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10:05 PM ET, February 7, 2010

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Stefan Sirucek / The Huffington Post:
EXCLUSIVE (Update): Palin's Tea Party Crib Notes  —  Closer inspection of a photo of Sarah Palin, during a speech in which she mocked President Obama for his use of a teleprompter, reveals several notes written on her left hand.  The words “Energy”, “Tax” and “Lift American Spirits” are clearly visible.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Palin's Cheat-Sheet  —  I was too busy tapping away at my laptop to notice this little high-school trick.  Having mocked president Obama for using a TelePrompter - not long after he made mincemeat of Republicans with no such TelePrompter at their retreat - she had to scribble down her priorities …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Sarah Palin has had us in the palm of her hand all day.  —  Isn't it funny how she caught our attention with her scrawled-on hand?  I picture her — hanging out with Todd today — laughing at how absurdly fascinated everyone is with her.  —  Hey, Palin fans!
Judson Berger / Fox News:
Palin ‘Would Be Willing’ to Take On Obama in 2012  —  Sarah Palin has President Obama in her sights, telling FoxNews.com she “would be willing” to challenge him in the 2012 presidential race.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Of Course She's Running For President, Ctd  —  She now confirms it on Fox, the only channel on which she will now appear.  Remember the last campaign?  The MSM was shut out as far as humanly possible - and they colluded in the McCain strategy.  Some, like the Washington Post's Howie Kurtz …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Founding Blogger / Founding Bloggers:
(UPDATED) Founding Bloggers Confirms Huffington Post's Completely …
Discussion: Big Government and Gateway Pundit
Fox News:
TRANSCRIPT: Fox News Sunday Interview With Sarah Palin
Discussion: Guardian and The Nation
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:   Sarah Palin assails Obama at ‘tea party’ gathering
The Politico:
W.H. plans televised health meeting  —  President Barack Obama is planning to host a televised meeting with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders on health care reform.  —  The Feb. 25 meeting is an attempt to reach across the aisle but not a signal that the president plans to start over …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Obama invites GOP to health-care summit  —  President Obama made a dramatic attempt to jump-start the stalled health care debate Sunday, inviting Republicans in Congress to a half-day summit on the subject to be televised live later this month.  —  The president made the offer in an interview …
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama, Republicans, Democrats talking  —  President Barack Obama, vowing to press his case for health-care legislation in a difficult new political environment, says he will sit down and talk with the Republicans.  —  But for whatever talks they initiate this week, any agreement on a common …
Discussion: The Politico
Daily Mail:
U.S. soldier 'waterboarded his own daughter, 4, because she couldn't recite alphabet'  —  A soldier waterboarded his four-year-old daughter because she was unable to recite her alphabet.  —  Joshua Tabor admitted to police he had used the CIA torture technique because he was so angry.
Bj Lutz / NBC Chicago:
Cohen... Cohen... Gone  —  Gov. Quinn calls it the “right decision”  —  That breeze you feel is Gov. Pat Quinn and the Illinois Democratic Party letting go a huge sigh of relief.  —  Scott Lee Cohen, the Democratic nominee for Illinois lieutenant governor, removed himself from the campaign Sunday …
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Newsdesk / Clout St:
Pawnbroker says he's dropping out of race
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Chicago Breaking News:
Cohen drops out of lt. gov. race
Discussion: The Page
Hartford Courant:
Witness To Middletown Explosion: ‘There Are Bodies Everywhere’  —  (RICHARD MESSINA / HARTFORD COURANT / February 7, 2010)  —  MIDDLETOWN - Witnesses and authorities said as many as 100 people may have been injured and two killed when a massive explosion, which homeowners more than 10 miles away mistook …
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WFSB-TV:
Explosion At Plant Kills 2, Injures 250
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jonny Paul / Jerusalem Post:
Benny Morris talk stirs uproar at Cambridge  —  University's Israel Society called off talk “for fear of being portrayed as a mouthpiece of Islamophobia.”  —  Talkbacks (24)  —  Make JPOST.COM your Home Page  —  Iranian Threat  —  Jewish World  —  Local Israel  —  Arts & Culture
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Jihad Watch
San Francisco Chronicle:
Judge being gay a nonissue during Prop. 8 trial  —  The biggest open secret in the landmark trial over same-sex marriage being heard in San Francisco is that the federal judge who will decide the case, Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, is himself gay.
 
 
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