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The Politico:
Obama to GOP: ‘I won’ — President Obama listened to Republican gripes about his stimulus package during a meeting with congressional leaders Friday morning - but he also left no doubt about who's in charge of these negotiations. “I won,” Obama noted matter-of-factly, according to sources familiar with the conversation.
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Washington Wire:
Obama to GOP: ‘I Won’ — Jonathan Weisman reports on the White House. — The top congressional leaders from both parties gathered at the White House for a working discussion over the shape and size of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan. The meeting was designed to promote bipartisanship.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
CHUCK, YER KILLIN' ME — We're sitting here watching Robert Gibbs' White House briefing. And there is a long string of questions about whether Obama can really working in a bipartisan manner if no Republicans are saying nice things about the stimulus bill or voting for the mark-ups out of committee.
Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Bipartisanship Didn't Make It to the Weekend — The new era of bipartisanship isn't going so well, the Washington Post tells us: … The problem is not just the Democrats' high-handed process that shuts out Republicans. The issue is that the bill itself is objectively awful.
Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
DAVE PICKS GILLIBRAND AS LIBERAL DEMS HOWL — ALBANY - Gov. Paterson, defying the liberal wing of his Democratic Party, has chosen little-known, NRA-backed, upstate Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as New York's junior senator, it was learned last night.
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New York Times:
Paterson Picks Gillibrand for Senate Seat — ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson has selected Representative Kirsten Gillibrand, a 42-year-old congresswoman from upstate who is known for bold political moves and centrist policy positions, to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton …
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Eve Fairbanks / The New Republic:
Ten Things You Didn't Know About Kirsten Gillibrand
Ten Things You Didn't Know About Kirsten Gillibrand
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NewMajority.Com Scroll:
Palin's “Donated” Clothes Stashed in Trash Bags at RNC — Despite the Republican National Committee's promise to donate Sarah Palin's $180,000 campaign wardrobe to charity, word has it the Alaska governor's clothes remain stuffed in trash bags at RNC headquarters, NewMajority has learned.
Associated Press:
Obama reverses Bush abortion-funds policy — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Friday struck down the Bush administration's ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information …
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ABCNEWS:
Obama Overturns ‘Mexico City Policy’ Implemented by Reagan — U.S. Can Now Give Federal Funding To International Family Planning Groups That Provide Abortion Services — President Obama signed an executive order today reversing the ban that prohibits funding to international family planning groups …
Albany Times Union:
Bruno indicted — Grand jury issues 8-count indictment for mail and wire fraud — ALBANY — A federal grand jury today indicted former state Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, accusing him of eight counts of public corruption. — Bruno is scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate at 1:30 p.m. today.
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Candace Rondeaux / Washington Post:
Suspected U.S. Missile Strikes Kill at Least 20 in Pakistan — Attacks in Northwest Border Province Are First Since Obama's Inauguration — At least 20 people were killed in northwest Pakistan near the border of Afghanistan on Friday in two suspected U.S. missile strikes …
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Forbes:
The 25 Most Influential Liberals In The U.S. Media — Edited by Tunku Varadarajan, Elisabeth Eaves and Hana R. Alberts, 01.22.09, 04:02 PM EST — Listen for their voices during the Obama era. — Barack Obama's inauguration was the formal point at which the reigning ideology in Washington changed from “conservative” to “liberal.”
dccc.org:
NRCC: “Economy is Robust and Job Creation is Strong” — Looks like our counterparts at the National Republican Congressional Committee still have their heads in the sand. — NRCC.org: — I'm sure the millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet in this “robust” …
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The Campaign Spot:
John McCain Does the Impossible — John McCain has prompted me to say the unthinkable. — The right man won in 2008. — I say this because the circumstances of Hillary Clinton being Secretary of State, while foreign governments have donated $41 million to her husband's foundation …
Frank Luntz / Los Angeles Times:
Infrastructure: It's Job 1 to Americans — A poll finds near unanimous support for rebuilding. — I'm a pollster and political consultant associated with Republican causes: the Contract with America, the “death tax” and, of course, ending wasteful Washington spending.
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
JON CHAIT IS RIGHT. — I actually agree with one part of Jon Chait's attack on J Street: There is, among liberals, a sort of “narrative of persecution and bravery” attached to criticizing Israel. And Chait is right: This narrative is wrong. It's wrong despite his best efforts, but wrong nevertheless.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Former Bush Speechwriter: Obama Is “Most Dangerous Man Ever To Occupy Oval Office” — Former Bush chief speechwriter Marc Thiessen kicked up a big fuss yesterday with a Washington Post Op ed slamming Obama's executive orders by saying that if there's another terror attack, “Americans will hold Obama responsible.”
Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
Obama press aide gets bashed in debut — The White House press operation got off to a fumbling and stumbling start Thursday, with the day's opening briefers insisting on being identified only as “senior administration officials,” followed swiftly by the new president's spokesman accidently outing …
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Media Matters for America:
Media advance falsehood that Pentagon has confirmed that 61 former Guantánamo detainees have returned to battlefield … Since President Barack Obama signed an executive order requiring that the detention facilities at Guantánamo Bay be closed within a year …
Josh Kraushaar / Scorecard's Blogs:
Toomey not taking on Specter — Allentown Morning Call's Josh Drobnyk has the scoop that Club for Growth president Pat Toomey is exploring a run for governor of Pennsylvania, and has decided against taking on Sen. Arlen Specter in a GOP primary: … This is welcome news for Specter …
Michael Tarm / Associated Press:
Ill. gov tells AP that strain is like Pearl Harbor — CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois' embattled but defiant governor turned to the history books to describe the emotional strain on him and his family, comparing his arrest last month to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
No Snickering: That Road Sign Means Something Else — CRAPSTONE, England — When ordering things by telephone, Stewart Pearce tends to take a proactive approach to the inevitable question “What is your address?” — He lays it out straight, so there is no room for unpleasant confusion.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Obama's Inaugural Surprise — Fascinating speech. It was so rhetorically flat, so lacking in rhythm and cadence, one almost has to believe he did it on purpose. Best not to dazzle on Opening Day. Otherwise, they'll expect magic all the time. — The most striking characteristic …