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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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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?
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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 …
Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
FIRST THOUGHTS: FINDING AN ENEMY
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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 …
The Huffington Post:
Obama Calls On Bloggers To Keep Health Care Pressure On Congress
Ezra Klein:
Barack Obama on Health-Care Reform: Trust Us.
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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R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Senate Votes Down Funds for F-22s  —  The Senate voted Tuesday to kill the nation's premier fighter jet program, embracing by a 58-40 margin the argument of President Obama and his top military advisers that the F-22 is no longer needed for the nation's defense and a costly drag …
Lawrence Korb / The Huffington Post:
Fighting Over Fighter Jets: Obama, Gates and the F-22
Discussion: The New Republic
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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Robert Mackey / The Lede:
Amateur Finds New Earth-Sized Blot on Jupiter
Lisa Grossman / New Scientist:
Jupiter sports new ‘bruise’ from impact
Discussion: Bad Astronomy
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Ezra Klein:   Why Does Max Baucus Take This Money?
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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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.
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.
Discussion: Israel Matzav
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Eric Zimmermann / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Biden: Kiev has most beautiful women
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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.
Discussion: Townhall.com and Say Anything
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 …
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  —  Editor's note: Sharlet is the author of the bestselling “The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power.”
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. …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Hot Air and Say Anything
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.
Emily Pierce / Roll Call:
Byrd Back on the Job  —  Senate President Pro Tem Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) returned to the Capitol on Tuesday to cast a vote on the Defense authorization bill after being sidelined by illness for nearly two months.  —  Byrd's first vote in two months came in opposition to President Barack Obama.
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
 
 
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Paul Murphy / WWL-TV:
Race for Vitter's Senate seat is wide open
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Guardian:
More on centrist logic  —  Following up on yesterday's post …
Discussion: The New Republic and Ezra Klein
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