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Des Moines Register:
Unanimous ruling: Iowa marriage no longer limited to one man, one woman — REGISTER STAFF REPORTS — The Iowa Supreme Court this morning unanimously upheld gays' right to marry. — “The Iowa statute limiting civil marriage to a union between a man and a woman violates the equal protection clause …
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Ed Whelan / The Corner:
The Iowa Supreme Court's Attack on Marriage — The lawless judicial attack on traditional marriage and on representative government continues. Today the Iowa supreme court ruled unanimously (7-) that a “state statute limiting civil marriage to a union between a man and a woman violates …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
King warns of ‘gay marriage Mecca’ — Western Iowa Rep. Steve King: — This is an unconstitutional ruling and another example of activist judges molding the Constitution to achieve their personal political ends. Iowa law says that marriage is between one man and one woman.
Eamon Javers / The Politico:
Inside Obama's bank CEOs meeting — The bankers struggled to make themselves clear to the president of the United States. — Arrayed around a long mahogany table in the White House state dining room last week, the CEOs of the most powerful financial institutions in the world offered several explanations …
John Crace / Guardian:
Question that flummoxed great orator — Barack Obama, the World's Greatest Orator (™all news organisations), didn't exactly cover himself in glory when the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson asked him a question about who was to blame for the financial crisis.
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Ted Stevens should run against Palin, Alaska Republican says — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Now that the corruption case against former Sen. Ted Stevens has been dropped, Alaska Rep. Don Young wants Stevens to run for governor — a move that would set up a Republican primary between the veteran lawmaker …
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Wall Street Journal:
Cap and Tax Collapse — Congress balks at one more bad Obama idea. — Please pass Al Gore a Valium — and better make it a double — because his cap-and-trade dreams just took a dive in the U.S. Senate. In a vote late Wednesday, no fewer than 26 Democrats joined all 41 Republicans …
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Congress Approves Budget — $3.5 Trillion Spending Plan Paves Way for Obama Goals — Congressional Democrats overwhelmingly embraced President Obama's ambitious and expensive agenda for the nation yesterday, endorsing a $3.5 trillion spending plan that sets the stage for the president to pursue his most far-reaching priorities.
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Rachel Holmes / Guardian:
Michelle's fashion face-off with Carla — It was the moment the fashion world was waiting for: stylish Michelle Obama and chic Carla Bruni-Sarkozy came face-to-face in Strasbourg. Who came out on top? — Last year, we avidly followed the wardrobe manoeuvres of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:Journalists Give The First Lady Full Marks at G-20
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Press & Sun-Bulletin:
Shooting at American Civic Association — Some are released from building — At least four people were shot and dozens of others were being held hostage by a gunman at the American Civic Center in Binghamton. — At least five people have been taken to Wilson Regional Medical Center in Johnson City …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Obama's Ultimate Agenda — Five minutes of explanation to James Madison, and he'll have a pretty good idea what a motorcar is (basically a steamboat on wheels; the internal combustion engine might take a few minutes more). Then try to explain to Madison how the Constitution he fathered allows …
Michael J. Boskin / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's $163,000 Tax Bomb — Families well below the president's ‘no-tax’ threshold will get a six-figure bill. — The House and Senate are preparing to pass President Barack Obama's radical budget blueprint, with only minor modifications, by using (abusing would be more accurate) the budget “reconciliation” process.
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
THE STRANGE CASE OF EVAN BAYH. — Ben Nelson genuinely is a conservative Democrat. The Poole-Rosenthal rankings — which most consider the leading measure of a congressman's relative ideology — have, for years, ranked Nelson as the most conservative member of the Congress. Call him Democrat #1.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Little Change in Negative Images of Bush and Cheney — Favorable ratings for both are at or near their all-time lows — PRINCETON, NJ — Neither George W. Bush's deliberate silence about the Obama administration nor Dick Cheney's ready criticism of it appear to have altered U.S. public perceptions about either man.
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Kristol: A Must Read — Paul Singer's op-ed in the Journal is a must read. — Here's an excerpt: … Singer is one of several conservatives I've spent time with recently who's thinking through the implications of the financial crash, and trying to figure out—not to put it too grandiloquently …
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Paul Singer / Wall Street Journal:Free-Marketeers Should Welcome Some Regulation
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Agence France Presse:
Russia's Medvedev hails ‘comrade’ Obama — LONDON (AFP) - - Russia's Dmitry Medvedev hailed Barack Obama as “my new comrade” Thursday after their first face-to-face talks, saying the US president “can listen” — even if little progress was made on substance.
John McCormick / Chicago Tribune:
‘Congressman A’: Rahm Emanuel — Now Obama's top aide, ‘Congressman A’ had grant held up, indictment says — The White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel listens as President Barack Obama delivers remarks to open the White House Forum on Health Reform in the East Room of the White House.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: No, Obama wasn't cleaning the floor when greeting Abdullah — While I don't post a lot on Twitter myself, I do learn a few things by monitoring my feed. For those wondering why the media hasn't reported at all on Barack Obama's protocol-smashing deep-waisted bow to King Abdullah …
James R. Hagerty / Wall Street Journal:
Fannie, Freddie Set to Pay $210 Million in Retention Bonuses — In a compensation program that has drawn angry protests from politicians, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac expect to pay about $210 million in retention bonuses to 7,600 employees over 18 months, according to a letter …
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The Week Magazine:
I smoke pot, and I like it — “The answer is no, I don't think that is a good strategy to grow our economy.” President Obama said it with a chuckle last week at a town hall-style forum. The idea was for Obama to answer some questions about the economy submitted to the White House website.
Declan Walsh / Guardian:
Video shows girl's flogging by Taliban — Mobile phone movie shows that militant influence is spreading deeper into Pakistan — A video showing a teenage girl being flogged by Taliban fighters has emerged from the Swat Valley in Pakistan, offering a shocking glimpse of militant brutality …
Kirk Victor / National Journal Online:
McCain Rebukes Hispanic Voters — STUNG OVER THE VOTING BLOC'S 2-TO-1 SUPPORT OF OBAMA IN NOVEMBER, THE SENATOR SAYS TO LOOK TO THE NEW PRESIDENT FOR IMMIGRATION LEADERSHIP. — John McCain sounds angry and frustrated that, despite the risks he took in pushing immigration reform …
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