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6:35 AM ET, January 25, 2009

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Washington Post:
Guantanamo Case Files in Disarray  —  President Obama's plans to expeditiously determine the fates of about 245 terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and quickly close the military prison there were set back last week when incoming legal and national security officials …
Byron York / The Corner:
Limbaugh Responds to Obama  —  According to an account in the New York Post, President Barack Obama yesterday told Republican leaders, “You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done.”  With George W. Bush now off the stage, it may be that Obama and some of his fellow Democrats view Limbaugh …
Ron Rosenbaum / Slate:
The Worst Pop Singer Ever  —  Why, exactly, is Billy Joel so bad?  —  This may seem an odd moment to bring up the subject of Billy Joel.  But the recent death of the painter Andrew Wyeth revived a long-standing debate over whether his art is respectable or merely sentimental schlock.
Agence France Presse:
Two ex-Guantanamo inmates appear in Al-Qaeda video  —  WASHINGTON (AFP) — Two men released from the US “war on terror” prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have appeared in a video posted on a jihadist website, the SITE monitoring service reported.  —  One of the two former inmates …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama gets his opening grade  —  The Gallup Poll on Saturday released the first job-approval rating for President Obama, based on interviews during his first three full days in office: 68 percent.  —  Now that he's in office, Obama's approval ratings are starting to normalize, as partisan back-and-forth picks up.
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Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Obama Plans Fast Action to Tighten Financial Rules  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration plans to move quickly to tighten the nation's financial regulatory system.  —  Officials say they will make wide-ranging changes, including stricter federal rules for hedge funds …
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Obama's Partisan, Profane Confidant Reins It In  —  WASHINGTON — Early this month, Barack Obama was meeting with the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, and other lawmakers when Rahm Emanuel, his chief of staff, began nervously cracking a knuckle.  —  Mr. Obama then turned to complain to Mr. Emanuel about his noisy habit.
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Dolls Resembling Daughters Displease First Lady  —  WASHINGTON — The company that makes Beanie Babies has introduced two new dolls, named Sweet Sasha and Marvelous Malia.  —  Hey, wait a minute, aren't Sasha and Malia the names of the Obama daughters?  Yes.  —  Coincidence?
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Mark Hosenball / Newsweek:
A Loophole In the Rules  —  From the magazine issue dated Feb 2, 2009  —  Publicly at least, President Obama has made a clean break with his predecessor's controversial counterterrorism policies, but in private the new administration is leaving itself some wiggle room.
Discussion: Emptywheel
Mickey Edwards / Los Angeles Times:
Reagan wouldn't recognize this GOP  —  The Gipper may be the patron saint of Limbaugh and Coulter, but he'd be amazed at what's been done in his name.  —  In my mind's eye, I can see Ronald Reagan, wearing wings and a Stetson, perched on a cloud and watching all the goings-on down here in his old earthly home.
Anthony Shadid / Washington Post:
Iraq Election Highlights Ascendancy of Tribes  —  In Anbar, Clans Are Coddled, Cultivated  —  RAMADI, Iraq — In rugged western Iraq, once the bastion of the insurgency against the American occupation and now a freewheeling arena of electoral politics steeped in payola …
Julie Creswell / New York Times:
Price Paid for Merrill Is Rising  —  You could hardly blame Kenneth D. Lewis, the embattled leader of the Bank of America Corporation, for feeling a bit of buyer's remorse.  —  His audacious acquisition of Merrill Lynch, the giant brokerage, looks so disastrous that many on Wall Street wonder if he can keep his job.
Discussion: Buck Naked Politics and Angry Bear
 
 
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Los Angeles Times:
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Robert H. Reid / Associated Press:
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Wall Street Journal:
Detroit Bets Its Future on Washington
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The Huffington Post:
House Stimulus Bill (FULL TEXT)
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Washington Post:
Obama Presents Further Details on Economic Stimulus
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Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
Obama raises heart rates, lowers expectations
Matthew Parris / Times of London:
There's no new motor to drive the economy
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Obama's Signals on Middle East Scrutinized by All Sides
Discussion: Commentary and Podium Pundits
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Obama breaks from Bush, avoids divisive stands
Larissa MacFarquhar / New Yorker:
MS. KENNEDY REGRETS  —  She's unable to be in the Senate today.
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Despite shrines to Obama, the bookstore was nearly deserted.
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