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8:15 PM ET, August 16, 2009

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Joseph Berger / New York Times:
White House Appears Open to Insurance Co-ops  —  The Obama administration sent signals on Sunday that it has backed away from its once-firm vision of a government organization to provide for the nation's 50 million uninsured and is now open to using nonprofit cooperatives instead.
Martina Stewart / CNN:
Sebelius: There will be competition with private insurers  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - A day after President Obama appeared to suggest that his administration might be open to health care reform legislation that does not include a public health insurance option, one of Obama's top aides on the issue left …
Martina Stewart / CNN:
Conservative Democrat gets The Last Word  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - A member of the Democratic Blue Dog Coalition, a group of more moderate to conservative Democrats in the House of Representatives, predicted Sunday that the version of health care reform legislation currently being hashed …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR A LETDOWN.... Sen. Kent Conrad (D) of North Dakota told Fox News this morning that there's no point in pursuing a public option as part of health care reform.  It's futile, he said, to continue to “chase that rabbit” because it doesn't have 60 votes.
Philip Elliott / Associated Press:
White House appears ready to drop ‘public option’
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Sen. Conrad: Public option a ‘wasted effort’
Maeve Reston / Los Angeles Times:
In Colorado, Obama promises ‘common-sense’ healthcare
Discussion: Right Wing Nut House
Rachel Weiner / The Huffington Post:
Maddow Battles Dick Armey In “Meet The Press” Debut (VIDEO)  —  Rachel Maddow appeared on “Meet the Press” for the first time on Sunday, August 16th.  On a panel with former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas), and Sen. Tom Coburn …
Discussion: American Power
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msnbc.com:
Aug. 16: Dick Armey, Tom Coburn, Tom Daschle, Rachel Maddow  —  MR. DAVID GREGORY: This Sunday: the August heat over health care.  —  Unidentified Man: One day, God's going to stand before you and he's going to judge you and the rest of your damn cronies up on the Hill.
Sarah Rainsford / BBC:
Row over Afghan wife-starving law  —  An Afghan bill allowing a husband to starve his wife if she refuses to have sex has been published in the official gazette and become law.  —  The original bill caused outrage earlier this year, forcing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to withdraw it.
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Ross: I refuse to kill old people  —  When a conservative Democrat takes the time to promise that he will not “kill old people,” you really know Democrats are struggling to maintain their footing on healthcare reform.  —  So it's pretty stunning that Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.) …
Discussion: Sense of Events
Patrick Sawer / Telegraph:
Swimmers are told to wear burkinis  —  British swimming pools are imposing Muslim dress codes in a move described as divisive by Labour MPs.  —  Under the rules, swimmers - including non-Muslims - are barred from entering the pool in normal swimming attire.
Noah Pollak / Commentary:
Who Is Human Rights Watch's Joe Stork?  —  He is, of course, the author of last week's Human Rights Watch report, which claimed that IDF soldiers murdered white-flag-waving Palestinian civilians in cold blood.  He is also the deputy director of HRW's Middle East and North Africa programs.
Kirsten Fleming / New York Post:
MEGHAN MCCAIN, BLONDE BOMB SHELL  —  JOHN MCCAIN WOUNDED THE GOP; HIS DAUGHTER IS OUT TO FINISH THE JOB  —  I liked Meghan McCain.  In her faux hipster Urban Outfitter threads, she attempted to humanize her cantankerous, over-the-hill father during the presidential election with her “cute” bloggette.
Discussion: Right Wing News and American Power
Anthony Fossaceca / OhioDaily:
Rogue Dispatcher Endangers Lives of North Canton Police  —  Like our brave American soldiers, your local law enforcement officers place their lives on the line everyday to keep us safe.  When dangerous and foolish acts of others put their lives in danger, we should join together in outrage.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Sarah's Ghoulish Carousel  —  I'm not sure the man who popped off and tweeted that Sonia Sotomayor was a “Latina woman racist” is the best Henry Higgins for the Eliza Doolittle of Alaska.  —  But Newt Gingrich was a professor.  And he does know something about pulling yourself up by dragging …
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Is Obama's Grandmother Now a Prop?  —  Barack Obama has invoked his experience with his grandmother's death in support of his health care restructuring plans.  —  Does this mean Obama used his grandmother as a “prop,” and that this would justify mocking his grandmother?  No.
Now! Hampshire:
Delegation under Fire for Failing to Engage Constituents During August Recess  —  Members of New Hampshire's congressional delegation are under fire today from the editorial pages of the conservative New Hampshire Union Leader and the liberal Portsmouth Herald.  —  No time for town hall meetings
Discussion: Hot Air
Douglas Martin / New York Times:
K. H. Bacon, an Advocate for Refugees, Is Dead at 64  —  Kenneth H. Bacon, a former journalist and Pentagon spokesman who devoted his last years to highlighting refugees' problems and urging policymakers to find solutions, died Saturday morning at his summer home on Block Island, R.I. He was 64 and a resident of Washington.
Discussion: James Fallows
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Stephen Miller / Wall Street Journal:
Former Journal Reporter Kenneth Bacon Dies of Cancer at 64
Discussion: ATTACKERMAN
 
 
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