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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Palin's Prospects — She dashed her chances of winning the 2012 nomination, but a path to the presidency remains open to Sarah Palin. — Forget about Sarah Palin as the Republican presidential candidate in 2012 and probably ever. She may have no interest in seeking the GOP nomination.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Palin and Her Enemies — If Sarah Palin's political career ended last Friday, 10 tumultuous months after she was introduced as the Republican Party's vice-presidential nominee, those five words will be its epitaph. — Had she refused John McCain, Palin would still be a popular female governor …
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Violet / Reclusive Leftist:
Feminists and the mystery of Sarah Palin — I don't usually comment on other blogs; I have little enough time to keep my own gig in working order. But the other day I was over at I Blame The Patriarchy, where I was dismayed to find in the comment threads some of the same Palin-bashing …
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New York Times:
Legal Bills Swayed Palin, Official Says
Legal Bills Swayed Palin, Official Says
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Harry Siegel / Politico Live's Blog:
Rove ‘perplexed’ by Palin, Huckabee calls move ‘risky’
Rove ‘perplexed’ by Palin, Huckabee calls move ‘risky’
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Presented by The First Five Years Fund: Offers pour in for Sarah Palin from left, right and center - Next two weeks could be make-or-break for health care - Al Franken to be sworn in tomorrow — BIRTHDAY: DNC's Cloe Axelson (hat tip: Mike Czin) — BREAKING - Bloomberg …
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Indira A.R. Lakshmanan / Bloomberg:
Carville to Advise Karzai Challenger in Afghan Election Contest — Democratic strategist James Carville, who ran Bill Clinton's presidential bid in 1992, is helping another challenger: a U.S.-educated rival of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. — Carville, who has close ties to Secretary …
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
A chill in air for Obama in Russia
A chill in air for Obama in Russia
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Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
Schumer promises public option in healthcare bill — The healthcare reform bill that emerges from Congress this year will include a government-run public health insurance option, regardless of the bipartisan negotiations seeking a compromise in the Senate, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday.
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Washington Post:
Former Lawmakers and Congressional Staffers Hired to Lobby on Health Care — Firms Are Enlisting Ex-Lawmakers, Aides — The nation's largest insurers, hospitals and medical groups have hired more than 350 former government staff members and retired members of Congress in hopes of influencing …
Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Obama: Student Radical — During the campaign, I wrote a piece called “Why Won't Obama Talk About Columbia? — The years he won't discuss may explain the Ayers tie he keeps lying about.” So now, nearly six months into the Obama presidency, the mainstream media has finally done a bit …
Tim Weiner / New York Times:
Former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara Dies at 93 — Robert S. McNamara, perhaps the most influential defense secretary of the 20th century, who helped lead the nation into the maelstrom of Vietnam and spent the rest of his life wrestling with the war's moral consequences …
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Marc Lynch:
Say it ain't so, Joe — It's hard to tell exactly what Joe Biden was trying to say this morning on “This Week” with George Stephanopolous. But his remarks are being widely interpreted as a green light for an Israeli strike on Iran. If that isn't the case, Biden needs to issue a strong clarification immediately.
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Reuters Runs Staged Photo Of Bloody Honduran Protester — Reuters has run photo of a bloodied Honduran protester (below) dramatizing the bloodshed at protests for Manuel Zelaya. (h/t) Problem is, this photo appears to be staged. — Blogger Hunter Smith, who recently finished …
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Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blog:
Dan Abrams' Mediaite launches — In kicking off today's launch of Mediaite, founder and NBC legal analyst Dan Abrams said it's “for the media, it's about the media and it is part of the new media.” And yes, it brings navel-gazing to a new level. — Taking a quick run through the site …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Just the Messenger — Mediaite.com Focuses on Celebrity of Journalism
Just the Messenger — Mediaite.com Focuses on Celebrity of Journalism
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Kevin Hassett / Bloomberg:
California's Nightmare Will Kill Obamanomics: Kevin Hassett — Last week, we discovered that the state of California will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. — With California mired in a budget crisis, largely the result of a political impasse that makes spending cuts …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
HELP Is on the Way — The Congressional Budget Office has looked at the future of American health insurance, and it works. — A few weeks ago there was a furor when the budget office “scored” two incomplete Senate health reform proposals — that is, estimated their costs and likely impacts over the next 10 years.
Nadia Gilani / Times of London:
Wife blows MI6 chief's cover on Facebook — The wife of the new head of MI6 has caused a major security breach and left his family exposed after publishing photographs and personal details on Facebook. — Sir John Sawers is due to take over as chief of the Secret Intelligence Service in November …
Matthew Goldstein / Commentaries:
A Goldman trading scandal? — Did someone try to steal Goldman Sachs' secret sauce? — While most in the US were celebrating the 4th of July, a Russian immigrant living in New Jersey was being held on federal charges of stealing top-secret computer trading codes from a major …
Mark Norris / Dallas Morning News:
Tea party protest at Southfork Ranch falls short of estimated 50,000 attendees — mnorris@dallasnews.com — It was more than the heat that had people hot under the collar this Independence Day at Southfork Ranch. A range of issues from taxes to universal health care brought a crowd out to America's Tea Party.
Wall Street Journal:
Honduras at the Tipping Point — Why is the U.S. not supporting the rule of law? — Printer — Friendly — Hundreds of emails from Hondurans flooded my in-box last week after I reported on the military's arrest of President Manuel Zelaya, as ordered by the Supreme Court, and his subsequent banishment from the country.
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