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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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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:
Internal RNC Memo: “Engage In Every Activity” To Slow Down Health Care Reform — A private memo distributed by the Republican National Committee calls for like-minded advocates to help defeat President Barack Obama's health care proposals by delaying its consideration.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Overblown Overreach — David Brooks, predictable enough, says Democrats are overreaching and destined to reap the whirlwind. Frankly, I have some doubts about this. Remember yesterday's Washington Post poll that was full of bad news for Barack Obama? The one about how the public is losing faith in him and his agenda?
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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 …
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:Sampling The Sausage: A Health Reform Politics Explainer
The Live Feed:
Most will carry Obama press conference; time shifted after NBC balked — UPDATED: After some hesitation and a time shift, three major broadcast networks have agreed to carry Barack Obama's latest primetime news conference. — The event was announced Friday afternoon as Obama battles …
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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: 761 — PLAYS: 2601 … President Obama and David Axlerod hosted …
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The Huffington Post:Obama Calls On Bloggers To Keep Health Care Pressure On Congress
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David Rogers / The Politico:
W.H. gains momentum in F-22 fight — With a vote set for high noon on Tuesday, the political tide in the Senate has shifted to now favor the White House and Pentagon in their pivotal fight to strike new procurement funds for the F-22 fighter. — Just last week, conventional wisdom held …
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Lawrence Korb / The Huffington Post:Fighting Over Fighter Jets: Obama, Gates and the F-22
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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 …
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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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theroot.com:
Lawyer's Statement on the Arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. — Charles Ogletree gives Gates' side of the story in controversial arrest of The Root's editor-in-chief. — Statement on Behalf of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. — by Charles Ogletree — This brief statement is being submitted on behalf of my client …
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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:Harvard Professor Jailed; Officer Is Accused of Bias
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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.
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” …
Susan Donaldson James / ABCNEWS:
Benjamin: Too Heavy to Be Nation's Top Doc? — Leading Experts Say Dr. Benjamin, Though Stellar Nominee, Gives Wrong Message — Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, Obama's pick for the next surgeon general, was hailed as a MacArthur Grant genius who had championed the poor at a medical clinic she set up in Katrina-ravaged Alabama.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
VPOTUS, overheard: ‘Many beautiful women’ — From Peter Spiegel's pool report from Kiev: — VPOTUS and Yushchenko were seated a table in the back of the pub with their two translators, the mayor and vice mayor of Kiev, and the head of the presidential secretariat.... Yushchenko was talking about Ukrainian churches.
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Eric Zimmermann / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:Biden: Kiev has most beautiful women
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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 …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Vitter vulnerable? Depends — Is David Vitter vulnerable? Our newest survey attacks that question from a number of different angles and the overall answer seems to be ‘maybe.’ — Just 38% of voters in the state say Vitter deserves to be reelected with 47% saying it's time to give someone else a chance.
Ellen E. Schultz / Wall Street Journal:
Top Earners' Pay Erodes Social Security — Fund Expected to Be Exhausted in 2037 — The nation's wealth gap is widening amid an uproar about lofty pay packages in the financial world. — Executives and other highly compensated employees now receive more than one-third of all pay in the U.S. …
reason.tv:
Why America Shouldn't “Buy American” — Is your iPod unpatriotic? — Its 451 parts are made in dozens of nations, and creating the little doodads employs thousands of foreigners. Final assembly is done in China—a country that right-wingers and left-wingers alike fear is an economic threat to the U.S.
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Kristol: Shut Up, Obama Explained — “The time for talk is through.” — President Obama, talking to liberal bloggers on a conference call Monday night. — The Democratic bills in the House and Senate are a thousand pages long. They're still changing as committees try to mark them up …
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.
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Fox News:
Key House Panel Cancels Health Care Session as Moderate Democrats Voice Concerns — The House Energy and Commerce Committee is stacked with fiscally conservative Blue Dog Democrats, who have voiced serious concerns about the details of the House package. — FOXNews.com
Senator Claire McCaskill:
For the record, today I was able to figure out the allegation about my staff flipping off protestors at my St Louis office on Friday. There was only one male staffer at the office on Friday, and I knew he wouldn't do that. He is an Iraq veteran, who handles almost all of our case work for our veterans.
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com Pro-Life Headlines:
Fake Pro-Life Abortion Bill Expected in Congress, Ups Planned Parenthood Funds — Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — A former leader for one of the nation's largest pro-abortion groups and a congressman who abandoned his pro-life views to such a large extent that a pro-life group kicked him off …
Guardian:
More on centrist logic — Following up on yesterday's post, let me drill down a bit on the question of what I consider to be the political calculations of centrist Democrats. — Look at it this way. There are four possible outcomes on healthcare, or any piece of legislation:
Jeff Sharlet / Salon:
Sex and power inside “the C Street House” — Sanford, Ensign, and other regulars receive guidance from the invisible fundamentalist group known as the Family — I can't say I was impressed when I met Sen. John Ensign at the C Street House, the secretive religious enclave on Capitol Hill thrust …
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