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12:30 AM ET, January 11, 2010

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ABCNEWS:
‘Game Change’: New Book Reveals 2008 Campaigns' Messy Moments  —  From Obama to Palin, a New Book Raises Candidates' Moments to Forget  —  While “Game Change” has yet to hit store shelves, the book about the 2008 presidential campaign is already creating a stir over its revelations …
Discussion: The Politico, Mother Jones and Mediaite
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Harry Reid's History of Racial Posturing  —  Amidst the brouhaha over Harry Reid's comments, some people are defending Reid by saying that he told the truth, however . . . awkwardly.  See, for example, Robert Stacy McCain, who declares: “Harry Reid is no more a racist than I am.”
Deborah Solomon / Wall Street Journal:
Reid Is Under Fire for 2008 Remarks  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to resign his leadership post over remarks he made in 2008 about then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, adding to the Nevada Democrat's political troubles.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
G.O.P. Chairman Pressures Reid on Obama Remarks  —  Michael Steele, the Republican Party chairman, called Sunday for Harry Reid to step down as U.S. Senate majority leader in the wake of revelations of Mr. Reid's remarks in 2008 about Barack Obama's skin color and dialect.
Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
Top Democrat defends Reid for remarks  —  UPDATED:  —  Democrats on Sunday defended Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for his private remarks during the 2008 campaign describing then-Sen. Barack Obama as “light skinned” and “with no Negro dialect.”  —  “I think if you look at the reports as I have …
Discussion: Moonbattery and Weasel Zippers
Karl Vick / Washington Post:
Same-sex marriage set for big day in federal court  —  LOS ANGELES — After a run of setbacks at the state level, gay rights advocates will take the campaign for same-sex marriage into a federal courtroom on Monday, starting down a treacherous avenue that ends at a U.S. Supreme Court dominated by conservatives.
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Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Palin derided by top McCain aide, book  —  Sarah Palin was an unprepared, uninformed Vice Presidential candidate who repeatedly made false statements in public, according to a top McCain campaign aide.  —  In a 60 Minutes segment based on John Heilemann's and Mark Halperin's new book …
David Rose / Daily Mail:
The mini ice age starts here  —  The bitter winter afflicting much of the Northern Hemisphere is only the start of a global trend towards cooler weather that is likely to last for 20 or 30 years, say some of the world's most eminent climate scientists.  —  Their predictions …
Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
Boehner chief of staff dies at 46  —  Paula Nowakowski, the longtime chief of staff to House Republican Leader John Boehner, died suddenly Saturday night, according to the leader's office.  She was 46.  —  “It is with profound sadness and shock that I announce the passing of Paula Nowakowski …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and AmSpecBlog
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Captain Obvious Learns the Limits of Cool  —  Our president came down from the mountaintop.  —  He had applied the freshness of his independent thought to the critical matters at hand.  He had convened his seminar, reviewed the reviews, analyzed the intelligence every which way …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:   Obama: No troops to Yemen, Somalia
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   Feinstein: Halt Gitmo prisoner transfers to countries with al-Qaeda presence
Associated Press:
White House Economic Adviser: Jobs Picture is ‘Still Terrible’  —  Council of Economic Advisers chief Christina Romer said it's devastating that some workers have been unemployed for two years and that job losses were continuing nearly a year after passage of the so-called stimulus bill.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Adviser: Obama subdued, disappointed by latest jobs report
Discussion: The Politico
John Bolton / Wall Street Journal:
Let's Take Bureaucracy Out of Intelligence  —  Groupthink products like National Intelligence Estimates make us vulnerable.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  Although the U.S. intelligence community (IC) has been stung by failures relating to the Christmas terrorist attack, these failures are symptomatic of far larger problems.
Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
‘Jihad’ jitters at Met  —  Mohammed art gone  —  Is the Met afraid of Mohammed?  —  The Metropolitan Museum of Art quietly pulled images of the Prophet Mohammed from its Islamic collection and may not include them in a renovated exhibition area slated to open in 2011, The Post has learned.
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Insurance Mandate Feeds GOP Attack  —  WASHINGTON — As congressional Democrats try to iron out differences in the House and Senate health-care bills, Republicans are attacking the legal premise of the legislation, saying Congress has no power to make people carry health insurance or pay a penalty or tax.
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