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Palin Hits Obama on ‘Special Olympics’ Joke — Gov. Sarah Palin responded to remarks made last night by President Obama related to the Special Olympics on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”: … Well, after the way his allies went after her, he really couldn't count on a full-throated defense of a boneheaded comment.
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Sam Gill / The Politico:
How Obama can make up for his gaffe — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — My older brother has Down syndrome, which hinders his ability to learn. Despite his disability, he graduated from high school and lived independently with a job for several years until …
David Zurawik / Z on TV:
Nielsen: Obama visit a big boost for Leno ratings
Nielsen: Obama visit a big boost for Leno ratings
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Toby Harnden / Toby Harnden's blog listings:
Top 10 gaffes by Barack Obama and Joe Biden
Top 10 gaffes by Barack Obama and Joe Biden
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New York Times:
Toxic Asset Plan Foresees Big Subsidies for Investors — WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department is expected to unveil early next week its long-delayed plan to buy as much as $1 trillion in troubled mortgages and related assets from financial institutions, according to people close to the talks.
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Martin Crutsinger / Associated Press:
Toxic asset plan expected to be unveiled soon — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is putting the finishing touches on a plan to get toxic assets off the books of the country's struggling banks, according to administration and industry officials.
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
How I botched the bonus story — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — The Washington ritual of the boiling scandal, with howls of outrage and frantic demands for a high-ranking scalp, is now in full swing over $165 million in bonuses for employees at failed insurance giant AIG.
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Obama budget could bring $9.3 trillion in deficits — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's budget would produce $9.3 trillion in deficits over the next decade, more than four times the deficits of Republican George W. Bush's presidency, congressional auditors said Friday.
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Orszag on the New CBO Numbers
Orszag on the New CBO Numbers
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Washington Post, Left in the West, Wall Street Journal, Think Progress, Wonk Room and MoJo Blog Posts
David Stout / New York Times:
Much Bigger Deficits Seen in Budget Office Forecast
Much Bigger Deficits Seen in Budget Office Forecast
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John / Power Line:
ARE WE A BANANA REPUBLIC? — I'm stupefied to find that some people are defending the constitutionality of Nancy Pelosi's discriminatory, confiscatory and retroactive tax on people who receive bonus income from companies that got TARP money. I would have considered it a bright line rule …
Amos Harel / Haaretz:
‘Shooting and crying’ — Less than a month after the end of Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip, dozens of graduates of the Yitzhak Rabin pre-military preparatory program convened at Oranim Academic College in Kiryat Tivon. Since 1998 the program has prepared participants for what is considered meaningful military service.
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Uri Blau / Haaretz:
Dead Palestinian babies and bombed mosques - IDF fashion 2009 — The office at the Adiv fabric-printing shop in south Tel Aviv handles a constant stream of customers, many of them soldiers in uniform, who come to order custom clothing featuring their unit's insignia, usually accompanied by a slogan and drawing of their choosing.
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
THIS FEED IS CLOSED TO THE PRESS. — Huh, I wonder why Jake Tapper, press access warrior, has blocked me from following his Twitter feed. — Time for a blogger ethics panel? — UPDATE: Tapper has also blocked Talking Points Memo. — Bonus Tapper: His exchange with White House Press …
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Obama Uneasy About Tax on Bonuses — WASHINGTON — The White House stopped short on Friday of endorsing legislation to severely tax bonuses paid to executives of companies that accepted taxpayer bailout funds. — Administration officials said instead that President Obama would assess …
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Felix Gillette / New York Observer:
MSNBC In Discussions with Ed Schultz — The Observer has learned that MSNBC president Phil Griffin is in discussions with syndicated talk radio host Ed Schultz about possibly joining the network on a full-time basis. It is unclear what exactly the job would entail should Mr. Schultz and MSNBC come to an agreement.
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
The Big Takeover — The global economic crisis isn't about money - it's about power. How Wall Street insiders are using the bailout to stage a revolution — It's over — we're officially, royally f**ked. no empire can survive being rendered a permanent laughingstock …
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
WITCH HUNTERY! — A great exchange on CNBC between the anchor and Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), one of the few elected voices of reason during the financial crisis:
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Portfolio:
CNN's March Ratings So Far: More Lamb than Lion — More evidence that CNN is going to have to find a new strategy fast or risk becoming a cable news also-ran: In the month of March so far, the Time Warner-owned network has come in fourth place in prime time among adults 25 to 54 …
The Politico:
Battle lines drawn on health care — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — As health care reform moves from conceptual talks to detailed negotiations, what had been a conciliatory tone is turning more confrontational. — The emerging fault line betwen the parties …
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Tom Grace / The Daily Star, Oneonta, NY:
Tedisco: I'm focused on local interests — ONEONTA _ Political commentators may see the 20th Congressional District race as a contest of national consequence, but Republican James Tedisco, 58, is focused closer to home. — “Rush Limbaugh is meaningless to me,” Tedisco told the editorial board of The Daily Star on Thursday.
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Washington Times:
Conyers suggests probe of ACORN — Calls fraud charges ‘serious’ — In an startling partisan shift, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. on Thursday proposed holding hearings on claims the liberal activist group ACORN engaged in a pattern of crimes ranging from voter fraud to a mob-style “protection” racket.
Randolph E. Schmid / Associated Press:
Post office looks for new ways to cut losses — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service has already suggested dropping a day of mail delivery to save money. Now, with economic gloom everywhere, it's turning to early retirements, management cutbacks and office closings.
Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Fox News's Brit Hume Warns That Because Of Blogs, Future News Will Be ‘More Partisan’ — Fox News's Brit Hume Warns That Because Of Blogs, Future News Will Be ‘More Partisan’ — Last night, the conservative Media Research Center, which houses the ever on point NewsBusters blog …
Financial Times:
McCain speaks up for Geithner — Tim Geithner, the embattled US Treasury secretary, should be given a chance to succeed, says John McCain, the former presidential candidate, who is the first prominent Republican to speak up in Mr Geithner's defence amid growing calls for his resignation.
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