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10:40 AM ET, October 8, 2009

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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
The GOP Is Winning the Health-Care Debate  —  Gallup says independents now favor Republicans by nine points.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  Passing health-care reform could be harmful to the health of congressional Democrats.  —  Just look at how President Barack Obama's standing has fallen as he has pushed for reform.
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Douglas Elmendorf / Director's Blog:
Preliminary Analysis of the Senate Finance Committee Chairman's Mark As Amended  —  CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) have just issued a preliminary analysis of the Senate Finance Committee Chairman's mark for the America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 …
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
THERE IS NO BAUCUS BILL  —  The internet is alive with the sound of people analyzing the CBO's “scoring” of the Max Baucus aka Senate Finance Committee Health Care Bill.  Before everyone gets too deeply into their thoughts, please keep in mind the following (get ready, all CAPS, bold, indented signifies a really important concept):
New York Times:
Health Care Bill Gets Green Light in Cost Analysis  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate Finance Committee legislation to revamp the health care system would provide coverage to 29 million uninsured Americans but would still pare future federal deficits by slowing the growth of spending on medical care …
Washington Post:
Budget Report: Senate Finance Panel's Health-Care Bill Wouldn't Raise Deficit
Discussion: The Fix, USA Today and Reuters
Barb Shelly / Midwest Voices:
Bob Dole outs naysayer Mitch McConnell  —  Bob Dole supports health care reform.  —  “This is one of the most important measures members of Congress will vote on in their lifetimes,” the former Republican Senate majority leader and presidential candidate told an audience in Kansas City today.
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The Huffington Post:
Dems Discussing Public Option With Opt-Out Clause: The Silver Bullet?  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Senate Democrats have begun discussions on a compromise approach to health care reform that would establish a robust, national public option for insurance coverage but give individual states the right to opt out of the program.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Corzine Attempting “Juvenile Schoolyard Taunts” Strategy  —  Um, really? … On the one hand, this seems like it couldn't possibly work.  Who's going to be anything but repulsed from Corzine by these tactics?  On the other, it does often seem that prejudice against the overweight …
Discussion: TalkLeft and New Jersey Online
Rajiv Chandrasekaran / Washington Post:
Civilian, Military Officials at Odds Over Resources Needed for Afghan Counterinsurgency  —  In early March, after weeks of debate across a conference table in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the participants in President Obama's strategic review of the war in Afghanistan figured …
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Rep. Eric Cantor / The Politico:
Message to Obama on Afghanistan
Discussion: The Plum Line
Wall Street Journal:
Gates Requests More Afghan Troops
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Steve Farley / PennLive.com:
Gun-toting soccer mom is shot dead … Meleanie Hain, the pistol-carrying Lebanon mom who received national attention for taking a loaded gun to her daughter's soccer game, was shot to death Wednesday night with her husband in an apparent murder-suicide, police said.
Discussion: Whiskey Fire
David Aaronovitch / Times of London:
American troops in Afghanistan losing heart, say army chaplains  —  Martin Fletcher at Forward Operating Base in Wardak province, Afghanistan  —  American soldiers serving in Afghanistan are depressed and deeply disillusioned, according to the chaplains of two US battalions that have spent nine months …
Rachel D'Oro / Associated Press:
Father of Palin's grandson to pose for Playgirl  —  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Levi Johnston is going for the ultimate exposure—his bare body.  —  Posing nude for Playgirl is next for the 19-year-old father of Sarah Palin's grandchild.  Johnston's attorney, Rex Butler …
Wall Street Journal:
Intelligence Fiasco Footnote  —  The authors of the 2007 Iran NIE have some explaining to do.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  When it comes to politicized intelligence in the Bush years, the critics may finally have a point.  Perhaps the work of America's intelligence agencies was manipulated …
Discussion: Israel Matzav, Time and Salon
Daily Mail:
Thugs attack two transvestites... who turn out to be cage fighters wearing fancy dress  —  Two thugs who attacked what they thought were a pair of transvestites picked on the wrong men - when their intended victims turned out to be cage fighters on a night out in fancy dress.
Michelle Malkin:
Fort Carson's heroes  —  Please take time to read the profiles of the American soldiers who died in the siege at Kamdesh.  —  The Colorado Springs Gazette tells their stories here and here.  —  Many were fathers.  All were patriots.  They were stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado.
Discussion: Gazette, KVOA-TV and Daily Pundit
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Emanuella Grinberg / CNN:
Soldiers remembered as devoted dads, heroes
Discussion: Sweetness & Light and Gazette
Megan McArdle:
Baucuscare: Score!  —  So, the CBO report is out, and my estimate of the contents is totally wrong.  WonkRoom has a pretty good summary:  —  Old CBO Score Of Baucus Bill  —  New CBO Score Of Baucus Bill  —  Costs  —  Reduce deficits: $49B/10yrs  —  Net Cost: $500B/10yrs  —  Gross cost: $774B/10yrs
Discussion: The Politico
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New York Times:
In First Lady's Roots, a Complex Path From Slavery  —  WASHINGTON — In 1850, the elderly master of a South Carolina estate took pen in hand and painstakingly divided up his possessions.  Among the spinning wheels, scythes, tablecloths and cattle that he bequeathed to his far-flung heirs …
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
ROMAN POLANSKI BACKERS GAVE $34K TO BARACK OBAMA, DNC  —  Movie industry types calling for the release of director Roman Polanski last year gave $34,000 to Obama's presidential campaign and the Democratic Party, FEC records show.  —  Polanski's arrest late last month by Swiss authorities …
Washington Wire:
Humor With a Political Punch: Lesson for GOP?  —  Alistair MacDonald reports on U.K. politics.  —  Here's something for the GOP to think about as the party tries to regain power in Washington: Britain's opposition Conservative Party may have lost three elections in a row, but it hasn't lost its sense of humor.
New York Times:
Leader Ousted, Honduras Hires U.S. Lobbyists  —  WASHINGTON — First, depose a president.  Second, hire a lobbyist.  —  In the months since soldiers ousted the Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, the de facto government and its supporters have resisted demands from the United States that he be restored to power.
Quinnipiac University:
American Voters Oppose Obama Health Care Plan, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; GOP Gets Lowest Grades Since Obama Elected  —  American voters oppose 47 - 40 percent President Barack Obama's health care reform plan, and don't want an overhaul that only gets Democratic votes …
 
 
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Alexander C. Hart / Los Angeles Times:
Obama and students space out at the White House
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Discussion: The Hill and The Hill
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
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