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Examiner:
Bill Ayers admits writing ‘Dreams’ to conservative blogger  —  Last Friday we posted an article on these pages asserting Bill Ayers' authorship of President Barack Obama's ‘Dreams From My Father,’ based on claims made by Obama biographer Christopher Andersen.
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Anne / BackyardConservative:
Bill Ayers No Dream  —  There I was, sitting in Reagan National Monday morning, sipping a Starbucks by the United counter before going through security.  I had a little time, so I was browsing through the news.  Some military guys had borrowed a chair from my table.
Scott / Power Line:
Whose Dreams?  —  In the run-up to the election, Jack Cashill framed a speculative argument that Bill Ayers wrote Barack Obama's Dreams From My Father.  Cashill first ventured his thesis in “Who wrote Dreams From My Father?”  Cashill cited Obama's sophomoric stabs at poetry from his days at Occidental.
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Will Obama Deny Bill Ayers' Accusation?
New York Times:
Obama Rules Out Large Reduction in Afghan Force  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama told Congressional leaders on Tuesday that he would not substantially reduce American forces in Afghanistan or shift the mission to just hunting terrorists there, but he indicated that he remained undecided …
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Wall Street Journal:
Battle of Books Rages in Afghan Debate  —  WASHINGTON — The struggle to set the future course of the Afghan war is becoming a battle of two books — both suddenly popular among White House and Pentagon brain trusts.  —  The two draw decidedly different lessons from the Vietnam War.
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Washington Post:
White House Gets Republican Backing for Bipartisan Reform  —  Urged by the White House, Republicans Speak Up for Bipartisan Health Fix  —  Seeking to provide fresh evidence of bipartisan support for health-care reform, the White House is orchestrating a series of endorsements from GOP heavyweights around the country.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems let Rockefeller ponder vote
Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:   House feels left out on health care
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Latest Internal Whip Count: Nearly Three-Fourths Of House Dems …
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Approval of U.S. Congress Falls to 21%, Driven by Democrats  —  Lowest rating for Congress since January  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Americans' approval of the job Congress is doing is at 21% this month, down significantly from last month's 31% and from the recent high of 39% in March.
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Parties Nearly Tied for Congress in 2010  —  Voter preferences for Congress split 46% Democratic vs. 44% Republican  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Roughly a year before the 2010 midterm elections, Gallup finds the Republican and Democratic Parties nearly tied in the congressional ballot preferences of registered voters.
Paul Krugman:
Still chasing shadows?  —  This article on the continued troubles in credit markets was informative.  But it raised a puzzle.  Call me naive, but why does Fed policy seem to assume that the only way to repair credit markets is to return to the status quo ante, circa January 2007?
Discussion: Felix Salmon
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carter.house.gov:
Carter Joins New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Buffalo News, Minneapolis Star-Tribune in Calling for Chairman to Step Down  —  (WASHINGTON, DC) - House Members Wednesday will have to cast a recorded vote on whether it is acceptable …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Rep. Waters: ‘Many members’ suffer from disclosure problems like Rep. Rangel
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Tony Romm / The Hill:
FEMA halts ACORN grant, GOP lawmakers approve  —  The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday announced it would halt its $1 million fire prevention grant to ACORN — a decision Republican lawmakers have since praised.  —  The Department of Homeland Security initially earmarked …
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Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Firefighters lose large U.S. grant to ACORN
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Deeds points finger at Washington  —  Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Creigh Deeds said in an interview that he was lagging in the polls entering the final weeks of the campaign in part because of voter concerns over his national party's agenda.  —  “Frankly, a lot of what's …
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Elizabeth Williamson / Wall Street Journal:
White House Steps Back in Va. Race
Discussion: RedState and Virginia Politics
Michael B. Oren / The New Republic:
Deep Denial  —  Toughened by their frontier ethos, steeled by serial wars, Israelis are not prone to flattery.  Most, in fact, eschew using the closest equivalent to the Hebrew word for flattery—chanupa— in favor of the derisive Yiddish-derivative, firgun.
Tom Beaumont / Des Moines Register:
Pawlenty to headline Iowa GOP fundraiser Nov. 7  —  Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty plans to headline the Iowa Republican Party's Nov. 7 fall fund-raiser, setting up the presidential prospect's first foray into the leadoff nominating caucus state ahead of the 2012 election, Iowa GOP leaders announced today.
Discussion: Wonkette
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Pawlenty to Iowa  —  Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) …
Mark Preston / CNN:
First on the Ticker: Obama enlists Hollywood in new ad  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - President Obama is turning to a handful of Hollywood stars to judge a contest that asks grassroots supporters to create a television commercial promoting health care reform.  —  Musician Will.I.Am, actor John Cho …
Discussion: TPMDC and FishBowlDC
Amanda Carpenter / Washington Times:
A new mommy tax  —  When Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus proposed taxing medical devices to raise $40 billion over the next 10 years for his health care plan, opponents started digging in and looking at what would be taxed.  It turned out feminine products, like tampons …
Discussion: Hot Air and Moe Lane
Jackson Baker / Memphis Flyer:
Finally!  A Mayoral Forum With Character(s)!  —  Of all the mayoral debates and forums that have been held so far this campaign season, perhaps the most bizarre was the one sponsored Tuesday night at the University of Memphis' Rose Theatre by the NAACP.  Three of the 12 candidates on stage …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Tankerbabelc / From Cow Pastures to Kosovo:
Survivors in Afghanistan Need Immediate Help - 56 Soldiers Lost EVERYTHING  —  UPDATE as of 6 OCT 09 2130 hrs  —  I'm still working through a list of emails from so many of you.  THANK YOU.  And thank you for your patience.  I don't have the speadsheet update in full yet but I do know that we are mostly still in need of:
Josh McAuliffe / Scranton Times-Tribune:
Former U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson coming to Scranton to discuss war in Afghanistan  —  The U.S. military's ongoing conflict in Afghanistan is a movie Charlie Wilson has seen before, and he isn't thrilled with where the plot of this one is going.  —  “I think they're looking at us more and more like occupiers,” he said.
Lee Fang / Think Progress:
Rep. Louie Gohmert: Hate crimes bill will lead to Nazism, legalization of necrophilia, pedophilia, and bestiality.  —  Led by Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) last night, lawmakers convened for a special session of floor speeches urging a repeal of Don't Act Don't Tell.
Discussion: Law Dork and Shakesville
William Saletan / Human Nature:
The Beauty of Artificial Virginity  —  If you're a woman in a conservative Muslim country, you had better bleed on your wedding night.  If you don't, your husband or his family will know you aren't a virgin.  For that, you could be beaten or killed.  —  If you're a man, on the other hand …
Aunohita Mojumdar / Christian Science Monitor:
‘Code Pink’ rethinks its call for Afghanistan pullout  —  In Afghanistan, the US women's activist group finds that their Afghan counterparts want US troop presence - as well as more reconstruction.  —  KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -  —  When Medea Benjamin stood up in a Kabul meeting hall this weekend …
 
 
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Gateway Pundit:
Nancy Pelosi Squirms When Harry Reid Touches Her (Video)
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Tony Romm / The Hill:
150 Dems to Pelosi: No tax on health insurance
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Obama Sets Sights on Urban Renewal
Discussion: Philly.com
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Key House chairman: Dems ‘arriving at a consensus’ on health bill
Discussion: The Politico
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Weak himself, Obama draws strength from Bush
Discussion: Townhall.com
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Shouts, insults fly at Rep. Israel's health care town hall
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Chicago Violence Haunts Obama as Gun-Control Backers Left Cold
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Democratic Money Mandarins Meet In D.C.
Robert D. Kaplan / New York Times:
Beijing's Afghan Gamble
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Partisan Economics in Action
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Working hard or hardly working?
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