Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:00 AM ET, February 9, 2009

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Washington Post:
Republicans See Long-Term Victory in Defeat on Stimulus Plan  —  Three months after their Election Day drubbing, Republican leaders see glimmers of rebirth in the party's liberation from an unpopular president, its selection of its first African American chairman and, most of all …
RELATED:
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Obama Has Upper Hand in Stimulus Fight  —  Obama's 67% approval rating on the stimulus is more than twice that of Republicans  — USA - Congress - Democrats - Government and Politics - Leadership - Republicans - The Presidency - Americas - Northern America
The Politico:
Big stimulus risks for both sides  —  In the gauzy days of bipartisan good feeling before his Inauguration, there was talk of President Barack Obama linking arms with Republicans to pass a massive stimulus bill, with a big bipartisan Senate majority as proof the parties could come together in a time of national distress.
Toby Harnden / Telegraph:
Barack Obama is a novice - and it shows  —  After a rocky start, the new President knows he has to seize back the political agenda, says Toby Harnden.  —  During last year's epic election campaign, Hillary Clinton said that in the White House “there is no time for on-the-job training”.
Discussion: RedState
RELATED:
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Already Back on the Trail, Now to Sell a Stimulus Plan  —  WASHINGTON — The presidential campaign trail often loved Barack Obama more than he loved it back.  When he was sworn in last month, he told friends he was eager to tackle the rigors of the Oval Office without the drudgery of shuttling …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Obama Meets The Press, But Cautiously
Discussion: Althouse
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Destructive Center  —  What do you call someone who eliminates hundreds of thousands of American jobs, deprives millions of adequate health care and nutrition, undermines schools, but offers a $15,000 bonus to affluent people who flip their houses?  —  A proud centrist.
Henri E. Cauvin / Washington Post:
Steele Defends Payment to Sister  —  RNC Chairman Says Campaign Costs Were Legitimate and Documented  —  Michael S. Steele, the new chairman of the Republican National Committee, said yesterday that there was nothing improper in a payment of more than $37,000 to his sister's company for work …
Discussion: Townhall.com
RELATED:
Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
‘Doom’ talk scored as ‘not presidential’  —  Poses risk for ‘Yes, we can’ candidate  —  From crisis to catastrophe.  Off a cliff.  Dark, darker, darkest.  Mortal danger of absolute collapse.  Armageddon.  —  President Obama and top Democrats on Capitol Hill are deploying …
RELATED:
Byron York / www.dcexaminer.com:
The Happy Party  —  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) They took a beating in November, but now, in the stimulus fight, Republicans are smiling again.  —  You see it all over Capitol Hill, in the hallways, the hearing rooms, the gathering spots.  Republicans, coming off a devastating, across-the-board electoral defeat, are ... happy.
Ian Traynor / Guardian:
US outlines new plan for Afghanistan  —  Ian Traynor Munich  —  The Obama administration today today outlined a new campaign strategy for the war in Afghanistan, scaling back the ambitions of George Bush in a shift which senior officials and diplomats described as a “new realism”.
RELATED:
Arlen Specter / Washington Post:
Why I Support the Stimulus  —  I am supporting the economic stimulus package for one simple reason: The country cannot afford not to take action.  —  The unemployment figures announced Friday, the latest earnings reports and the continuing crisis in banking make it clear that failure to act …
Jonathan Cohn / The Treatment:
Obama Aide: Health Care to Be “Central Focus” in Budget  —  The Obama administration's health care czar may be gone, but here is one hint that its commitment to pursuing major health care legislation in 2009 remains in place.  On Sunday, a senior administration official told me that health care would be a …
The Politico:
Obama wields the Oval invite  —  With Arlen Specter, the president was “crisp” and “professional” and threw in some talk about judges.  —  With Olympia Snowe, he was more casual, warming up with memories of the late Paul Simon, a mutual friend.  —  With Ben Nelson — a conservative Democrat …
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
A Military Tactician's Political Strategy  —  In Defending the Troop Increase, Commander Paved Way for a ‘Long War’  —  As Gen. David H. Petraeus flew into Baghdad in February 2007, preparing to take command of U.S. forces in Iraq, Col. Peter R. Mansoor, his executive officer, knelt alongside his seat.
Discussion: abu muqawama
RELATED:
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Iraq combat could outlast Obama's term
Discussion: Townhall.com and Flopping Aces
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Wake Up Call: Facebook Isn't A Safe Haven  —  Facebook just turned 5 years old.  But a week that should have been filled with reflection and good times was instead marred by a series of breaking news reports detailing sex scandals, phishing, and other malicious activity on the world's largest social network.
CNN:
Stimulus will lead to ‘financial disaster,’ Republicans warn  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Leading Republicans warned Sunday that the Obama administration's $800 billion-plus economic stimulus effort will lead to what one called a “financial disaster.”  —  “Everybody on the street in America understands that …
John B. Taylor / Wall Street Journal:
How Government Created the Financial Crisis  —  Research shows the failure to rescue Lehman did not trigger the fall panic.  —  Many are calling for a 9/11-type commission to investigate the financial crisis.  Any such investigation should not rule out government itself as a major culprit.
Silla Brush / The Hill:
Sanders backs Dean for HHS post  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is the latest lawmaker to back Howard Dean, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, for secretary of Health and Human Services.  —  In a letter to President Obama that was released on Sunday, Sanders backed Dean …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
William Booth / Washington Post:
Warrior in Drug Fight Soon Becomes a Victim  —  Mexican General Seized, Slain in Cancun  —  CANCUN, Mexico — The general didn't get much time.  After a long, controversial career, Brig. Gen. Mauro Enrique Tello Quiñones retired from active duty last month and moved to this Caribbean playground …
Discussion: Associated Press
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:00 AM ET, February 9, 2009.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Spending More Than $800 Billion Is the Easy Part
Discussion: The Foundry
Michael Ledeen / Wall Street Journal:
Iran in Orbit  —  Low oil prices offer an opportunity to counter the mullahs' delusions.
Discussion: New York Times
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Time for Bipartisanship  —  Looking back on the stimulus votes …
Discussion: Brian Beutler
Rasmussen Reports:
62% Want Stimulus Plan to Have More Tax Cuts, Less Spending
Discussion: Power Line and Wizbang
Robert O'Harrow Jr / Washington Post:
If Spending Is Swift, Oversight May Suffer
Discussion: QandO and The Strata-Sphere
Peter Hamby / CNN:
McAuliffe takes heat from rival at Democratic dinner
Discussion: Wonkette
CNN:
Holocaust denier removed as head of Argentine seminary
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Resilient Strategy for Times Despite Toll of a Recession
Discussion: Pajamas Media
 Earlier Items: 
Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
Linked Retirements and the Summer of 2009
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
James Hamilton / Econbrowser:
The paradox of thrift
Will Higgins / Indianapolis Star:
Hard-hit Elkhart eager for aid from Obama, stimulus plan
Discussion: CBS News and USA Today
Directorblue / Doug Ross:
Smoking gun: caller explains Stimulus as Obama plan to fund …
Discussion: Cold Fury and Gateway Pundit
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
How to get $8,000 for taking a photo of a woman “laying on her stomach …
Discussion: NY Daily News
NewsMax.com:
White House Nabs Political Control over Census
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Pajamas Media
Lloyd Blankfein / Financial Times:
Do not destroy the essential catalyst of risk
Martina Stewart / CNN:
SC Governor: We're moving close to ‘a savior-based economy’
Discussion: The Opinionator, MyDD and Hullabaloo