The Droid invasion appears to be going according to plan. Motorola’s new Android-based handset arrived at Verizon Wireless stores last Friday and analysts say it’s selling quite well. Indeed, Broadpoint AmTech analyst Mark McKechnie estimates Verizon sold about 100,000 Droids in its first weekend.
Doctors unhappy with provisions missing or included in the current health legislation failed to get the American Medical Association to rescind its support for the House version of the overhaul bill.
Reps. Diana DeGette and Louise Slaughter, who co-chair the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, are circulating a letter among lawmakers stating their objections to the antiabortion amendment in the House health-care overhaul bill, and threatening to vote against a final version if the amendment remains intact.