memeorandum: 40% of GOP Voters Say Resignation Hurts Palin's Chances in 2012 (Rasmussen Reports)

12:10 PM ET, July 7, 2009

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Kate Snow / ABCNEWS:

Sarah Palin: Why She Resigned — Sarah Palin Talks to ABC News About Why She Resigned — After her bombshell announcement Friday that she was resigning as governor of Alaska 18 months before the end of her first term, and questions about her political future ricocheting from Alaska to Washington D.C. …

Discussion: Think Progress, Washington Monthly, The Swamp, Hot Air, JONATHAN TURLEY, Right Wing News, The Mahablog, Christy Hardin Smith, Conservatives4Palin.com and The World Newser

William Kristol / Washington Post:

The Establishment's Palin Panic — I like Sarah Palin (though I don't know her well). I respect her (though I'm aware of some of her limitations). I wish her well (though I'm not convinced she should be the 2012 Republican presidential nominee). — I am convinced, though …

Discussion: Commentary, Wonkette, Ezra Klein, No More Mister Nice Blog, Weekly Standard, Jules Crittenden, The Strata-Sphere, Josh_Painter's blog, Firedoglake, AmSpecBlog, Balloon Juice and Sadly, No!

Fox News:

Palin Blasts Critics, Remains Mum on 2012 Bid — In her first interview since announcing she was stepping down as governor of Alaska, Palin remains coy about her presidential aspirations but criticized both Obama and the Republican Party. — FOXNews.com — Gov. Sarah Palin was coy …

Discussion: The Politico, About.com Conservative …, Taegan Goddard's …, Donklephant, YID With LID, Riehl World View and CNN

Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:

Palin says ethics inquiries were paralyzing — INTERVIEW: Governor says she resigned because of frivolous complaints. — scockerham@adn.com — DILLINGHAM — Gov. Sarah Palin, three days after abruptly announcing she would resign as governor, said Monday that she did it because ethics complaints …

Discussion: The Daily Dish, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, Associated Press, Right Wing Watch, Wonkette, AMERICAblog News, The Plum Line, The Immoral Minority, The Washington Independent, Ben Smith's Blog and NPR Blogs

CNN:

Palin says she is not a quitter — ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) — Sarah Palin's not a quitter, she wants the public to know. — “I am not a quitter. I am a fighter,” Palin told CNN on Monday while on a family fishing trip, on the heels of her Friday bombshell announcement that she was resigning as Alaska's governor.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Conservatives4Palin.com and Balloon Juice

Rasmussen Reports:
40% of GOP Voters Say Resignation Hurts Palin's Chances in 2012

Discussion: Hot Air

Stanley Fish / New York Times:
In Defense of Palin and Sanford

Discussion: The Atlantic Politics Channel, Crunchy Con and The Confluence

Justin Rood / ABCNEWS:
Sarah Palin Called GOP Leaders Before Quitting

Discussion: The Huffington Post, National Review, The Note, Firedoglake, The Buzz, #gay and NY Daily News

Wall Street Journal:

White House Open to Deal on Health — WASHINGTON — It is more important that health-care legislation inject stiff competition among insurance plans than it is for Congress to create a pure government-run option, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Matthew Yglesias, Hullabaloo, Think Progress, Swampland, Change.org's Universal …, The Huffington Post, Wonk Room, AmSpecBlog, Roll Call, TPMDC, Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog!, Connecting.the.Dots, #gay, Truthdig, Shakesville and The Reaction

Washington Post:

Hospitals Reach Deal With Administration — The nation's hospitals agreed last night to contribute $155 billion over 10 years toward the cost of insuring the 47 million Americans without health coverage, according to two industry sources. — The agreement that three hospital associations reached …

Discussion: The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, The Treatment, Hot Air, New York Times, The Page, Raw Story and Donklephant

Ryan J. Donmoyer / Bloomberg:

U.S. House May Include Surtax on Wealthy in Health-Care Package — House Ways and Means Committee members are likely to propose a surtax on high-income Americans to help pay for an overhaul of the health-care system, according to people familiar with the plan.

Discussion: The Hill, Boehner, Say Anything, The Politico and TPMDC

The Treatment:
Let's Make a Deal, Health Reform Edition

Discussion: Washington Wire, Hullabaloo, Wonk Room, Blog entry, The Politico, TPMDC, New York Times and NOW! Blog

Kevin Sack / New York Times:
Health Co-op Offers Model for Overhaul

Discussion: Prairie Weather

Reuters:

Obama trips up over Russian leadership tandem — MOSCOW (Reuters) - In a slip of the tongue, U.S. President Barack Obama described Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday as president, echoing the widely held view that he remains Russia's most powerful man.

Keith B. Payne / Wall Street Journal:
Arms Control Amnesia

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, The Foundry and Outside The Beltway

Huma Khan / Political Punch:
An Interview with President Obama

Discussion: Michael Calderone's Blog, ABCNEWS, AMERICAblog News and FishBowlDC

Associated Press: Obama's speech on US-Russia relations

Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Obama to ABC News: U.S.-Russia Ties ‘Reset’ but Now Comes ‘Hard Work’

Discussion: Political Punch and Jack & Jill Politics

Shamim Adam / Bloomberg:

Obama Adviser Says U.S. Should Mull Second Stimulus — The U.S. should consider drafting a second stimulus package focusing on infrastructure projects because the $787 billion approved in February was “a bit too small,” said Laura Tyson, an outside adviser to President Barack Obama.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, And So it Goes in Shreveport, naked capitalism, The Politico, Shot in the Dark and JammieWearingFool

Fox News:

Obama Won't Take Second Stimulus Option Off the Table — In an interview with FOX News in Moscow, President Obama defends the roll-out so far of the stimulus package passed in February, saying he knew the scope of the economic crisis would make recovery difficult no matter what. — FOXNews.com

Discussion: Confederate Yankee, The Hill and Don Surber

Joan Mazzolini / Plain Dealer:
John Boehner was wrong about Ohio stimulus spending

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Quinnipiac University:

Obama's Approval Drops In Ohio - Critical Swing State, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; 2010 Senate Race Tips Slightly To Democrats — President Barack Obama gets a lackluster 49 - 44 percent approval rating in Ohio, considered by many to be the most important swing state in a presidential election …

Discussion: Scorecard's Blog and Taegan Goddard's …

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog: A drop in Ohio — Obama's political operation always cared …

Tom Bevan / Real Clear Politics:
Ohio: Obama Under 50% Approval

Discussion: Commentary, The Strata-Sphere and Flopping Aces

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

Dan Froomkin hired by The Huffington Post — (updated below) — In yet another sign of how online media outlets are strengthening as their older establishment predecessors are struggling to survive, The Huffington Post has hired Dan Froomkin to be its Washington Bureau Chief and regular columnist/blogger.

Discussion: Media Matters for America, Michael Calderone's Blog, Mediaite and Emptywheel

Deborah Zabarenko / Reuters:

New climate strategy: track the world's wealthiest — Source: Reuters — * World's richest emit about half of Earth's carbon — * Tracking the wealthy could break climate impasse — * New method would follow individual greenhouse emissions — To fairly divide the climate change …

Discussion: Right Pundits, Chronicle of the Conspiracy, protein wisdom, The Lonely Conservative and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS

Ben Webster / Times of London:

Al Gore likens fight against climate change to battle with Nazis — Al Gore today compared the battle against climate change with the struggle against the Nazis. — The former US Vice President said the world lacked the political will to act and invoked the spirit of Winston Churchill …

Discussion: Townhall.com, JammieWearingFool and PoliPundit.com

Ryan Knutson / Wall Street Journal:

Big Banks Don't Want California's IOUs — A group of the biggest U.S. banks said they would stop accepting California's IOUs on Friday, adding pressure on the state to close its $26.3 billion annual budget gap. — The development is the latest twist in California's struggle to deal with the effects of the recession.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Credit Writedowns, Calculated Risk, Wizbang, The Moderate Voice and Riehl World View

Jaketapper / Political Punch:

In Russia, President Obama Explains His Support for Ousted President of Honduras — MOSCOW - Facing criticism for having backed the “wrong” side in the recent coup in Honduras, President Obama Tuesday tried to explain his advocacy on behalf of ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Los Angeles Times, Right Pundits, Say Anything, Nice Deb, Gateway Pundit, Honduras Abandoned, Fausta's Blog, Atlas Shrugs and Hot Air

Emptywheel:

WaPo Finally Begins to Admit Pay2Play Details — The WaPo is finally beginning to reveal the true details of the pay to play dinner Katharine Weymouth was throwing. Surprise surprise, the dinner was pretty far down the road of selling access to their pay to play event.

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The Post Begins Reviews of Events to Avoid Ethics Conflicts

Discussion: Michael Calderone's Blog, Raw Story, Wake up America and The Atlantic Politics Channel

Joseph L. Galloway / McClatchy Washington Bureau:

Commentary: Galloway on McNamara: Reading an obit with great pleasure — “I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.” —Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) — Well, the aptly named Robert Strange McNamara has finally shuffled off to join LBJ and Dick Nixon in the 7th level of Hell.

Discussion: Washington Post and ATTACKERMAN

Time:

The future does not belong to those who gather armies on a field of battleor bury missiles in the ground. — The future does not belong to those who gather armies on a field of battle or bury missiles in the ground. — President BARACK OBAMA,

Discussion: Say Anything, Maggie's Notebook, Gateway Pundit, Vox Popoli and The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Peter Roff / US News:

Democrats Admit That Their Cap and Trade Bill Is a Job Killer — By Peter Roff, Thomas Jefferson Street blog — In her remarks bringing the debate over the climate bill to a close, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California urged her colleagues to vote in favor of the cap and trade bill …

Discussion: Right Wing News, YID With LID, Gateway Pundit, QandO and The Lonely Conservative