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The Politico:
Reviews are in: Geithner clears the bar — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — It was bound to happen sooner or later. — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner - who hasn't had many winning days in his short tenure on Pennsylvania Avenue - scored a big political victory Monday …
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Washington Post:
U.S. Seeks Expanded Power to Seize Firms — Goal Is to Limit Risk to Broader Economy — The Obama administration is considering asking Congress to give the Treasury secretary unprecedented powers to initiate the seizure of non-bank financial companies, such as large insurers …
The Huffington Post:
Michele Bachmann: I Want People “Armed And Dangerous” Over Obama Tax Plan — Controversial Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said this weekend that she wants residents of her state “armed and dangerous” over President Barack Obama's plan to reduce global warming “because we need to fight back.”
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Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Bachmann urges ‘armed’ climate revolt
Bachmann urges ‘armed’ climate revolt
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Dump Michele Bachmann
Eric Ostermeier / Smart Politics:
Michele Bachmann on D.C.: “I'm a Foreign Correspondent On Enemy Lines”
Michele Bachmann on D.C.: “I'm a Foreign Correspondent On Enemy Lines”
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Ali Frick / Think Progress:
Bachmann: ‘I Want People...Armed And Dangerous On This Issue’ Of Cap And Trade
Bachmann: ‘I Want People...Armed And Dangerous On This Issue’ Of Cap And Trade
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DownWithTyranny!
John / Power Line:
HOW WOULD HE PRONOUNCE “CASSIOPEIA”? — Everyone knows that Barack Obama is lost without his teleprompter, but his latest blunder, courtesy of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, via the Corner, suggests that the teleprompter may not be enough unless it includes phonetic spellings.
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Megan Slack / The Huffington Post:
Tammy Bruce Calls The Obamas “Trash In The White House” — Tammy Bruce, guest host for Laura Ingram's radio show, had some harsh words for First Lady Michelle Obama. — Discussing the first lady's visit to a Washington D.C. classroom last week, Bruce incredulously recalled Obama's story …
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Joe Dwinell / Boston Herald:
Poll of change: Obama's job approval slipping to ‘50-50’ — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email + Bio — The honeymoon is over, a national poll will signal tomorrow as President Obama's job approval stumbles to about 50 percent over the lack of improvement with the crippled economy.
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Jules Crittenden:
50-50 — Zogby poll due out in the morning will be reporting the Obama admin's latest grim milestone. As many people don't like him as do. Boston Herald: … Maybe, but the vast presidential gaffe repository Obama is amassing can't be helping. The guy's only been in 60-odd days and he's tripped more than Ford.
Eric Martin / Bloomberg:
Bank of America's Bernstein Says Sell Bank Stocks After Rally — Investors should sell bank stocks after they rallied 12 percent today because the Treasury Department's plan to buy toxic assets won't stop profits from dropping, Bank of America Corp.'s Richard Bernstein said.
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Jamil Anderlini / Financial Times:
China calls for new reserve currency — China's central bank on Monday proposed replacing the US dollar as the international reserve currency with a new global system controlled by the International Monetary Fund. — In an essay posted on the People's Bank of China's website, Zhou Xiaochuan …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Canadian defense minister to Greg Gutfeld and Fox News: Apologize; Update: Gutfeld apologizes — In which a YouTube grassroots brushfire explodes into a full-blown international incident. You make the call: Below you'll find the “Red Eye” segment that aired on March 17 followed by MacKay's demand for an apology this morning.
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Jessica Leeder / Globe and Mail:
Fox News host apologizes to Canada - sort of
Fox News host apologizes to Canada - sort of
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Balloon Juice
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
O'Reilly Attacks Me As A ‘Villain’ For Highlighting His Rape Comments — As promised, tonight, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly aired his segment alleging that ThinkProgress caused “pain and suffering” to rape victims. Our unspeakable offense was contained in a March 1 blog post …
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
I Was Followed, Harassed, And Ambushed By Bill O'Reilly's Producer — On March 1, ThinkProgress picked up on a story by News Hounds, which noted that Fox News host Bill O'Reilly — who has made controversial comments about rape victims in the past — was slated to speak at a March 19 fundraiser for the Alexa Foundation.
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Paul Krugman:
Geithner plan arithmetic — Leave on one side the question of whether the Geither plan is a good idea or not. One thing is clearly false in the way it's being presented: administration officials keep saying that there's no subsidy involved, that investors would share in the downside. That's just wrong.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Inviting the Public to Play
Inviting the Public to Play
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DealBook:
Cuomo Says Most Huge A.I.G. Bonuses Were Returned — Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo of New York announced late Monday afternoon that 9 of the top 10 bonus recipients at the American International Group were giving back their bonuses. — He also said 15 of the largest 20 bonus recipients …
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Chris Kelly / The Huffington Post:
Townhall: Michelle Obama is a Bitch, Get It? — Burt Perlutsky was a TV writer a long time ago. Then he aged out of it and became a crank. This wasn't one of those major loses like Steinbeck. Now he writes a column for Townhall.com, the popular website owned by a Christian radio network.
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Comments from Left Field
Adam Silverman / USA Today:
Same-sex marriage measure sails through Vt. Senate — The Vermont Senate on Monday evening overwhelmingly passed a bill that could legalize same-sex marriage in the state. — The state Senate voted 26-4 in favor of the measure introduced by Democratic state Sen. John Campbell.
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Congress isn't feeling much heat from Obama's ‘army’ — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's army of canvassers fanned out across the nation over the weekend to drum up support for his $3.55 trillion budget, but they had no noticeable impact on members of Congress, who on Monday said they were largely unaware of the effort.
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
It's Never Too Soon to Think About 2012 — President Obama has been in the White House for only two months and three days, but his strategists at the Democratic National Committee are already looking ahead to 2012. — Gov. Tim Kaine of Virginia, the chairman of the D.N.C. …
CBS News:
Poll: Mixed Reviews For Obama On AIG — CBS News Survey Finds Only 41 Percent Approve Of President's Handling Of Bonus Scandal, Though Overall Approval Remains High — (CBS) For the first time since he became president, a significant number of Americans are expressing disapproval …
Jorr / Christian Science Monitor:
Obama writes letter to Chirac - blogosphere goes crazy — Want to know how quickly rumors get spread on the Internet? Here's a prime example. — The right side of the web is apoplectic this morning claiming that President Obama doesn't know who the French president is.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Campaign Finance Challenged — Bill to Overhaul System Would Ban Lobbyist Donations — After the most expensive campaign cycle in U.S. history, a bipartisan group of lawmakers will introduce legislation this week to create an ambitious voluntary public campaign financing system …