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3:45 PM ET, January 12, 2009

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John Cushman / The Caucus:
From the White House Briefing Room, a Swan Song  —  President Bush's last press conference opened with cordial words for the reporters who have covered his remarkable eight years in office.  —  Acknowledging that relations have been strained at times - that some had “misunderestimated me …
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White House:
Press Conference by the President  —  James S. Brady Press Briefing Room  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.  Tapper.  We have been through a lot together.  As I look through the room, I see Jake, Mike, Herman, Ann Compton.  Just seemed like yesterday that — that I was on the campaign trail …
New York Times:
In Final News Conference, Bush Strikes Elegiac Tone
Discussion: TIME.com
CNN:
Bush admits mistakes in his final news conference
Discussion: The Swamp and The Impolitic
Washington Post:
Bush Defends His Tenure, America's Moral Standing
Discussion: The Daily Dish and marbury
Josh Kraushaar / Scorecard's Blogs:
Portman running to succeed Voinovich  —  Former Republican congressman Rob Portman will announce that he is running for the Senate soon after Ohio Sen. George Voinovich's retirement announcement, according to multiple Republican sources.  —  Portman's official announcement is expected to take place on Wednesday.
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Michelle Malkin:
I can't say I'll miss Crybaby George Voinovich
Signorile / The Gist:
RNC Chair Candidate: “Homosexuality is a compulsion that can be contained, repressed or changed.”  —  Yes, that's what Ken Blackwell, the sketchy former Ohio Secretary of State who now has a good shot at running the Republican National Committee, told me a few months back, among some other very interesting and kooky things.
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The Directors / RedState:
If Not Ken Blackwell, Keep Mike Duncan  —  RedState endorses Ken Blackwell for Chairman of the Republican National Committee.  —  While RedState's endorsement in the race for Chairman of the Republican National Committee does not set us apart from many of our colleagues in the online right movement, our second choice does.
Associated Press:
Israel bans Arab parties from running in upcoming elections  —  The Central Elections Committee on Monday banned Arab political parties from running in next month's parliamentary elections, drawing accusations of racism by an Arab lawmaker who said he would challenge the decision in the country's Supreme Court.
Brian Bakst / Associated Press:
Officials turn down Franken's request for an election certificate  —  ST. PAUL, Minn. - Democrat Al Franken was quickly turned down Monday when he asked Minnesota's governor and secretary of state to issue an election certificate that would let him take office in the Senate.
Discussion: Sweetness & Light
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Mike Kaszuba / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Franken campaign asks for certificate to take seat
Discussion: Scorecard's Blogs
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Coleman is casting wider net for votes
Discussion: TalkLeft
Lauren Kornreich / CNN:
Joe the Plumber: Ban media from war  —  Samuel Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber, is in Israel.  (Getty Images/Israeli GPO)  —  (CNN) - ‘Joe the Plumber’ Wurzelbacher told a group of journalists covering the conflict in Israel and Gaza that he didn't think the media should be allowed to report on war.
Discussion: The New Republic and Sadly, No!
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buffalobeast.com:
THE BEAST 50 MOST LOATHSOME PEOPLE IN AMERICA, 2008  —  50. Barack Obama  —  Charges: Beyond a few token acts of bipartisan marketing, Barry's major duty in the Senate was to avoid legislating, so he could pretend Washington-outsider status and nullify attacks on his non-existent policy positions.
Discussion: My Left Wing and TBogg
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
NYT reporter warns of one-term Obama  —  White House reporters for The New York Times predict that the market collapse will force President-elect Barack Obama to abandon for now many of his campaign promises.  —  If his stimulus plan “doesn't work out, he may very well be a one-term president …
Ryan Powers / Think Progress:
Specter Knocks Leahy For Predicting Holder Confirmation Despite His Own Similar Conduct On Ashcroft  —  This morning, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) took to right-wing talk radio to continue his politically-motivated crusade against President-elect Obama's Attorney General designate Eric Holder.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sen. Hatch to back Eric Holder for AG
Mariana Cook / New Yorker:
A COUPLE IN CHICAGO … MICHELLE OBAMA: There is a strong possibility that Barack will pursue a political career, although it's unclear.  There is a little tension with that.  I'm very wary of politics.  I think he's too much of a good guy for the kind of brutality, the skepticism.
Discussion: Wonkette
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Ideas for Obama  —  Last week President-elect Barack Obama was asked to respond to critics who say that his stimulus plan won't do enough to help the economy.  Mr. Obama answered that he wants to hear ideas about “how to spend money efficiently and effectively to jump-start the economy.”
James Fallows:
Refining the point about GW Bush's final press conference  —  I mentioned a few minutes ago, while GW Bush's final press conference was underway, that the president seemed unusually “self-aware.”  —  That's not quite right.  On matters of policy, he revealed himself to be as isolated …
Discussion: Kevin Drum and Talking Points Memo
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Iran warns Hamas not to accept Egyptian truce proposal  —  Iran is exerting heavy pressure on Hamas not to accept the Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire with Israel, an Egyptian government official said on Sunday.  —  The official told The Jerusalem Post by phone that two senior Iranian officials …
Jonathan Weisman / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Plans to Keep Estate Tax  —  Democrats Want to Freeze Levy at Current Levels Instead of Letting It Expire Next Year  —  President-elect Barack Obama and congressional leaders plan to move soon to block the estate tax from disappearing in 2010, suggesting the levy might outlive the …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
House Republicans Invite Obama to Address Them  —  House Republicans have invited President-elect Barack Obama to speak before the entire GOP conference, hoping to set a different tone to the partisan wars of the last two years in which congressional Democrats battled President Bush.
Discussion: TIME.com
CNN:
Obama's campaign rhetoric runs into reality  —  His message of changing the country has been replaced by one of repairing the country as he inherits crises that demand immediate action.  —  “I want to be realistic here,” Obama said in an interview that aired Sunday on ABC's “This Week.”
 
 
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