The Stephanie Miller Show - Feb 23 2010

February 23rd, 2010

• Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about this week’s health care summit.

• Charlie Pierce of “The Boston Globe” and “Idiot America” calls in at 7:35am Pacific to talk about the news of the day.

• Duncan Penn of MTV’s “The Buried Life” calls in at 8:05am Pacific to talk about the show and his attempt to shoot hoops with President Obama.

• JoAnne Worley, president of Actors and Others for Animals, calls in at 8:35am Pacific to talk about National Spay and Neuter Day.

• Congressional Dems cautiously embraced President Obama’s new health care plan as their last hope for comprehensive overhaul. GOP-ers trashed it, dimming prospects for any deal at the bipartisan health care summit that Obama has scheduled for Thursday to try to jump-start the debate.

• Former Vice President Dick Cheney is in a Washington hospital a day after experiencing chest pains. Cheney’s assistant issued a statement Monday saying the 69-year-old Cheney was resting comfortably at a D.C. area hospital and his doctors were evaluating the situation.

• The nation’s top defense leaders said Monday that U.S.-led forces were making steady progress in their efforts in a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan but faced stiffer resistance than expected and the operation would take longer than hoped.