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5:20 PM ET, October 13, 2009

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sens: Snowe's healthcare vote puts her top Commerce perch at risk  —  Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine) is risking a shot at becoming the top Republican on an influential Senate committee by backing Democratic healthcare legislation, according to senators on the panel.
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Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
GOP Tweets clip of Hitler praising Pelosi UPDATE  —  Hitler hearts Pelosi?  —  That seems to be a view the National Republican Congressional Committee [which brought you the put-Pelosi-in-her-place statement last week] seems to be endorsing, judging from what the committee posts on their Twitter account.
Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Echoing Insurance Industry, Lieberman Says He Doesn't Support Baucus Bill  —  In August, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) told CNN that he believed it was the wrong time for President Obama and Congress to attempt health care reform.  “I'm afraid we've got to think about putting a lot of that off until …
Chris Frates / The Politico:
PWC statement — Not so helpful for AHIP  —  PricewaterhouseCoopers, the authors of AHIP's report, put out a statement last night that basically said, “Hey, we weren't paid to evaluate the effects of the entire bill, but rather a small slice of it.”  The statement only seems to reinforce critics' view …
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Senate Panel Is Set for Vote on Health Care Bill  —  The Senate Finance Committee is to meet on Tuesday for final debate and a vote on its long-gestating health care bill.  —  Because Democrats hold a 13-to-10 majority on the panel, there is no question that the bill is headed to the Senate floor.
Katharine Q. Seelye / Prescriptions:
Live Blogging the Finance Panel Vote on Health Care Bill  —  After a five-hour hearing, the Senate Finance Committee voted, 14-9, in favor of a bill overhauling the health care system.  The only Republican on the panel to vote in support of the proposal was Senator Olympia J. Snowe …
Washington Post:
As Panel Votes Today, Democrats Look Ahead
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
LIVEBLOG: Senate Finance Committee Votes On Health Care Reform Bill
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Grassley suggests Snowe will vote against Baucus healthcare reform bill
Discussion: Weekly Standard
James Oliphant / Los Angeles Times:
Healthcare overhaul bill clears Senate Finance Committee
Discussion: Truthdig
Hilary Moss / The Huffington Post:
Olympia Snowe's Suits: Matronly Or Magnificent? (PHOTOS, POLL)
Discussion: Weekly Standard and The Politico
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Olympia Snowe's Vote: Thanks But No Thanks.
The Huffington Post:
Snowe Voting Yes On Senate Finance Health Care Reform Bill
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Moderate Voice
Washington Post:
Senate Finance Committee Approves Health-Care Bill
Discussion: The Fix and Wonkette
The Politico:   Dem leaders brush off the left
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Senate Finance approves health bill
Discussion: Commentary and Gawker
MSteele / GOP.com:
Let me ask you  —  The Internet has been around a while, now.  But, I still find it an amazing platform for innovation, not just in technology, but in life.  Beyond admiring the way it powers so many inventions and businesses, it has become a personal thing for me.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Missing from GOP.com: Future  —  This is, a youngish Republican points out to me this morning, a bit of an unfortunate place for an empty page on the Republican National Committee's nifty new website.  —  That would be the “Future Leaders” page.  —  Post Comment  —  Pages  —  HILARIOUS!
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Top Ten Reasons Why The GOP Website Relaunch Is Fizzlin'  —  10. In a section devoted to “future leaders,” there were none.  —  9. In the subsequent rush to get up a “future leaders” page, they choose “you.”  —  8. The last GOP accomplishment cited on the accomplishment page was from 2004.
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:   Liz Cheney takes on Obama's foreign policy
Booman Tribune:
Can I Vent?  —  Yesterday was probably the most embarrassing day yet for the progressive blogosphere during the short reign of the Obama administration.  So, now is probably a good time to just let loose and register my disgust with the movement I've been a part of for the last five years.
Discussion: The Impolitic
David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
Orly Taitz Sanctioned for $20,000  —  The “Birther queen” has been slapped with a five-figure fine for “wasting the judicial resources” of the Middle District of Georgia, where she'd filed one of her numerous lawsuits demanding that President Obama prove his citizenship before deploying soldiers to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Discussion: TPMMuckraker and Politics Daily
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The Smoking Gun:
O'Reilly Falafel Suit Turns Five  —  Fox News star's pervy sex fantasies, boasts just never get old  —  Happy anniversary, Bill O'Reilly!  On this date five years ago, the Fox News Channel host was named in a sexual harassment lawsuit brimming with lurid details about vibrators, phone sex …
Discussion: Gawker and Indecision Forever
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Matthews: 'Someone's Going To Jam a CO2 Pellet Into Rush's Head'  —  What some guys won't say to get attention . . .  Analogizing Rush Limbaugh to a James Bond villain, Chris Matthews today fantasized: “at some point somebody's going to jam a CO2 pellet into his head and he's going to explode like a giant blimp.”
Discussion: Hot Air and Below The Beltway
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Cable Effect  —  I got to the office a bit before 9AM today and within 20 minutes I felt incredibly agitated.  I was pissed off.  I also had a feeling of despair about the prospects for health reform.  I was mad, and I also felt helpless.  What was wrong?  Was it just a bad case of the Mondays?
Discussion: MoJo Blog Posts and Liberal Values
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Number of U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Overlooks Thousands of Support Troops  —  Additional Deployments Not Announced and Rarely Noted  —  President Obama announced in March that he would be sending 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan.  But in an unannounced move, the White House has also authorized …
Michael Ledeen / Pajamas Media:
Khamenei Said to be in Coma  —  This story has been floating around the net for the past day or so, but this report comes from a person who is in a position to know such things.  As I know very well (having been gulled into wrongly announcing Khamenei's death a while back), it is easy to be misled …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Second Thoughts in Battle for Virginia  —  WASHINGTON — When State Senator R. Creigh Deeds defeated Terry McAuliffe, the former Democratic Party chairman and confidante of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, to be the Democratic nominee for governor of Virginia, the argument among many Democrats …
 
 
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Mark Maske / Washington Post:
NFL Casts Doubt on Limbaugh's Bid
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WHDH-TV:
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Decline: It's Not Really a Choice
Discussion: Commentary and Ezra Klein
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Graham: GOP ‘not going to be the party of angry white guys’
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
GQ'S CHANGING OF THE GUARD
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and The Page
Christa Marshall / New York Times:
EPA Document Creates Crossfire Between Midwestern Utilities and Enviros
Discussion: Hot Air
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