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The Hill:
Already, 23 Dems have said they will vote ‘no’ on healthcare reform — At least 23 House Democrats already have told constituents or hometown media that they oppose the massive healthcare overhaul touted by President Barack Obama. — If Republicans offer the blanket opposition they've promised …
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New York Times:
Health Compromise Floated Before Obama Speech — WASHINGTON — As President Obama and top advisers drafted his eagerly awaited health care speech to Congress, new details emerged Monday about fees and coverage limits under a proposal being floated by the chairman of a crucial Senate committee.
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Roll Call:
Key Liberals Willing to Bargain — Amid fresh signs that the White House is preparing to back a scaled-down health care overhaul that would only include a public insurance option as a fallback plan, several House liberals told Roll Call that they could support such a bill depending on how it was structured.
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Hoyer: Public health plan might have to go — House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer indicated Tuesday that a public option might need to be dropped from the healthcare bill in order to get it passed. — “In the final analysis, we have to see what will pass,” said Hoyer (D-Md.).
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
When Bush spoke to students, Democrats investigated, held hearings — The controversy over President Obama's speech to the nation's schoolchildren will likely be over shortly after Obama speaks today at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. But when President George H.W. Bush delivered …
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Thank you, Glenn Beck. By helping force the resignation of Van Jones, you have done a great service to your country. But in the exact opposite way than what you intended. — Your vile and vicious smear campaign has helped reverse one of the worst examples of miscasting since John Wayne took …
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama and the Left — The lesson of the rise and fall of Van Jones. — Printer — Friendly — The abrupt resignation of White House aide Van Jones, deep in the news hiatus of Labor Day weekend, will probably be forgotten in a few days. But it's a story that still deserves elaboration …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why did the press ignore the Van Jones scandal? — On March 13, 2008, ABC News broke the story that Barack Obama's longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, had made a number of incendiary statements from the pulpit of Obama's church in Chicago. The most inflammatory of those remarks was Wright's notorious “God damn America” sermon.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Still Sharply Divided on Healthcare Reform — Opponents more likely than supporters to base their 2010 vote on the issue — PRINCETON, NJ — The American people are no less divided on healthcare reform today than they were a month ago. A new Gallup Poll finds 39% of Americans saying …
Karl Vick / Washington Post:
As ‘Rescissions’ Spawn Outrage, Health Insurers Cite Fraud Control — Firms Defend ‘Rescissions’ as Fraud Control — LOS ANGELES — The untimely disappearance of Sally Marrari's medical coverage goes a long way toward explaining why insurance companies are cast as the villain in the health-care reform drama.
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
Fraud? I'll Show You Fraud. — I'm guessing that, at this point Richard Holbrooke is regretting his comparison of potential irregularities in the Afghan election to problems in Minnesota last year: … In the meantime, Karzai is just about one point short of an election result that would avoid a runoff.
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Mark Bowden / The Atlantic Online:
The Story Behind the Story — IF YOU HAPPENED to be watching a television news channel on May 26, the day President Obama nominated U.S. Circuit Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, you might have been struck, as I was, by what seemed like a nifty investigative report.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
More Lies from Barack Obama — From today's socialist indoctrination speech: … My father dropped out of tenth grade and has had a totally solid career as a novelist and screenwriter. These smears against the dropout community need to stop!
CNN:
Laura Bush praises Obama, bemoans excessive partisanship — PARIS, France (CNN) — Former first lady Laura Bush praised the performance of her husband's successor Monday, breaking with many Republicans in telling CNN that she thinks President Obama is doing a good job under tough circumstances.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Reversal of Supreme Court Precedents at Issue — Campaign Case Touches on Justices' Stance on Earlier Rulings — The Supreme Court's unusual hearing Wednesday on the role corporations can play in influencing elections carries the potential not only for rewriting the nation's campaign finance laws …
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Theodore B. Olson / Wall Street Journal:
The Chance for a Free Speech Do-Over
The Chance for a Free Speech Do-Over
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Elliott Abrams / Washington Post:
What President Jimmy Carter Missed in His Op-Ed on the Middle East — In an op-ed on Sunday ["The Elders' View of the Middle East"], former president Jimmy Carter, speaking on behalf of a self-appointed group of “Elders,” described a rapacious Israel facing long-suffering, blameless Palestinians …
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The Daily Beast:
Sanford's ‘Secret-Agent Mission’ — Blogs and Stories — In an exclusive interview, South Carolina's embattled governor, Mark Sanford, talks to The Daily Beast about his strategy for political survival, how his fall from grace disarms his opponents, why he's no Bill Clinton—and the the temptation to “go hide under a rock.”
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Pam's House Blend
Nissan Ratzlav-Katz / Arutz Sheva:
Al-Qaeda Targeting Germany for ‘Next 9/11’ - Within Weeks — Follow Israel news on and . — (IsraelNN.com) Jihadists close to al-Qaeda explicitly warned in new communications that Germany will be the target of the next 9/11-scale terrorist attack. The timing of the strike, they say, will be within the next few weeks.
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The Jawa Report
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Why Reform Survived August — The August recess began with critics attacking health care reform because of its high price tag. It ended with critics attacking health care reform because of how reformers proposed to reduce that high price tag. The intevening weeks were nightmarish …
Graham Bowley / New York Times:
Closely Watched Buffett Recalculating His Bets — Warren E. Buffett has two cardinal rules of investing. Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget Rule No. 1. — Well, a lot of old rules got trashed when the financial crisis struck — even for the Oracle of Omaha.