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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
GOP Losses Span Nearly All Demographic Groups — Only frequent churchgoers show no decline in support since 2001 — PRINCETON, NJ — The decline in Republican Party affiliation among Americans in recent years is well documented, but a Gallup analysis now shows that this movement away …
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Michael Steele / The Politico:
The Republican Party turns a corner — The Republican Party finds itself the minority party in America for the first time in more than 15 years. I'll be the first to admit it has taken some adjustment. Republicans have engaged in some healthy soul-searching since Election Day …
CNN:
CNN Poll: Pelosi facing Gingrich-like approval ratings — WASHINGTON (CNN) — As Nancy Pelosi continues to face a firestorm over what she may have known about aggressive government interrogation techniques, and when, a new survey has more unpleasant news for the House Speaker.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Fox News: Focus On Pelosi Changes Subject From Whether To Prosecute Bush Officials — Check out this surprisingly candid moment on Fox, where a top network correspondent says that the GOP's attack on Nancy Pelosi over what she knew about torture is a winner for the GOP because it changes …
Ali Frick / Think Progress:
Matthew Yglesias discusses how the right-wing strategy on torture is backfiring. — Today, ThinkProgress's Matthew Yglesias (who is celebrating his birthday today) wrote a column for the Daily Beast arguing that the right wing's sideshow on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) only furthers the case for a full investigation into torture.
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Analysis: Pelosi flap could advance ‘truth commission’
Analysis: Pelosi flap could advance ‘truth commission’
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The Nation:
‘US special squad killed Benazir’ — NEW YORK (Online) - Former prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on the orders of the special death squad formed by former US vice-president Dick Cheney, which had already killed the Lebanese Prime Minister Rafique Al Hariri and the army chief of that country.
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Palin camp eyed Clinton alliance — In an unusual attempt to forge an alliance between two of the most prominent families in American politics, John Coale, a Washington-area Democratic donor and onetime adviser to Sarah Palin, urged the conservative Alaska governor to use her political action committee …
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Associated Press:
Steelers' Harrison won't visit Obama … PITTSBURGH — James Harrison plans to pass on another trip to the White House with the Pittsburgh Steelers. — Harrison, the NFL Defensive Player of the Year, says he'll skip the Super Bowl champion's visit to the White House to meet President Barack Obama …
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Ex-U.S. Envoy Considers Key Role in Afghan Government — WASHINGTON — Zalmay Khalilzad, who was President George W. Bush's ambassador to Afghanistan, could assume a powerful, unelected position inside the Afghan government under a plan he is discussing with Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president …
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
George Will's Irritable Mental Gestures — It's probably not fair to say that conservatives have no idea, but this entire George Will column is basically the same as the column he wrote about how he hates jeans, except this time it's about how he hates Portland.
Tara Malone / Chicago Tribune:
William Ayers, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. headline Mideast peace rally — Oak Park forum features 2 figures associated with President Barack Obama — Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright and Dr. William Ayers are greeted by Rebekah Levin with the Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine.
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court upholds California medical pot law — Justices turn down appeals from San Diego and San Bernardino counties seeking to throw out the state's 13-year-old medical marijuana law. — Reporting from Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals from two hold-out counties …
DeNeen L. Brown / Washington Post:
Poor? Pay Up. — Having Little Money Often Means No Car, No Washing Machine, No Checking Account And No Break From Fees and High Prices — You have to be rich to be poor. — That's what some people who have never lived below the poverty line don't understand.
Jeremy P. Jacobs / The Hill:
Dem candidates race to replace Hilda Solis in California's 32nd — Endorsements, a hefty war chest and an effective absentee ballot program appear to have put California Board of Equalization Vice Chairwoman Judy Chu (D) in position to succeed former Rep.-turned-Labor Secretary Hilda Solis (D-Calif.).
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Greg Hengler / Townhall.com:
Helen Thomas To Gibbs: ‘What Is The Threat From Iran?’ Prove It! — Here we have the ultimate head-in-your-hands moment. I understand societal standards of decency and respect for the elderly, but every day this woman sits in the front row during the White House Press Briefing asking...
John M. Broder / New York Times:
U.S. to Issue Tougher Fuel Standards for Automobiles — WASHINGTON —The Obama administration will issue new national emissions and mileage requirements for cars and light trucks to resolve a long-running conflict among the states, the federal government and auto manufacturers, industry officials said Monday.
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Young Pakistanis Take One Problem Into Their Own Hands — LAHORE, Pakistan — The idea was simple, but in Pakistan, a country full of talk and short on action, it smacked of rebellion. — A group of young Pakistani friends, sick of hearing their families complain about the government …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oh my: Jim Webb flip-flops, now opposes closing Guantanamo — To be more precise: He now opposes closing it anytime soon but naturally is A-OK with closing it at some murky, distant time in the future. Which, as far as I can tell, means he holds the same position on it as George W. Bush or Dick Cheney.
Andrew Martin / New York Times:
Credit Card Industry Aims to Profit From Sterling Payers — Credit cards have long been a very good deal for people who pay their bills on time and in full. Even as card companies imposed punitive fees and penalties on those late with their payments, the best customers racked up cash-back rewards …
Jessica Ravitz / CNN:
Airport security bares all, or does it? — ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — Privacy advocates plan to call on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to suspend use of “whole-body imaging,” the airport security technology that critics say performs “a virtual strip search” and produces “naked” pictures of passengers, CNN has learned.
David S. Cloud / The Politico:
Obama offers timetable for Iran talks — President Barack Obama said Monday he was prepared to pursue his diplomatic outreach to Iran until the end of the year before deciding if it was succeeding in halting Tehran's nuclear program. — It was the first time that Obama had laid out a timetable for his initiative.
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Ruy Teixeira / Center for American Progress:
Public Opinion Snapshot: Millennials Are a Progressive Generation — It's a “New Progressive America” out there, as I argued in my recent Center for American Progress report, with a new demography and a new agenda. The new demography refers to the array of growing demographic groups …
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Associated Press:
Automakers, Obama announce mileage, pollution plan — WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama wants drivers to go farther on a gallon of gas and cause less damage to the environment — and be willing to pick up the tab. — Obama on Tuesday planned to announce the first-ever national emissions limits …