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10:20 AM ET, September 10, 2009

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New York Times:
Obama's Health Care Speech to Congress  —  Following is the prepared text of President Obama's speech to Congress on the need to overhaul health care in the United States, as released by the White House.  —  Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American people:
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
In Lawmaker's Outburst, a Rare Breach of Protocol  —  WASHINGTON — It was a rare breach of the protocol that governs ritualistic events in the Capitol.  —  In an angry and very audible outburst, Representative Joe Wilson, Republican of South Carolina, interrupted President Obama's speech Wednesday night with a shout of “You lie!”
Associated Press:
Obama heckled by GOP during speech to Congress  —  WASHINGTON — The nastiness of August reached from the nation's town halls into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday as President Barack Obama tried to move his health care plan forward.  —  South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson shouted …
CNN:
CNN Poll: Double-digit post-speech jump for Obama plan  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Two out of three Americans who watched President Barack Obama's health care reform speech Wednesday night favor his health care plans — a 14-point gain among speech-watchers, according to a CNN/Opinion Research …
Mere Rhetoric:
Video Flashback: Dems Shout And Boo At Bush During 2005 SOTU [Video]  —  The scrupulous FogCityJohn, member of the reality-based Daily Kos community, currently has a top post intriguingly titled “If Joe Wilson Were A Democrat.”  He muses thusly: … Remember the time when some deep-feeling member …
CNN:
Wilson apologizes: ‘I let my emotions get the best of me’  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — GOP Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina issued a statement Wednesday night apologizing for his outburst during President Obama's speech to Congress:
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: GOP congressman yells “liar” at Obama; Update: Wilson apologizes  —  The culprit was South Carolina rep Joe Wilson, who felt moved to act when The One told what was, in fact, a lie.  Although certainly not his biggest of the night: Where this jackass gets off lecturing Americans …
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
The House Bill Does Cover Illegals  —  During Barack Obama's speech tonight, Obama said it was untrue that “the reforms I am proposing” cover illegal aliens.  Someone in the audience, reportedly South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson, yelled out “liar.”  —  Now this isn't the British parliament, so I don't agree with shouting out.
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
BREAKING: The News in the Speech  —  Looks like there's some news in the speech after all.  Quite a bit.  —  On the policy front, President Obama tonight endorses, clearly and unambiguously, a requirement that everybody obtain insurance—that is, an individual mandate.  He has not done that before, not this explicitly.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
A voice from the floor on illegal immigrants: ‘Lie’  —  One of the most persistent conservative concerns about health care legislation is that it will provide health care to illegal immigrants — and the heated claim spilled onto the floor of President Obama's address to a joint session …
John / Power Line:
Obama's Speech: Did It Help Him?  —  From a policy standpoint, there was nothing new in President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress tonight.  It can only be assessed, therefore, in political terms.  I read the transcript rather than watching it, but the speech struck me as reasonably effective.
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
WhiteHouse.gov Blog:
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS ON HEALTH CARE  —  Washington, D.C.  —  THE PRESIDENT: Madam Speaker, Vice President Biden, members of Congress, and the American people:  —  When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
Tom Shales / Washington Post:
Obama, Pulling A Jimmy Stewart
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Obama: I used to say 47 million uninsured. Now, it's 30 million.
Chris Reed / America's Finest Blog:   Sure, he was a rude jerk. But Rep. Joe Wilson has a point.
Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:   Articles and Analysis  —  Earlier today I posted a primer …
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
The guy who yelled “You lie!”
Discussion: Think Progress and The Note
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
With Health-Care Reform on the Line, Obama Reframes Critical Debate
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:
Instant Reaction Polls: A Pre-Speech Primer
Discussion: Daily Kos
Mickey Kaus / Kausfiles:
Obama's Big Speech: Triangulation + Airbrushed Orszagism  —  Expectations: Low! ...  Expectations: Exceeded.  A moderately effective speech. ...  1) Triangulation: Almost always works!  Obama pushed off, most notably, against single payer but also against Dems who demand a public option.
Discussion: The Rhetorican
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Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Obama uses iffy math on deficit pledge
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Kbh / KeithHennessey.com:
Reviewing the checklist from the President's speech
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Big Political Gamble  —  Red-state Democrats are being asked to risk their seats.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  Millions of Americans watched President Barack Obama's speech last night to a joint session of Congress.  Much of it was familiar, having been delivered in at least 111 speeches …
Jerry Seper / Washington Times:
EXCLUSIVE: Inquiry opened into New Black Panther case  —  The Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility has begun an inquiry into the dismissal in May of a civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party and two of its members who disrupted a Philadelphia polling place during last year's presidential elections.
Stephen Farrell / At War:
The Reporter's Account: 4 Days With the Taliban  —  Stephen Farrell, a reporter for The New York Times, and Sultan M. Munadi, an Afghan journalist working with him, were kidnapped by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan on Saturday.  In a British raid to free them early Wednesday, Mr. Munadi was killed.
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Telegraph:
Army anger as soldier killed saving journalist who ignored Taliban warning
Discussion: Times of London, Mediaite and Guardian
Los Angeles Times:
Assemblyman Mike Duvall resigns after his sex comments are broadcast  —  KCAL-TV in Los Angeles played a tape of the married Yorba Linda Republican speaking about sex with two women.  He apparently did not realize a microphone was on during a legislative hearing.
Discussion: LA Observed
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Morning Fix: First (and Second) Thoughts on Obama Address  —  The Fix was up late — for us — last night as we tweeted President Obama's health care address to a joint session of Congress and then offered our first thoughts on the proceedings.  —  Having slept on it, we now bring you two additional — call them second — thoughts.
Discussion: Riehl World View
William Kristol / PostPartisan:
The Real Public Option: Start Over  —  So President Obama invited himself into our living rooms tonight...why?  Not to address questions of war and peace — even though we are fighting two wars overseas, and even though an avowed enemy and terror sponsor is rushing towards nuclear weapons.
 
 
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