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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
How Obama Survived August — At the beginning of the month, I predicted that August might turn out be a bloodbath for Democrats. At the time, the Democratic self-containment on health care had dissolved, cranks were taking over constituent meetings, and that real anxiety about Obama had found …
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Political Punch:
Pelosi and Reid Tell President: We Have the Votes; President Wants Bill Passed Soon — While White House spokesman Robert Gibbs today refrained from telling reporters whether President Obama in his speech Wednesday night will set a deadline for passing health care reform …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Adviser losing patience with Obama — One of President Barack Obama's former top campaign advisers is “losing patience” with the White House, he told POLITICO Tuesday morning, as frustrations among the president's liberal allies crest over issues from health care legislation to gay rights.
Washington Post:
Obama Speech Aims To Reenergize Effort — Senate Finance Chair Holds Out Hope That Bipartisan Accord Can Be Reached — President Obama will seek to rally Congress to pass health-care reform in a prime-time address Wednesday, even as lawmakers continue struggling to reach broad consensus on some of the toughest issues in the debate.
CNN:Baucus plan draws lukewarm reax from Grassley
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Sarah Palin / Wall Street Journal:
Obama and the Bureaucratization of Health Care — The president's proposals would give unelected officials life-and-death rationing powers. — Printer — Friendly — Writing in the New York Times last month, President Barack Obama asked that Americans “talk with one another …
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The Fix, The Huffington Post, Don Surber, Another Black Conservative, The Atlantic Politics Channel, Commentary, Confederate Yankee, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Wizbang, The Political Carnival, YID With LID, Liberal Values, Conservatives4Palin.com, POWIP, Riehl World View, At-Largely, The League of Ordinary …, Chicago Boyz and TBogg
The Culture and Media Institute:
Unmentionable: Best-Selling Conservative Books and the Networks that Ignore Them — Research reveals a glaring imbalance in network coverage of liberal best-sellers and comparable conservative titles. — Culture and Media Institute — The most coveted real estate in the publishing industry …
Camille Paglia / Salon:
Too late for Obama to turn it around? — Plus: The left's visionaries lost their bearings on drugs — but the GOP is led by losers — What a difference a month makes! When my last controversial column posted on Salon in the second week of August, most Democrats seemed frozen in suspended animation …
cbpp.org:
Employer Requirement in Baucus Health Package Would Have Unintended Effect of Discouraging Hiring of Low-Income and Minority Workers — While an employer responsibility requirement is an essential component of health care reform, a proposal included in the new health reform package …
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Paul Krugman:
Why the public option matters — Most arguments against the public option are based either on deliberate misrepresentation of what that option would mean, or on remarkably thorough misunderstanding of the concept, which persists to a frustrating degree: I was really surprised to see Joe Klein worrying …
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Olbermann Flip-flops, Tells Kossacks NOT to Dig Up Dirt on Beck — Want to know just how unstable MSNBC's Keith Olbermann is? — Within the course of 48 hours, he asked Daily Kos readers to send him everything they could dig up about Fox News host Glenn Beck, and then called off the dogs.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Sure, If You Consider The NY Times A Conservative Web Site — Mark Bowden of The Atlantic marvels at the power of political hit men - his topic is the coverage of the Sotomayor nomination, but it is topical given the recent Van Jones debacle. We learn from Mr. Bowden that the NY Times …
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Victor Zapanta / Think Progress:
Rep. Jean Schmidt Tells Birther: ‘I Agree With You’ — Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) spoke at the Voice of America tea party this Labor Day weekend outside of Cincinnati, OH. Following a tense Q&A session — during which, the congresswoman was booed for acknowledging that the Constitution …
The Politico:
Dodd to stay as Banking Chair — Sen. Christopher Dodd's expected announcement that he will remain in charge of the Banking Committee should give a big boost to his longtime colleague Tom Harkin while setting off a shuffle on other Senate panels. — Dodd has played stand …
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Paul Kane / Capitol Briefing:Dodd Decides Against Taking Over Senate Health Committee
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Rachel Slajda / LiveWire:
Chambliss: Obama Better Show Humility In Speech To Congress — Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) said today that, because of angry town hallers and the like, President Obama should show “humility” when he speaks to Congress Wednesday night. — “What you're seeing is folks on my side anxious …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
It's come to this: August wasn't a setback for us at all, says Gibbs — In which Beltway Bob channels Baghdad Bob. Despite a month of near-daily “Obama's approval rating at new low” headlines and deteriorating numbers for ObamaCare itself, the spin oozes unceasingly forth …
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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Seized Times Reporter Is Freed in Afghan Raid That Kills Aide — Stephen Farrell, a New York Times reporter held captive by militants in northern Afghanistan, was freed in a military commando raid early Wednesday, but his Afghan interpreter was killed during the rescue effort.
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CNN:
Win a dinner with Palin — (CNN) - If you've ever wanted to eat dinner with Sarah Palin, now's your chance. — With bids starting at $25,000, eBay is auctioning off a dinner for five with the former Alaska governor and her husband, Todd. The proceeds will go to “Ride 2 Recovery,” …
Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Senate races to finish spending bills — Senate leaders are planning a furious push this month to pass all spending measures for 2010, hoping to complete work on as many as possible before the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) …
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Financial Times:
Obama to seal US-UN relationship — By Harvey Morris at the United Nations — Barack Obama will cement the new co-operative relationship between the US and the United Nations this month when he becomes the first American president to chair its 15-member Security Council.
Patrick Courrielche / Big Hollywood:
WHO SET UP GOVERNMENT ‘PROPAGANDA’ CONFERENCE CALL? Newly Revealed White House, NEA Audio Contradict — Another conference call has materialized, revealing a concerted effort by government to use the arts to address political issues. — Lee Rosenbaum, a blogger for Artsjournal.com …
Thomas Sowell / Real Clear Politics:
What Obama Says vs. What He Does — The most important thing about what anyone says are not the words themselves but the credibility of the person who says them. — The words of convicted swindler Bernie Madoff were apparently quite convincing to many people who were regarded as knowledgeable and sophisticated.
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WhiteHouse.gov Blog:
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN A NATIONAL ADDRESS TO AMERICA'S SCHOOLCHILDREN — THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. All right, everybody go ahead and have a seat. How is everybody doing today? (Applause.) How about Tim Spicer? (Applause.)
Lynn Sweet:
Obama warns students about posting on Facebook — For Immediate Release September 8, 2009 — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. So this is the first day of high school? — STUDENTS: Yes. — THE PRESIDENT: Wow. I'm trying to remember back to my first day of high school. I can't remember that far back.
Daily Mail:
‘Doctors told me it was against the rules to save my premature baby’ — Sarah Capewell begged them to save her tiny son, who was born just 21 weeks and five days into her pregnancy - almost four months early. — They ignored her pleas and allegedly told her they were following national guidelines …
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