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8:35 PM ET, March 13, 2009

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SteveK / TVNewser:
MSNBC Producers Asked Not To Highlight Cramer/Stewart  —  A TVNewser tipster tells us MSNBC producers were asked not to incorporate the Jim Cramer/Jon Stewart interview into their shows today.  In fact, the only time it came up on MSNBC was during the White House briefing …
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Capital Commerce:
Why Jon Stewart Really Attacked Jim Cramer  —  There was a lively exchange last night on The Daily Show between Jon Stewart and CNBC's Jim Cramer, in which Stewart hammered Cramer and the network for being subservient to Wall Street and not alerting viewers to the coming meltdown.
Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
Economic Meltdown Not a Laughing Matter  —  It wasn't a “Brawl Street,” or a thrilla in vanilla.  It wasn't a “Daily Show” friendly feud or even much of a discussion.  Mostly, the much-hyped Thursday night showdown between Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer, the mercurial host of “Mad Money” on CNBC, felt like a Senate subcommittee hearing.
Megan McArdle:
Cramer v. Stewart  —  The buzz today is Cramer's appearance on Jon Stewart's show.  I've been of two minds about this whole fooforaw, which is why I haven't blogged about it.  On the one hand, I am not a fan of financial cable news (Bloomberg usually excepted).  I think Jim Cramer should be illegal.
Eric March / Indecision Forever:
Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer: The Extended Daily Show Interview  —  Jim Cramer and Jon Stewart went toe-to-toe last night.  It was just like Ali-Foreman, only with more head trauma.  But you didn't see everything.  Much of the interview had to be cut for time.  But this is the internet, where all we have is time.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
There's nothing unique about Jim Cramer  —  Jon Stewart is being widely celebrated today and Jim Cramer/CNBC widely mocked — both rightfully so — for Stewart's devastatingly adversarial interview of Cramer (who, just by the way, is a Marty Peretz creation).
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
To Catch A Predator  —  I watched the Daily Show with growing shock last night.  Did you expect that?  I expected a jolly and ultimately congenial discussion, after some banter.  What Cramer walked into was an ambush of anger.  He crumbled from the beginning.
Discussion: TheZoo
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
After Being Eviscerated By Jon Stewart, Cramer Skips Morning Show Appearance  —  Last night, CNBC's Jim Cramer had a brutal face-off with The Daily Show's Jon Stewart.  “I understand that you want to make finance entertaining, but it's not a f*cking game,” Stewart told Cramer.
James Fallows:
It's true: Jon Stewart has become Edward R. Murrow (updated)
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Obama admin. to end use of term ‘enemy combatant’  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  WASHINGTON - The Obama administration said Friday that it is abandoning one of President George W. Bush's key phrases in the war on terrorism: enemy combatant.
Discussion: Donklephant and Don Surber
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ASSERTS BROAD DETENTION AUTHORITY.
Frank James / The Swamp:
Obama drops ‘enemy combatant’ label
Discussion: New York Times
Michelle Malkin:   Obama to re-brand “enemy combatants”
Washington Post:
Obama Administration Abandons Use of Term ‘Enemy Combatant’
Discussion: TIME.com and Washington Monthly
Daphne Eviatar / The Washington Independent:
Obama Justice Department Urges Dismissal of Another Torture Case
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
U.S. defines its claim to detention power
Discussion: Salon and ACSBlog
Washington Wire:
McCain Threatens to Oppose Interior Nominee Over Reagan Remark  —  Stephen Power reports on politics.  —  Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain today denounced as “highly offensive” remarks about Ronald Reagan made by President Barack Obama's nominee for the number two spot at the Department of the Interior.
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Philly.com:
Memo to McCain: There are no saints in America, not even St. Ronnie
Discussion: Associated Press
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell: Coleman fight should go to federal court  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Friday that he would urge former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) to take his legal battle with Al Franken to federal court, potentially dragging out the Minnesota Senate race for several more months.
Discussion: The Plum Line
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Coleman v. Franken
Discussion: Associated Press and TIME.com
Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Poll Numbers Are Falling to Earth  —  It is simply wrong for commentators to continue to focus on President Barack Obama's high levels of popularity, and to conclude that these are indicative of high levels of public confidence in the work of his administration.
Washington Wire:
S.C. Legislature Moves to Override Gov. Sanford on Stimulus Funds  —  Sara Murray reports on state politics.  —  Republicans in the South Carolina state Senate are laying the groundwork to accept the stimulus funds Gov. Mark Sanford is likely to reject.  —  Sanford, a Republican …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
White House: Greed will help  —  The nation's economy used to have too much greed and not enough fear of the future, but now has too much fear and could use a little more “greed” - spending.  —  Lawrence H. Summers, the White House economic adviser, calls it “the paradox at the heart of the financial crisis. ”
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David Leonhardt / Economix:
Lawrence Summers on the Crisis
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
THE WHITE HOUSE'S FAVORITE COLUMNIST.  —  This is a bit of an inside baseball observation, but it's becoming clear that the columnist with the best access to the White House is, improbably, David Brooks.  A month ago, Brooks got the first word on the banking plan and a rare one-on-one interview with Tim Geithner.
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Beck: People ‘Pushed To The Wall’ By ‘Political Correctness’ Launch Spree Killings  —  There was a remarkable segment on Glen Beck's show yesterday, thankfully captured by Matt Corley in which Beck was basically outlining his view that the reason you see spree killings like the one in Alabama …
WSAZ-TV:
Bottoms Up: W.Va. Senator Drinks Homemade “Coal Waste” on Senate Floor  —  Email Address: anna.baxter@wsaz.com  —  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) — A West Virginia State Senator made a unique statement Thursday by drinking a bottle of what he referred to as coal slurry.
Portfolio:
Ann Coulter's Book Sales Head South  —  Though never exactly shy, Ann Coulter has been especially noisy in her self-promotion lately, inventing a beef with NBC News, arguing with Keith Olbermann over the meaning of a Cornell degree and taking her act on the road with Bill Maher as foil.
David Brooks / New York Times:
‘No Picnic for Me Either’  —  In his education speech this week, Barack Obama retold a by-now familiar story.  When he was a boy, his mother would wake him up at 4:30 to tutor him for a few hours before he went off to school.  When young Barry complained about getting up so early …
Joshua Rhett Miller / Fox News:
What's In a Number?  That Depends on How You Define ‘Homeless’  —  A well publicized report this week that an estimated 1.5 million American children experienced homelessness in 2005-06 did not use the federal definition of homelessness.  Instead, it used a different definition that grossly inflated the actual number.
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Associated Press:
Ginsburg: Possible court opening soon  —  Justice tells students there will surely be a photo with new member soon  —  Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks to students at New England Law School in Boston Friday, saying advice and camaraderie from her fellow justices have helped her in her fight against pancreatic cancer.
 
 
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