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David M. Drucker / Roll Call:
GOP Launches Strategy to Trip Up Health Bill — Senate Republicans, acknowledging they lack the votes to block a health care reform bill outright, have implemented a comprehensive political strategy to delay, define and derail. — With Democratic leaders and White House officials holed …
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Doctor pay, and its cost, are part of health reform — A test of President Obama's pledge to pay for health care — IN THE WORLD according to Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), setting Medicare payment levels for doctors has nothing to do with health reform. Really.
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Ceci Connolly / Washington Post:White House aides reaffirm public option is not mandatory
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The Huffington Post:Harry Reid's Toughness Questioned In New Progressive Ad
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Martina Stewart / CNN:Gregg: U.S. could be on path to a ‘banana republic’ situation
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The Politico:
CNBC, Reuters fall for climate hoax — In a dramatic shift, the Chamber of Commerce announced Monday that it is throwing its support behind climate change legislation making its way through the U.S. Senate. — Only it didn't. — An e-mail press release announcing the change is a hoax, say Chamber officials.
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Lisa Lerer / The Politico:
White House plan: Neuter the Chamber — The White House and congressional Democrats are working to marginalize the Chamber of Commerce — the powerful business lobby opposed to many of President Barack Obama's first-year priorities — by going around the group and dealing directly with the CEOs of major U.S. corporations.
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chamber-of-commerce.us:A Survival Strategy for Free Enterprise Over the Long Term
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:Fake “Chamber” Press Release Dupes Reuters
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Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
AP Newsbreak: New medical marijuana policy issued — AP Newsbreak: New medical marijuana policy issued by Obama administration — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws …
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Tony Romm / The Hill:
Thomas to White House: Stay out of Fox News fight — Veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas on Monday advised the Obama administration to stand down and avoid further fighting with Fox News and its correspondents. — In an interview with MSNBC, the columnist — who is promoting …
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Paul Krugman:
Superfreakingmeta — Brad DeLong does the heavy lifting. Legalistic quibbling about who said what in an email isn't going to help Dubner and Levitt here: in this crucial chapter, there's an average of one statement per page that's either flatly untrue or deeply misleading.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Banks Are Not All Right — It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. O.K., maybe not literally the worst, but definitely bad. And the contrast between the immense good fortune of a few and the continuing suffering of all too many boded ill for the future.
Marisa Treviño / Latina Lista:
Special Sunday Post: RNC Chairman Michael Steele's bizarre interview with Univision's Jorge Ramos — For months now, I've resisted trying to equate Michael Steele with Sarah Palin — a Republican Party choice (a.k.a. token) to appease a certain demographic. Palin was to appeal to women voters.
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Will Afghanistan turn into another Vietnam? — WASHINGTON (CNN) - A slight majority of Americans think that the war in Afghanistan is turning into another Vietnam, according to a new national poll which also indicates that nearly six in 10 oppose sending more U.S. troops to the conflict.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:Reading Material — I find the idea that senior military …
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David Sharrock / Times of London:
Hillary Clinton suffers ‘mis-speaking’ relapse with Belfast bomb claims — Hillary Clinton has been caught out “mis-speaking” again in a manner that suggests that she hasn't learnt from past experiences of her globe-trotting, “lily-gilding” speeches. — The US Secretary of State …
New York Times:
Decision on Afghan Troops May Wait — WASHINGTON — The White House signaled Sunday that President Obama would postpone any decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan until the disputed election there had been settled and resulted in a government that could work with the United States.
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Walter Shapiro / Politics Daily:
In New Jersey, It Was Christie's Race to Lose — and He May Have Lost It — NORTH BERGEN, N.J. - Jon Corzine - the bearded, gray-haired, former Wall Street titan running for his second term as New Jersey's Democratic governor - would never be confused with the toothy-smiled, broad-shouldered …
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Mika: With One Exception, Every CBS Reporter, Director, Anchor A Liberal — Give Mika Brzezinski credit for candor. She has stated that during her 10 years at CBS, every reporter, producer and anchor she knew, with one exception, was a liberal. — The Morning Joe co-host made the disclosure today …
Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blog:
Who's running the WashTimes edit page? — For the past few months, Washington Times staffers have been asking one another: Where's Richard Miniter? — Miniter, who came aboard in March to run the editorial pages—and remains on the newspaper's masthead today—hasn't been seen much around …
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Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
Foreclosures Force Ex-Homeowners to Turn to Shelters — CLEVELAND — The first night after she surrendered her house to foreclosure, Sheri West endured the darkness in her Hyundai sedan. She parked in her old driveway, with her flower-print dresses and hats piled in boxes on the back seat …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Romney on Iran: “Unalloyed Evil” — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) condemned the Obama Administration's approach toward Iran, a republic he described as “unalloyed evil” and controlled by “ruthless and fanatical” leaders in a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee today in San Diego.
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