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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Is Rush Limbaugh the New Face of the GOP? — Conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh. AP Photo/Ron Edmonds — It's one week into President Obama's term and his arch nemesis isn't Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), House Minority Leader John Boehner (Ohio) …
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
House GOP member to Rush: Back off — Rush Limbaugh may command a large following, but his caustic comments Monday about the GOP's congressional leadership have at least one Republican House member defending his colleagues and offering an unusually candid critique of the talk radio powerhouse and his fellow commentators.
Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
Boehner to GOP: Vote against stimulus — President Barack Obama is coming to the Capitol later today in a bid to curry favor with congressional Republicans. But it appears GOP leaders have already made up their minds to oppose his $825 billion stimulus plan.
The Politico:
Obama won't compromise on tax cuts — President Barack Obama rolled into the Capitol with a clear message for Republicans Tuesday afternoon: He's happy to talk, but he's not compromising on his tax rebates for lower income households. — Obama was ready for the House Republicans to pounce …
David Lightman / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Congressional Budget Office compares downturn to Great Depression — The nation's current recession is likely to be the longest since World War II, and by some measures could be the worst since the Great Depression, a new Congressional Budget Office forecast said Tuesday.
Howard Fineman / MSNBC:
Fineman: Honeymoon that ended before it began — For Obama, an early start, and promises things will get worse — WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is launching his first diplomatic mission. — It's not overseas; it's local, 1.6 miles east of the White House.
New York Times:
Obama, Visiting G.O.P. Lawmakers, Is Open to Some Compromise on Stimulus
Obama, Visiting G.O.P. Lawmakers, Is Open to Some Compromise on Stimulus
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Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Obama drops family-planning from stimulus as GOP concession
Obama drops family-planning from stimulus as GOP concession
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New York Post:
PALIN'S GOT PAC AND VIP STATUS — ASK not what Sarah Palin can do for your country, ask only what you can do for Sarah Palin. And the answer is, pay attention. Trust me, Alaska's governor is moving faster than those glaciers. — Traveling with one of her ladies-in-waiting and invited by a rich GOPnik …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland:
Guess Who's Not Going Away? — Fully intent on pursuing national office in 2012, Sarah Palin has launched SarahPAC, to dole out money to Republican candidates. Upcoming appearances include the RNC and C-PAC. She's hired Washington power broker Robert Barnett to work a book deal …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Palin's PAC First Step to 2012 — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took a major step toward a 2012 bid today. Photo by Jim Young of Reuters — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has started a federal political action committee — called Sarahpac — that will allow her to raise money for and donate cash …
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The Huffington Post:
Bailout Recipients Hosted Call To Defeat Key Labor Bill — Three days after receiving $25 billion in federal bailout funds, Bank of America Corp. hosted a conference call with conservative activists and business officials to organize opposition to the U.S. labor community's top legislative priority.
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Paul Krugman:
How late is too late? — One big question in the stimulus discussion is how much we should be worried about lags in implementation. Every economics textbook — mine too! — warns that stimulus based on public spending has a habit of peaking much too late, and therefore ends up being counterproductive.
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Kate Klonick / CJR:
Q & A: Former McCain Blogger Michael Goldfarb — “I was a cudgel. I pissed off the media.” … Kate Klonick: You spent the last six months as the official campaign blogger for the McCain campaign, taking leave from your position as Web editor at The Weekly Standard. What were you expecting when you made the switch?
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Internal Memo: McCain Campaign Considered Kicking All New York …
Internal Memo: McCain Campaign Considered Kicking All New York …
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Sonny Bunch / Washington Times:
‘Che’ spurs debate, Del Toro walkout — UPDATED: — A controversial new biopic about Cuban revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara is awakening old passions and provoking vigorous defenses and denunciations of the iconic revolutionary and - in the case of an interview with The Washington Times - a dramatic walkout.
Jonathan Stray:
Social Network of US Counterinsurgency Policy Authors — [Update: this work has come to the attention of the COIN community, in particular the folks at Abu Muqawama who were kind enough to mention me in a blog post. Aside from the fact that the opening graphic contains not one but two typos …
The New Republic:
The New Kristol — Bill Kristol penned his final New York Times column earlier this week, leaving a slot open for a conservative voice on the paper's pages. But who should it be? We've asked several notable conservatives to select their ideal candidates to fill Kristol's shoes.
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Little Green Footballs:
Hope, Change, and the Egg of Power — Yes, it's true. Barack Obama has an ‘Egg of Power’ in the Oval Office. — jcm :: 7 seconds ago
Sue Pleming / Reuters:
Clinton says world “exhaling” with Obama at top — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suggested on Tuesday the world was breathing a sigh of relief that President Barack Obama had replaced George W. Bush and was working to fix the damage he had caused.
Jeremy Page / Times of London:
Don't call us dogs, say Slumdog protesters in cinema rampage — Armed police guard picturehouses after India's poor claim that hit film title violates their human rights — Armed police guarded cinemas in eastern India today after slum dwellers ransacked a picture house showing Slumdog Millionaire …
Priya Ganapati / Gadget Lab:
New Bill Asks For Cameraphones To Go Clickety Clack — Smile, say cheese and hold that pose till you hear the ‘click’. A new bill introduced in the Congress by New York Republican Rep. Peter King requires mobile phones with digital cameras “to make a sound” when a photograph is taken.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
WON'T GO THERE — From WaPo ... The gist of the rest of the article is that the Obama folks aren't going to go clearly in any of the widely discussed options, but rather mix and match. But these two points, tucked in at the end of the article, tell us the key points.
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David Roberts / Gristmill:
Carbon tax is a poison pill — There's a reason Republicans are stumping for a carbon tax, and it ain't to reduce emissions — This may piss off some people I respect a great deal. Nonetheless, after hearing it in several off-the-record conversations in D.C. last week, I believe it's something that needs to be said publicly:
Washington Whispers:
Tales From The Inside: What Obama Told Republicans — President Barack Obama went to Capitol Hill today to push Republicans to back his $825 billion stimulus plan. While they probably won't, he won points for reaching out to the minority, making good on campaign promises.
Alec MacGillis / Washington Post:
Democrats Among Stimulus Skeptics — Republican criticism of the stimulus package that the House will vote on tonight has focused on its soaring price tag, but some Democrats on Capitol Hill and other administration supporters are voicing a separate critique: that the plan may fall short …
Pamela Hess / Associated Press:
US official: Intelligence director resigns — WASHINGTON (AP) — National Intelligence Director Michael McConnell resigned his post effective Tuesday. — Spokesman Ross Feinstein said Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Burgess, Jr. is temporarily serving as acting national intelligence director.
Associated Press:
Swedish city cancels Holocaust event — A northern Swedish city has decided to cancel a planned Holocaust Memorial Day torchlight procession due to the recent IDF offensive in Gaza, it was reported Tuesday. — The official reason given for the decision, made by the municipal board …
GayPatriot:
Joy Behar Says Obama Too Perfect for Mockery — Welcome Instapundit Readers!! — No wonder President Obama doesn't want Republicans listening to Rush Limbaugh. That conservative radio talk show host represents one of the few outspoken talking heads in the media who has not yet fallen under the president's spell.
Hillary Rodham Clinton / US Department of State:
Secretary Clinton Talks About Foreign Policy and Diplomacy — Remarks With Reporters in the Correspondents' Room — Washington, DC — MR. WOOD: Before we get started, it's obviously on the record, but we're going to keep this to 15 minutes, about. The Secretary has another appointment she has to get to.
Sam Dillon / New York Times:
Stimulus Plan Would Provide Flood of Aid to Education — WASHINGTON — The economic stimulus plan that Congress has scheduled for a vote on Wednesday would shower the nation's school districts, child care centers and university campuses with $150 billion in new federal spending …
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Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
A Relentless Updike Mapped America's Mysteries — Endowed with an art student's pictorial imagination, a journalist's sociological eye and a poet's gift for metaphor, John Updike — who died on Tuesday at 76 — was arguably this country's one true all-around man of letters.
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