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1:25 PM ET, January 27, 2010

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Harry Esteve / Oregonian:
Oregon voters pass tax increasing measures by big margin … Oregon voters bucked decades of anti-tax and anti-Salem sentiment Tuesday, raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy to prevent further erosion of public schools and other state services.  —  The tax measures passed easily …
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Kim Murphy / Los Angeles Times:
Voters in Oregon OK tax hikes for some
Discussion: msnbc.com and Neptunus Lex
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Business Channel:
Oregon's Rich Tax is Not a Victory for Liberals
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:   DOES OREGON COUNT AS A ‘MESSAGE,’ TOO?.... It's understandable …
Michelle Cole / Oregonian:
Measures 66 and 67 passing by wide margin
Discussion: Mother Jones and Los Angeles Times
Jonathan Singer / MyDD:
Progressive Populism Works
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
House to Senate: We're Ready On Health Care If You Are  —  Leading Democrats in the House still insist that “all options are on the table” to move ahead on health care.  But for the first time since last Tuesday's special election in Massachusetts, it's clear that they're coalescing around …
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The Politico:
Top Dems at war - with each other  —  President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will be all smiles as the president arrives at the Capitol for his State of the Union speech Wednesday night, but the happy faces can't hide relationships that are fraying and fraught.
New York Times:
Democrats Put Lower Priority on Health Bill
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
House Progressives Willing to Back Modified Senate Bill …
Discussion: The New Republic and TPMDC
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
I'm Back. So Is Health Care Reform
Discussion: The Daily Dish, Swampland and TPMDC
Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
MSM Leaping to Conclusions — While Big Government Waits for Facts  —  Wait until the facts are in.  —  Mainstream Media, ACORN, Media Matters (all the supposed defenders of due process and journalistic ethics) are jumping to conclusions over the arrest today of James O'Keefe …
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Associated Press:
4 men accused of phone plot had conservative ties
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 …
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NY Daily News:
John Edwards exposed as cheating lowlife, serial liar in book …
Discussion: Gawker and POWIP
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Bringing Sexy Back  —  He's The One, all right.  —  The handsome, athletic pol with the comely wife and two lovely daughters who precipitously rose from the State Legislature to pull us all together.  —  The fresh face and disarming underdog America's been waiting for …
Mara Liasson / NPR:
NPR Poll Shows Vulnerability Of Obama, Democrats … text sizeAAA  —  Wednesday night's State of the Union speech is an opportunity for President Obama to reconnect to voters who are frustrated about the state of the economy and the progress he's been making toward fulfilling his campaign promises.
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Igor / Wonk Room:
Ben Nelson Planned To Filibuster Conference Report, Admits Current Law Already Prevents Public Money From Funding Abortion  —  During last year's health care debate, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) insisted on inserting specific language into the Senate health care bill that prevented public dollars …
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Kathleen Gilbert / LifeSiteNews.com:
Interview with Sen. Nelson - Complete Text
Dana Priest / Washington Post:
U.S. military teams, intelligence deeply involved in aiding Yemen on strikes  —  U.S. military teams and intelligence agencies are deeply involved in secret joint operations with Yemeni troops who in the past six weeks have killed scores of people, among them six of 15 top leaders …
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Emptywheel:
The List of US Citizens Targeted for Killing (or Capture)
Discussion: Laura Rozen's Blog
Jennifer Fermino / New York Post:
‘Obama Girl’ now falling out of love  —  First, Massachusetts turned on the president.  —  Now, the bikini-clad “Obama Girl” — who fa mously cooed about her “crush” throughout the presidential campaign on YouTube videos — admits the thrill is gone.  —  Amber Lee Ettinger …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Adults Only, Please  —  Maybe it's just me, but I've found the last few weeks in American politics particularly unnerving.  Our economy is still very fragile, yet you would never know that by the way the political class is acting.  We're like a patient that just got out of intensive care …
Ezra Klein:
Waiting for Barack  —  Every Hill office I've spoken to in the past week has had the same complaint.  “Where,” they ask, “is the White House?”  —  There's been no clear message on the way forward for health-care reform.  No clear articulation of preferences.  No public leadership to speak of.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and TalkLeft
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
In Speech, Obama to Admit Missteps in First Year  —  WASHINGTON — For all the questions circulating in Democratic quarters as President Obama tries to weather the worst storm of his administration, perhaps none is as succinct as this: Are the missteps at the White House rooted in message or substance?
Chris Brennan / Philly.com:
Poll: Toomey over Specter by 14 points  —  Democrats found to lack enthusiasm  —  Former U.S. Rep. Pat Toomey has opened up a 14-point lead among likely voters in his bid to deny U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter a sixth term, according to the latest Daily News/Franklin & Marshall Poll.
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Specter Feels Squeeze From New Friends and Old
Discussion: Politics Daily and JustOneMinute
Dan Harrie / Salt Lake Tribune:
Salt Lake County GOP cancels keynote address after New Orleans arrest  —  Plan B » Party's big annual fundraiser will find new featured speaker instead of O'Keefe.  —  Salt Lake County Republicans are scrambling to line up a new keynote fundraising speaker after the arrest Tuesday …
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!
Stephen Koff / Plain Dealer:
'I'm Ellie Light,' California man says: Obama letter writer talks … WASHINGTON — Ellie Light, the ubiquitous letter writer whose name appeared in newspapers nationwide praising President Barack Obama, appears to really be a male health care worker from California.
 
 
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Laura Rozen / Laura Rozen's Blog:
Clinton signals not a two-term Secretary of State
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Top GOP senators demand Holder testify on Christmas bomber
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Nomination Follies  —  The first session of the 83rd Congress …
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
McDonnell will give State of the Union response from Virginia House
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Democrats fall as fast as Nixon Republicans in 1974
Discussion: Commentary and RedState
The Huffington Post:
J.D. Hayworth A Birther?  McCain Challenger Calls For Obama's Birth Certificate
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New York Times:
Advocates of Climate Bill Scale Down Their Goals
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
White House: ‘Presidents make mistakes’
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CNN:
First on the Ticker: Wilson to deliver State of the Union Facebook response
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Orlando Sentinel:
Obama aims to ax moon mission
Bloomberg:
Roubini Never More Pessimistic on Euro Area, Calls Spain a Risk
 

 
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