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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Steele to Rush: I'm sorry — Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says he has reached out to Rush Limbaugh to tell him he meant no offense when he referred to the popular conservative radio host as an “entertainer” whose show can be “incendiary.”
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The Huffington Post:
Steele Takes On Rush Limbaugh: “Ugly,” “Incendiary” (VIDEO) — Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele took umbrage Saturday night when CNN's D.L. Hughley referred to radio host Rush Limbaugh as “the de facto leader of the Republican party.” — “No he's not.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
I'M LOVING MICHAEL STEELE — I mean, I'm not sure how else to put it. This guy has to be about the worst, most embarrassing party chair we've seen in recent memory. It's embarrassing enough that Steele is like, what? ... the third Republican to criticize Rush and then make it less …
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RushLimbaugh.com:
A Few Words for Michael Steele — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT — RUSH: I was not going to talk about Michael Steele. I have had e-mails from the Drive-By Media. I have had interview requests to be on television shows to talk about Michael Steele and what he said about my speech Saturday night.
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CNN:
Jindal says Obama is better speaker — (CNN) — CNN's Larry King talked with Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal in a prime-time exclusive interview Monday night. — Jindal gave the Republican response after President Obama's address to Congress last week. Jindal received negative reviews after the speech …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House fires back at Rush Limbaugh — The Speaker of the House won't mention his name, but the White House has shown a willingness to invoke the name of radio host Rush Limbaugh whenever challenged. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) won't comment on anything the hero of conservatives has to say …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Offered Deal to Russia in Secret Letter — WASHINGTON — President Obama sent a secret letter to Russia's president last month suggesting that he would back off deploying a new missile defense system in Eastern Europe if Moscow would help stop Iran from developing long-range weapons, American officials said Monday.
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RIA Novosti:
Obama ‘ready to drop shield plans for Russian help on Iran’ — Washington has told Moscow that Russian help in resolving Iran's nuclear program would make its missile shield plans for Europe unnecessary, a Russian daily said on Monday, citing White House sources.
Barak Ravid / Haaretz:Israel to present Clinton with ‘red lines’ on talks with Iran
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Obama kicks up White House entertaining — WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is the place to be on Wednesdays. — Since the presidency changed hands less than six weeks ago, a burst of entertaining has taken hold of the iconic, white-columned home of America's head of state. Much of it comes on Wednesdays.
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David Rogers / The Politico:
Angry McCain slams Obama — Long delayed but not shrunken with time, a nearly $410 billion omnibus spending bill is fast becoming a great bone in the throat for Democrats and the White House, just when each hoped to put the past behind them and move onto President Barack Obama's new 2010 budget.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
THE DOW-JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE since the passage of the stimulus bill. Looks like a vote of “no confidence” to me. — UPDATE: Can you say “going John Galt?” Upper-Income Taxpayers Look for Ways to Sidestep Obama Tax-Hike Plan. “A 63-year-old attorney based in Lafayette, La. …
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Another Obama pick owes back taxes, but it's OK because, now caught, he'll pay up — Oh, Sergei, you mean you've lost another submarine? — Word today that yet another Barack Obama appointee has a little problem with taxes — a $10,000 problem. — Ron Kirk, the former mayor of Dallas …
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Associated Press:
Obama releases secret Bush anti-terror memos — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — WASHINGTON - The Obama administration threw open the curtain on years of Bush-era secrets Monday, revealing anti-terror memos that claimed exceptional search-and-seizure powers …
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Charles Duhigg / New York Times:
U.S. Likely to Keep the Reins on Fannie and Freddie — Despite assurances that the takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would be temporary, the giant mortgage companies will most likely never fully return to private hands, lawmakers and company executives are beginning to quietly acknowledge.
Marilyn / Taxpayers for Common Sense:
Facebook Reddit Digg Print this article — Here's the database you all have been waiting for - the FY 2009 Omnibus with 8,570 earmarks worth $7.7 billion. Since the Senate started debate on the bill today, we tabulated the Senate recipients of earmarks - from top to bottom.
Megan McArdle:
How low will the stock market go — According to Henry Blodget, probably a lot farther: … Incidentally, if you think that people still have a vestigial view of housing as an investment asset rather than a consumption good with residual value, this implies that housing will substantially undershoot as well.
Fox News:
Malaysia Restores ‘Allah’ Ban for Christians — KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The Malaysian government will issue a new decree restoring a ban on Christian publications using the word “Allah” to refer to God, officials said Sunday. — Home Affairs Minister Syed Hamid Albar said a previous Feb. 16 decree …
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Rob Stein / Washington Post:
Researchers Find Safer Way to Produce Stem Cell Alternative — Skin Cells Transformed Without Worrisome Use of Viruses — Scientists have developed what appears to be a safer way to create a promising alternative to embryonic stem cells, boosting hopes that such cells could sidestep …
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