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12:30 PM ET, January 14, 2010

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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Coakley Takes Slap Shot At Fenway Fans  —  The Massachusetts special election continues to amaze.  Democratic candidate Martha Coakley has taken a swipe at Fenway Park fans: … Well yes, politicians go out to meet the voters even if it means standing out in the cold.
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
The 10 Percent Rules  —  If Massachusetts was the Department of Homeland Security, the special election to fill Ted Kennedy's senate seat would have the Democrats about four-fifths of the way up the terror alert code.  —  Green: Everything is fine, and who cares if we spelled “Massachusetts” wrong in one of the ads.
Hillary Chabot / Boston Herald:
Scott Brown: Obama not invited to this party  —  Surging GOP Senate candidate Scott Brown yesterday warned President Obama to “stay away” from the Bay State during his roiling race against Democratic rival Martha Coakley and not to interfere with their intensifying battle in the campaign's final days.
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Reid, Lieberman clash over letter  —  For the second time in a week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) finds himself at the center of a political imbroglio stemming from something that he said in private that was subsequently broadcast to the outside world by unnamed sources.
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Reid: It Was A Waste Of Time Dealing With Olympia Snowe  —  Hindsight's 20-20, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid now thinks he and leading Democrats, at the behest of the White House, flushed months down the toilet courting Sen. Olympia Snowe's (R-ME) support for health care reform.
Karen Travers / ABCNEWS:
Accessible and Transparent?  Obama Hasn't Held Press Conference Since July
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
David Waters / Washington Post:
Haiti, the devil and Pat Robertson  —  Pat Robertson is at it again.  The purported Christian minister who suggested assassinating Venezuela leader Hugo Chavez and nuking the U.S. State Department, the reputed follower of Jesus who blamed the 9/11 terrorist attacks and Hurricane Katrina on pagans …
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Michael Rowe / The Huffington Post:
The Never-Ending Horror of Pat Robertson
Discussion: MyDD
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obama's Bank Tax Seeks $90 Billion to Repay Bailout  —  WASHINGTON—President Obama plans to call on Thursday for taxing about 50 big banks and major financial institutions for at least the next decade to recoup all taxpayer losses from the bailout of Wall Street.
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Domenico Montanaro / msnbc.com:
FIRST THOUGHTS: ENTER THE EX-PRESIDENTS  —  Bush 43 and Clinton to team up to help relief efforts in Haiti... Marathon sessions (yesterday and today) at the White House to wrap up health care... Does the bank tax put Republicans in a box?... Newt makes a 2012 list... Vicki Kennedy cuts a TV ad for Coakley …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
3 million Haitians may need relief …
Discussion: Washington Post and Bloomberg
Andrew Scott / Pocono Record:
Sex sting in Poconos nets former chief U.N. weapons inspector … A former chief United Nations weapons inspector is accused of contacting what he thought was a 15-year-old girl in an Internet chat room, engaging in a sexual conversation and showing himself masturbating on a Web camera.
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Palin, Beck rail against ‘system’  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin portrayed herself as a reluctant warrior for freedom on Tuesday during an hour-long interview with Fox News host Glenn Beck.  —  Despite having just signed a multi-year deal with Fox that will require her to spend time in New York …
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Reid Wilson / Hotline On Call:
Majority Would Vote Against Obama  —  A year into his tenure, a majority of Americans would already vote against Pres. Obama if the '12 elections were held today, according to a new survey.  —  The Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor poll shows 50% say they would probably or definitely vote for someone else.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:   Poll: Majority would vote against Obama re-election
Washington Post:
Google China cyberattack part of vast espionage campaign, experts say  —  Computer attacks on Google that the search giant said originated in China were part of a concerted political and corporate espionage effort that exploited security flaws in e-mail attachments to sneak into the networks …
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Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
A Heated Debate at the Top
Manu Raju / The Politico:
Nelson tries to repair damage at home  —  Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson and his wife were leaving dinner at a new pizza joint near their home in Omaha one night last week when a patron began complaining about Nelson's decisive vote in favor of the Senate's health care bill.  —  Other customers started booing.
Scott Brown / Boston Globe:
A new day is coming: restore faith and balance  —  I DIDN'T grow up with all the advantages in life.  My mom was on welfare for a time, but I had the support of a loving family and good friends and neighbors.  I don't have all the advantages in this race either, and that's fine by me.
Discussion: Townhall.com
National Center for Public Policy Research:
Economic Stimulus Funds Went to Climategate Scientist  —  Funds Should be Returned to U.S. Treasury, Says National Center for Public Policy Research  —  Washington, DC - In the face of rising unemployment and record-breaking deficits, policy experts at the National Center for Public Policy Research …
Quinnipiac University:
U.S. Voters Say Sacrifice Modesty, Rights For Security, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Support For Health Reform At 34 Percent  —  American voters say 63 - 25 percent that the government's anti-terror policies lean too far toward protecting civil rights rather than national security and by 84 …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Harold Ford's Manhattan makeover  —  The success of Harold Ford's prospective run against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand would seem to rest largely on a curious strategy - convincing New Yorkers that he didn't really believe in most of the centrist positions that made him a Tennessee political wunderkind.
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
What Do Sarah Palin and Jesus Christ Have In Common?  —  NOTE: I've intentionally closed the comments to this post.  I write this because I know exactly how the comments are going to go and that's the point of this post.  If you have a problem, question, or concern email me.
 
 
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Rob Christensen / Raleigh News & Observer:
Newt Gingrich says GOP will rebound in 2010
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
That rock in the health-care road? It's called the Constitution.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Ezra Klein:
Congressional inaction isn't an option
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Washington Examiner:
DSK  —  Brooks got it slightly wrong.  It's not the educated class …
Discussion: The New Republic and Commentary
Jim Myers / Tulsa World:
Inhofe on ‘enemies’ list
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
 Earlier Items: 
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
EXCLUSIVE: Obama wins more cuts in spending than Bush
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Joe Biden update: He meets on transparency today.  But the meeting is closed
Discussion: Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
2006 GOP sweep victims plot return
John / Power Line:
Mistakes a High School Newspaper Wouldn't Make
Discussion: HazZzMat
Daily Mail:
Doomsday clock to be moved by world's top scientists tomorrow
Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Meet Mikey, 8: U.S. Has Him on Watch List
Discussion: Unreported, City Room, Hit & Run and Gawker
 

 
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Donald Trump selects Fox Business' The Bottom Line co-host and former congressman Sean Duffy to be his nominee for secretary of transportation

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
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