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12:30 AM ET, August 7, 2009

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Fist Fight(s?) at Tampa Townhall  —  The early reports are sketchy.  But apparently a mob of teabaggers began to riot after some were not able to get into a townhall meeting in Tampa.  —  “As the building filled to capacity, angry protesters stuck outside began to scream, yell, and chant,” reports local TV channel 10 in Tampa.
Discussion: The Impolitic
William March / TBO News Breaking:
Protests, passions roiling town hall meeting on health care  —  What was supposed to be a town hall forum on President Barack Obama's health care reform plan this evening turned instead into a shouting match, complete with shoving and scuffles.  —  The forum featured Tampa legislators U.S …
Discussion: Raw Story, Hot Air and American Power
MyFox Tampa Bay:
Tension at town hall meeting
Discussion: Erick's blog and American Power
The Huffington Post:
Tampa Town Hall On Health Care Reform Disrupted By Violence (VIDEO)
Discussion: Daily Kos
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Sotomayor Confirmed by Senate, 68-31  —  WASHINGTON — Voting largely along party lines, the Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the 111th justice of the Supreme Court.  She will be the first Hispanic and the third woman to serve on the court.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Hispanic Votes Not Swaying GOP on Sotomayor
The Note:
Franken Presides over Sotomayor Vote
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
‘Punkin’ the Birthers: Priceless'  —  It's looking more and more like the forged “Kenyan birth certificate” released by Orly Taitz on Sunday was a prank by a supporter of President Obama.  Politijab points to an anonymous blogger at FearlessBlogging, who has uploaded four photos of the original forgery and a mocking declaration:
Discussion: JustOneMinute, TPMDC and The Plank
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The Huffington Post:
Unions To Take On Conservative Groups Health Care Town Halls  —  The nation's largest federation of labor organizations has promised to directly engage with boisterous conservative protesters at Democratic town halls during the August recess.  —  In a memo sent out on Thursday …
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Moe Lane / Moe_Lane's blog:
Behold those scary, scary swastika-bearing astroturfers.  —  (Brief summary for those lacking video: Dallas AARP meeting went wrong for organizers when participants refused to sit down, shut up, and applaud Democratic talking points.  Organizers then left; meeting continued.)
Michael Andersen / Columbian:
Baird fears foes may plan ‘ambush’
Discussion: Hot Air and The Plum Line
The Huffington Post:
Anti-Obama Protester Compares President To Nazi In Swastika Sign  —  In championing the protests being staged at Democratic town halls, the Republican Party faces the obvious danger of becoming defined by the crazier elements of the crowd.  So it's hard to imagine GOP higher-ups feeling …
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Gateway Pundit:
SHOCK VIDEO— DEMS SNEAK UNION THUGS INTO CARNAHAN TOWN HALL— 1,000 Tea Party Taxpayers Locked Out!  —  Over 1,000 St. Louis Tea Party Taxpayers showed up at the Russ Carnahan town hall meeting in South St. Louis tonight.  —  They were Locked Out!  —  But... The Carnahan staff was sneaking …
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John Lyon / Arkansas News:
Lincoln retracts description of health care protests as ‘un-American’  —  LITTLE ROCK — Efforts to disrupt town hall meetings on health care reform are un-American, U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., said today, though she later issued a statement retracting the remark.
Rachel Slajda / Talking Points Memo:
CNN Anchor Rips Into Health Care CEO Who's Funding Anti-Reform Effort  —  A CNN anchor today tore down Rick Scott, the founder of an organization that's been funding anti-health care reform protests and the former CEO of a hospital company that, as Sanchez pointed out, paid $1.7 billion …
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
Reid: GOP ‘run by a talk show host’  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid launched his harshest attack on the Republican Party in months, claiming the GOP is “being run by a talk show host.”  —  Reid, armed with a patch of Astroturf, slammed Republicans for sponsoring town hall attacks …
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Philip Kennicott / Washington Post:
Obama as The Joker: Racial Fear's Ugly Face  —  ‘Political’ Poster Turns On Violent Symbolism  —  Between Jack Nicholson's 1989 portrayal of the Joker in “Batman” and Heath Ledger's 2008 characterization in “The Dark Knight,” something sinister happened to the villain's iconic makeup.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Health Care Generation Gap  —  It's certainly interesting that older Americans are disproportionately likely to be hostile to Barack Obama's plans for health care reform and also the case that most older Americans already benefit from a Canadian-style program of universal Medicare.
Discussion: Ezra Klein
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Washington Times:
White House: ‘War on terrorism’ is over  —  ‘Jihadists’ and ‘global war’ no longer acceptable terms  —  It's official.  The U.S. is no longer engaged in a “war on terrorism.”  Neither is it fighting “jihadists” or in a “global war.”  —  President Obama's top homeland security …
Pat Saperstein / Variety:
Director John Hughes dies at 59  —  ‘Breakfast Club’ helmer died of a heart attack  —  John Hughes, who captured the zeitgeist of 1980s teen life as writer-director of “The Breakfast Club” and “Sixteen Candles” and produced and scripted family hits such as “Home Alone,” died Thursday of a heart attack in Manhattan while taking a walk.
Michelle Malkin:
SEIU and the “persuasion of power”  —  In May, I told you how the Service Employees International Union's $61 million investment in Barack Obama paid off with cabinet appointments, executive orders, key personnel slots, and legislative goodies.  —  Now, the SEIU thugs are looking out for The Boss.
Business Week:
The Health Insurers Have Already Won  —  How UnitedHealth and rival carriers, maneuvering behind the scenes in Washington, shaped health-care reform for their own benefit  —  As the health reform fight shifts this month from a vacationing Washington to congressional districts and local airwaves around …
Discussion: Raw Story
Tom Bevan / Real Clear Politics:
After 6 Months, More View Obama's Presidency as a ‘Failure’ Than Bush's  —  A rather surprising finding from the newly released CNN poll.  Question three on the national survey of 1,136 adults (which includes an oversample of African-Americans) asks, “Do you consider the first six months …
 
 
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