The Stephanie Miller Show - March 10 2010

March 10th, 2010

• Karl Frisch, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to co-host Right Wing World.

• Rep. John Larson (D-CT) calls in at 8:35am Pacific to talk about the final stretch of the campaign for health care reform.

• President Obama has chosen a St. Louis high school to make his closing argument for a health care overhaul, pushing a new anti-fraud plan as he cranks up the pressure on skittish Dem lawmakers to act fast. Today’s speech comes as congressional Dems stand on the brink of delivering the president a dramatic success with passage of his sweeping overhaul legislation.

• Legislation blending help for the jobless with popular tax breaks for businesses and individuals is slated to pass the Senate today over protests from conservatives who say it adds too much to the $12.5 trillion national debt.

• U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility today that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama’s announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal.

• Former New York Congressman Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, acknowledged Tuesday groping a male staffer but denied it was sexual.