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Washington Post:
Polling in Iran Shows Real Support for Ahmadinejad — The election results in Iran may reflect the will of the Iranian people. Many experts are claiming that the margin of victory of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the result of fraud or manipulation, but our nationwide public opinion survey …
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Colin Freeman / Telegraph:
Iran protest cancelled as leaked election results show Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came third — Iran's reformist presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi has called off a major rally to protest last Friday's election results, amid claims police had been cleared to open fire on protesters.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Tide Turning? — For much of the weekend it seemed that the Iranian reformists were set for one of those righteous defeats, in which a united phalanx of state power stands down rioting protesters who must be content that their defiance will lay the groundwork for change not today but at some unknown point in the future.
Gateway Pundit:
OUTRAGE!... CBS: “Meet Iran's George W. Bush” (Ahmadinejad!) ... Update: Bush's Message to the Iranian People — CBS compares Iran's Holocaust denier, womens right's abuser, America-hating radical to George W. Bush. — CBS republishes vile New Republic article— Meet Iran's George W. Bush
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Thomas Erdbrink / Washington Post:
Iran Supreme Leader Orders Probe of Election Fraud — Mousavi Asks That Vote Be Nullified; President Calls Demonstrators ‘Weeds’ — Iran's supreme leader on Monday ordered a probe of Friday's presidential election, as protests over alleged voter fraud continued for a third straight day.
Juan Cole / Informed Comment:
Terror Free Tomorrow Poll Did not Predict Ahmadinejad Win — Noting my skepticism about the announced outcome of Friday's presidential elections in Iran, readers have been asking me what I think about this WaPo op-ed by Ken Ballen and Patrick Doherty pointing out that a scientifically weighted Project …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Iranian Election Results by Province [UPDATED] — 3:31 AM: A map showing the ostensible results. — 2:19 AM: The reader who sent these to me is named Daniel Berman; I've confirmed that he's comfortable with having his name disclosed. Daniel is pursing a masters in Iranian Studies …
BBC:Shots fired at huge Iran protest
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Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:Obama's Iran Policy to Focus on Human Rights, Not Election
New York Times:Iran's Leader Emerges With a Stronger Hand
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Amir Taheri / Wall Street Journal:Iran's Clarifying Election
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Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Why is Dennis Ross being ousted as Obama envoy to Iran? — Dennis Ross, who most recently served as a special State Department envoy to Iran, will abruptly be relieved of his duties, sources in Washington told Haaretz. An official announcement is expected in the coming days.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:Kelly: Ross still at State, today
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New York Times:
Obama Open to Reining in Medical Suits — WASHINGTON — The American Medical Association has long battled Democrats who oppose protecting doctors from malpractice lawsuits. But during a private meeting at the White House last month, association officials said, they found one Democrat willing to entertain the idea: President Obama.
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
“Conservatives” Are Single-Largest Ideological Group — Percentage of “liberals” higher this decade than in early '90s — PRINCETON, NJ — Thus far in 2009, 40% of Americans interviewed in national Gallup Poll surveys describe their political views as conservative, 35% as moderate, and 21% as liberal.
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The Politico:
The hunks of Washington — Washington is a magical place, a place where the onetime victims of boyhood gym-locker entombment can grow up to become the objects of affection, admiration, compulsive fandom, BlogSpot pages and Cafe Press T-shirts. — It is, safe to say, the only place where Ari Fleischer could have a stalker.
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Kristol: Memo to Conservatives — There have been very good grounds to criticize President Obama's foreign policy so far. There will be much more to criticize over the next three and a half years. — But he is our president. We could be at an historical inflection point in Iran.
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Details Set for Remake of Financial Regulations — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is expected Wednesday to propose the most sweeping reorganization of financial-market supervision since the 1930s, a revamp that would touch almost every corner of banking from how mortgages are underwritten …
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Washington Post:
The Case for Financial Regulatory Reform — Over the past two years, we have faced the most severe financial crisis since the Great Depression. The financial system failed to perform its function as a reducer and distributor of risk. Instead, it magnified risks, precipitating …
Juan Gonzalez / NY Daily News:
Gonzalez: Hiram heading back to Democrats — State Sen. Hiram Monserrate meets with the Rev. Al Sharpton on Sunday. Monserrate told Juan Gonzalez he will return to the Democrats. — Sen. Hiram Monserrate has switched sides - again. — “I'm coming home,” the Queens Democrat told …
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Helen Kennedy / NY Daily News:
Pol: Gorilla is ‘related’ to First Lady … A prominent South Carolina Republican killed his Facebook page Sunday after being caught likening the First Lady to an escaped gorilla. — Commenting on a report posted to Facebook about a gorilla escape at a zoo in Columbia, S.C., Friday …
Gorman Gorman / Political Punch:
Seeking Answers on IG Firing, Sen. Grassley Asks About Possible Role of First Lady's Office — In an email and fax sent late Friday, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, demanded that Alan D. Solomont, the chairman of the Corporation for National and Community Service, provide “any and all records …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Exclusive: House Dems Planning Major Changes To Secret CIA Briefings Of Congress — In a move that could spark another fight with the GOP over CIA intelligence and secrecy, House Dems are quietly preparing to make major changes to the ways the CIA briefs Congress on covert actions …
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