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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Reso Condemning MoveOn Passes Overwhelmingly, With Lots Of Dems — The GOP-introduced resolution condemning MoveOn just passed by a huge margin, 72-25. Roughly half the Democrats in the Senate supported it. — A couple of the more interesting votes: Jim Webb, who just yesterday was a Netroots hero …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
25 Senate Democrats Support "Betray Us", Including Hillary — The Senate passed the Jon Cornyn amendment condemning the MoveOn.org ad that called General David Petraeus a liar and potential traitor, 72-25. All 25 Senators who voted in support of these smears against an American military commander …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama opts out — The empty, symbolic fight over the MoveOn ad also appears to be testing something that was, from the beginning, a central question in the primary: Do Democrats want somebody who will be above partisan fighting (Obama), or do they want a partisan fighter (Clinton)?
Paul Begala / The Huffington Post:
Democrats Should Attack Bush, Not MoveOn
Democrats Should Attack Bush, Not MoveOn
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Crooks and Liars
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Misses Vote On MoveOn — Right After Voting On Boxer Measure
Obama Misses Vote On MoveOn — Right After Voting On Boxer Measure
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Drudge Report:
AHMADINEJAD SAYS HE WILL NOT PUSH TO VISIT GROUND ZERO; 'AMAZED' GESTURE WOULD INSULT AMERICANS — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will not press his plan — just denied by New York City Police for security reasons — to visit Ground Zero in New York City, he tells 60 MINUTES' Scott Pelley …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Audio: Ahmadinejad should be "physically restrained" from going to Ground Zero, says McCain; Update: Ahmadinejad backs down? — He's half-joking but it may come to that. Against all odds, this thing looks like it's going to happen. The word today from the relevant powers …
Michael Roston / Huffington Post:
Bush Claims He "Got A B In Econ 101" — In a Thursday morning morning press conference at the White House, the President engaged in a little bit of grade inflation about his academic record. — "You need to talk to economists," he answered when asked if there was a risk of recession in the US economy.
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White House:
Press Conference by the President — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. In just 10 days the State Children's Health Insurance Program, known as S-CHIP, is set to expire. This important program helps children whose families cannot afford private health insurance, but do not qualify for Medicaid to get coverage they need.
Horses Mouth:
Okay, this is a fun postcript to the whole battle over John Bohner's "small price" remark, which this blog first reported on a couple of weeks ago. — Boehner has finally responded personally on television for the first time to all the criticism of his remark, a sign that the beating he's taking …
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Hey All You Anti-War Crazies.... Just shut up already, and let the Senate deal with it: … Or not. You can sign the MoveOn petition: … Hagel, by the way, voted to condemn MoveOn. — I guess that's his right. He's a Senator, after all. — Update: Hello!
Faiz / Think Progress:
Fox's goddamn hypocrisy. — During the Fox network broadcast of the Emmy Awards this week, Actress Sally Field's acceptance speech was censored because she used the word "goddamn." "If mothers ruled the world," Field said, "there would be no god-damned wars in the first place."
Ryan Grim / The Politico:
Lieberman open to climate change compromise — As acceptance of the reality of global climate change has grown, so too has support for some type of capping of carbon emissions combined with a mechanism to trade carbon credits on an open market. — A potentially trillion-dollar question …
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Pam / Pam's House Blend:
Progressive blogosphere MIA on Jena 6 — [My god. The depth of ignorance and denial over the lack of progressive blogging on this story is displayed in full flower at Chris's diary at DKos, where he cross posted — and some of the excuses are mind-boggling.]
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CNN, Lean Left, Off the Kuff, Daily Kos, Taylor Marsh, Wampum, Facing South, Instapundit.com and Comments From Left Field
Newsweek:
Terror Watch: A secret lobbying campaign — The secret lobbying campaign your phone company doesn't want you to know about — The nation's biggest telecommunications companies, working closely with the White House, have mounted a secretive lobbying campaign to get Congress to quickly approve …
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DownWithTyranny!:
STUNNING ABOUT FACE! REPUBLICAN MAYOR OF SAN DIEGO ABANDONS HOMOPHOBIA AND ENDORSES SAME SEX MARRIAGE — Yesterday, by a 5-3 vote, the City Council of San Diego passed a resolution supporting marriage equality. Jerry Sanders, the Republican mayor— who campaigned opposing marriage equality …