memeorandum: Family Night for Obamas Miffs Some in Moscow (Peter Baker/New York Times)

10:25 AM ET, July 8, 2009

Top Items:

Camille Paglia / Salon:

Can Palin ever come back? — A closer look at the words of Obama, Depeche Mode and U2. Plus: Why do straight actresses make the best lesbo porn? — Dear Camille, — Just wondering. Do you still think Sarah Palin is ready for the big stage? — James L. Somers — Good question!

Discussion: Riehl World View and Don Surber

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:

The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin: A Round-Up — Some readers have asked me to put all the various odd lies of Sarah Palin that the Dish has compiled in one helpful place. So that's what we've done. A couple of months ago, I asked an intern to re-fact-check all of them to make sure new details hadn't emerged that might debunk some.

Discussion: Liberal Values, The Gun Toting Liberal, Progressive Alaska, The Reaction and Hypocrites and Heffalump Traps

John Fund / Wall Street Journal:

Why Palin Quit — Death by a Thousand FOIAs — People close to Sarah Palin say national political reporters and pundits have missed the real reasons for her surprising decision to resign as Alaska governor. The national media have dismissed or downplayed her real motives …

Discussion: American Power, Riehl World View and Time

Susan Page / USA Today:

Poll: Palin's support still strong among GOP — WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin's bombshell that she will resign as Alaska governor actually has boosted her a bit among Republicans, a nationwide USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, though it also has dented her standing among Democrats and independents.

Discussion: Gawker, The Page and The Strata-Sphere

Andy Barr / The Politico:

How will Sarah Palin's resignation affect book sales? — Sarah Palin's sudden announcement that she will resign as Alaska's governor has thrown unforeseen risk into the already uncertain market for books about her — and by her. Earlier this year, Palin inked a deal with HarperCollins for her memoir, due out in spring 2010.

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …

David Kahane / National Review:
I Still Hate You, Sarah Palin

Discussion: Chicago Boyz, The Lonely Conservative and Whiskey Fire

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Many Americans Still See Political Future for Palin

Discussion: The Swamp, Taegan Goddard's …, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, Think Progress, The Fix, Althouse, Boston Globe, Riehl World View and American Spectator

Noah Millman / The American Scene:
Re-Entering the Palin-Drome — Looks like Ross inaugurated Sarah Palin …

Discussion: Ideas Special Report

Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Reading (Too Much?) Into Palin's Resignation

Discussion: New York Times, The Daily Dish, Time, Washington Post, msnbc.com, Connecting.the.Dots and The Caucus

Roger Simon / The Politico:
The sins of Sarah Palin

Discussion: The Fix, Conservatives4Palin.com and The Confluence

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

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard, Anchorage Daily News, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, TPMDC, The Plum Line, Hot Air, Stanley Fish and skippy the bush kangaroo

Roll Call:

Reid to Baucus: Stop Chasing GOP Votes on Health Care — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday ordered Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) to drop a proposal to tax health benefits and stop chasing Republican votes on a massive health care reform bill.

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias, Crooks and Liars, Washington Monthly, Hullabaloo, The Caucus, The Hill, Open Left, The Reaction, The New Republic, TPMDC, Daily Kos, Think Progress, The Huffington Post, D-Day, MyDD and Bloomberg

New York Times:

Health Deals Could Harbor Hidden Costs — WASHINGTON — The deals, trumpeted loudly by the White House, would each help pay for a sweeping overhaul of the health care system. — First, it was a broad consortium of health industry groups — doctors, hospitals, drug makers and insurers …

Discussion: The Note, Roll Call, The Caucus, Change.org's Universal …, Taylor Marsh, Political Punch, Riehl World View, Wall Street Journal, Prairie Weather, Slate, The Page and The Politico

Steven T. Dennis / Roll Call:

Emanuel Reassures Democrats on Public Insurance Option — White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel reassured House Democrats on Tuesday night that President Barack Obama strongly backs a government-run health insurance plan, seeking to quell a firestorm among liberals upset at Emanuel's comments …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Washington Post, Taegan Goddard's …, Think Progress, TPMDC and Truthdig

Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Power of Stimulus Slow to Take Hold

Discussion: McClatchy Washington Bureau, Bloomberg, msnbc.com, The Huffington Post, The Strata-Sphere, The Politico, Associated Press, EconLog and Chicago Sun Times

The Huffington Post:
Sanders Takes On Emanuel, Warns Of Dem Opposition To Baucus Proposal

Discussion: Roll Call, TPMDC, Daily Kos, Shakesville, Hullabaloo and MyDD

The Official Google Blog:

Introducing the Google Chrome OS — It's been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser. Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed Google Chrome for people who live on the web — searching for information, checking email, catching up on the news …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Beyond Binary, NPR Blogs, TechCrunch, JoeTrippi.com, Guardian, Truthdig, Financial Times and Mashable!

New York Times:
Google Plans a PC Operating System

Discussion: Bits, GigaOM, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, Economist's View and Balloon Juice

CNN:

Obama girls take Russia by storm — MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) — An unexpected visitor wandered into the bedroom of President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in the wee hours of Tuesday morning — but the Secret Service wasn't worried about a security breach.

Discussion: Jack & Jill Politics, Political Punch, Politics Daily and Washington Post

Peter Baker / New York Times:

Family Night for Obamas Miffs Some in Moscow — MOSCOW — If Paris is for lovers, it looks like Moscow is for families. — After passing on dinner with the French president to go on a date in the City of Light with his wife last month, President Obama took leave of his Russian hosts …

Discussion: Fausta's Blog, ¡No Pasarán!, Stop The ACLU and Pundit & Pundette

New York Times:
In Russia, Obama's Star Power Does Not Translate

Discussion: Daniel W. Drezner and New York Post

Michael Lewis / Vanity Fair:

The Man Who Crashed the World — Almost a year after A.I.G.'s collapse, despite a tidal wave of outrage, there still has been no clear explanation of what toppled the insurance giant. The author decides to ask the people involved—the silent, shell-shocked traders of the A.I.G. Financial Products unit …

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Clusterstock, PoliGazette, Felix Salmon and Concurring Opinions

ABCNEWS:

‘Shocking’ Security Breaches at Federal Buildings — Government Investigators Smuggle in Bomb Parts, Find Guards Sleeping on the Job — It only took 27 seconds for him to smuggle live bomb components through security detail in a federal building. Later, he assembled a bomb in the restroom …

Discussion: Eschaton

Fox News: Security at Federal Buildings Fails to Catch Bomb Materials …

Matt Richtel / New York Times:

Lights, Camera, Lots of Action. Forget the Script. — The actress known as Savanna Samson once relished preparing for a role. “I couldn't wait to get my next script,” she said. — There's no reason to look at them anymore, she said, because her movies now call almost exclusively for action.

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Gawker, Right Wing News and The Awl

Wall Street Journal:

Does Obama Want to Own the Airlines? — Welcome to government for the benefit of government officials and their hangers-on. — Printer — Friendly — Only luck and falling oil prices saved Washington from having to face mass bankruptcy of the airline industry last year. Now the specter is rising again.

Discussion: BizzyBlog

Glenn Thrush / The Politico:

Henry Waxman: GOP ‘rooting against’ USA — Waxman: GOP ‘rooting against’ USA — Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), who has had an eventful couple of weeks to say the least, believes House Republican opposition to climate change legislation and the stimulus indicates they're cheering against the good ol' US of A.

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:

U.S. May Not Free Acquitted Detainees — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Tuesday it may continue to imprison non-U.S. citizens indefinitely even if they have been acquitted of terrorism charges by a U.S. military commission. — Jeh Johnson, the Defense Department's chief lawyer …

Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY and Little Green Links

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Oh No, Ohio? — A Quinnipiac poll today has Barack Obama's approval rating tanking in Ohio: he's now at 49 percent approve and 44 percent disapprove in the Buckeye State, according to Quinnipiac, whereas back in May, they had him at a healthy 62-31. — Obama's approval ratings …

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Swing State Project, PoliGazette, Scorecard's Blog, Clusterstock, Corrente, AMERICAblog News and The Atlantic Politics Channel

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:

GOP Ad Paints Franken As Angry Maniac — Using Footage Of Him Talking About Paul Wellstone — The National Republican Senatorial Committee has just released a new Web ad featuring footage of Senator Al Franken that makes him look like an out-of-control, Red Bull-guzzling cross between Jim Carrey and the Hulk.

Discussion: PoliGazette, Althouse, News Hounds, Talking Points Memo, TPMDC and The Washington Independent

Kirk James Murphy, M.D. / Firedoglake:

Without Health Care, My Patients Will Die: Please Don't Sacrifice Them for Single Payer — Over the last six years I've evaluated and treated hundreds of patients who have very little access to health care. These patients qualified for mental health care, but a great many didn't qualify …

Discussion: PoliGazette

The Politico:

Rove deposed in U.S. attorney probe — Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove was deposed Tuesday by attorneys for the House Judiciary Committee, according to Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the panel's chairman. — Rove's deposition began at 10 a.m. and ended around 6:30 p.m, with several breaks, Conyers said.

Discussion: Think Progress, The Note and The Political Carnival

Jack Shafer / Slate:

The corrupting effect of his off-the-record salons. — The off-the-record-for-dollars salon scheme that got Katharine Weymouth and the Washington Post in so much trouble last week prompted TPM Muckraker to flush David Bradley—owner and publisher of the Atlantic—into the open about his salon-happy organization.