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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 …
David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Palin's debut as a motivational speaker: Houston attendees rate her a ‘Fail’ — After her Tea Party Convention speech this weekend, Sarah Palin flew to Houston to continue campaigning for herself. The news focused on her appearance at a Rick Perry rally …
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 …
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.
Alan Schroeder / The Huffington Post:
Sarah Palin's Tea Party Speech: Beneath Her Wrath A Troubling Contradiction Lurks — Sarah Palin's address at the Tea Party convention in Nashville vividly demonstrates why this woman is unlikely to ever become president of the United States: she's too pissed off.
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Michelle Obama Responds to Palin Pokes
Michelle Obama Responds to Palin Pokes
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Punkin / Media Matters for America:
Palin headlines birther conference; press pretends not to notice
Palin headlines birther conference; press pretends not to notice
Leon Wieseltier / The New Republic:
Something Much Darker — Andrew Sullivan has a serious problem. — I. — “Trying to explain the doctrine of the Trinity to readers of The New Republic is not easy.” On June 2, 1944, W.H. Auden penned that sentence in a letter to Ursula Niebuhr. On January 26, 2010 …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Latest From Leon — It's been fourteen years since …
The Latest From Leon — It's been fourteen years since …
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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.
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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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Bond calls for Brennan's resignation
Sen. Bond calls for Brennan's resignation
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New York Times:
In Albany, a Rumor of a Rumor Catches Fire — Albany — long a place of scandal, the rumor of scandal and the echoing talk about the rumor of scandal — has had a week a bit unlike any other. Newspapers, blogs, reputable outfits and fringe gossip sites have worked themselves into a frenzy …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Defiant Paterson reports on Times interview: ‘No such questions’
Defiant Paterson reports on Times interview: ‘No such questions’
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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 …
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.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Cantor On The Summit: We'll Be There! — It's on! Eric Cantor, on Fox News just now, made it official: Count Republicans in. — Cantor had written a letter with John Boehner yesterday to the White House, apparently laying down some preconditions for attending the White House's health care summit.
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Top House Republicans throw cold water on health-care summit
Top House Republicans throw cold water on health-care summit
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
The Obama Obesity Proposals: The Good, The Bad, The Missing — With a flourish of his pen, President Obama signed an executive order this morning creating yet another national anti-obesity strategy. He was flanked by gaggle of usual suspects — and his wife, Michelle Obama, for whom combating childhood obesity is a cause.
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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.
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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.
Reuters:
China PLA officers urge economic punch against U.S. — BEIJING (Reuters) - Senior Chinese military officers have proposed that their country boost defense spending, adjust PLA deployments, and possibly sell some U.S. bonds to punish Washington for its latest round of arms sales to Taiwan.
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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.
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Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Phony Centrists Pay the Price for ObamaCare — In observing the unraveling of the governing coalition and the vicious infighting breaking out in the Democratic party ("Who lost ObamaCare?" will obsess the Left for years, I suspect), James Taranto writes: