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Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Obama Sharpens His Reminders That He Inherited Fiscal ‘Mess’ From Bush — President Points to ‘Inherited’ Economy — In his inaugural address, President Obama proclaimed “an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics.”
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE BLAME GAME.... The Washington Post has an odd front-page piece today, rebuking President Obama for reminding audiences that the problems he inherited are, well, problems he inherited. … The problem, if I'm reading the article right, isn't that the president is saying anything untrue.
Clay Shirky:
Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable — Back in 1993, the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain began investigating piracy of Dave Barry's popular column, which was published by the Miami Herald and syndicated widely. In the course of tracking down the sources of unlicensed distribution …
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
The re-education of David Brooks — P.J. Gladnick at Newsbusters has the story of how the White House dispatched a team of four operatives to persuade David Brooks to back off his threat to lead an army of moderates to oppose the Obama agenda. Gladnick observes: … Indeed.
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Salazar's Wolf Decision Upsets Administration Allies — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's decision to stick with a controversial Bush administration move that took gray wolves off the endangered species list in most of the northern Rockies reflects the independent streak that has defined his career.
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Stacy St. Clair / Chicago Tribune:
Michelle Obama comic book to be released in April — Michelle Obama comic book (Bluewater Productions) (March 13, 2009) — She's not faster than a speeding bullet or more powerful than a locomotive. — Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound? Hardly.
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CNSNews:
Obama Signs Law Banning Federal Embryo Research Two Days After Signing Executive Order to OK It — (CNSNews.com) - On Wednesday, only two days after he lifted President Bush's executive order banning federal funding of stem cell research that requires the destruction of human embryos …
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Lean Left, The Strata-Sphere, Stop The ACLU, PoliGazette, Hot Air, GINA COBB, Liberal Values and Don Surber
David Nowak / Associated Press:
Report: Cuba, Venezuela could host Russian bombers — MOSCOW - A Russian Air Force chief said Saturday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has offered an island as a temporary base for strategic Russian bombers, the Interfax news agency reported. — The chief of staff of Russia's long range aviation …
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Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Speaker Pelosi: I am not partisan — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is denying Republican claims that she is partisan, saying she has been open to GOP ideas. — In an interview with Charlie Rose on Friday, Pelosi was asked what is the most unfair and misleading impression of her.
John / Power Line:
PICASSO INTERPRETS BARACK — As channeled by Michael Ramirez; click to enlarge: — Whereas some of us less artistic types thought he just has a hard time keeping his story straight!
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Pentagon Rethinking Old Doctrine on 2 Wars — WASHINGTON — The protracted wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are forcing the Obama administration to rethink what for more than two decades has been a central premise of American strategy: that the nation need only prepare to fight two major wars at a time.
Wall Street Journal:
G-20 Sets Increased Lending as Priority — HORSHAM, England — Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 leading economies on Saturday said their top priority is to restore bank lending, which will require dealing with impaired assets. — In a statement, the G20 …
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
WashPost's David Ignatius makes stuff up — The whole column today is a bit nutty. i.e. There aren't enough businessmen in Obama's cabinet! (Including SOS.) Of course, columnists are allowed to wander down incoherent roads, but they're not allowed to make stuff up. — Like here [emphasis added.]
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