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Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Dem campaign anxiety: Vulnerables say they lack cover from Pelosi — Politically vulnerable Democrats say Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House leaders aren't offering them the protection from tough votes that they did in the last Congress. — Conservative Democrats fear that dozens …
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Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Pelosi shoots down public option ‘trigger’ — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday shot down a healthcare compromise that has been viewed as the best chance for getting a bipartisan bill through the Senate. — Pelosi (D-Calif.) rejected the idea of a “trigger” for a public option.
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The Huffington Post:
Dog Fight: Dueling Whip Counts Hold Fate Of Public Option — The Blue Dog Coalition is engaged in a member-to-member whip operation in the House, beginning with a survey of its 52 lawmakers, to find out where they stand on critical health care issues. The principal focus is the public insurance option …
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Exclusive: Poll shows Deeds within 4 — Creigh Deeds, the Democratic nominee for governor in Virginia, has pulled to within four percentage points of Republican Bob McDonnell, according to a new InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion Research poll out Thursday. — The poll, conducted Wednesday evening …
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Josh Kraushaar / Scorecard's Blog:
Doug Wilder whacks Deeds — Former Virginia governor Douglas Wilder announced Thursday that he will not be endorsing a candidate in the Virginia gubernatorial race, while mounting some sharp criticism at Democrat Creigh Deeds over his stance on taxes and guns.
Michelle Malkin:
“Mmm mmm mmm:” New details about the Dear Leader song video; Update: School responds — Scroll for updates... Photoshop: Leo Alberti — In case you were wondering which school taught kids that “Barack Hussein Obama mmm mmm mmm” rap that I posted yesterday afternoon, here are some new details.
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Boston Globe:
Kirk named to fill Kennedy seat — By Matt Viser, Frank Phillips, and Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff — Governor Deval Patrick today named Paul G. Kirk Jr. to serve as interim US senator, making the announcement in the presence of the immediate family of the late Edward M. Kennedy.
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Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Effort to replace Kennedy hits snag — The Massachusetts Legislature on Wednesday granted Gov. Deval Patrick the power to appoint a temporary replacement for the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, but with one catch: when the appointment can be made. — Lawmakers declined to allow the law …
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Marist Poll:
9/24: NY Voters to Obama, “Mind Your Business” — The White House is urging Governor David Paterson not to run for office next year, but what do New York State voters think? 62% say the Obama Administration is wrong to suggest the governor should not run while 27% think Washington is well within its rights to get involved.
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Oskar Garcia / Associated Press:
Rove: Conservatives need ‘Obamacare’ alternative
Rove: Conservatives need ‘Obamacare’ alternative
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Frances Robles / MiamiHerald.com:
They're torturing me, Honduras' Manuel Zelaya claims — Honduras' fallen leader told The Miami Herald he is being subjected to mind-altering gas and radiation — and that ‘Israeli mercenaries’ are planning to assassinate him. — FROBLES@MIAMIHERALD.COM — TEGUCIGALPA — It's been 89 days since Manuel Zelaya was booted from power.
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The Note:
Finance Fireworks - Cutting Benefits vs. a Govt. Takeover — ABC's Z. Byron Wolf reports: — Tempers flared this morning as the Senate Finance Committee continues to slog through its mark up of a sweeping health care reform bill. — Sen. Max Baucus, who chairs the Finance Committee …
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Ezra Klein:
Republicans for Waste and Abuse in Medicare
Republicans for Waste and Abuse in Medicare
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Senator Tries to Allay Fears on Health Overhaul
Senator Tries to Allay Fears on Health Overhaul
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Environmentalists Seek to Wipe Out Plush Toilet Paper — Soft Toilet Paper's Hard on the Earth, But Will We Sit for the Alternative? — By David A. Fahrenthold, Page A01 — ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. — There is a battle for America's behinds.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Victory on preventive detention law: in context — (updated below - Update II) — When Barack Obama gave his “civil liberties” speech at the National Archives in May, he advocated a new scheme of preventive detention for detainees whom he claimed “cannot be prosecuted yet who pose …
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Tom Andrews / The Huffington Post:
Classified McChrystal Report: 500,000 Troops Will Be Required Over Five Years in Afghanistan — Congress Should Hold Hearings on Alternatives to Major Escalation — Embedded in General Stanley McChrystal's classified assessment of the war in Afghanistan is his conclusion …
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Rod Boyce / newsminer.com • Fairbanks, Alaska:
An apology to Sarah Palin — The Daily News-Miner has had its agreements and disagreements with now-former Gov. Sarah Palin at various points during her time serving the state of Alaska. We have tried to maintain respect for the office of governor and to be generally civil when discussing Mrs. Palin …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads 2012 foes — If Barack Obama had to stand for reelection today he'd win by as much as he did last year, if not more. — He leads Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, and Sarah Palin by anywhere from 7-15 points in hypothetical 2012 contests. — Huckabee comes the closest, trailing Obama 48-41.
Megan Fox / New York Post:
Prez comes across as a gullible sap — President Obama yesterday did his best impression of a high-school soph omore participating in his first Model UN meeting, retailing pious clichés he learned from his pony-tailed social studies teacher. — Even Woodrow Wilson might have blanched …
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Susie Madrak / Crooks and Liars:
ACORN Files Suit Against Conserative ‘Pimp’ - And May Give Us A Look At His Funding — This is going to be interesting, because under discovery, ACORN's attorney will have the right to look into videographer O'Keefe's financial records. Gee, I wonder if anyone else was funding him - and if so, who?
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David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
HuffPo Cofounder Takes On ‘Democrat-Media Complex’ — On September 10, Andrew Breitbart launched his new site, BigGovernment, with hidden-video camera footage of two young conservative activists who'd gotten Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) employees to advise …
New York Times:
New York Police Official in Terror Unit Is Removed — The New York Police Department has removed a senior official from one of its two sometimes competing antiterrorism units, after it played a role in disrupting a sensitive federal terrorism investigation, current and former police officials said on Wednesday.
Ben Johnson / NewsReal Blog:
MSNBC Commentator: Republicans “Want to See You Dead...They Kinda Like It When That Woman Has Cancer” — Click to see Ed Schultz's unhinged meltdown. — On the Wednesday evening edition of “The Ed Show,” MSNBC commentator Ed Schultz stated that Republicans want Americans to die …
David Rogers / The Politico:
A $4 billion bailout for the Postal Service? — Without some intervention by Congress, Medicare is slated to announce next month increased Part B premiums, which are typically deducted from a retiree's Social Security check to help pay for physician services.
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Andrew McIntosh / Sacramento Bee:
Meg Whitman's voting record short, sparse — Almost 9 million Californians cast ballots in the 2003 special election that swept movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger into the Governor's Office. — Meg Whitman wasn't among them. — The billionaire businesswoman now running for governor herself …
Democracy Corps:
New Jersey Governor Race Now a Tie — As the battle for New Jersey governor continues to heat up, a new survey conducted for Stan Greenberg and James Carville's organization Democracy Corps by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research finds that that race is now a dead heat with Republican Chris Christie …