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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 …
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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.
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 …
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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 …
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”.
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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.
Barbara Starr / CNN:
Sources: Iraq, Afghanistan troop moves delayed — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Decisions about withdrawing troops from Iraq and sending more troops to Afghanistan have been delayed until the Pentagon provides President Barack Obama with more detail about the risks and implications of the issues confronting him …
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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”.
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:U.S. Officials Offer Dismal Review of War in Afghanistan
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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 …
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Arlen Specter / Washington Post:Why I Support the Stimulus — I am supporting the economic …
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Directorblue / Doug Ross:
Smoking gun: caller explains Stimulus as Obama plan to fund permanent Democratic patronage system — “Chicago Bob”, calling into a radio talk show, explains the need to rush on the Stimulus package before anyone gets a good chance to review its sordid details. The transcript:
John Hawkins / Pajamas Media:
How the Internet Damages Our Culture — America is ruder, cruder, and more paranoid than it once was. The anonymity of the Web bears much of the blame. — American society as a whole, and politics in particular, has become considerably ruder, cruder, and more paranoid than it used to be.
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.
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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Resilient Strategy for Times Despite Toll of a Recession — In a conference call with analysts late last month, Janet L. Robinson, the president and chief executive of The New York Times Company, laid out a vision of how the company would survive the downturn that is crippling the newspaper industry.
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Will Higgins / Indianapolis Star:
Hard-hit Elkhart eager for aid from Obama, stimulus plan — Follow President Barack Obama's visit to Elkhart at IndyStar.com. Watch live video of the town hall at noon. Politics columnist Mathew Tully will cover the visit via his Twitter account. Follow http://twitter.com/matthewltully
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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 …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
How to get $8,000 for taking a photo of a woman “laying on her stomach with her skirt pulled up over her butt.” — Key step: Get arrested. … The city settled the lawsuit for $8,000, getting off cheap, I'd say. — What makes people — even cops — think photography is a crime?
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NewsMax.com:
White House Nabs Political Control over Census — The Obama administration is ending the Census Bureau's traditional autonomy - a move that has Republicans outraged over the White House's politicization of counting Americans. — Last week, an administration official revealed that the yet …
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Lloyd Blankfein / Financial Times:
Do not destroy the essential catalyst of risk — Since the spring, and most acutely this autumn, a global contagion of fear and panic has choked off the arteries of finance, compounding a broader deterioration in the global economy. — Much of the past year has been deeply humbling for our industry.
Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
Linked Retirements and the Summer of 2009 — On hearing that Justice Ginsburg had undergone surgery for treatment of pancreatic cancer, I wrote my optimistic view that the Justice would recover and continue her service on the Court. The early discovery of the cancer (illustrated by the fact …
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