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8:45 AM ET, February 3, 2009

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David Rogers / The Politico:
Obama picks Gregg for Commerce  —  Sen. Judd Gregg will be nominated as the new Commerce secretary Tuesday morning, giving President Obama a fresh independent voice in his Cabinet but at a huge cost to Republicans and the larger Senate.  —  The run-up to the nomination has focused on backroom deals …
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Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Holder Is Confirmed as Attorney General
Discussion: The Caucus and Washington Monthly
Gareth Porter / IPS Inter Press Service:
US-IRAQ: Generals Seek to Reverse Obama Withdrawal Decision  —  CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus, supported by Defence Secretary Robert Gates, tried to convince President Barack Obama that he had to back down from his campaign pledge to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months at an Oval Office meeting Jan. 21.
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Wayne Slater / Dallas Morning News:
Sarah Palin endorses Texas Gov. Rick Perry for re-election  —  wslater@dallasnews.com  —  AUSTIN - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has endorsed Rick Perry for re-election, calling him the “true conservative” in a primary election showdown with fellow Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison.
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans Support Stimulus, but Many Want Major Changes  —  Most say plan will not have major impact this year  — USA - Business and Economy - Congress - Credit Crisis - Personal Finances - Taxes - Americas - Northern America  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A strong majority of Americans (75%) …
Discussion: Political Machine
Simon Romero / New York Times:
In Bolivia, Untapped Bounty Meets Nationalism  —  UYUNI, Bolivia — In the rush to build the next generation of hybrid or electric cars, a sobering fact confronts both automakers and governments seeking to lower their reliance on foreign oil: almost half of the world's lithium …
Discussion: Fausta's Blog
The Huffington Post:
Stimulus Spin War: Obama To Go On Media Offensive  —  Barack Obama is slated to sit down with the five major television news networks tomorrow, a media play that is almost certain to be part of a broader effort to sell his stimulus package to the American public.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Ex-Journalists' New Jobs Fuel Debate on Favoritism  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans have long accused mainstream journalists of being on the payroll of President Obama and the Democratic Party, a common refrain of favoritism especially from those on the losing end of an election (see Bush vs. Gore, Clinton vs. Bush and Bush vs. Dukakis).
Jeff Poor / The Business & Media Institute:
Cramer on Obama's Anti-Wall Street Comments: ‘We Heard Lenin’  —  ‘Mad Money’ host compares new president's attack on corporate profits to rhetoric from Russian communist.  —  Business & Media Institute  —  With all the populist sentiment generated from the economic slowdown by politicians …
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
Joe the Plumber advises GOP-ers  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  Fresh off his stint as a war correspondent in Gaza, Joe the Plumber is now doing political strategy with Republicans.  —  When GOP congressional aides gather Tuesday morning for a meeting …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
STRAIGHT OUTTA HOOVERVILLE  —  It gets better.  The latest from RNC Chair Michael Steele: “Not in the history of mankind has the government ever created a job.”  —  This is such transparent nonsense it's hard to know where to start; but I guess it builds on the DeMint nonsense.
Wall Street Journal:
Daniel Pearl and the Normalization of Evil  —  When will our luminaries stop making excuses for terror?  —  This week marks the seventh anniversary of the murder of our son, former Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.  My wife Ruth and I wonder: Would Danny have believed that today's world emerged after his tragedy?
Discussion: Cold Fury
Nat Hentoff / Washington Times:
A free speech killer  —  UN warns: Don't defame religions, especially Islam  —  On Inauguration Day, after it got the United Nations to pass a gag rule on insulting religions, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) told our new president in a New York Times ad that Muslims …
Discussion: Soccer Dad, The Corner and Jihad Watch
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama's Pledge to Reform Ethics Faces an Early Test  —  WASHINGTON — During almost two years on the campaign trail, Barack Obama vowed to slay the demons of Washington, bar lobbyists from his administration and usher in what he would later call in his Inaugural Address a “new era of responsibility.”
Randeep Ramesh / Guardian:
India to launch credit crunch £7 laptop, world's cheapest computer  —  The credit crunch computer is set to arrive tomorrow in India when officials unveil the 500 rupee (£7.25) laptop.  In an attempt to bridge the “digital divide” in the country between rich and poor …
Mesh / Middle East Strategy at Harvard:
Behind the blow-out at Davos  —  From Michael Reynolds  —  Origins of a cooperation.  For the past two decades, cooperative relations between Turkey and Israel had been one of the constants of international relations in the Middle East.  While it would be incorrect to describe those ties …
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Mike Dorning / Chicago Tribune:
How the stimulus might help Illinois  —  Pay, jobless benefits, food stamp aid would grow slightly  —  WASHINGTON — If the Obama administration's economic stimulus package is passed and signed into law, the first way most working people in Illinois would feel it would be a small increase …
Discussion: Publius' Forum
 
 
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David Segal / New York Times:
Wall St., a Financial Epithet, Stirs Outrage
Discussion: Corrente
Tami Luhby / CNNMoney.com:
California delays $3.5B in payments
Discussion: Donklephant and The Raw Story
Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:
Obama seeks assessment on gays in military
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Towleroad
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Peanut Product Recall Took Company Approval
 Earlier Items: 
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Report: Obama advisors have been meeting with Iran, Syria since before the election
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Approve of Most Obama Actions to Date
Discussion: Flopping Aces and Don Surber
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Dodd: I'll move my Friends of Angelo loans
John / Power Line:
HAMAS RALLIES AT MINNESOTA STATE CAPITOL
Byron York / The Corner:
Daschle — And Solis, Too  —  While everyone is looking …
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Is Coleman Aiming for a Do-Over Election?
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG and Daily Kos
Noam Scheiber / The Plank:
How Quickly Will the Stimulus Kick In?
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Report: Garrett Ventry, who will join NBC News' Election Night coverage as a Republican pundit on election day, registered as an agent of Qatar in September

 
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