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DNC official: GOP siding with terrorists — A top Democratic National Committee official reacted furiously to a statement from Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele mocking — and describing as “unfortunate” — President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. — “The Republican Party has thrown …
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Obama's Nobel remarks: four very skillful paragraphs — Six months ago I mentioned that it would be hard to improve on Barack Obama's impromptu press conference answer as to whether he believed in such a thing as “American exceptionalism.” I think the same is true of his remarks this morning about the Nobel Peace Prize.
CNN:
State Dept. on Nobel: ‘Better to be thrown accolades than shoes’ — WASHINGTON (CNN) - “Certainly from our standpoint, this gives us a sense of momentum — when the United States has accolades tossed its way, rather than shoes.” — That's the take of Hillary Clinton's State Department …
Spectator:
Some facts appear to be more sacred than others at the Guardian — Here is a little quiz. The Guardian has posted up a list here of everyone who has won the Nobel Peace Prize since its inception. — Q: Which three names are omitted from the Guardian list ( even though they do appear …
Totus / Barack Obama's Teleprompter's Blog:
That's Nobel-Prize Winning Teleprompter to You ... Wow. What I can I say. Wow. I'm honored. Clearly Big Guy - who can't stop dancing on the bed up in the residence right now, by the way - won this award for his speeches. I mean, after nominating himself for the Nobel Prize for Peace …
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Washington Wire:
Steele's Nobel Comments Spark Backlash on the Backlash — Susan Davis reports on the Nobel Peace Prize. — The only thing fiercer than Republican National Committee chairman's reaction to President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize is the backlash it's prompting—even within the GOP …
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
Reactions Similar Only in Their Intensity — The new winner of the Nobel Peace Prize walked out of his house just after 11 a.m., dressed handsomely in a dark suit and a classic blue tie. He descended a marble staircase into a manicured garden, flowers in full bloom, and stepped up to a podium on a perfect autumn day.
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David A. Graham / Newsweek Blogs:
Obama Not First Surprising Nobel Peace Prize Winner: Seven Controversial Recipients — President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today, only eight months into his term. It's a bold—and some might say strange—move to fete a president who's still in the beginning of his diplomatic career.
Mike Huckabee / Huck PAC:PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
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Ruth Marcus / PostPartisan:A Nobel for a Good Two Weeks? — “Mom!” my 12-year-old yelled from the kitchen.
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Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize: He's Becoming Jimmy Carter Faster …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:Obama's Nobel Peace Prize
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Chris Casteel / Daily Oklahoman:Sen. Jim Inhofe: Obama received Nobel Peace Prize for “de-emphasizing defense”
Michael Binyon / Times of London:Comment: absurd decision on Obama makes a mockery of the Nobel peace prize
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Jesse Lee / WhiteHouse.gov Blog:Building a World that “Gives Life to the Promise of Our Founding Documents”
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:Right Wingers Pitch Fits Over Nobel Peace Prize
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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Wasserman Schultz Rival Takes Aim At Rifle-Range Target Marked ‘DWS’ — [Video from The Sun-Sentinel.] — Politico: … You gotta love that “Culture of Life” the Republicans like to tout. Shooting at a target with your election rival's initials on it? Classy, classy, classy.
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Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:Broward Republicans go gunning
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Associated Press:
Rep. Skelton To Rep. Akin: “Stick It Up Your Ass” (VIDEO) — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — (AP) WASHINGTON — Show me some civility, Republicans cried Friday after a Missouri congressman speaking on the House floor was caught on microphone apparently cussing out a fellow Missourian.
Adam Sage / Times of London:
Nuclear engineer from Cern lab arrested for al-Qaeda links — French agents have arrested a researcher from Europe's top atomic lab on suspicion of links to al-Qaeda, fuelling fears that terrorists could be targeting the nuclear industry. — The 32-year-old man, who was detained along with his brother …
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Warner Todd Huston / Publius Forum:
How ACORN Hides Behind Fake Names — Many states have ways to look up the businesses, organizations and people with whom the state does business. Illinois has such a service on the Secretary of State's website. — In Illinois there is a way to search the folks the state does business …
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Rep. Steve King: Matthew Shepard's Sexual Orientation Had Nothing To Do With His Murder — Yesterday, the House voted “to expand the definition of violent federal hate crimes to those committed because of a victim's sexual orientation” by passing the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
Michelle Marsh / CBSAtlanta.com:
Restaurant Sign Attacking Obama Sparks Race Debate — Restaurant Owner Opposes Obama Healthcare Plan — TEMPLE, Ga. — When you walk into the Georgia Peach Oyster Bar in Paulding County, you feel like you've walked into a different era. — Behind the pool tables stands a mannequin …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Sotomayor Puts Stamp on a Day at Court — WASHINGTON — Justice Sonia Sotomayor may be new, but she is not shy. She quickly established herself this week as a significant force in Supreme Court arguments, asking clipped, pointed and sometimes impatient questions.
Ezra Klein:
Bipartisanship Lost — I give David Brooks a hard time sometimes, but I really do wish the conservative movement would follow his example. “If I were in Congress, I'd figure there's an 80 percent chance of something like [the Baucus bill] passing anyway,” he writes.
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