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7:10 PM ET, August 8, 2009

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David Frum / The New Majority:
What if We Win the Healthcare Fight?  —  What would it mean to “win” the healthcare fight?  —  For some, the answer is obvious: beat back the president's proposals, defeat the House bill, stand back and wait for 1994 to repeat itself.  —  The problem is that if we do that... we'll still have the present healthcare system.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
After Victory  —  David Frum contemplates conservative victory …
Jonathan Cohn / The Treatment:
Have You No Decency?  —  Harold Pollack is a professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and Special Correspondent for The Treatment.  —  Governor Palin issued the following statement on her Facebook page yesterday.  I quote it in its entirety so you can judge for yourself.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Obama Reverses Stand on Drug Industry Deal  —  WASHINGTON — Caught between a pivotal industry ally and the protests of Congressional Democrats, the Obama administration on Friday backed away from what drug industry lobbyists had said this week was a firm White House promise to exclude …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Democrat screams at constituent for asking tough question on health care  —  And by “constituent,” I of course mean crypto-Nazi political terrorist.  You'll find the full unedited exchange right here but I'm giving you the news segment because it provides important context.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Democratic congresswoman holds “prayer vigil” on health care
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Charles Lane / Washington Post:
House Health-Care Reform Bill Oversteps on End-of-Life Issues  —  The House Bill Skews End-of-Life Counsel  —  About a third of Americans have living wills or advance-care directives expressing their wishes for end-of-life treatment.  When seniors who don't have them arrive …
Randy Krehbiel / Tulsa World:
Sullivan blasts Obama plans, says bipartisanship needed  —  First District Congressman John Sullivan said Friday that the nation's big problems can't be solved without bipartisanship, but that didn't prevent him from scorching President Barack Obama and the Democrats.
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Cynthia Tucker: 45-65% Of Townhall Protesters Are Racists  —  Are you opposed to ObamaCare?  Willing to attend a town hall to express your disapproval?  Odds are good you're a racist.  Just ask Cynthia Tucker . . .  As Clay Waters has noted, Paul Krugman alleges that racist motives …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Sotomayor Sworn In as Supreme Court Justice  —  WASHINGTON — Justice Sonia Sotomayor took the judicial oath on Saturday, becoming the first Hispanic and third woman to serve on the Supreme Court in United States history.  —  At just past 11 a.m., Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. administered …
Wall Street Journal:
Lawmakers' Global-Warming Trip Hit Tourist Hot Spots  —  Penguins, a Rocket-Propelled Airplane (and Tax Dollars) Also Involved  —  WASHINGTON — When 10 members of Congress wanted to study climate change, they did more than just dip their toes into the subject: They went diving and snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
SHUT UP, HE EXPLAINED: … Thug-in-chief?  What would the reaction be if a Republican President said this?
Discussion: Riehl World View and Power Line
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Women at Risk  —  “I actually look good.  I dress good, am clean-shaven, bathe, touch of cologne — yet 30 million women rejected me,” wrote George Sodini in a blog that he kept while preparing for this week's shooting in a Pennsylvania gym in which he killed three women, wounded nine others and then killed himself.
Discussion: Shakesville
 
 
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Associated Press:
Iran Resumes Mass Trial of Activists and Protesters
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama: Healthcare's ‘outlandish rumors’
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Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Beyond Beltway, Health Debate Turns Hostile
 

 
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Ellen Clegg / What Works:
After The Minnesota Star Tribune decided last summer not to endorse anyone for president, 15 former opinion staffers posted their own endorsement online

 
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