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6:45 AM ET, September 1, 2009

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Mike Allen / The Politico:
George Will calls for pull-out  —  George F. Will, the elite conservative commentator, is calling for U.S. ground troops to leave Afghanistan in his latest column.  —  “[F]orces should be substantially reduced to serve a comprehensively revised policy: America should do only what can be done from offshore …
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George Will / NorthJersey.com:
Why are we still in Afghanistan?  —  George Will writes for Washington Post Writers Group.  —  YESTERDAY," reads the e-mail from Allen, a Marine in Afghanistan, “I gave blood because a Marine, while out on patrol, stepped on a [mine's] pressure plate and lost both legs.
Discussion: Salon and No More Mister Nice Blog
Julian E. Barnes / Los Angeles Times:
Gen. McChrystal calls for overhaul of Afghanistan war strategy
William Branigin / Washington Post:
U.S. General Calls for New Strategy Against Taliban
Discussion: Below The Beltway
Joe Klein / Swampland:
Adios  —  Looks like the charade of including Chuck Grassley and Mike Enzi in the health care negotiations is over.  It is not impossible that other Republicans who are not Senators from Maine can be located to support health care reform.  But it's also entirely possible that the Republicans …
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Washington Wire:
Gibbs Tells Off Sen. Enzi Over Health Care Remarks
Political Punch:
ABC News Exclusive: National Security Adviser Says President Obama Is Having Greater Success Taking Terrorists Out of Commission Than Bush Did  —  Responding to criticism from former Vice President Cheney that President Obama is making the nation more vulnerable to terrorism …
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Gibbs responds: Why is anyone still listening to Dick Cheney?  —  In an interview with Fox News Sunday yesterday, Vice President Cheney aggressively attacked Attorney General Eric Holder for opening preliminary investigation into CIA interrogation abuses.  He called it an “outrageous political act …
Discussion: The Reaction and Associated Press
Fox News:   White House Fires Back After Cheney Calls CIA Probe ‘Political’
Joe Klein / Swampland:
Glenn Greenwald  —  Twice in the past month, my private communications have been splashed about the internet.  That such a thing would happen is unfortunate, and dishonorable, but sadly inevitable, I suppose.  I ignored the first case, in which a rather pathetic woman acolyte of Greenwald's published …
Anita Kumar / Virginia Politics:
Who is Jennifer?  Another Case of Inter-Campaign Trickery  —  Bob McDonnell's campaign received a call this morning from a woman who called herself “Jennifer” and claimed to be a freelance reporter from the Connection newspapers in Northern Virginia.  She asked for information about McDonnell's schedule.
Brad Jackson / The New Ledger:
Why Does Nancy Pelosi Have a Problem With Patriotic Music?  —  If you've ever been stuck on hold with a congressional office in the past, at least you've been able to enjoy some good patriotic music, as opposed to the lilting tones of generic smooth jazz that have been driving elevator users insane for decades.
Discussion: TBogg
Eric Etheridge / The Opinionator:
There Goes the Meritocracy  —  What can a young woman's new job tell us about America?  A lot, apparently, if the young woman is Jenna Bush Hager, the 27-year-old daughter of the most recent President Bush, and the job is “Today Show” correspondent.  —  Hager teaches at a charter school in Baltimore.
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
Jenna Bush Hager And The “Meritocracy.”
Jim Snyder / The Hill:
Sens. Boxer, Kerry delay climate bill  —  Sens. Barbara Boxer and John Kerry said Monday the climate bill they are writing would not be finished until later in September.  —  The bill was expected to be ready when lawmakers returned next week.  —  “Because of Senator Kennedy's recent passing …
Discussion: The Politico, Don Surber and Moe Lane
Boston Globe:
Governor sets date for special Senate election, presses for interim appointment  —  Governor Deval Patrick continued today to press for a change to state law to allow him to appoint an interim replacement for Senator Edward M. Kennedy as he announced that a special election for the seat will be held on Jan. 19.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Why Don't Markets Clear in Urban Storefronts?  —  Vacant storefront on 1300 block of U Street; good place for a Wendy's? (cc photo by NCinDC)  —  One of the enduring mysteries of urban life is the prevalence of vacant storefronts.  This is understandable in a truly depressed area where the whole local economy has broken down.
Discussion: Felix Salmon and Megan McArdle
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Felix Salmon:   Empty storefronts  —  Justin Fox has a very good post …
Tory Newmyer / Roll Call:
Burner Helping House Liberals Hold Firm on Public Insurance Option  —  An organizer for liberal House Democrats says the bloc “isn't bluffing” as it prepares to take a reputation-defining stand to protect a public insurance option in the health care overhaul.
Discussion: Daily Kos and American Power
Les Leopold / The Huffington Post:
Obama's Looming Health Care Disaster: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places  —  “For the first time in American history, he wants to tax your health benefits.  Apparently, Senator McCain doesn't think it's enough that your health premiums have doubled.  He thinks you should have to pay taxes on them, too.”
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
Gateway Pundit:
Obama Website: Critics of Obamacare Are Heirs of Bin Laden  —  More Hope and Change...  Founding Bloggers found this at Obama Website—  “Critics of Obamacare are Heirs of Bin Laden”  —  Click on Truncated Image to Enlarge  —  Via Little Green Links
Jon Henke / The Next Right:
Organizing Against WorldNetDaily  —  This is just hideously embarrassing for the Right. … In the 1960's, William F. Buckley denounced the John Birch Society leadership for being “so far removed from common sense” and later said “We cannot allow the emblem of irresponsibility to attach to the conservative banner.”
Jonathan Allen / Notepad:
Obama Asks Federal Workers to Sacrifice  —  Citing the current economic recession — and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks eight years ago — President Obama says he will use emergency powers to cut the programmed across-the-board January increase in federal employees' pay from 2.4 percent to 2.0 percent …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and RedState
Rasmussen Reports:
Climate Change Bill Gets Mixed Reviews  —  Since the flurry of activity surrounding its passage by the House in late June, little has been heard about the historic climate change bill aimed at curbing global warming.  But the Senate will be tackling the controversial measure when it returns to Washington next week.
Discussion: Poll Tracker
Susie Madrak / Crooks and Liars:
Nick Kristof With The Ugly Truth: Our Health-Care System Destroys Families.  —  It's not the fact that they're trying to stop health-care reform by any means necessary that gets to me.  (After all, we're now a nation of greed and to the corporate victor goes the spoils.)
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Justin Elliott / TPMMuckraker:
Gun-Toter From Obama Event: I, Like My Pastor, Want The President To Die  —  The violent anti-Obama sentiment coming out of central Arizona managed to get still more toxic over the weekend.  —  Chris Broughton, the man who brought an AR-15 rifle and a handgun to an Arizona Obama rally earlier this month …
 
 
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