Top Items:
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Liberal Revolt on Health Care Stings White House — WASHINGTON — In the great health care debate of 2009, President Obama has cast himself as a cold-eyed pragmatist, willing to compromise in exchange for votes. Now ideology — an uprising on the Democratic left — is smacking the pragmatic president in the face.
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Firedoglake, American Power, Beat the Press, DISSENTING JUSTICE, QandO, Taylor Marsh, The Reaction and Booman Tribune
RELATED:
The Nation:
Axelrod Walks Back Insanity Defense on WH Blogger Call BY ARI MELBER — The White House swiftly organized a blogger conference call on Thursday evening to rally support for health care reform, in a bid to stem fallout from progressives over recent compromises in the Senate.
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Obama: ‘Time for talk is over’ — COPENHAGEN — A visibly angry Barack Obama threw down the gauntlet at China and other developing nations Friday, declaring that the time has come to “not to talk but to act” on climate change. — Emerging from a multinational meeting boycotted …
RELATED:
New York Times:
Obama Presses China for Accountability on Climate — COPENHAGEN — President Obama called on world leaders to move swiftly to address climate change, and, in a direct challenge to China, pressed for a global climate change accord to include a way to monitor whether countries are complying with promised emissions cuts.
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, Weekly Standard, msnbc.com, Newsweek Blogs, Guardian, Green Inc., Copenhagen Insider, The Page, Washington Post and The BLT
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
DeMint promises to delay health bill, force Christmas Eve vote — Sen. Jim DeMint said Thursday he is prepared to use every procedural tool to delay a vote on the Democratic healthcare legislation. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is planning to schedule votes around the clock …
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Senate Democrats block GOP filibuster — Senate Republicans failed early Friday in their bid to filibuster a massive Pentagon bill that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an unusual move designed to delay President Obama's health-care legislation. — On a 63 to 33 vote …
Washington Post:
GOP senators to block defense bill in bid to delay health-care vote — Senate Republicans said Thursday that they would try to filibuster a massive Pentagon bill that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an unusual move that several acknowledged was an effort to delay President Obama's health-care legislation.
New York Times:
A Race to Win One More Vote for Health Bill — WASHINGTON — The White House and Senate Democratic leaders seem willing to give Senator Ben Nelson, Democrat of Nebraska, just about anything he wants to win his support of major health care legislation. Anything, that is …
Associated Press:
Franken shuts down Lieberman on Senate floor — WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Al Franken took the unusual step Thursday of shutting down Sen. Joe Lieberman on the Senate floor. — Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, currently is the target of liberal wrath over his opposition …
Discussion:
Outside The Beltway, Fausta's Blog, Jules Crittenden, RedState, The Other McCain, Truthdig and The Washington Independent
RELATED:
Rachel Slajda / TPM LiveWire:Franken Cuts Lieberman Off, Won't Let Him Finish Floor Speech (VIDEO)
Discussion:
The Hill, Video Cafe's feed, The BRAD BLOG, The Impolitic, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo and American Power
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Hardest Call — The first reason to support the Senate health care bill is that it would provide insurance to 30 million more Americans. — The second reason to support the bill is that its authors took the deficit issue seriously. Compared with, say, the prescription drug benefit …
RELATED:
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
End It Today, Ben — There's a really big snowstorm coming to D.C.tonight. It would be unsafe to ask all the staffers and Hill employees who'd be needed at the Capitol if Congress stays open all hours this weekend, as Harry Reid intends, to drive to and from work—especially since …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Pass the Bill — A message to progressives: By all means, hang Senator Joe Lieberman in effigy. Declare that you're disappointed in and/or disgusted with President Obama. Demand a change in Senate rules that, combined with the Republican strategy of total obstructionism, are in the process of making America ungovernable.
Discussion:
The Moderate Voice, Raw Story, Newsweek Blogs, Washington Post, Hit & Run, Prairie Weather and The Huffington Post
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Palin cuts vacation short — Sarah Palin announced Thursday night that she ended a Hawaii vacation early because of the ruckus raised after she blacked out “McCain” on her sun visor in an effort to elude paparazzi. — After the former Alaska governor was photographed on the beach earlier this week …
Monckton / The SPPI Blog:
Is the European police state going global? — From The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley in Copenhagen — Today the gloves came off and the true purpose of the “global warming” scare became nakedly visible. Ugo Chavez, the Socialist president of Venezuela, blamed “global warming” …
RELATED:
Quinnipiac University:
Specter, Toomey Deadlocked In Pennsylvania Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Obama Gets Good Score On War, Bad Marks For Health Care — Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter and Republican challenger Pat Toomey are deadlocked 44 - 44 percent in Pennsylvania's marquee 2010 U.S. Senate race …
Thomas J. Sheeran / Associated Press:
Ohio's Traficant contemplates return to Congress — CLEVELAND — Former Rep. James Traficant, who was recently released from prison after serving seven years for corruption, said Thursday that he is “proud of being an ex-con” and may try to return to Congress.
Discussion:
JammieWearingFool
RELATED:
Foreign Policy:
The 10 Worst Predictions for 2009 — Ten pundits and politicians whose prognostications for this year completely missed the mark. … —Rahm Emanuel on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, April 19, 2009 — The bill the White House chief of staff was optimistically referring to …
Ivan Watson / CNN:
Rare gender identity defect hits Gaza families — Editor's Note: Watch Connect the World tonight 9pm GMT, 4pm ET. — Gaza City (CNN) — Two Palestinian teenagers stroll amid the mounds of rubble left by last year's Israeli military offensive, listening to the tinny beat of a Turkish pop song playing on a cell phone.
Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator:
Hurry Up and Wait — A woman whose name I didn't recognize left a message on my office telephone a few weeks ago. Identifying herself as a member of Congress, but without telling me what she wanted, she asked me to call her at a private number, not the 225 prefix for telephones in the House of Representatives office buildings.
Kevin G. Hall / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Homeowners often rejected under Obama's loan plan — WASHINGTON — Ten months after the Obama administration began pressing lenders to do more to prevent foreclosures, many struggling homeowners are holding up their end of the bargain but still find themselves rejected …
Discussion:
CANNONFIRE
New York Times:
Muslims Say F.B.I. Tactics Sow Anger and Fear — The anxiety and anger have been building all year. In March, a national coalition of Islamic organizations warned that it would cease cooperating with the F.B.I. unless the agency stopped infiltrating mosques and using “agents provocateurs to trap unsuspecting Muslim youth.”
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
