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5:25 PM ET, November 10, 2009

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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
The Best Speech Obama's Given Since...Maybe Ever  —  Today, at Ft. Hood.  I guarantee: they'll be teaching this one in rhetoric classes.  It was that good.  My gloss won't do it justice.  Yes, I'm having a Chris Matthews-chill-running-up-my- leg moment, but sometimes, the man …
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Dana Priest / Washington Post:
Fort Hood suspect warned of threats within the ranks  —  Cited stress facing Muslims Hasan spoke at Walter Reed in 2007  —  The Army psychiatrist believed to have killed 13 people at Fort Hood warned a roomful of senior Army physicians a year and a half ago that to avoid “adverse events,” …
Washington Post:
Hasan on Islam  —  Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, the Army psychiatrist believed to have killed 13 people at Fort Hood, was supposed to discuss a medical topic during gave a presentation to senior Army doctors in June 2007.  Instead, he lectured on Islam, suicide bombers and threats the military …
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
President Obama pays tribute to 13 fallen soldiers of Fort Hood tragedy
Discussion: The Swamp
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Obama's Best Speech Ever
Discussion: Burnt Orange Report
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama promises justice at Ft. Hood
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Obama's modest proposal: A Lieberman swap  —  A source at the White House for the president's meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reports that Obama ended the event with a modest proposal for the domestic politics of both men.  —  At the meeting's conclusion …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Democrats Raise Alarms Over Health Bill Costs  —  WASHINGTON — As health care legislation moves toward a crucial airing in the Senate, the White House is facing a growing revolt from some Democrats and analysts who say the bills Congress is considering do not fulfill President Obama's promise …
OMB Director Peter Orszag / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Fiscally Responsible Health Reform Redux
Discussion: The Hill and Des Moines Register
Laura Rozen / Laura Rozen's Blog:
Rahm speaks to Jewish Federation
Discussion: Commentary and Ben Smith's Blog
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Dunn leaving White House, Pfeiffer takes over  —  White House communications director Anita Dunn will step down from her post at the end of the month and Dan Pfeiffer, her deputy, will take over, according to sources familiar with the move.  —  Dunn, a longtime Democratic media consultant …
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Michelle Malkin:
Don't get excited: Anita Dunn is not being thrown under the bus
Discussion: NewsReal Blog and NewsBusters.org
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Rush to Therapy  —  We're all born late.  We're born into history that is well under way.  We're born into cultures, nations and languages that we didn't choose.  On top of that, we're born with certain brain chemicals and genetic predispositions that we can't control.
ABCNEWS:
Bill Clinton Visits Capitol Hill to Rally Democrats on Health Care  —  Clinton: “There is No Perfect Bill,” “Worst Thing We Can Do is Nothing”  —  Public Option Remains Obstacle in Health Care Overhaul  —  Abortion is only one of the internal disputes that have snarled Democrats over health reform.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Chris Frates / The Politico:
Clinton to senators: “This is an economic imperative.”
Discussion: The Note and ABCNEWS
Joseph Weber / Washington Times:
EXCLUSIVE: Warner: Obama misplayed health care debate
Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Political eyes on Republican Scozzafava after conservatives urge her to quit  —  It's a Grand Old Purging as moderate's ouster spotlights Republican dysfunction  —  GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. — Over Halloween weekend, Dede Scozzafava morphed from a rosy-cheeked Republican mom to a political figure of speech.
The Huffington Post:
Boxer: Senate Has Votes To Block Stupak Amendment  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  With Reporting By Ryan Grim  —  One of Congress's foremost champions of abortion rights said on Monday that the Senate did not have the votes to add a more restrictive anti-abortion amendment to health care reform legislation.
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J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:   McConnell warns of Senate fight over abortion
Wall Street Journal:
Confessions of an ObamaCare Backer  —  A liberal explains the political calculus.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  The typical argument for ObamaCare is that it will offer better medical care for everyone and cost less to do it, but occasionally a supporter lets the mask slip and reveals the real political motivation.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Tough future for Snowe as a Republican  —  It looks like Olympia Snowe could have a pretty hard time getting nominated for another term in the Senate as a Republican.  —  There are now more folks in her party who disapprove than approve of Snowe's job performance.
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Poll: Snowe Could Lose 2012 GOP Primary In Landslide To Conservative Challenger
CBS News:
Justice Dept. Asked For News Site's Visitor Lists  —  Posted by Declan McCullagh In a case that raises questions about online journalism and privacy rights, the U.S. Department of Justice sent a formal request to an independent news site ordering it to provide details of all reader visits on a certain day.
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Carrie Prejean confirms ‘sex tape,’ but ...  Carrie Prejean, some might remember, is the California beauty queen who gained instant ignominy in some circles by agreeing with President Obama's ridiculous notion that marriage is a union between one man and one woman.
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:   The Carrie Prejean “sex tape.”
The Huffington Post:
NEW YORK POST LAWSUIT: Shocking Allegations Made By Fired Employee  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  The New York Post editor fired after speaking out against a cartoon depicting the author of the president's stimulus package as a dead chimpanzee has sued the paper.
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Conn Carroll / The Foundry:
Video: The Cap and Trade YouTube the Obama Admin. Does Not Want You To See
Washington Examiner:
Climate bill's ‘emergency provision’ gives Obama strong-man powers  —  By: EXAMINER EDITORIAL HOT ZONE ALERT  —  Both the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade energy approved earlier this year and the version just okayed by Sen. Barbara Boxer's Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's Democrats …
Ezra Klein:
The social skills of great journalists  —  Gabe Sherman's profile of New York Times Wall Street savant Andrew Ross Sorkin has some pretty incredible anecdotes. … Journalism likes to sell itself as a form of detective work.  That's certainly the depiction of Woodward and Bernstein in …
 
 
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United States Senator:
DeMint Introduces “Term Limits for All” Constitutional Amendment
Discussion: Lean Left
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Washington Sketch: Gingrich is no longer conservative about showing his religion
Mickey Kaus / Kausfiles:
Health Care Reform: Got Id?
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Marcel Pacatte / The Huffington Post:
Judge Should Laugh Subpoena Request out of Courtroom
Glen Bolger / TQIA:
Shhh — Don't Tell Anyone, But Obama Hurt Deeds in Virginia
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We're Joining “Don't Ask, Don't Give” Boycott
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Ingraham: Pelosi did everything but “sell her own body” on health vote
 

 
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