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Are Biden and Daley Breaking With Obama on Contraception Mandate?

Joe Biden and Bill Daley Break With Barack Obama on Contraception Mandate

Two of President Obama’s top advisers — both Catholics — warned him of the potential fallout from his controversial mandate requiring religious organizations to cover the cost of contraceptives in their employee’s health insurance plans.

(Related: 5 Reasons Obama May Be Losing the Contraception Mandate)

Politico reports:

Vice President Joe Biden and former White House chief of staff Bill Daley both told the president that the decision would be cast as a government intrusion on religious freedom and that it could alienate Catholic voters in swing states, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. The decision has whipped up a frenzy of criticism for the president that he’s been battling since the move went public.

Biden, the first Catholic to serve as vice president, isn’t known for being reticent. But he hasn’t yet spoken publicly about the Jan. 20 decision. His office declined to comment.

The advice coming from Biden and Daley also represented a division among the president’s top advisers, with a group of top women all urging the president to not create an exemption for religious organizations. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, also a Catholic, led the charge, and was backed by several others, including senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and then-Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes.

Meanwhile, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday that some reports about who supported the president’s decision are “inaccurate,” but didn’t clarify whether he was referring to Biden and Daley or others.

The White House indicated Tuesday that it might agree to some modifications in the rule that would give employers flexibility.

Politico points out also that Catholics made up more than a quarter of the 2008 electorate and that they voted for Obama over Sen. John McCain 54 percent to 45 percent.

Comments (55)

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  • florida123
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 9:04pm

    Minorities have abortions many times more than Whites in the USA. Ever notice that urban areas which btw are home to more minorities than suburban areas,are always chosen locations for abortion clinics. Also abortion clinics Always take medicaid. The Liberals always touting that they are the saviors of Minorities and all Conservatives are bigots. White Americans handed out Small Pox Blankets to the Native Americans it appears that Abortions have become the Modern Day Small Pox Blankets. The sickest part of the whole thing is that Minority Leaders are some of the biggest advocates for Abortions……………Wake Up America!!!

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    • WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges10
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 11:13pm

      “WATCH THE OTHER HAND”. “THE GUY IS DAVID COPPERFIELD.” -Glenn Beck

      Last time, Obama‘s minions started a fight with FoxNews they couldn’t win … it was a diversion. And then mandatory socialist HealthCare magically passed through Congress.

      This time, Obama‘s minions started a fight with the Catholic Church they couldn’t win. Why? What will magically appear while everyone (outside of Washington DC) is busy with this bluster?

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    • MEANS2RESIST
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:20am

      I can’t believe idiots like this admin are in a position of leadership within our US government….

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    • carbonyes
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 6:53am

      Hopefully this messed up government intrusion will continue to blow up in Obama‘s face where it will become another nail in Obama’s coffin in the Presidential election of 2012.

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    • littlefish
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 9:23am

      Margaret Sanger . . .founder of Planned Parenthood . . . . . thought abortion and post-birth infantcide
      was the best way to eliminate or at least hold down the growth of mud-people and the handicapped.
      Now she’s hero of the left . . .idiots all . . .

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    • Azza
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 10:19am

      This is Obamas ploy using Hitlers hand book :
      Hitler denounce Christians (Catholics ) as Right Wing Fanatics– he encourged pornography –illegitimacy and abortions — This is the Liberal Democrat Socialist philosophy —next they will be build ovens !

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  • nikotyme
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 8:34pm

    “There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.”
    ~Machiavelli~

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  • hauschild
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 8:12pm

    Perfect cover for replacing Biden.

    They’re always a step ahead.

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    • toomuchgovt
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 7:34am

      I agree, Biden will step down for religious reasons. He will be replaced right before the election on a Friday night (holiday weekend) obscure news outlet.

      I also think this is not the real goal. I always think back to the picture of the airplane with the missing engine (Beck – “In plain sight”).

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  • loveliberty83
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 8:11pm

    not only is birth control pills connected to cancer but also strokes 7 blood clots in women

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  • SERUM
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 8:02pm

    Looks like as though some of these clowns are developing a conscious and looking for a way to jump off the radical train….head first people, head first!

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  • LondoMollari
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:48pm

    The more I see Biden speak (not the gaffes), the more I am convinced he has little to no confidence in what the axis of Obama, Reid, Pelosi, Hoyer, Rangel, Wasserman-Schultz and the rest of the radical left are doing.

    I think he’s just along for the ride, frankly.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:28pm

    If this move tears apart the progressives then that would be just deserts to them; a beginning of what they fully deserve and have earned.

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  • Karen Wyp
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:23pm

    The point is not the availability of contraceptives. They are widely available and affordable The purpose of the rule forcing Catholic entities to provide contraceptive methods for their employees is to destroy the Church (or churches). Communist countries don’t allow their citizens to practice any religions. They are godless because the State wants to be the supreme ruler.

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  • shammo
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:21pm

    Biden has promoted and condoned the killing of babies for political gain.

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  • momofonly3
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:16pm

    Just because a person was baptized into the Catholic faith does not mean that person is a Catholic in good standing with the church! Sebilus, Biden, Pelosi, Daly, the Kennedys, etc are NOT Catholics in good standing with the church and any person who is a practicing Catholic is howling in outrage every time these fools claim “I am Catholic”! These people are no more Catholic than Obama is and their only claim to the religion is the sacraments they may have received as children. The Catholic church teaches that a person can repent and leaves the door open for those that have fallen away. Perhaps these men and women will one day see the error of their ways and come back to the church. I can only hope that the priests and bishops of their church and diocese has spoken to them and that they are denied communion if they attend mass. If they are receiving communion then the priest is in grave error.

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  • NOBALONEY
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:14pm

    Biden, I don’t think so. Check out ‘Catholics for Obama – Biden’

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  • Spyderco
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:06pm

    Joe is not able to have an independent thought. Story must be false.

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:01pm

    These boys really don’t matter. What they think, what they say; it doesn’t matter. They are tentacles or appendages; we mustn’t worry about them; just the head. We vote to remove the head; the rest will follow.

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  • Impenitent
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:53pm

    Come to think of it, this obamacare mandate is far more sinister than it may appear…

    Take the next logical step: If the government health panels decide they aren’t going to fund your pregnancy, what choice will these women have? Government doctors decided that you must have an abortion because it would be far too expensive for you to have a child…

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  • biblegeek119
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:52pm

    Sell birth control over the counter, side-by-side with condoms. In Brazil birth controls are cheaper than dirt. No one needs prescription for it. Some people buy them and put in their hair treatment. Ladies say that it makes their hair grow faster.

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  • barber2
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:51pm

    Must be some serious soul searching by our liberal Democrat Catholics who have bought into the largely materialistic “ social justice ” rhetoric now that the ObamaCare mask is totally off…. ( the secrecy about the bill is probably due to these jack- booted government policies which are going to end up in Obama’s frequent target : The Supreme Court ) No wonder Obama criticizes the conservative members of the Court !

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  • TheObamanation
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:49pm

    It’s all about the votes … :: Vice President Joe Biden and former White House chief of staff Bill Daley both told the president that the decision would be cast as a government intrusion on religious freedom and that it could alienate Catholic voters in swing states :: …

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    • Leopold
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:09pm

      This birth control issue was brought up on purpose. It will be used as: “Republicans are against contraception”.

      I believe Obama gives the green light to the people in the background. They scheme and deceive the citizen on a daily basis. Making new laws and regulations.

      Running THIS CAMPAING was started the day Obama entered the White House in 2009. Every decision they have made over the last 3 years was weighed and measured on how it can also be used for his re-election.

      Obama cannot do this by himself. I don’t think he is smart enough. He wants power and his minions make sure he gets it. Obama does not love this beautiful country.

      Remember when Romney was asked about state controlled contraception. That was done on purpose to bring this issue into the campaign. Now with the Catholic Church fighting against the over-reach of government into religious issues, Republicans are coming out to stand with them.

      The Democrats and Obama will bring a message like: “Republicans are against birth control”. That message will motivate mainly young people. So they hope anyways. Obama has lost their enthusiasm and will use this as a tool to get it back.. The young want to get all the free contraception devices they can get. Sex with no responsibility is very appealing to the young and not only the young.

      Now it is not about RELIGIOUS FREEDOM anymore, but will be about; ‘Republicans are refusing birth control.” Just wait and see.

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  • biblegeek119
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:48pm

    Here is an idea about contraception pills: No need for prescription, make it an over the counter like aspirin. Then people buy it with their own money, like it is done in Brazil. Birth control pills in Brazil are cheaper than dirt.

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    • loveliberty83
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 8:09pm

      are you aware of the research of bc pills & cancer in women? this is the reason i will no longer give to cancer because i thought it was for cancer research, with so much money still no cure

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  • term limits for congress
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:32pm

    I’m sure that Biden and Daley approve of the fertility treatment mandate. Oh, wait! There isn’t one.

    The women potentially impacted by this mandate are employeed. Can’t they afford contraception? If not, stop by Planned Parenthood (wearing your Susan G. Komen pink ribbon, of course), they’ll fix ya right up.

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  • SHOWMESTATEGUY
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:30pm

    It’s all a smoke screen. Those two wouldn’t break with the great one on something as silly as religion.

    One thing you have to give the dem libs credit for, the can look you in the eye and lie but in the end it’s ideology with them, not mortality.

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  • texanpatriot
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:30pm

    Obama is a ROOKIE. He was in 2008 and he is now. He has surrounded himself with ROOKIES. Their knowledge comes from complete drivel in books written by anarchists and communists that could only exist in university settings.
    I cringe every time the man speaks showing his lack of understanding of this country and pray that a very large change in made this November.
    I don‘t know if it will be Rick or Mitt or Ron or Newt but it can’t be Barack Hussein!!!!

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:43pm

      It better be one of them or there will be a second revolution.

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  • hey ohms
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:27pm

    Wow, Obamas flunkies finally speak up. I am Sooo Happy that Obama is trying to pull this crap on the Catholic church. 19,000,000 Catholics voted for Obama in 08. I am excited that he has offended them BEFORE the election. Can you imagine what kind of crap he would try to pull on us in a second term? Its scarry. I support Ron Paul because he is the most conservative. I dont care who you vote for as long as its not Obama. Please, dont just read about polotics. Get involved for whoever you like. Vote and encourage everybody you can to vote. Between Obama and Holder our biggest threat to security is our current administration.PLEASE VOTE! BTW Foreign debt is a threat, think about it.

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  • BIGJAYINPA
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:19pm

    Why is Valerie Jarret always involved in these decisions?? What is her role?? What is her agenda?? Is she the conduit for Soros?? Or are she and Van Jones on some sort of other mission. Everytime Obama makes a move against the Constitution these two are there. When two hardcore leftists like Biden and Dailey counsel against a decicion and Obama goes ahead with Jarret and Jones it has to make a person wonder- What is the agenda here??……Just sayin’

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    • taxed
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:26pm

      For some reason, she has all the access to him. She has no experience doing anything, so they make quite a good team.

      http://conservativepoliticalforum.com/index.php?board=1.0

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    • momprayn
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:26pm

      According to an alleged White House Insider, Obama is just a puppet – the real “President” is Jarrett and Sebelius also plays a big role in his decisions. Things this guy has said have come true as he has said. He also says there are others like him – Democrats – that saw the light re how destructive this admin. is and are actively trying to expose things and working on not having him get re-elected.

      http://www.theulstermanreport.com

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    • thekuligs
      Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:30pm

      Jarett is a Chicago polotician, and we know how those really are.

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    • GO-FOR-LIBERTY
      Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:28am

      Might it be a color thing?

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  • MarcusFL
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:17pm

    Next up!

    The atheists will be offeneded for Joe for placing the ash on his head for Ash Wednesday?

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  • Ohevi
    Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:03pm

    I’m first!

    Glad to see someone in this administration has some sense, but wow, it’s Biden, that really speaks volumes! He’s the only one? Lol

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