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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.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Much Worse Than I Expected — All I can say is: the president gave a speech he could have given at any point in the last three years. No one in that room could disagree with any of the things he said. I sure don't (with the exception of the hate crimes hooey). And he said it well and movingly.
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Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog Gay:Obama's big gay speech: Heard it all before.
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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 …
Greg Miller / Los Angeles Times: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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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
IF IT'S SUNDAY, IT'S PRESIDENT MCCAIN.... A couple of days ago, Atrios tweeted, “Huzzah! President John McCain will be on my teevee on Sunday.” I hoped he was kidding. He wasn't. — On today's episode of CNN's “State of the Union,” viewers can tune in to find yet another Sunday interview …
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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.
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
McCain Admits to Tensions Over Palin — For the first time, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “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,” CNN reports.
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CNN:
McCain warns against ‘historic’ error in Afghanistan — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. John McCain said any added military deployment in Afghanistan smaller than the 40,000 troops reportedly requested by the top U.S. commander there “would be an error of historic proportions.”
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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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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 Examiner:
The truth about the Baucus bill - Part 1 — Obamacare advocates in the White House, Congress and the newsroom of the New York Times were elated this week when a Congressional Budget Office statement said the health care reform bill by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont. …
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