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12:15 PM ET, December 23, 2009

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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Plan to Move Guantánamo Detainees Faces a New Delay  —  WASHINGTON — Rebuffed this month by skeptical lawmakers when it sought finances to buy a prison in rural Illinois, the Obama administration is struggling to come up with the money to replace the Guantánamo Bay prison.
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The Note:
Lyndon Baines Reid: A Moment of Triumph, but How Long Will It Last?
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE PUBLIC OPTION'S HISTORY, REVISITED.... President Obama sat down with the Washington Post's Scott Wilson on Tuesday, and reflected on the successes of 2009.  The president pointed to accomplishments that “in a normal legislative year would be considered really big achievements” …
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The Huffington Post:
Did Obama Campaign On The Public Option? Yes But Not Entirely
Discussion: TPMDC and AMERICAblog News
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Obama lists financial rescue as ‘most important thing’ of his first year
The Politico:
Obama plans for health care delay, new jobs bill  —  The White House privately anticipates health care talks to slip into February — past President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address — and then plans to make a “very hard pivot” to a new jobs bill, according to senior administration officials.
Discussion: Hot Air
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
SIREN: White House plans ‘very hard pivot to jobs’ next month — will be ‘prescriptive’ — Health reform NOT expected to pass before SOTU, but opponents concede it's ‘when’ not ‘if’  —  BREAKING — AP's Glen Johnson, in Boston: “Teresa Heinz says she is being treated for breast cancer discovered …
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Drug Industry Girds for Rise in Its Share of Overhaul
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
After quiet first months, Franken's sharp tongue emerges in Senate  —  Al Franken, the Democrat from Minnesota who won election to the Senate after a successful career as a comic and author, has begun to show the sharp-tongued side of his personality by ripping into GOP staffers behind the scenes.
Discussion: Prairie Weather and MyDD
Ezra Klein:
In praise of the Nelson deal  —  Ben Nelson is getting a lot of blowback for the deal he struck exempting Nebraska from paying for its Medicaid expansion.  But though it was his deal, it wasn't his preference.  It was Harry Reid's.  And Reid made the right decision.
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
For Sale: One senator (D-Neb.) No principles, low price.
Discussion: James Fallows
Capitol Confidential / Big Government:
EXCLUSIVE: Transvestites, Mao And Obama Ornaments Decorate White House Christmas Tree  —  Why let a holiday season come between the White House and making some political statements?  The White House pegged controversial designer Simon Doonan to oversee the Christmas decorations for the White House.
Los Angeles Times:
Schwarzenegger to seek federal help for California budget  —  Facing another huge deficit, the governor wants $8 billion or threatens massive cuts in social services.  He also plans to renew push for offshore oil drilling.  —  Reporting from Sacramento - Facing a budget deficit of more than $20 billion …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Schwarzenegger wants $8 billion federal bailout
Discussion: Ross Douthat and IntoxiNation
Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Change... Obama Now More Loathed Than Bush at End of His Second Term  —  A Good Solid B+  —  Barack Obama's approval index number dropped to a new low today.  —  Rasmussen reported: … At the end of his second term President George W. Bush had a 43% disapproval rating.
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Gryphen / The Immoral Minority:
BANNED!!  Making it on Sarah Palin's enemies list.  Update!  —  Today was the last day of Sarah Palin's book tour.  —  And it was to be held in the “picturesque” town of Wasilla, at the Curtis C. Menard Memorial Sports Center.  —  How could I miss it?  —  So Dennis Zaki and I loaded …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Cornyn: Conservatives ‘have to yield’ to reality in upcoming Senate races  —  Conservative primary voters “have to yield” to reality, Senate Republicans' campaign chairman said Wednesday.  —  Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) …
Discussion: Reuters, Riehl World View and RedState
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
When legerdemain is used to pass an unpopular bill  —  Senior Political Analyst  —  It's time to blow the whistle on two erroneous statements that opponents and proponents of the health care legislation being jammed through Congress have been making.  Republicans have been saying that never …
Discussion: Power Line and GayPatriot
Richard A. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Harry Reid Turns Insurance Into a Public Utility  —  The health bill creates a massive cash crunch and then bankruptcies for many insurers.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  As Harry Reid's 2,000 page health-care bill is being rammed through the Senate, most of the public debate has been focused …
Ezra Klein:
And the Californiacation of America continues  —  Unnoticed amidst the health-care hubbub, Congress is going to have to act to raise the debt ceiling pretty soon.  Keith Hennessey has a good guide for what to expect.  As he says, some senator, or some group of senators, always makes a fuss over this.
Discussion: The Baseline Scenario
Joel Kotkin / Newgeography.com:
The Green Movement's People Problem  —  The once unstoppable green machine lost its mojo at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.  After all its laboring and cajoling, the movement at the end resembled not a powerful juggernaut but a forlorn lover wondering why his date never showed up.
Discussion: RedState
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Robert Byrd back in form for Senate health-care vote  —  Since Robert C. Byrd arrived in the Senate in 1959, the senior senator from West Virginia has cast more than 18,500 votes.  —  Byrd has orchestrated and witnessed maneuvering.  He has presided over the shortest session in Senate history …
Mark Lynas / Guardian:
How do I know China wrecked the climate deal?  I was in the room  —  As recriminations fly post-Copenhagen, one writer offers a fly-on-the-wall account of how talks failed  —  • Ed Miliband: China tried to hijack climate deal  —  • The key players and how they rated  —  Copenhagen was a disaster.
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
CRS report: ACORN didn't break law  —  A Congressional Research Service report commissioned by the House Judiciary Committee says ACORN hasn't violated any federal regulations the last five years.  —  The report, released by Judiciary Chairman John Conyers' (D-Mich.) staff Tuesday evening …
Calculated Risk:
New Home Sales Decrease Sharply in November  —  The Census Bureau reports New Home Sales in November were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 355 thousand.  This is a sharp decrease from the revised rate of 400 thousand in October (revised down from 430 thousand).
Discussion: The Big Picture
 
 
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Lee Fang / Think Progress:
Gingrich: If GOP takes back the House, Bachmann would become a committee chair.
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Megan McArdle:
Numbers Game  —  In re my post on the end of the CBO process …
David Brown / Times of London:
Osama bin Laden's missing family found in secret compound in Iran
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Republicans favored in Kentucky
Discussion: Real Clear Politics and TPMDC
iowahawk:
It's A Wonderful Bill
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Americans Without Work
Matt Jaffe / ABCNEWS:
Geithner: Health Care Bill Good for the Long Haul
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Ezra Klein:
Letters to health-care Santa: Bring back the death panels!
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Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
AIG executives' promises to return bonuses have gone largely unfulfilled
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CPAC: Consciously Providing Ammo to Critics
Chris Good / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Parker Griffith Cites “Liberal Policies,” GOP Support For NASA And Defense Projects
 

 
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