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9:40 PM ET, February 8, 2010

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Washington Post:
Rep. John Murtha dies at 77  —  Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), 77, a Vietnam veteran who staunchly supported military spending and became a master of pork-barrel politics, died today at Virginia Hospital Center following gallbladder surgery last month.  —  Elected to Congress in 1974 …
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Washington Wire:
Fight Shapes Up for Murtha's Seat  —  Democrats are mourning the personal loss of their colleague Rep. John Murtha, but his death today at age 77 is doubly troubling for the party that will have to defend his seat in an upcoming special election.  —  Immediately following the news of his death …
Discussion: The Other McCain
Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
Congressman Murtha Dies  —  Representative John P. Murtha, the longtime Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania, has died at age 77.  —  His aides released a statement saying that he died shortly after 1 p.m. today at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, a suburb of Washington …
Fhardingj / CNN:
Congressman, combat veteran Murtha dead at 77
Discussion: The Politico
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:   Rep. John Murtha passes away.
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The Huffington Post:
Meghan McCain Calls Out Tea Party For Racism, On ‘The View’ (VIDEO)  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Racism in the “tea party” is a why young people are turned off by the movement, according to Meghan McCain.  —  McCain weighed in on recent rhetoric from the group's first convention when she guest hosted “The View” Monday.
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CNN:   McCain's daughter questions Tea Party movement
Alan Colmes' Liberaland:   Meghan McCain Takes On The Tea Partiers
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
America Is Not Yet Lost  —  We've always known that America's reign as the world's greatest nation would eventually end.  But most of us imagined that our downfall, when it came, would be something grand and tragic.  —  What we're getting instead is less a tragedy than a deadly farce.
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Rasmussen Reports:
75% Are Angry At Government's Current Policies  —  Voters are madder than ever at the current policies of the federal government.  —  A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 75% of likely voters now say they are at least somewhat angry at the government's current policies …
Megan McArdle:
Apple Says it Will Lower Prices if iPad Doesn't Sell  —  Remember the kerfuffle over the original iPhone?  Apple charged luxe prices for the first few months, and then after it had wrung every possible dollar out of the early adopters, dropped the cost to capture more price-sensitive users.
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Shelby releases holds on Obama nominees  —  Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) has released his controversial “holds” on more than 70 pending presidential nominations, his office said Monday night.  —  Senators, usually from the minority party, often use the legislative tactic …
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Fairness Doctrine  —  Yes, let's talk about those Republican ideas for health care.  —  The idea that Republicans haven't had a chance to present their ideas on health care reform is a bit mind-boggling.  Five separate congressional committees had hearings; each chamber had floor debates.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
House GOP Medicare Elimination Plan Puts Conservatives in a Pickle
Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
Gmail, Too, Seeks to Rival Facebook  —  Google Inc. is taking a swipe at Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. with a new feature that makes it easier for users of Gmail to view media and status updates shared online by their friends.  —  Google could announce the new Gmail feature as soon as this week, said people familiar with the matter.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
COLLINS STILL CAN'T ADMIT HER MISTAKE.... For reasons that are still unclear, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has decided to take a leadership role in going after the Obama administration's handling of the attempted Abdulmutallab attack.  So far, this hasn't gone especially well.
Discussion: The Plum Line and AMERICAblog News
Ezra Klein:
There's something new under the sun  —  I've been racking my brain all morning, but I really can't come up with another example of a president gambling major legislation on a televised, hyped showdown with the leadership of the minority party.  Congressional Democrats have been begging Obama …
Tony Romm / The Hill:
Nelson to oppose Becker for NLRB spot  —  Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson (D) on Monday announced he would oppose Craig Becker's nomination to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) — a move that could ultimately scuttle Becker's confirmation indefinitely.  —  Senate Democratic leaders needed …
Discussion: The Politico and Daily Kos
Jay Cost / HorseRaceBlog:
America is Not Ungovernable  —  Recently, some analysts have suggested that the lack of major policy breakthroughs in the last year is due to the fact that America has become ungovernable.  Ezra Klein argued that it was time to reform the filibuster because the government cannot function with it intact anymore.
Mark Warren / Las Vegas Sun:
Harry Reid's co-writer unloads while discussing polls, Obama quote  —  Editor's note: Mark Warren, co-author of Harry Reid's “The Good Fight” recently shared his thoughts on Reid's poll numbers, the infamous Obama quote, Republicans and more with “Las Vegas Weekly” editor Scott Dickensheets.
 
 
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