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4:30 PM ET, January 14, 2009

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Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blogs:
Obama meets with liberal columnists  —  Obama held a meeting with several columnists and liberal commentators this morning, following up on last night's dinner with conservative writers, according to a source with knowledge of the meeting.  Some of the writers there today are clearly on the liberal side, while others more moderate.
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Why Liberals Aren't Angry Over Obama's Dinner  —  I actually don't find it terribly surprising that liberals haven't shown any outrage over Barack Obama's dinner party with George Will, Charles Krauthammer, Bill Kristol, and David Brooks.  I'll get to my hypothesis why liberals aren't upset in a moment.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Silence of the lamb chops  —  Call it a charm offensive or a high-level “Listening Tour,” but Barack Obama is already signaling that he intends to break with the current president in one obvious way: hearing from his critics.  —  Obama Tuesday night trekked to the Chevy Chase, Md. …
Paul / Power Line:
AN EVENING WELL SPENT  —  Barack Obama reportedly had dinner last night at George Will's house.  Bill Kristol and David Brooks are said to have been there, as well.  —  Obama deserves credit for this “outreach,” which is consistent with reports about how he handled himself as head …
Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blogs:
Obama breaks Times tradition  —  Although New York Times columnists David Brooks and Bill Kristol sat down with Barack Obama last night, the paper's White House team still hasn't had the opportunity to do so since Election Day.  —  Unlike recent White House occupants—such as George W. Bush …
Steve Thomma / Yahoo! News:
Obama attends conservative dinner party
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:   Chait on Krauthammer
Jeffrey Goldberg / New York Times:
Why Israel Can't Make Peace With Hamas  —  IN the summer of 2006, at a moment when Hezbollah rockets were falling virtually without pause on northern Israel, Nizar Rayyan, husband of four, father of 12, scholar of Islam and unblushing executioner, confessed to me one of his frustrations.
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Tim Geithner!  Why Are Rich People So Cheap?  —  Smart is the new cool.  —  So said Arne Duncan, the Chicago schools' chief, at his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday to be Barack Obama's education secretary.  —  Obama's brainy ways and political posse of “hot nerds,” …
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Jonathan Weisman / Wall Street Journal:
Geithner's Hearing Is Postponed  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate Finance Committee for a second time postponed a hearing for Treasury Secretary-nominee Timothy Geithner following revelations about his failure to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes while working for the International Monetary Fund, among other tax infractions.
Discussion: Media Blog, Gawker and Fox News
Brian Wingfield / Forbes:
Geithner's Tax Troubles Are Serious
Diana Washington Valdez / El Paso Times:
U.S. military report warns ‘sudden collapse’ of Mexico is possible  —  President-elect Barack Obama listens as Mexico's President Felipe Calderon makes a statement to reporters in Washington, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009.  Mexico is one of two countries that “bear consideration for a rapid and sudden collapse …
Douglas B. Brill / lehighvalleylive.com:
WARREN COUNTY, N.J. NEWS  —  Real-time news for Belvidere, Phillipsburg and more  —  Boy named Adolf Hitler, his sisters removed from parents' home by New Jersey authorities … State authorities have removed Adolf Hilter Campbell and his two sisters from their parents' home in Holland Township …
Washington Times:
Inauguration declared ‘emergency’  —  Unprecedented action helps D.C. cover costs  —  Dan Leaderman and Jon Ward THE WASHINGTON TIMES  —  President Bush on Tuesday declared the District a federal emergency area, clearing the way for the city to receive federal money to help cover …
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Associated Press:   Bush declares emergency for inauguration
Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
Afghan Schoolgirls Undeterred by Attack  —  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — One morning two months ago, Shamsia Husseini and her sister were walking through the muddy streets to the local girls school when a man pulled alongside them on a motorcycle and posed what seemed like an ordinary question.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Bush Presidency Closes With 34% Approval, 61% Disapproval  —  Three-quarters of Republicans approve of Bush, up slightly from recent months  — USA - Democrats - Government and Politics - Independents - Presidential Job Approval - Republicans - The Presidency - Americas - Northern America
CNN:
Gibbs: Ending 'don't ask, don't tell' must wait  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — In an overlooked YouTube video posted on Friday, a spokesman for Barack Obama said the president-elect is committed to ending the policy that bars openly gay men and women from serving in the U.S. armed forces.
Discussion: Think Progress
San Francisco Chronicle:
BART officer arrested on murder warrant in NY Day shooting  —  (01-14) 00:13 PST Oakland — The BART police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man on an Oakland train platform and then refused to explain his actions to investigators was arrested Tuesday in Nevada on suspicion of murder, authorities said.
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
GOP could win 3 key Senate seats  —  Despite the shock of three recent Senate retirements in battleground states, Republicans find themselves unusually well-positioned to weather the loss and compete for those open seats in 2010 — a stark contrast from the dismal early recruiting environment in 2008.
Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
Bin Laden Challenges Obama in New Audio Message  —  “Is America Capable of Fighting Us After Bush?”  Osama Asks.  —  In a direct challenge to President-elect Barack Obama, Osama bin Laden questions whether America “is capable to keep fighting us for more years” in a new audio message attributed …
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Barack Obama's money machine: Now he's selling orange juice!  —  We've written here before about the compulsion of Barack Obama's campaign and transition team and inauguration team to send out e-mails seemingly every day pleading for more money and more money, even weeks after he won the whole national election.
Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
Detainee Tortured, Says U.S. Official  —  Trial Overseer Cites ‘Abusive’ Methods Against 9/11 Suspect  —  The top Bush administration official in charge of deciding whether to bring Guantanamo Bay detainees to trial has concluded that the U.S. military tortured a Saudi national who allegedly planned …
JD Johannes / Outside the Wire:
Joe the Plumber—Out of His Depth  —  Previously in this space I remarked that PJTV's sending Joe The Plumber to Israel felt like a shark-jumping publicity stunt and it was a risk that could put PJTV's credibility at risk.  —  After watching a few reports , I felt Joe was fine, when he related things as the average Joe that he is.
Julian Sanchez / Ars Technica:
4G war, conflicts of interest loom behind possible DTV delay  —  Last week, President-elect Barack Obama's call for a delay in the Digital TV transition, long scheduled for February, sent tech and telecom firms into a tizzy.  Both Verizon and the Consumer Electronics Association have been pushing …
Steven Aftergood / Secrecy News:
Current, Future Justice Officials Clash Over OLC Proposal  —  In a revealing conflict of views between outgoing and incoming Justice Department officials, Attorney General Michael Mukasey recently told Congress that a proposal that was conceived by Prof. Dawn Johnsen to require expanded reporting …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Carnahan is early front runner in Missouri  —  Democrat Robin Carnahan would be the early favorite for Missouri's open Senate seat if she decides to enter the field, Public Policy Polling's newest survey finds.  —  Carnahan leads three potential Republican opponents in hypothetical contests.
Steven Pearlstein / Washington Post:
Unfairly Rewarding Greedy Bankers, and Why It Works  —  There's been a lot of grousing lately about the Treasury's $700 billion bailout program, which, according to its many critics, has accomplished nothing other than line the pockets of undeserving bankers and their shareholders.
Discussion: EconLog
Daily Express:
ROURKE: ‘BUSH WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME’  —  Actor MICKEY ROURKE sympathises with U.S. President GEORGE W. BUSH - insisting he doesn't know how any politician could have successfully navigated America after the 9/11 attacks on New York.  —  The Hollywood tough-guy spoke …
Ross Douthat:
Race and The Israel Lobby  —  Freddie deBoer emails: … It's a fair issue to raise.  To be clear, I don't think that Walt and Mearsheimer are mimicking anti-Semitic tropes intentionally; I think they're doing so obtusely, in the course of a tendentious and simplistic argument about the roots of U.S. foreign policy.
Discussion: Eunomia
Marc Ambinder:
The House Republicans Propose A Stimulus Alternative  —  There is no pride of authorship, President-elect Barack Obama said last week.  His economic team is open to and all ideas, regardless of progenitor.  —  So — the Republican Study Committee in the House has come out with an all-tax, no spending variant.
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Heather Hamilton / Connect U.S. Fund:
A Call to the New President for Responsible U.S. Global Engagement Released  —  Over 145 signatories reflect unprecedented and unusual collaboration across issue areas.  —  Today, the Connect U.S. Fund released A Call to the New President for Responsible U.S. Global Engagement …
Discussion: UN Dispatch
 
 
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Mickey Kaus / Kausfiles:
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Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
The Money-Changers  —  As Barack Obama looks back to Franklin …
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