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6:25 AM ET, January 25, 2010

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Kristina Wong / ABCNEWS:
President Obama Changes Tone Ahead of State of the Union Address  —  But GOP Leader Mitch McConnell Calls for a Change of Course  —  On the eve of President Obama's State of the Union address and the end of his first year in office, Republican Scott Brown's astonishing win …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Obama to Offer Aid for Families in State of the Union Address  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama will propose in his State of the Union address a package of modest initiatives intended to help middle-class families, including tax credits for child care, caps on some student loan payments …
Discussion: The Page
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
White House has ‘checked in with leadership,’ confident of Bernanke vote
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Arkansas Rep. Marion Berry to retire  —  Arkansas Rep. Marion Berry is expected to announce his retirement tomorrow morning, according to three sources briefed on the decision.  —  Berry will become the sixth Democrat in a competitive seat to leave in the last two months but the first to announce …
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Ed Schultz Tells Robert Gibbs He's ‘Full Of Sh*t’ And 'You're Losing Your Base'  —  Last night, MSNBC's Ed Schultz spoke at Minnesota progressive talk radio AM950's Blue State Bash at the Minneapolis Convention Center.  During his remarks, Schultz revealed that he recently had a testy confrontation …
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Jill Dorson / Real Clear Politics:
Why I Regret Voting For President Obama  —  I am a registered Independent.  I voted for Barack Obama.  And for that, I am sorry.  —  I'm not sorry for you.  I'm sorry for me.  Because I voted for Obama for me, not for you.  I voted for hope and change and all the intangibles that Obama …
Sean J. Miller / The Hill:
Brown's win shows GOP how to seize Obama's old Senate seat  —  In a year when populism is good politics, Scott Brown has given Republicans a model for how to harness voters' frustration.  —  Voters are “angry and concerned.  But I would say it's overwhelmingly based on policy — anti-spending …
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Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Giannoulias, Kirk continue to lead Senate races  —  Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows undecided voters could still swing Feb. 2 primary  —  State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias entered the final days of the campaign for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination with a significant advantage over rivals Cheryle Jackson …
Discussion: The Hill and The Capitol Fax Blog
delawareonline:
(3 of 3)  —  He didn't mention it, but Biden himself was a virtual unknown quantity when he won his first term against the popular J. Caleb Boggs in 1972 in perhaps as much of an upset.  —  It certainly seems as if the president's coattails are very short these days, since not only did Coakley lose …
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CNN:
CNN poll: 56 percent oppose stimulus program  —  Washington (CNN) - A majority of Americans oppose the economic stimulus program, according to a new national poll.  —  Fifty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Sunday say they oppose the stimulus package, with 42 percent supporting it.
Discussion: The Page
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Bruce Schneier / CNN:
U.S. enables Chinese hacking of Google  —  Editor's note: Bruce Schneier is a security technologist and author of “Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World.”  Read more of his writing at www.schneier.com.  —  (CNN) — Google made headlines when it went public …
Discussion: Mother Jones and JoeTrippi.com
Washington Post:
Debate grows in aftermath of quake: Should U.S. let more Haitians immigrate?  —  From morning until night, Dieula Celestin's cellphone rings in Miami's Little Haiti.  It is her younger brother, Roger Paul, calling from Port-au-Prince, where he and their 65-year-old mother live with no food …
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Michael A. Clemens / Washington Post:
To help Haiti's earthquake victims, change U.S. immigration laws
Discussion: Front page feed
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
Krolicki weighs run against Reid  —  Nevada Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki was once regarded as a top 2010 GOP contender, a prominent pol who has won statewide office three times and who was prepared to mount a serious challenge to powerful Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Discussion: The Page
Caroline Davies / Guardian:
Amis in row over ‘euthanasia booths’  —  • Novelist wants euthanasia booths for elderly  —  • Warning of ‘civil war’ between young and old  —  Martin Amis has never fought shy of an argument, whether it be with the critic Terry Eagleton (over Islamist extremism) …
New York Times:
G.O.P. Seeks to Widen Field of Play in Fall Elections  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans are luring new candidates into House and Senate races, and the number of seats up for grabs in November appears to be growing, setting up a midterm election likely to be harder fought than anyone anticipated …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Harold Ford Jr / New York Times:
Democrats, Get Down to Business  —  SCOTT BROWN'S victory last week in the Massachusetts Senate race, following the Republican gubernatorial triumphs in New Jersey and Virginia, marked the third time in three months that the Democratic Party has lost the support and trust of independent voters.
Paul Krugman:
The Phantom Policy Conflict  —  The idea that Obama made a mistake by focusing on health care instead of the economy seems to be catching on on the left as well as on the right.  But my question remains: what are we talking about, specifically?  —  There was a window early last year …
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
 
 
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Bernanke Conundrum  —  A Republican won in Massachusetts …
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