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Obama: ‘I screwed up’ in Daschle withdrawal — Insists 'there aren't two sets of rules' for elite and for other Americans — WASHINGTON - “I screwed up,” President Barack Obama told NBC's Brian Williams Tuesday in the wake of his nominee to be secretary of health and human services …
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Jennifer Parker / George's Bottom Line:
Why Daschle Withdrew His Nomination — Tom Daschle and his team went to bed last night believing they had had a good day after a horrible weekend. — Monday's Senate Finance Committee meeting was not easy. (Ranking Republican Chuck Grassley pushed Daschle hard on his relationship …
New York Times:The Travails of Tom Daschle
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Associated Press:Obama performance chief Killefer out, citing taxes
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:ANOTHER TAX PROBLEM FOR OBAMA?
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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:Obama on Daschle: I take responsibility
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:Tom Daschle Withdraws As Health Nominee
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Kevin Duchschere / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Recount trial: Judges rule thousands of ballots can be considered — The court order applies to about 4,800 rejected absentee ballots and indicates that any that complied with state law should be counted. — Nearly 4,800 rejected absentee ballots may be reconsidered in the U.S. Senate recount trial …
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John / Power Line:
BIG WIN FOR COLEMAN — This report, hot off the press, signifies a victory for Norm Coleman in the election contest with Al Franken: the court hearing the contest has ruled that “all absentee ballots that complied with state law should be counted, along with those where errors occurred through no fault of the voter.”
Jonathan Allen / CQ Politics:
Gregg Voted to Kill Commerce Before He Agreed to Lead It — President Obama's new candidate to run the Commerce Department voted in favor of abolishing the agency as a member of the Budget Committee and on the Senate floor in 1995. — Sen. Judd Gregg , R-N.H., whose nomination was expected …
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
WHO KILLED DASCHLE? — I think Steve Clemons gets this wrong. Daschle wasn't taken down by Republicans. No senators, to my knowledge, came out against his appointment. Major columnists didn't have time to attack his ethics. Moreover, these revelations didn't come from Republican oppo researchers.
John Distaso / UnionLeader.com:
In 2010, Rep. Hodes will run for U.S. Senate — CONCORD - Democratic U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes will announce his candidacy for the U.S. Senate “within the week,” a source close to Hodes told UnionLeader.com this morning shortly before Judd Gregg's nomination as commerce secretary became official.
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The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Czar Mitt — President Obama could do worse. Romney has a bad reputation among Congressional Democrats, so I can't imagine they'd cotton to this. In fact, it's highly unlikely. But what Romney, in a bipartisan fashion, was able to do in Massachusetts — even with caveats …
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Nathan Hodge / Danger Room:
U.S. to Get the Boot from Central Asia Base? — Stunning news from Moscow: Russian news agencies are reporting that the government of Kyrgyzstan will close Manas Air Base, a vital conduit for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. — RIA-Novosti quotes Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev as saying that his government …
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Mike Eckel / Associated Press:Kyrgyzstan closing US base key to Afghan conflict
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Ward Three Morality — I've become increasingly concerned about the rising number of rich people who are being caught unawares by shifts in the sumptuary code. First, there were those auto executives who didn't realize that it is no longer socially acceptable to use private jets for lobbying trips to Washington.
Times of London:
President Obama to water down ‘Buy American’ plan after EU trade war threat — Obama seeks Russia deal to slash nuclear weapons 80 per cent — The European Union warned the US yesterday against plunging the world into depression by adopting a planned “Buy American” policy, intensifying fears of a trade war.
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Tony Halpin / Times of London:
Passengers stop flight after ‘drunk’ pilot sparks panic — It is normally a moment of cheery reassurance when an airline pilot greets passengers during preparations for take-off. But Alexander Cheplevsky sparked panic on flight Aeroflot 315 when he began to speak.
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Naked Obama Unicorn-A-Rama — Via Boing Boing comes the single most disturbing Naked Obama/Unicorn pic yet. In fact, it's so “right up against the line” that I'm actually going to stick it beneath the fold. If you click through, don't say you weren't warned.
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Jeff Poor / The Culture and Media Institute:
The Godless Stimulus — Bill Language Would Forbid Practice of Religion in College and University Buildings Given Renovation Money — Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...unless your institution of higher learning …
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CNN:
GOP leaders list ‘waste’ in Senate stimulus bill — (CNN) — On Monday, House Republican leaders put out a list of what they call wasteful provisions in the Senate version of the nearly $900 billion stimulus bill that is being debated: — • $2 billion earmark to re-start FutureGen …
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Senate votes to give a tax break to new car buyers — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — WASHINGTON - The Senate voted Tuesday to give a tax break to new car buyers, setting aside bipartisan concerns over the size of an economic stimulus bill with a price tag approaching $900 billion.
Tom Gjelten / NPR:
U.S. Officials: Al-Qaida Leadership Cadre ‘Decimated’ — Listen Now — · CIA-directed airstrikes against al-Qaida leaders and facilities in Pakistan over the past six to nine months have been so successful, according to senior U.S. officials, that it is now possible to foresee a …
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Connecticut attorney general eyes Lieberman challenge — Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who announced Monday he will seek a sixth term, is mulling a challenge against Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) in 2012. — Multiple Connecticut Democrats, speaking on condition of anonymity …
Jonah Goldberg / USA Today:
Day 15 of Obama's honeymoon — One doesn't have to break a sweat searching for examples of the news media's ongoing love affair with our president. In this, he is like FDR. — Barack Obama and his supporters have been relentlessly comparing the new president to Franklin Roosevelt.
Jared Allen / The Hill:
Dems warn leaders to resume regular order — A group of more than 50 House Democrats has penned a letter to Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) imploring him to “restore this institution” and see that the House returns to a “regular order” process of legislating.
Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Obama Justice Department Re-Hires Attorney Fired By Goodling Because Of Lesbian Rumor — In October 2006, Leslie Hagen, who was working as the liaison between the Justice Department and the U.S. attorneys' committee on Native American issues, was informed that despite her “outstanding” …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
PAINFULLY STUPID — Sen. Thune (R-SD) explains Republican thinking about the economic crisis ... Country's on the precipice. And idiots like this are holding the floor. — Late Update: A Hill staffer chimes in ...
Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
A Leap for Teleporting, Between Ions Feet Apart — Without quite the drama of Alexander Graham Bell calling out, “Mr. Watson, come here!” or the charm of the original “Star Trek” television show, scientists have nonetheless achieved a milestone in communication: teleporting the quantum identity of one atom to another a few feet away.
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