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2:40 AM ET, January 27, 2010

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David Hammer / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
ACORN ‘gotcha’ man arrested in attempt to tamper with Mary Landrieu's office phones … Alleging a plot to tamper with phones in Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu's office in the Hale Boggs Federal Building in downtown New Orleans, the FBI arrested four people Monday, including James O'Keefe …
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Michelle Malkin:
Ugh: ACORN-buster busted at Sen. Landrieu's office in alleged bugging plot; affidavit link added; Update: “Veritas”?  —  Scroll for updates...  The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that James O'Keefe, half of the ACORN-busting duo that conducted undercover stings across the country last summer …
Think Progress:
Fox News Devastated Over Arrest Of ACORN Pimp, Says The Story Probably Needs ‘A Lot Of Context’  —  Fox News has been one of the biggest supporters of James O'Keefe, who is infamous for dressing up as a pimp and videotaping ACORN staffers offering to help the supposed pimp and his prostitutes secure funding for a brothel.
Discussion: msnbc.com, Gawker and Wonkette
Publius / Big Government:
James O'Keefe Arrested in New Orleans  —  Statement from Andrew Breitbart: … From the Associated Press:  —  A conservative activist who posed as a pimp to target the community-organizing group ACORN and the son of a federal prosecutor were among four people arrested by the FBI and accused …
Tom Schaller / FiveThirtyEight:
This President Ought to Know Better  —  My post yesterday flowered into a full-blown column for the Baltimore Sun today, in which I concede that America is a center-right nation—but not, however, in the way you might think.  An excerpt first, and then some further observations to follow:
New York Times:
4 Arrested in Phone Tampering at Landrieu Office  —  NEW ORLEANS — Federal officials charged four men on Tuesday with plotting to tamper with the telephone system in the New Orleans office of Senator Mary Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana.  One of the men was a conservative activist who gained fame …
Fox News:
Filmmaker Who Targeted ACORN Arrested in Alleged Senate Phone Scheme
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
New York Times:
Democrats Put Lower Priority on Health Bill  —  WASHINGTON — With no clear path forward on major health care legislation, Democratic leaders in Congress effectively slammed the brakes on President Obama's top domestic priority on Tuesday, saying they no longer felt pressure to move quickly …
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Sewell Chan / New York Times:   Vote on Bernanke Confirmation Is Scheduled for Thursday
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Stephen Koff / Plain Dealer:
Ellie Light revealed: I'm Barbara Brooks, a nurse, says Pro-Obama letter writer
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Clyburn: House Dems Will Pass Senate Bill If Fix Is Guaranteed; Urges Obama To Push Dems Harder  —  An influential House Democrat is now predicting that House Dems will pass the Senate health bill if they are persuaded they have a guarantee that it will be fixed in reconciliation …
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Rachel Slajda / TPMDC:
Lincoln, Bayh Won't Support Passing Health Care Fixes Via Reconciliation
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Can They Get It Done?  With Health Care Reform On The Line, The Senate Waffles
CBO's Latest 10 Documents:
The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2010 to 2020  —  The Congressional Budget Office projects that if current laws and policies remained unchanged, the federal budget would show a deficit of $1.3 trillion for fiscal year 2010.  That amount would be slightly smaller than the 2009 deficit but …
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The Hill:
Lawmakers give cold shoulder to Obama call for budget freeze
Discussion: Doug Ross
Washington Wire:
Book Report: ‘The Politician’ By Andrew Young  —  If Washington Wire readers are interested in reading Andrew Young's forthcoming tell-all on his decade behind the scenes with John Edwards, the story heats up on page 154 when Young begins to recount how the 2008 presidential hopeful …
Discussion: D.C. Now
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:   Inside the Edwards Trainwreck
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Fox leads for trust  —  Americans do not trust the major tv news operations in the country- except for Fox News.  —  Our newest survey looking at perceptions of ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC News finds Fox as the only one that more people say they trust than distrust.
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Poll: Fox most trusted name in news  —  Fox is the most trusted television news network in the country, according to a new poll out Tuesday.  —  A Public Policy Polling nationwide survey of 1,151 registered voters Jan. 18-19 found that 49 percent of Americans trusted Fox News, 10 percentage points more than any other network.
Discussion: TVbytheNumbers and Wake up America
Rich Lowry / The Corner on National Review Online:
Teleprompter Shot of the Day — By: Rich Lowry  —  Here's Obama dropping in for a chat with his middle-class task force.  And people made fun of Reagan because of his notecards!
Discussion: Flopping Aces
Jared Bernstein / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Budget Freeze-eology 101: Hatchets vs. Scalpels  —  So I'm on my way to do a TV interview last night on a set of middle-class initiatives we announced yesterday, when I learn that what they really want to talk about is our proposed freeze on non-security discretionary spending.
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Paul Krugman:
Obama Liquidates Himself
John Koblin / New York Observer:
After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for Newsday's Web Site  —  In late October, Newsday, the Long Island daily that the Dolans bought for $650 million, put its web site, newsday.com, behind a pay wall.  The paper was one of the first non-business newspapers to take the plunge by putting up a pay wall …
Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
Poll: Public fed up with Washington  —  70% say government isn't working well; Obama approval back at 50%  —  WASHINGTON - As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver his first State of the Union address Wednesday night, he will be speaking to an American public that's fed up with Congress …
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Book: John Paul II used belt to whip himself  —  Buzz up!  —  VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II whipped himself with a belt, even on vacation, and slept on the floor as acts of penitence and to bring him closer to Christian perfection, according to a new book by the Polish prelate spearheading his sainthood case.
MJ Rosenberg / The Huffington Post:
Unprecedented!  54 House Dems Call On Israel To End Siege Of Gaza  —  This is unprecedented.  —  Fifty-four House members are defying AIPAC and calling on President Obama to lift the deadly blockade of Gaza.  Specifically, the House Members ask:that Obama pressure Israel to: permit:
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Andy Birkey / Minnesota Independent:
Ellison, McCollum and Oberstar urge Obama to lift Gaza blockade
Discussion: TPMCafe
William Yardley / New York Times:
Oregon Residents Vote to Raise Some Taxes  —  Two ballot measures that would raise taxes on businesses and higher-income residents in Oregon appeared headed for approval late Tuesday.  —  The tax increases, which would raise about $727 million largely for public education and social services …
Discussion: Economist's View
 
 
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
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Silla Brush / The Hill:
Paulson to testify that AIG bailout was correct
Discussion: The Politico
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