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Sarah Palin / Drudge Report:
HER TURN! — Chapter Four; Section 8, pages 255-257 — By the third week in September, a “Free Sarah” campaign was under way and the press at large was growing increasingly critical of the McCain camp's decision to keep me, my family and friends back home, and my governor's staff all bottled up.
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Matthew Continetti / Wall Street Journal:
Can Sarah Palin Make a Comeback? — Her poll numbers among independents are strong enough to give her a chance. — Printer — Friendly — I don't typically watch Oprah. But I won't miss Monday's interview with Sarah Palin. The appearance is supposed to be about Ms. Palin's new memoir …
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Washington Post:
With early leak, Sarah Palin's ‘Going Rogue’ is off and running — The rollout for former Alaska governor Sarah Palin's highly anticipated and score-settling memoir began Thursday with all the orchestrated stagecraft, wild accusations, inconvenient leaks and media fascination that characterized …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Key 9/11 Suspect to Be Tried in New York — WASHINGTON — Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, and four other men accused in the plot will be prosecuted in federal court in New York City, a federal law enforcement official said early on Friday.
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Evan Perez / Wall Street Journal:
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to Be Sent to New York for Trial — WASHINGTON — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and four others accused in the attacks will be put on criminal trial in New York, Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to announce later Friday.
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to Be Sent to New York for Trial
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The Politico:
After spending binge, W.H. says it will focus on deficits — President Barack Obama plans to announce in next year's State of the Union address that he wants to focus extensively on cutting the federal deficit in 2010 - and will downplay other new domestic spending beyond jobs programs, according to top aides involved in the planning.
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CNN:
Top White House Lawyer Pushed Out — TOKYO (CNN) - In the first major shakeup among President Obama's senior staff, CNN has learned that White House Counsel Greg Craig is being pushed out in favor of veteran Democratic lawyer Bob Bauer because of a dispute over the struggle to close the U.S. Military prison at Guantanamo.
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Tim Fernholz / American Prospect:
Annals of Our Broken Congress: Jobs Edition. — President Obama has announced his intention to hold a Jobs Summit at the White House, reacting to the high unemployment rate and increasing dissatisfaction with his economic policies. Sure, fine, get the folks together, hopefully some actual results will come out of it.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Free to Lose — Consider, for a moment, a tale of two countries. Both have suffered a severe recession and lost jobs as a result — but not on the same scale. In Country A, employment has fallen more than 5 percent, and the unemployment rate has more than doubled.
Frank Newport / Gallup:
More in U.S. Say Health Coverage Is Not Gov't. Responsibility — Marks significant shift from the attitudes of the past decade — PRINCETON, NJ — More Americans now say it is not the federal government's responsibility to make sure all Americans have healthcare coverage (50%) than say it is (47%).
The Politico:
RNC to opt out of abortion coverage — The Republican National Committee will no longer offer employees an insurance plan that covers abortion after POLITICO reported Thursday that the anti-abortion RNC's policy has covered the procedure since 1991. — “Money from our loyal donors …
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Charles Krauthammer / Real Clear Politics:
Explaining Away Mass Murder — WASHINGTON — What a surprise — that someone who shouts “Allahu Akbar” (the “God is great” jihadist battle cry) as he is shooting up a room of American soldiers might have Islamist motives. It certainly was a surprise to the mainstream media …
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James C. McKinley Jr / New York Times:Major Held in Fort Hood Rampage Is Charged With 13 Counts of Murder
Chris Frates / The Politico:
Reconciliation could kill Stupak rider — Democrats will almost certainly kill the anti-abortion Stupak amendment in the process if they go to Plan B on passing a health care health care — using a filibuster-proof reconciliation bill — budget experts say.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Friday Senate Line: Depressed Democrats? — Two new Quinnipiac University polls released Thursday in Ohio and Connecticut provided sobering news for Senate Democrats. — In Connecticut, Sen. Chris Dodd (D), whose numbers experienced something of a resurgence over the summer …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Toplines - Texas Republican Primary - November 11, 2009 — Survey of 798 Likely GOP Primary Voters — 1* How would you rate the job Rick Perry has been doing as Governor... do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he's been doing?
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David Alexander / Front Row Washington:
Making peace with the MILF — Grappling with the alphabet stew of world insurgencies can have its pitfalls. — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discovered as much Friday as she fielded questions about the Moro Islamic Liberation Front during a town hall-style gathering in Manila.
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The Huffington Post:
Goldman To Private Insurers: No Health Care Reform At All Is Best — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — A Goldman Sachs analysis of health care legislation has concluded that, as far as the bottom line for insurance companies is concerned, the best thing to do is nothing.
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Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
Catholic officials shouldn't forsake D.C.'s poor in gay marriage fight — In the gray rain — where the only burst of color comes from the flash of an ambulance scooping up someone who is cold, sick and wet — threatening to shut a door is the cruelest answer.
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Jamie Dimon / Washington Post:
No more ‘too big to fail’ — Our company, J.P. Morgan Chase, employs more than 220,000 people, serves well over 100 million customers, lends hundreds of millions of dollars each day and has operations in nearly 100 countries. And if some unforeseen circumstance should put this firm at risk of collapse …
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