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1:15 PM ET, February 9, 2009

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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
Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog News:
On handling the stimulus: 67% approval vs. 31% approval
The Politico:
Big stimulus risks for both sides
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.
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Michael Tomasky / Guardian:
Be happy, worried liberals. Obama's bill is a triumph
Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Raises an E-Book Specter  —  Amazon.com Inc. is announcing a new version of its Kindle e-book reader on Monday.  And, in a sign that the electronic book is gaining clout in the publishing world, Amazon is also expected to say it has acquired a new work by best-selling novelist Stephen King …
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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Live from Amazon's Kindle 2 press conference
Discussion: Lean Left
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
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“When the novelty of the first African American president wears off …
Discussion: Right Wing News
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:   Obama Meets The Press, But Cautiously
Megan McArdle:
Starbucks tries to scoot downmarket  —  One of the first things you encounter when you read personal finance gurus like Dave Ramsey or Suze Orman is the concept of the “latte factor”—the surprising way that little luxury purchases add up.  A Starbucks latte a day is well over $1000 a year …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Dealbreaker
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Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:   Starbucks Plays Common Joe
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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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: MSNBC and Townhall.com
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John Feehery / The Politico:
A letter to Rush Limbaugh  —  Congratulations!  You have been selected by the Obama administration, the mainstream media and 20 million of your most passionate followers to be the new head of the Republican Party.  —  As such, you are given all the rights and responsibilities that come with being a true political leader.
Discussion: Cold Fury and RedState
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.
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Newsweek Plans Makeover to Fit a Smaller Audience  —  When US Airways Flight 1549 glided safely onto the Hudson River last month, Newsweek did what news organizations have done for more than a century — it sent reporters and photographers to the scene.  Considerable effort yielded …
Max Blumenthal / Blogs and Stories:
Porn Star for Senate  —  An Interview with the Porn Star Running Against Sen. David Vitter by Max Blumenthal  —  Blogs and Stories  —  Sen. David Vitter's phone number was found in the records of the notorious D.C. madam.  Now he faces re-election (and massive karmic payback) against a sultry adult entertainer named Stormy.
Discussion: The Raw Story
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
Activists Left Hoping for Change at Obama's Stimulus Parties  —  When Obama supporters gathered this weekend to build support for the first major legislation of the new president's tenure, those who had campaigned for change found themselves talking about something unexpected— politics as usual.
Discussion: Mercury News
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.
Daily Mail:
High-ranking Foreign Office diplomat arrested over anti-Semitic gym tirade … A high-ranking diplomat at the Foreign Office has been arrested after allegations that he launched a foul-mouthed anti-Semitic tirade.  —  Middle East expert Rowan Laxton, 47, was watching TV reports of the Israeli attack …
Jerry Seper / Washington Times:
16 illegals sue Arizona rancher  —  Claim violation of rights as they crossed his land  —  An Arizona man who has waged a 10-year campaign to stop a flood of illegal immigrants from crossing his property is being sued by 16 Mexican nationals who accuse him of conspiring to violate …
Chicago Tribune:
Roland Burris received about $1.2 million in loans from businessman during gubernatorial bid  —  Illinois senator repaid only about $6,000 to businessman Joseph Stroud, state records show  —  Roland Burris, Illinois' newest senator, likes to talk about his years of service to the people …
Discussion: JammieWearingFool and ProPublica
Rasmussen Reports:
62% Want Stimulus Plan to Have More Tax Cuts, Less Spending  —  With the Senate poised to vote Tuesday on an $827-billion version of the economic recovery plan, 62% of U.S. voters want the plan to include more tax cuts and less government spending.  —  Just 14% would like to move …
Discussion: Power Line
Mimi Hall / USA Today:
Obama to visit job-starved Elkhart, Indiana  —  ELKHART, Ind. — Derald Bontrager's mom and dad started the RV company he now runs with his brother in 1968.  For nearly four decades, the family could hardly make pop-up campers, travel trailers and motor homes fast enough for their eager customers.
 
 
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