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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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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 …
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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 …
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Republicans Run Their Political Party The Right Way — When Olympia Snowe angers her colleagues by voting yes on health reform, they won't just be annoyed they may actually punish her by denying her the opportunity to become ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee.
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.
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:Olympia Snowe's Vote: Thanks But No Thanks.
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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'
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Russia Resists U.S. Position on Sanctions for Iran — MOSCOW — Threatening Iran with harsh new sanctions to advance negotiations over its nuclear program would be “counterproductive,” Russia's foreign minister said Tuesday, throwing cold water on the Obama administration's hopes that Russia …
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Jeffrey Herf / The New Republic:Bombs Away — The only credible threat Obama can leverage against Iran
Hillary Rodham Clinton / US Department of State:Remarks With Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
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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.
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Justin Elliott / TPMMuckraker:
Orly Taitz Responds To Judge's $20k Fine: Shove It! — Reached on her cell phone by TPMmuckraker and informed of the $20,000 fine imposed on her by a federal judge this morning, Birther attorney Orly Taitz responded, first, with laughter. — “So he didn't recuse himself?”
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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.
Mark Maske / Washington Post:
NFL Casts Doubt on Limbaugh's Bid — BOSTON—Commissioner Roger Goodell said here Tuesday that it would be inappropriate for the owner of an NFL franchise to make the sort of controversial statements attributed in the past to conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh.
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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 …
WHDH-TV:
Symbol carved into green at Lakeville golf course — LAKEVILLE, Mass — Police along with the Secret Service are investigating after a local country club discovered a symbol resembling a swastika carved into the green. — Lakeville County Club workers discovered the vandalism early Monday morning.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Liz Cheney takes on ‘radical’ W.H. — Former Vice President Dick Cheney's eldest daughter Liz will launch a new group aimed at rallying opposition to the “radical” foreign policy of the Obama administration which it says has succeeded only in undermining the nation's security.
Fox News:
Christian Convert Teen Must Go Back to Ohio, Judge Rules — A 17-year old girl who fled from her home, fearing her Muslim parents would kill her for converting to Christianity, must go back to Ohio, a Florida judge ruled Tuesday. — Judge Daniel Dawson ruled Ohio has jurisdiction over the case involving the teen, Rifqa Bary.
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 …
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.”
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Graham: GOP ‘not going to be the party of angry white guys’ — (CNN) - South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has always enjoyed a little back-and-forth with belligerent audiences. — He was at it again on Monday night as he faced down an angry town hall crowd in Greenville packed with libertarians …
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
OBAMA 15TH HOTTEST HEAD OF STATE — President Barack Obama may have been granted a Nobel Peace Prize, but that doesn't mean that every top honor comes to him easily. The new website “Hottest Heads of State” has ranked the attractiveness of 172 world leaders, and Obama comes in 15th behind …
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