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10:20 AM ET, July 21, 2009

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David Brooks / New York Times:
Liberal Suicide March  —  It was interesting to watch the Republican Party lose touch with America.  You had a party led by conservative Southerners who neither understood nor sympathized with moderates or representatives from swing districts.  —  They brought in pollsters to their party conferences …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
President Obama's Conference Call with Liberal Bloggers: John Amato asks Congress to work through the August recess  —  You can view this video right here by getting the latest version of Flash Player!  —  DOWNLOADS: 694  —  PLAYS: 2123 … President Obama and David Axlerod hosted …
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Poll: Public losing trust in Obama  —  Trust in President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies to identify the right solutions to problems facing the country has dropped off significantly since March, according to a new Public Strategies Inc./POLITICO poll.
The Huffington Post:
Obama Calls On Bloggers To Keep Health Care Pressure On Congress  —  In a reflection of a legislative strategy that has left no stone unturned, President Barack Obama on Monday called on like-minded bloggers to help his administration keep the heat on lawmakers to pass health care reform.
Wall Street Journal:
Let's Face It: Obama Is No Post-Partisan  —  Only last summer we were told that Barack Obama's political appeal rested on his vision for a “post-partisan future.”  The post-partisan future was one of the press corps' favorite phrases.  It served as shorthand for the candidate's repeated references to …
Washington Post:
Republicans Launch New Effort to Kill Health-Care Measures  —  Republicans Seek to Link Issue With Obama's Handling of the Economy  —  Emboldened by divided Democrats and polls that show rising public anxiety about President Obama's handling of health care and the economy …
Ezra Klein:
Barack Obama on Health-Care Reform: Trust Us.
Dan / Riehl World View:
Obama Con Call: Liberal Bloggers Only
Discussion: Don Surber
Tracy Jan / Boston Globe:
Harvard professor Gates arrested at Cambridge home  —  Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., one of the nation's pre-eminent African-American scholars, was arrested Thursday afternoon at his home by Cambridge police investigating a possible break-in.  The incident raised concerns among …
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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Harvard Professor Jailed; Officer Is Accused of Bias  —  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Colleagues of Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard's most prominent scholar of African-American history, are accusing the police here of racism after he was arrested at his home last week by an officer investigating a report of a robbery in progress.
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Los Angeles Times:   Obama to miss Guantanamo deadlines
David Johnston / New York Times:   Panel Misses Deadline in Reviewing Guantánamo
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
W.H.: Gitmo still closing in January
Discussion: MyDD and The Page
Los Angeles Times:
Budget accord reached  —  Calling for deep cuts and avoiding broad tax hikes, Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders agree on ways to close California's $26.3-billion deficit.  —  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders announced today that they have reached a deal …
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Wall Street Journal:
California Budget Deal Closes $26 Billion Gap
Discussion: Clusterstock
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Health-Care Firms Have Supported Lawmakers Debating Reform  —  Key Senator Baucus Is a Leading Recipient  —  As liberal protesters marched outside, Sen. Max Baucus sat down inside a San Francisco mansion for a dinner of chicken cordon bleu and a discussion of landmark health-care legislation …
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Pawlenty steps onto the national stage  —  Tim Pawlenty will deliver a major speech at the Republican National Committee summer meeting later this month, part of a stepped-up effort by the Minnesota governor to introduce himself ahead of a potential 2012 White House bid.
Discussion: GOP 12
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Jill Lawrence / Politics Daily:
Republicans Have Reasons for Hope in 2010
Discussion: msnbc.com and USA Today
Los Angeles Times:
Obama takes healthcare debate and runs with it
Discussion: Washington Post
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Amman begins stripping state's Palestinians of citizenship  —  Article's topics: Jordan, Palestinians, West Bank, PLO  —  Jordanian authorities have started revoking the citizenship of thousands of Palestinians living in Jordan to avoid a situation in which they would be “resettled” …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Washington Sketch: GOP's Steele Couldn't Have Said It Better Himself  —  “We need to bring new language to this debate,” Republican message man Alex Castellanos wrote in a memo to fellow GOP strategists this month.  “If we paint the house the same color, no one will notice anything has changed …
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Smelling blood, Steele and RNC escalate assault on Obama's healthcare plan
Discussion: Don Surber
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory:
New NASA Images Indicate Object Hits Jupiter  —  Scientists have found evidence that another object has bombarded Jupiter, exactly 15 years after the first impacts by the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.  —  Following up on a tip by an amateur astronomer, Anthony Wesley of Australia, that a new dark …
NY Daily News:
President Barack Obama authorizes extended Secret Service guard for former VP Dick Cheney  —  WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Dick Cheney's Secret Service protection has been extended for at least another six months, beginning Tuesday.  —  Normally, ex-veeps only get six months of protection at taxpayer expense.
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Iran's Tragic Joke  —  NEW YORK — Allow me to quote the British novelist Martin Amis, writing about Persia in The Guardian: “Iran is one of the most venerable civilizations on earth: it makes China look like an adolescent, and America look like a stripling.”  —  Iranians, aware of that history, are a proud people.
Wall Street Journal:
The Fed's Exit Strategy  —  The depth and breadth of the global recession has required a highly accommodative monetary policy.  Since the onset of the financial crisis nearly two years ago, the Federal Reserve has reduced the interest-rate target for overnight lending between banks (the federal-funds rate) nearly to zero.
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
Democrats Want to Teach You to Die With Dignity  —  H.R. 3200 is the Democrat healthcare bill.  —  Let's back up for a minute.  I noted some time ago Jay Rockefeller went on record to say that at some point the government has to decide whether or not you are allowed to receive …
Discussion: QandO, The Daley Gator and Say Anything
Bloomberg:
U.S. Rescue May Reach $23.7 Trillion, Barofsky Says  —  U.S. taxpayers may be on the hook for as much as $23.7 trillion to bolster the economy and bail out financial companies, said Neil Barofsky, special inspector general for the Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Discussion: EconLog and The Big Picture
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BBC:
Taser-hit man burst into flames  —  A man in Western Australia was engulfed in flames when police officers fired a Taser stun gun at him.  —  Police say they used the Taser on Ronald Mitchell, 36, when he ran at them carrying a container of petrol and a cigarette lighter.
Discussion: Riehl World View
 
 
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama threatens veto over McCain healthcare plan
David Rogers / The Politico:
W.H. gains momentum in F-22 fight
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New York Times:
Lobbies Adopt Tone of Accord With President
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
GOP May Lure Democratic Votes on Bill Relaxing Concealed-Weapons Laws
The Live Feed:
Most will carry Obama press conference; time shifted after NBC balked
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