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8:00 PM ET, February 9, 2010

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CBS News:
Robert Gibbs Scrawls Notes on Hand, Mocking Sarah Palin (Video)  —  Posted by Brian Montopoli Following President Obama's surprise appearance at the White House press briefing, press secretary Robert Gibbs garnered laughter from the press corps by holding up his hand to reveal that he had written notes on his palm in black marker.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Obama Rebukes Boehner In Testy Exchange, Charges GOP Wants To Kill All His Initiatives  —  Update: White House press sec Robert Gibbs just got in touch to confirm that there was an exchange and to clarify a key point.  His comments are below.  —  At the private White House meeting today between Obama …
Discussion: Washington Post
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Getting Sarah Palin's Paradigm  —  “If the primaries were this year, I suspect she'd be nominated,” a senior adviser to one of Sarah Palin's potential rivals confides.  It's easy to see why: no one who's thinking of running beats the enthusiasm she generates among Republican activists.
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
Robert Gibbs Goes Dane Cook: Steals Jokes from Sarah Palin to Make Fun of Her  —  Focused like a laser.  —  In a White House briefing where the president showed up (because Howard Kurtz wrote a column) to talk about his bipartisan health-care summit and getting beyond politics to solve problems …
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Top House Republicans throw cold water on health-care summit  —  Leading House Republicans raised the prospect Monday night that they might refuse to participate in President Obama's proposed health care summit if the White House chooses not to scrap the existing reform bills and start over.
Alan Schroeder / The Huffington Post:   Sarah Palin's Tea Party Speech: Beneath Her Wrath A Troubling Contradiction Lurks
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Sarah Palin's soundbite strategy
Discussion: GOP 12
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Wieseltier vs Sullivan  —  My understanding is that Leon Wieseltier and Andrew Sullivan have some kind of personal beef dating back to when Sullivan was editor of the New Republic.  Wieseltier basically runs the back-of-the-book autonomously, which is a setup that often leads to friction …
Discussion: Pajamas Media and Eunomia
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Latest From Leon  —  It's been fourteen years since I left TNR and Leon Wieseltier is still obsessed with his long-standing and at this point tedious personal vendetta against me.  I will try and defend myself from these dark insinuations of anti-Semitism one by one in due course …
Discussion: NewsReal Blog
John Brennan / USA Today:
Opposing view: ‘We need no lectures’  —  Administration disrupts terrorists' plots, takes fight to them abroad.  —  Politics should never get in the way of national security.  But too many in Washington are now misrepresenting the facts to score political points, instead of coming together to keep us safe.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Congressional Democrats point finger of blame at Rahm Emanuel on healthcare  —  Democrats in Congress are holding White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel accountable for his part in the collapse of healthcare reform.  —  The emerging consensus among critics in both chambers is that Emanuel's lack …
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L. Douglas Wilder / The Politico:
Wilder: Obama needs to fire DNC Chairman Kaine, W.H. advisers  —  During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president.  I did so early, when many Democratic leaders — including many prominent African-American politicians — believed the safe bet was to back then-front-runner Hillary Clinton.
ABCNEWS:
President Obama: ‘Put Aside Matter of Party’ of Jobs Bill, Health Care  —  During Surprise Press Conference, Obama Condemns ‘Obstinacy,’ Outlines Proposal for Health Care Summit This Month  —  President Obama appealed for bipartisanship from the podium of the White House briefing room today …
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Jon Cohen / Behind the Numbers:
Poll: Bipartisanship popular, compromise tricky  —  Americans spread the blame when it comes to the lack of cooperation in Washington, and, in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, most want the two sides to keep working to pass comprehensive health-care reform.
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Jeff Sheng / The Bilerico Project:
Exclusive Pics: Lt. Dan Choi back in service?  —  This past weekend at the NGLTF Creating Change conference, there was a notable absence that many have already tweeted and remarked about.  Lt. Dan Choi was supposed to lead a Knights Out sponsored workshop on Friday morning about ending …
Manu Raju / The Politico:
Shelby not done blocking nominations  —  Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) may have dropped his holds on President Barack Obama's nominees, but he's more than willing to keep blocking nominations if he doesn't get his way.  —  “The process goes on every day,” Shelby told POLITICO.  “There are other appointments.
Discussion: CNN, The Hill and Open Left
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Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
Draft version of Senate Dems' jobs bill leaks
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Defiant Paterson reports on Times interview: ‘No such questions’  —  David Paterson called a press conference (nominal subject: snow) after his interview this afternoon with The New York Times's Albany bureau, effectively to declare an end to the speculation that the Times is about to break …
Discussion: Gothamist
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Fhardingj / CNN:
New York governor vows to stay in office
Discussion: The Politico
Nia-Malika Henderson / The Politico:
Michelle unveils 'Let's Move' initiative  —  First lady Michelle Obama unveiled a national campaign to combat childhood obesity Tuesday, saying it will take an ambitious — and bipartisan — effort to fight a problem that affects one of three American children.
Discussion: CNN
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
The Obama Obesity Proposals: The Good, The Bad, The Missing
Discussion: ABCNEWS, CNN and Silicon Alley Insider
Tony Barber / Financial Times:
Berlin looks to build Greek ‘firewall’  —  Financial markets surged on Tuesday on hopes of a European rescue plan for Greece, as officials in Berlin admitted it was looking at how to construct a “firewall” to prevent the debt crisis spiralling out of control.
Discussion: Paul Krugman and European Tribune
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Javier C. Hernandez / New York Times:
Stocks Rally on Hopes of Greek Bailout
Discussion: Gawker and Matthew Yglesias
Justin Elliott / TPM LiveWire:
Palin Advocates War With Iran After Apparently Misunderstanding Buchanan Column (VIDEO)  —  Citing a column by Pat Buchanan that clearly argues against conflict with Iran, Sarah Palin on Sunday suggested that a war with Iran would be good policy and a boon for President Obama's 2012 reelection hopes.
Tami Luhby / CNNMoney.com:
Unemployment taxes slam businesses  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Employers are getting hit with a massive tax hike at a time when they can least afford it.  —  Companies in at least 35 states will have to fork over more in unemployment insurance taxes this year, according to the National Association of State Workforce Agencies.
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Palin Puts Together A ... Campaign?  —  Sarah Palin is putting together a campaign team, and Washington is taking notice.  Mark Leibovich of the New York Times described her bare-bones political operation.  Here is what I know: she is not worried about fundraising right now.
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Michael Steele Suggests Criticism Of His Tenure Motivated By Racism  —  It's been awhile since Michael Steele has landed himself in the news, but this might stir things up again: In a new interview, Steele bluntly suggests criticism of his tenure — and all the media coverage it's garnered — may be motivated by racism.
The Smoking Gun:
Felony Snowball Tossing Charges Lodged  —  Cops: Virginia college students pelted city plow, unmarked police car  —  Felony snowball throwing charges have been leveled against two Virginia college students for allegedly pelting a city plow and an undercover police car during Saturday's blizzard.
 
 
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