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2:50 PM ET, January 6, 2010

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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Chris Dodd to step aside  —  Embattled Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd (D) has scheduled a press conference at his home in Connecticut Wednesday at which he is expected to announce he will not seek re-election, according to sources familiar with his plans.  —  Dodd's retirement comes after months …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
‘DROPPING LIKE FLIES’?.... Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) is retiring.  So is Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.).  And before anyone could catch their breath, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter (D) announced he's not seeking re-election, either.  —  It led ABC News to report that “Democrats are dropping like flies.”
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Harold Ford Jr. Weighs a Challenge to Gillibrand  —  Encouraged by a group of influential New York Democrats, Harold Ford Jr., the former congressman from Tennessee, is weighing a bid to unseat Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand in this fall's Democratic primary, according to three people who have spoken with him.
The Politico:
Top Democrats head for the exits  —  The grim outlook for Democrats in the 2010 midterm elections just got a little worse.  —  Four top Democrats—including veteran Sens. Chris Dodd and Byron Dorgan—all prepared to pull the plug on their campaigns in a 24-hour period that began Tuesday …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Senator Dodd Will Not Seek Re-election, Democrats Say  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Christopher J. Dodd, the embattled Connecticut Democrat who was facing an increasingly tough bid for a sixth term in the Senate, has decided to step aside and not seek re-election, Democrats familiar with his plans said Wednesday.
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd won't seek reelection, will retire at end of term  —  Embattled Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday at which he is expected to announce he will not seek reelection, sources familiar with his plans said Tuesday night.
ABCNEWS:
Sen. Dodd Out: Dem Exodus Roils 2010 Landscape
Daniela Altimari / Hartford Courant:
Sen. Christopher Dodd Will Not Seek Reelection
Discussion: The Caucus and Washington Wire
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Blumenthal heavily favored
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Jared Allen / The Hill:
Dems agree that House will take up, tweak Senate healthcare bill  —  House and Senate leaders have formally agreed to bypass a bicameral conference committee to merge two healthcare bills, and have opted to instead “ping-pong” the Senate bill over to the House and back again, according to House leadership aides.
Ron Christie / Pundits Blog:
Amateur hour is over  —  Enough is enough.  There was a time when the amateur hour that has characterized the behavior of the staff in the Obama White Hour over the past year could be chalked up to innocent inexperience.  Now that behavior is nothing short of dangerous and President Barack Obama …
Discussion: Federal Eye and The Swamp
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Natasha Mozgovaya / Haaretz:
Emanuel: U.S. fed up with Israel, Palestinians  —  White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel recently told the Israeli consul in Los Angeles that the Obama administration is fed up with both Israel and the Palestinians, Army Radio reported on Wednesday.  —  Emanuel met with Jacob Dayan …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
King: Use word ‘terrorism’ more
Discussion: Firedoglake
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE.... Rep. Pete King (R) of New York …
Discussion: Think Progress
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Rahm in the mayor's race would be quite a fish tale
Discussion: Redhot
Josh Kraushaar / Scorecard's Blog:
Hoeven planning to run for the Senate  —  Republicans look like they've landed their top recruit in the North Dakota Senate race: Popular Gov. John Hoeven is letting his political allies know that he's preparing to run for the seat of retiring Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.)
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Kyle Trygstad / Politics Nation:
Pomeroy Will Not Run For Senate
Discussion: TPMDC
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
N.D. Dems ask talker Ed Schultz to run for Sen. Dorgan's seat
Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Without a movement, progressives can't aid Obama's agenda  —  Every Democratic president since Lyndon Johnson — Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama — has raised the hope that he would bring with him a new era of progressive reform.  The legislative torrents of the New Deal and the Great Society …
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Worst RNC cash flow in a decade  —  A 2009 spending spree has left the Republican National Committee (RNC) with its worst election-year cash flow this decade.  —  A 2009 spending spree has left the Republican National Committee (RNC) with its worst election-year cash flow this decade.
The Note:
DCCC Chief: ‘Couple More’ Retirements Possible — But No More Party Switchers  —  ABC News' Rick Klein reports: Despite a recent spike in retirements, top House Democrats say they're still confident that they'll avoid a “wave” of departures that would jeopardize their hold on Congress.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Van Hollen: Few, if any, more House Dems will retire
Discussion: TPMDC
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Boy, now he's in real trouble; Obama administration revokes U.S. visa of accused Nigerian bomber  —  Under the category of looks-like-about-12-days-too- late, the State Department has announced it is revoking the U.S. visa for suspected Nigerian underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.
CNN:
14 terror suspects mistakenly kill themselves  —  Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — Fourteen suspected terrorists died Tuesday night when the bus they rigged with explosives blew up prematurely, police said.  —  The explosion occurred as the suspects were riding the bus in the province of Kunduz, said police chief Abdul Raziq Yaqobi.
Clusterstock:
CHART OF THE DAY: How The Government Payroll Replaced Goods-Producing Jobs  —  In the just-so story of the evolution of our economy, our old manufacturing based economy has been replaced by an innovative knowledge economy.  That's not quite true.  —  In fact, the decline of the jobs …
Jeff Richardson / Fairbanks Daily News-Miner:
‘Frozen Gore’ sculpture returns in Fairbanks to fuel climate change debate  —  FAIRBANKS - In what might become an annual tradition, an ice sculpture of former Vice President Al Gore has taken its place in front of Thrifty Liquor along Airport Way.  —  The two-ton “Frozen Gore” sculpture isn't exactly a tribute.
ArkansasBusiness.com:
Blanche Lincoln Rips Nebraska Health Care Deal  —  LITTLE ROCK - U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln on Tuesday said a political deal that benefits Nebraska and may have clinched a lawmaker's support for health care legislation should be removed from the bill.  —  The Democratic senator from Arkansas …
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
The First Senator From the Tea Party?  —  Charlie Crist's perma-tanned face bears none of the strain you would expect from the archetype of the embattled Republican.  Politicians are supposed to keep up appearances, but Crist is especially convincing, one of the more earnest politicians you will see, whether or not he means it.
Jules Crittenden:
It's Pretty Bad ...  When the local lefty broadsheet goes on jihad against the Liberal Lion's annointed successor, Martha Coakley, in the midst of said Lion's legacy health-care fight, the day after a leading pollster shows her opposition to be within pistol-shot in the race.
David Ariosto / CNN:
Obama-Cuba honeymoon may be over  —  Havana, Cuba (CNN) — The cake has been cut.  The guests have all gone home.  And now, even the honeymoon may be over.  —  What began as a hopeful “new beginning” for U.S.-Cuba relations, as President Obama once put it, may be settling …
Discussion: Riehl World View
 
 
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SusanAnne Hiller / Big Government:
Congress Tinkers with Withholding Tax Tables for 2010
Bmaz / Firedoglake:
FDL Welcomes Drew Westen: Leadership, Obama Style, and the Looming Losses in 2010
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Slow Start for Military Corps in Afghanistan
Discussion: Wonk Room
Washington Times:
Iran's al Qaeda connection in Yemen
Discussion: PrairiePundit, The Majlis and Wizbang
Laura Rozen / Laura Rozen's Blog:
Previewing Clinton's development speech: results oriented, transformational, focused
Discussion: The Swamp
 Earlier Items: 
Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
Dodd, Dorgan out; 5 other Senate Dems vulnerable
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere and The Politico
Megan McArdle:
The Israeli Airport Model
Discussion: Jeffrey Goldberg and Clusterstock
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Obama starts 2010 with 50% approval
Discussion: The Hill
Chris Good / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Romney On Fox: Not Intimidated By Palin's Crowds; Obama Should Be More Like Clinton
Alyssa Katz / American Prospect:
Gentrification Hangover  —  How New York could create affordable …
BBC:
Whalers ‘ram’ activist boat
Discussion: Dot Earth
Ta-Nehisi Coates:
A Bad Time For The Empire  —  Lot of doom-saying out there about election year 2010.
Quinnipiac University:
Bysiewicz Trails Connecticut's Rell By Just 6 Points, Quinnipiac …
Discussion: Eye on 2010
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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