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Bloomberg:
Stiglitz Says Banking Problems Are Now Bigger Than Pre-Lehman — Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) — Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize- winning economist, said the U.S. has failed to fix the underlying problems of its banking system after the credit crunch and the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Joyce Purnick: Mayor Bloomberg spent big exploring a run for president — Obama: Wall Street must take responsibility — Sen. Kennedy: what Sen. Byrd said during a private gays-in-the-military meeting — BIRTHDAYS: Will Nichols, who turns 2 today, celebrated in style last night with dinner at Sushiko …
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Gateway Pundit:
CLEAN Conservatives vs FILTHY Liberals— A Photographic Essay — After the 2 million strong conservative freedom rally on 9-12: — And, here is the filth left for someone else to clean up after the Inauguration of Barack Obama: — Via Prisca — The democrats were obviously waiting for Big Government to clean up for them.
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Martina Stewart / CNN:
Key senator rejects ‘trigger’ for public health insurance option — WASHINGTON (CNN) - A moderate Republican who has previously broken with her party to support President Obama's $787 billion stimulus bill said Sunday that she does not support the idea of using a so called “trigger” …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
President Obama strongly supports Public Option in speech to Minneapolis
President Obama strongly supports Public Option in speech to Minneapolis
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Robert Creamer / The Huffington Post:
Why the Public Option Is Not “Fading” — Just the Contrary
Why the Public Option Is Not “Fading” — Just the Contrary
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Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Snowe says Obama should scrap the public option to pass bill
Snowe says Obama should scrap the public option to pass bill
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CNN:
‘Bin Laden’ tape: Obama can't stop war — (CNN) — An audio message purportedly from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has accused President Barack Obama of being unable to fulfil his election pledge to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq. — The tape emerged on radical Islamist Web sites …
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Washington Post:
Opposition to Obama's Health-Reform Plan Is High, but Easing — President Obama continues to face significant public resistance to his drive to initiate far-reaching changes to the country's health-care system, with widespread skepticism about central tenets of his plan, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Ghosts of 1994 — There are obvious parallels between Barack Obama's push for health care reform and Bill Clinton's ill-fated attempt 16 years ago. In both cases, an apparent legislative juggernaut hit a wall of public skepticism. Both presidents saw their poll numbers wilt in the summertime heat.
CBS News:
Transcript: President Obama — 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft Interviewed President Barack Obama on Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 … STEVE KROFT: What were you specifically hoping to accomplish with the speech this week? — PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Well, I think the most important thing was to make sure …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama: National debate is ‘coarsening’
Obama: National debate is ‘coarsening’
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Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Election trouble brewing for House Dems in 2010 — NEW YORK (AP) - Despite sweeping Democratic successes in the past two national elections, continuing job losses and President Barack Obama's slipping support could lead to double-digit losses for the party in next year's congressional races and may even threaten their House control.
James O'Keefe / Big Government:
ACORN Video: Prostitution Scandal in New York, NY … So, we headed up to New York... [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] — [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]
Dan / Riehl World View:
Updated: 9/12 Attendance Issues Addressed — Update 4: A relevant bit but I won't claim it as definitive. Stacy was there when I got to DC. I took a cab for the last leg and had to be dropped-off blocks up. The mark we are looking at seems to be Constitution Ave from the Google aerial view of the area.
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Wall Street Journal:
Only Decisive Force Can Prevail in Afghanistan — A middle path of muddling through is the real recipe for quagmire and loss of public support. — Printer — Friendly — Growing numbers of Americans are starting to doubt whether we should have troops in Afghanistan and whether the war there is even winnable.
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Pat Austin / And So it Goes in Shreveport:
Editor of HuffPo's Health Unit Mocks Death of Cornell Student — Friday, September 11, 2009, a 20 year old student at Cornell University, Warren Schor, pictured left, died of complications from the swine flu. IvyGate Blog chose the tragedy as an occasion for mockery and silliness.
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The Huffington Post, American Power, Ruby Slippers, Carol's Closet, Michelle Malkin and IvyGate
George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Obama Speech No Game-Changer — Our new ABC News/Washington Post poll out this morning shows that the President's joint session speech may have stopped his summer slide, but it doesn't appear to have been the “game-changer” Democrats were hoping for. — No doubt Obama's passionate …
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
For WashPos t, right-wing protesters are Page One news; in 2002 liberal war protesters were not — Behold the media's glaring double standard. Today, the Post puts the “tens of thousands” of Obama-hating tea bagger protesters on A1; makes it the lead story as a matter of fact.