The former governor's speech to distance his Massachusetts health-care program from Obamacare didn't change many minds, but it did show that governing is more complex than political sound bites, writes Daniel Stone.
Mitt Romney wanted desperately to get out of the health-care swamp. The former Massachusetts governor has been in electoral purgatory since last year, unable to take his pre-campaign operation prime time, and his main bit of baggage has always been health care. Romney's 2006 health-care law in Massachusetts looks a lot like Obama's federal law, which Republicans have staked 2012 on repealing.
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So Romney's highly publicized speech Thursday afternoon at the University of Michigan was designed to stop the bloodletting, and confront his record. He had tried before in a speech in March and in several interviews over the past year, including with Newsweek, but none of those efforts had stuck.
Mitt Romney wanted desperately to get out of the health-care swamp. The former Massachusetts governor has been in electoral purgatory since last year, unable to take his pre-campaign operation prime time, and his main bit of baggage has always been health care. Romney's 2006 health-care law in Massachusetts looks a lot like Obama's federal law, which Republicans have staked 2012 on repealing.
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So Romney's highly publicized speech Thursday afternoon at the University of Michigan was designed to stop the bloodletting, and confront his record. He had tried before in a speech in March and in several interviews over the past year, including with Newsweek, but none of those efforts had stuck.
- 5/13/2011
- by Daniel Stone
- The Daily Beast
Underground comic book writer Harvey Pekar, best known as the inspiration for the film American Splendor, died Monday morning in his Cleveland Heights home, according to Wtam 1100 news radio station. He was 70.
Although the cause of Pekar's death is not yet known, Cleveland Heights Police Capt. Michael Cannon said the writer had been suffering from prostate cancer, asthma, high blood pressure and depression.
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Although the cause of Pekar's death is not yet known, Cleveland Heights Police Capt. Michael Cannon said the writer had been suffering from prostate cancer, asthma, high blood pressure and depression.
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- 7/12/2010
- by Gina DiNunno
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Comic-book writer Harvey Pekar, whose autobiographical comic series American Splendor was made into a 2003 Oscar nominated film starring Paul Giamatti as Harvey in addition to Harvey appearing as himself, has been found dead in his Ohio home. He was 70.
Cleveland Heights police Capt. Michael Cannon says officers were called to Pekar's home by his wife Joyce Brabner about 1 a.m. Monday. Cannon says Pekar had been suffering from prostate cancer, asthma, high blood pressure and depression. Coroner's spokesman Powell Caesar in Cleveland says an autopsy will be performed.
Pekar's "American Splendor" comics, which he began publishing in 1976, record his complaints about work, money and the day-to-day grind of life. The comic was done with stories from dozens of artists over the years in a wide variety of styles. Recently, the stories had begun to migrate to the web, as The Pekar Project.
He gained widespread notoriety from his appearances on Late Night With David Letterman,...
Cleveland Heights police Capt. Michael Cannon says officers were called to Pekar's home by his wife Joyce Brabner about 1 a.m. Monday. Cannon says Pekar had been suffering from prostate cancer, asthma, high blood pressure and depression. Coroner's spokesman Powell Caesar in Cleveland says an autopsy will be performed.
Pekar's "American Splendor" comics, which he began publishing in 1976, record his complaints about work, money and the day-to-day grind of life. The comic was done with stories from dozens of artists over the years in a wide variety of styles. Recently, the stories had begun to migrate to the web, as The Pekar Project.
He gained widespread notoriety from his appearances on Late Night With David Letterman,...
- 7/12/2010
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
Cleveland (AP) — Comic-book writer Harvey Pekar, whose "American Splendor" was made into a 2003 film starring Paul Giammati, has been found dead in his Ohio home. Coroner's spokesman Powell Caesar in Cleveland says an autopsy will be performed. He had no details on the death of the 70-year-old Pekar. Cleveland Heights police Capt. Michael Cannon says officers were called to Pekar's home by his wife about 1 a.m. Monday. Cannon says Pekar had been suffering from prostate cancer, asthma, high blood pressure and depression. Pekar's "American Splendor" comics, which he began publishing in 1976, chronicle his grousing about work, money...
- 7/12/2010
- by Thomas J. SHeeran (AP)
- Hitfix
Comic book cult hero was the subject of 2003 Oscar-nominated biopic.
By Eric Ditzian
Harvey Pekar
Photo: Frederick M. Brown/ Getty Images
Famed comic book author Harvey Pekar has died at the age of 70, The Associated Press reports. He was found dead in his Cleveland Heights, Ohio, home early Monday (July 12).
Pekar had been suffering from prostate cancer, asthma, high blood pressure and depression, according to Cleveland Heights Police Capt. Michael Cannon. He had gone to bed about 4:30 p.m. on Sunday and was discovered between a bed and dresser. His wife, Joyce Brabner, called officers at around 1 a.m.
The irascible comic writer, long a beloved cult figure, reached a whole new audience in 2003, when Paul Giamatti played him in the Oscar-nominated biopic, "American Splendor." Pekar also appeared as himself in the film, which was both a postmodern exploration of Pekar's life and a dramatization of his autobiographical comics,...
By Eric Ditzian
Harvey Pekar
Photo: Frederick M. Brown/ Getty Images
Famed comic book author Harvey Pekar has died at the age of 70, The Associated Press reports. He was found dead in his Cleveland Heights, Ohio, home early Monday (July 12).
Pekar had been suffering from prostate cancer, asthma, high blood pressure and depression, according to Cleveland Heights Police Capt. Michael Cannon. He had gone to bed about 4:30 p.m. on Sunday and was discovered between a bed and dresser. His wife, Joyce Brabner, called officers at around 1 a.m.
The irascible comic writer, long a beloved cult figure, reached a whole new audience in 2003, when Paul Giamatti played him in the Oscar-nominated biopic, "American Splendor." Pekar also appeared as himself in the film, which was both a postmodern exploration of Pekar's life and a dramatization of his autobiographical comics,...
- 7/12/2010
- MTV Music News
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