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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The “Americans want bipartisanship” myth — (updated below - Update II - Update III) — As part of that New York Times online discussion in which I participated yesterday regarding whether Obama should continue to pursue “bipartisanship,” I wrote:
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New York Times:
Survey Reveals Broad Support for President — President Obama is benefiting from remarkably high levels of optimism and confidence among Americans about his leadership, providing him with substantial political clout as he confronts the nation's economic challenges and opposition from nearly …
Washington Post:
Poll: Most Americans Back Obama on Stimulus, Mortgage Plans — Bipartisan Support Drops Significantly as More Republicans Disapprove of How President Is Handling Job — As President Obama prepares to address a joint session of Congress tomorrow night, he receives strong grades …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A RUDE AWAKENING.... Congressional Republicans seem to be feeling pretty good about themselves. They're voting in lock step, dominating the cable chatter, and releasing Aerosmith-backed videos bragging about their opposition to the economic recovery package. The GOP had discovered its mojo and was finally where it wanted to be.
Andie Coller / The Politico:
Obama's challenge: A nation of Santellis — When CNBC's Rick Santelli argued last week that President Barack Obama's mortgage bailout plan would force hard-working Americans to pay for their neighbors' mistakes, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs dismissed him as a know-nothing derivatives trader out of touch with Main Street.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
DANGEROUS BREW — That's what happens when you mix poll numbers from Rasmussen and whackadoodle editorializing from The Politico. If you go to the front page right now you'll see this splash headline for an article which argues that Obama has his work cut out for him tomorrow night because most Americans …
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
The Painfully Ridiculous End to the NYU Revolution — The final, farcical moments of the failed Revolutionary NYU Food Court Occupation were caught on film by one of the protesters. And then shown to the world, despite being—by any standard—incredibly embarrassing. — “You may not come in here.
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The Huffington Post:
McCain Confronts Obama On Marine One (VIDEO) — At the closing session of the president's fiscal responsibility summit on Monday, high-ranking members of Congress were asked to put on their reportorial hats, quizzing Barack Obama on various aspects of his economic priorities.
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Theresa Cook / Political Punch:At Fiscal Responsibility Summit, McCain Suggests Cost-Saving …
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Associated Press:
Israel's Envoy on Gaza Is Removed — Prime Minister Ehud Olmert dismissed Israel's top negotiator in Gaza truce talks for publicly criticizing Olmert's demand that Palestinians hand over a captured Israeli soldier before any deal is clinched, officials said Monday.
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Sue Pleming / Reuters:U.S. plans “substantial” pledge at Gaza meeting
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John Burnett / NPR:
A Defining Moment For Jindal — And GOP's Future? — Listen Now — · President Obama will take center stage Tuesday evening when he delivers his first address before a joint session of Congress. After the speech and the cheers and the handshakes on the way out the door, Republicans will get their turn.
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Samira Simone / CNN:GOP rising star Jindal's speech a ‘coming-out party’
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Felix Salmon / Wired News:
Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street — A year ago, it was hardly unthinkable that a math wizard like David X. Li might someday earn a Nobel Prize. After all, financial economists—even Wall Street quants—have received the Nobel in economics before …
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Rupert Murdoch / New York Post:
STATEMENT FROM RUPERT MURDOCH — As the Chairman of the New York Post, I am ultimately responsible for what is printed in its pages. The buck stops with me. — Last week, we made a mistake. We ran a cartoon that offended many people. Today I want to personally apologize to any reader who felt offended, and even insulted.
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A.W.R. Hawkins / Human Events:
Eleven States Declare Sovereignty Over Obama's Action — State governors — looking down the gun barrel of long-term spending forced on them by the Obama “stimulus” plan — are saying they will refuse to take the money. This is a Constitutional confrontation between the federal government and the states unlike any in our time.
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Claudine Beaumont / Telegraph:
Google's Gmail service crashes across world — Google's web-based email service, Gmail, has crashed this morning, leaving millions of users from Britain to Australia unable to send and receive messages. — The email service went offline at around 10.25am GMT, and the outage appears …
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Guardian
Fox News:
Rogue Financier Stanford Linked to Fund Run by Bidens — A fund of hedge funds run by two members of Vice President Joe Biden's family was marketed exclusively by companies controlled by Texas financier R. Allen Stanford, who is facing Securities and Exchange Commission accusations of engaging in an $8 billion fraud.
Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
Clients of raided lobby shop rake in the earmarks — Clients of a defense lobby shop under investigation are continuing to score earmarks from their patrons in Congress, despite the firm being on the verge of shutting its doors permanently. — Several clients of The PMA Group …
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William P. Barrett / Forbes:
Boss Got Raise As Philly Papers Tanked — CEO Tierney got 38% increase as The Philadelphia Inquirer headed toward bankruptcy. — As the parent company of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News slid toward the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing it made over the weekend, one employee did well on the pay front: CEO Brian P. Tierney.
The Politico:
Palin: Media sought to seek, destroy Politico - 40 minutes ago — Election News — Obama pledges $15B for Medicaid, answers critics — WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama promised quick help for strapped Medicaid programs Monday as he brought in advisers and adversaries …
Yves Smith / naked capitalism:
AIG to Retrade Its Bailout Yet Again? (Banana Republic Watch) — Sports fans, your humble blogger earnestly endeavors to keep up with the machinations of of big financial firms to extract rents from the poor chump taxpayer, usually by invoking scary images of the financial version of nuclear winter.
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Stephen M. Walt:
Richard Perle is a liar — I was thinking about two former American government employees this weekend, and how the differences between them tell us a lot about why the United States is in so much trouble today. — The first person is Eugene Kranz, the legendary NASA flight director immortalized in the film Apollo 13.
Jeremy Lott / The Politico:
Obama shouldn't do it his way — From his painful, rambling answer at an April 2004 news conference to his final televised White House address in January, in which he vaguely admitted to some errors, George W. Bush cemented his reputation as the Frank Sinatra of presidents. Regrets? He's had a few.
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Stimulus Is Early Focus in New York House Race — HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. — The biggest political matchup in the country right now pits a seasoned Republican lawmaker against an unknown Democrat in one of New York's most traditionally conservative Congressional districts.
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David Pogue / New York Times:
The Kindle: Good Before, Better Now — In the high-tech industry, you live for the day when your product name becomes a verb. “I Googled him.” “She's been Photo- shopped.” — Amazon, however, is hoping that its product name, a verb, becomes a noun. “Have you bought the new Kindle?”
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