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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News:
Where's the beef? — Joe's reaction to Obama's gay speech is up on the gay blog. — As for my take... Barack Obama just promised us that if he becomes president, he's going to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, the Defense of Marriage Act, and get ENDA passed. It was a bit surreal.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Obama Pledges Again to End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' — WASHINGTON — President Obama on Saturday renewed his vow to allow gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military, but failed to offer a timetable for doing so — an omission likely to inflame critics who say he is not fighting aggressively enough for gay rights.
Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog Gay:
Obama's big gay speech: Heard it all before. — (John's take on the speech is here.) Just watched the Obama speech at a party for the Maine campaign. He was quite proud of his Lady Gaga joke. — Obama told us, “I'm here with you in that fight.” He told us that during the campaign, too.
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Ann Gerhart / Washington Post:
In Today's Viral World, Who Keeps a Civil Tongue? — Late last month, Charisse Carney-Nunes fired up the computer at her home in Northeast Washington to check her e-mail. Her brain already was on morning drive time: breakfast for the kids, her day's work at a government agency.
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Another Fine Mess: Comics Whack Obama — WASHINGTON — Is President Obama in trouble with his late-night comedy base? — It's likely he hasn't noticed or doesn't care. He is, after all, in the midst of his oft-invoked “full plate” of supposedly “defining moments” in his presidency …
Michael Moore:
Get Off Obama's Back ...second thoughts from Michael Moore — Last night my wife asked me if I thought I was a little too hard on Obama in my letter yesterday congratulating him on his Nobel Prize. “No, I don't think so,” I replied. I thought it was important to remind him he's now conducting the two wars he's inherited.
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Greg Miller / Los Angeles Times:
Nobel Peace prize may weigh heavily on Obama
Nobel Peace prize may weigh heavily on Obama
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Frank Rich / New York Times:
Two Wrongs Make Another Fiasco — THOSE of us who love F. Scott Fitzgerald must acknowledge that he did get one big thing wrong. There are second acts in American lives. (Just ask Marion Barry, or William Shatner.) The real question is whether everyone deserves a second act.
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Martina Stewart / CNN:
McCain weighs in on Palin in 2012 — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Former Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain is openly admitting that there were tensions between his former campaign manager Steve Schmidt and those close to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, McCain's one-time White House running mate.
Benjamin Spillman / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
U.S. SENATE SEAT: Two could beat Reid, poll finds — Lowden, Tarkanian tied atop GOP challengers — Nevadans say they're ready to replace longtime Democratic incumbent Sen. Harry Reid with an untested Republican. — Which Republican? Undecided. — But of their top two picks …
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Jeff E. Schapiro / News & Advance:
Mason-Dixon poll: McDonnell up by 8 points over Deeds — Republican Bob McDonnell holds a comfortable lead for governor over Democrat Creigh Deeds, lifted by strong support in GOP regions of Virginia and growing appeal among independents, who in recent years have preferred Democrats, a Mason-Dixon poll shows.
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New York Times:
Yes We Can (Pass Climate Change Legislation) — CONVENTIONAL wisdom suggests that the prospect of Congress passing a comprehensive climate change bill soon is rapidly approaching zero. The divisions in our country on how to deal with climate change are deep.
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Washington Monthly, The Hill, Get Energy Smart!, The Politico, Climate Progress and MyDD
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Debate Follows Bills to Remove Clotheslines Bans — CANTON, Ohio — After taking a class that covered global warming last year, Jill Saylor decided to save energy by drying her laundry on a clothesline at her mobile home. — “I figured trailer parks were the one place left where hanging …
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Robert J. Shiller / New York Times:
A Bounce? Indeed. A Boom? Not Yet. — THE sudden rise in home prices suggests that the psychology of the market has shifted substantially. But what should we expect in the months ahead? Not necessarily that we're entering a new housing boom. To a large extent, where we're heading depends on what home buyers are thinking.