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The Huffington Post:
Durbin: Progressives Forced Our Hand On Public Option — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Democratic leaders were forced to include a national public health insurance option as part of health care reform by progressive Democratic senators who refused to support anything less, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said on Monday.
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The Politico:
Liberals to Obama: Time to step up
Liberals to Obama: Time to step up
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Washington Sketch: Harry Reid, party of one, on the health-care public option
Washington Sketch: Harry Reid, party of one, on the health-care public option
New York Times:
Public Option Push in Senate Comes With Escape Hatch
Public Option Push in Senate Comes With Escape Hatch
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Reid's Roll Of The Dice
Reid's Roll Of The Dice
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Tony Romm / The Hill:
NRSC: Reid is a ‘partisan bully’
NRSC: Reid is a ‘partisan bully’
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William Kristol / Washington Post:
The future of the GOP is outside the Beltway — Bien-pensant conservative elites and establishment-friendly Republican big shots yearn for a more moderate, temperate and sophisticated Republican Party. It's not likely to happen. And probably just as well.
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Right Battles G.O.P. in a Pivotal Race in New York — WATERTOWN, N.Y. — From a command center inside the Days Inn here, conservatives from around the country are fighting to preserve what they see as the integrity of the Republican Party. — Urged on by leaders like former Gov. Sarah Palin …
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New York Post:
Doug Hoffman for Congress — New York's 23rd Congressional District lies near Canada, far to the north — but next week's special election merits attention throughout the state. — That's because the Republican candidate in that race, Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, is the product …
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
U.S. official resigns over Afghan war — When Matthew Hoh joined the Foreign Service early this year, he was exactly the kind of smart civil-military hybrid the administration was looking for to help expand its development efforts in Afghanistan. — A former Marine Corps captain …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Nielsen: Fox News ratings up almost 10% since WH declared war — It's a nine-percent bump in the two weeks since Anita Dunn's whine heard 'round the world — in terms of overall audience. Among the coveted 25-54 demographic? A 14-percent bump. Good work, Barry.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Biden's popularity plunges; lower than Cheney's — Vice President Joe Biden's favorable rating has fallen to 42 percent in a new Gallup poll, down from a high of 59 percent just after last year's election. Biden's unfavorable rating in the new poll is 40 percent, up from 29 percent last November.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Vice President Biden's Favorable Rating Continues to Decline
Vice President Biden's Favorable Rating Continues to Decline
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Morning Fix: NY-23 as 2012 litmus test? — The Iowa caucuses may be more than two years from now but a series of moves by potential Republican presidential contenders has turned a special election in New York's 23rd district into an early test of conservative bona fides.
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Washington Post:
McDonnell has double-digit lead in Va. governor's race, Post poll says
McDonnell has double-digit lead in Va. governor's race, Post poll says
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Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times:
Ex-A.I.G. Chief Is Back, Luring Talent From Rescued Firm — Maurice R. Greenberg, who built the American International Group into an insurance behemoth with an impenetrable maze of on- and offshore companies, is at it again. — Even as he has been lambasting the government for its handling …
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Mary Jordan / Washington Post:
Bush's first stand on a new podium — FORT WORTH — After nine months of being nearly invisible — a big outing has been to a Dallas hardware store for flashlights — George W. Bush made his debut Monday in his latest incarnation: motivational speaker. — Nearly 15,000 people heard …
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Aman Batheja / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Popularity fleeting, former president tells seminar crowd
Popularity fleeting, former president tells seminar crowd
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Robin Pagnamenta / Times of London:
Climate chief Lord Stern: give up meat to save the planet — People will need to consider turning vegetarian if the world is to conquer climate change, according to a leading authority on global warming. — In an interview with The Times, Lord Stern of Brentford said …
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The Politico:
Grayson goes too far for colleagues — Republicans and Democrats slammed Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) for calling Linda Robertson, an adviser to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, a “K Street whore” in a month-old radio interview that circulated on Capitol Hill Monday night. — “There's no call for that language.
Andy Soltis / New York Post:
Tax refugees staging escape from New York — New Yorkers are fleeing the state and city in alarming numbers — and costing a fortune in lost tax dollars, a new study shows. — More than 1.5 million state residents left for other parts of the United States from 2000 to 2008 …
CNN:
CNN Poll: 6 in 10 back ‘cap and trade’ — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Six in 10 Americans support a “cap and trade” proposal to cut pollution, according to a new national poll. — Sixty percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey say they favor “cap and trade,” …
Jerusalem Post:
J Street branch drops pro-Israel slogan — J Street's university arm has dropped the “pro-Israel” part of the left-wing US lobby's “pro-Israel, pro-peace” slogan to avoid alienating students. — That decision was part of the message conveyed to young activists who attended a special weekend program …
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Republicans impatient with leaders, awaiting healthcare alternative — Some House Republicans are growing frustrated that their leaders have not yet introduced a healthcare reform alternative. — For months, the message from House GOP leaders on a healthcare bill has been similar to ads for yet-to-be-released movies: Coming soon.
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Dismal special election record hampers GOP's 2010 comeback — The GOP could lose its fifth of five big special elections in two years — a development that has Republicans asking why the irregular races continue to bedevil their party, even as it rebounds in other ways.