California:  Kamala Devi Harris, the AG and a rock star, has put her hat in the ring and looks ready to win. Except for Loretta Sanchez, from OC and a street-fighter.