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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Breaking: Snowe defects on committee vote — Charles Grassley predicted that the Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee would stick together on the final panel vote on the Baucus health-care overhaul plan. Unfortunately, he didn't reckon on colleague Olympia Snowe's desire to make …
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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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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Matthews: 'Someone's Going To Jam a CO2 Pellet Into Rush's Head'
Matthews: 'Someone's Going To Jam a CO2 Pellet Into Rush's Head'
The Hill:
Snowe to vote ‘yes’ for Finance Committee healthcare reform bill
Snowe to vote ‘yes’ for Finance Committee healthcare reform bill
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Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Echoing Insurance Industry, Lieberman Says He Doesn't Support Baucus Bill
Echoing Insurance Industry, Lieberman Says He Doesn't Support Baucus Bill
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Senate Finance Committee Passes Bill 14-9: What Now?
Senate Finance Committee Passes Bill 14-9: What Now?
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Olympia Snowe's Vote: Thanks But No Thanks.
Olympia Snowe's Vote: Thanks But No Thanks.
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Senate Panel Is Set for Vote on Health Care Bill
Senate Panel Is Set for Vote on Health Care Bill
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Anthony Man / Broward Politics:
Robert Wexler to resign from Congress — Update: U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, who represents Broward and Palm Beach counties, plans to resign from Congress. Wexler plans to meet with reporters Wednesday morning in Boca Raton to detail his next move. A Democratic source with knowledge …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:
Wexler to Resign Florida Congressional Seat. What Obama Job Will He Get? — Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.), the self-described “fire breathing liberal” congressman, is going to announce his resignation from Congress tomorrow morning, according to the Sun-Sentinel. And the paper adds: … Oh?
Beth Reinhard / MiamiHerald.com:
U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler to step down — U.S. House of Representatives member Robert Wexler of Boca Raton, a self-described “fire-breathing liberal,” defender of Israel and friend of both President Barack Obama and Gov. Charlie Crist, is quitting Congress to head a think tank seeking peace in the Middle East.
Laura Rozen / Laura Rozen's Blog:
Wexler for USAID? — Development community sources buzzing …
Wexler for USAID? — Development community sources buzzing …
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Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Charles Johnson Now So Anti-Racist He's Denouncing Fake Racist Quotes — Charles Johnson was against fake but accurate before he was for it. — No link for the idiot. I'll just quote him. From a thread: … That link I've left in provides a flurry of extremely dubious Limbaugh “quotes” — and not a single link or citation.
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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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Michael McAuliff / Mouth of the Potomac:
GOP Posts Password, Admin Instructions on New Web Site
GOP Posts Password, Admin Instructions on New Web Site
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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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Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Stick a fork in Limbaugh's NFL dream, it's done
Stick a fork in Limbaugh's NFL dream, it's done
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Ben Szobody / The State:
‘Chill out,’ Graham tells critics — GREENVILLE - An often clamorous crowd blasted, grilled and occasionally cheered Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in a town hall meeting Monday that centered on health care reform but returned repeatedly to his positions on climate change, judicial appointees and immigration.
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Michelle Malkin:
Michelle Obama is afraid of...South Carolina? — First, the White House goes to war with Fox News. — Now, if Democrat Rep. James Clyburn is to be believed, it looks like the First Lady is spoiling for a tiff with the state of South Carolina. — Is there anyone Team Obama isn't willing to alienate these days?
P.J. Gladnick / NewsBusters.org:
Robert Reich Reveals Brutal Health Care Truths; MSM Snores — Paging Congressman Alan Grayson! Here is a quote that validates what you said about those EVIL Republicans: … Aha! So it turns out that Grayson was right when he said “Republicans want you to die quickly.” Only one “little” problem here.
Associated Press:
Controversial Bush-Era EPA E-mail Released — Message Buried by Bush Administration Because of Its Conclusions on Global Warming Surfaces — (AP) A controversial e-mail message buried by the Bush administration because of its conclusions on global warming surfaced Tuesday …
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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.
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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Angela Delli Santi / Associated Press:
GOP NJ governor candidate's spending questioned — TRENTON, N.J. — The Republican candidate for New Jersey governor, who has campaigned on a platform of ethical integrity and cutting government waste, regularly spent beyond federal guidelines on business travel while U.S. attorney, records show.
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.
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Paul Tharp / New York Post:
Dollar loses reserve status to yen & euro — Ben Bernanke's dollar crisis went into a wider mode yesterday as the greenback was shockingly upstaged by the euro and yen, both of which can lay claim to the world title as the currency favored by central banks as their reserve currency.
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 …
New York Times:
Saudis Seek Payments for Any Drop in Oil Revenues — Saudi Arabia is trying to enlist other oil-producing countries to support a provocative idea: if wealthy countries reduce their oil consumption to combat global warming, they should pay compensation to oil producers.
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Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
Pour Rock Salt on Snowe — Olympia Snowe has sold out the country. Having been banished to our world after Aslan chased her out of Narnia, Snowe is intent on corrupting this place too. — So we should melt her. — What melts snow? Rock salt. — I'm going to ship this 5 pound bag of rock salt to her office in Maine.
Bruce Bartlett / Capital Gains and Games blogs:
Supply-Side Economics, R.I.P. — Today is the official publication date of my latest book, The New American Economy. In this post I'd like to explain a little bit about why I wrote it and how I arrived at my present state of mind, which seems to be confusing to many of my friends.