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Obama Silent On Public Option In Speech To Senators — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — As President Obama finished his speech to the Democratic caucus in the Capitol's Mansfield Room on Sunday afternoon, Joe Lieberman made his way over to Harry Reid. — The independent who still caucuses …
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Swampland, TPMDC, Hot Air, The Moderate Voice, Firedoglake, Dennis the Peasant and The Political Carnival
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Push for Deal on Public Health Plan
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Washington Monthly, Boston Globe, The Caucus, USA Today, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, ABCNEWS, Political Punch and The Note
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Obama meets Dems without addressing divisive issues; negotiations continue
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Chances shrink for pure public option
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What Barack Obama Really Thinks Of The White House Press — We are past, for the moment, the White House “war” on Fox, such as it was. (Obama did an interview with Fox News' Major Garrett a few weeks back, and General Petraeus is on Fox News Sunday today, with close Obama ally Dick Durbin.)
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NPR reporter pressured over Fox role — Executives at National Public Radio recently asked the network's top political correspondent, Mara Liasson, to reconsider her regular appearances on Fox News because of what they perceived as the network's political bias, two sources familiar with the effort said.
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Home > News > World > Europe — The news that a leaked set of emails appeared to show senior climate scientists had manipulated data was shocking enough. Now the story has become more remarkable still. — The computer hack, said a senior member of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change …
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'14 days to seal history's verdict' — This editorial calling for action from world leaders on climate change is published today by 56 newspapers around the world in 20 languages — Copenhagen climate change summit - opening day liveblog — Today 56 newspapers in 45 countries …
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U.S. Forecasts Smaller Loss From Bailout of Banks — WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department expects to recover all but $42 billion of the $370 billion it has lent to ailing companies since the financial crisis began last year, with the portion lent to banks actually showing a slight profit, according to a new Treasury report.
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An Affordable Truth — Maybe I'm naïve, but I'm feeling optimistic about the climate talks starting in Copenhagen on Monday. President Obama now plans to address the conference on its last day, which suggests that the White House expects real progress.
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McChrystal's plan for Afghanistan war remains largely intact — When he finishes testifying on Capitol Hill this week, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, will return to Kabul to implement a war strategy that is largely unchanged after a three-month-long White House review of the conflict.
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To really save the planet, stop going green — As President Obama heads to Copenhagen next week for global warming talks, there's one simple step Americans back home can take to help out: Stop “going green.” Just stop it. No more compact fluorescent light bulbs. No more green wedding planning.
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Palin's Father: She Left Hawaii Because Asians Made Her Uncomfortable — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Did Sarah Palin leave Hawaii because there were too many Asians? In the New Yorker review of “Going Rogue,” Sam Tanenhaus writes that Palin's father suggested as much to the reporters who wrote “Sarah From Alaska.”
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Climate Scientist to Revkin: “we can no longer trust you” to carry water for us. — Okay folks, here comes a new e-mail from the climate community yesterday that I did not hack (I was copied on it), and it is a case study in not getting it. Back story: Ever since Chris Horner …
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Tea Party Tops GOP on Three-Way Generic Ballot — Running under the Tea Party brand may be better in congressional races than being a Republican. — In a three-way Generic Ballot test, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Democrats attracting 36% of the vote.
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Secret Service counts 91 breaches — 2003 report has been used as training tool — Long before a pair of gate-crashers penetrated a White House state dinner, the Secret Service had detailed for its internal use a lengthy list of security breaches dating to the Carter administration …
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Team of Ten's Goal: A Not-Quite-Public Plan — Wanted: A health insurance plan that seems to be government-run but is not actually government-run. That makes voters feel like they are getting the same V.I.P. treatment as United States senators and representatives (who by law are actually …
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You Call This a Compromise?
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Morning Fix: Clinton wades into MA-Senate; Palin at Gridiron — 1. With less than 24 hours before Massachusetts voters go to the polls to select nominees in the special election to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, former president Bill Clinton is wading into the race on behalf of Democratic frontrunner Martha Coakley.