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Jesse Lee / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Gibbs Responds to Boehner, Cantor — White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs just responded to a letter sent today from House Republican Leader John Boehner and House Republican Whip Eric Cantor regarding the proposed bipartisan health care summit: — The President is adamant that we seize …
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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.
Republican Leader John Boehner:
Boehner, Cantor Question White House on Proposed Health Care Summit — GOP Leaders: “Assuming the President is sincere about moving forward on health care in a bipartisan way, does that mean he will agree to start over so that we can develop a bill that is truly worthy of the support and confidence of the American people?”
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WILLING TO TALK — WITH PRECONDITIONS.... When President Obama announced on Sunday that he would host bipartisan talks on health care reform in two weeks, he offered congressional Republicans something of an opportunity. If the GOP wanted a chance to make a substantive contribution to the debate …
New York Times:
On Health Bill, G.O.P.'s Road Is a New Map — WASHINGTON — When Republicans take President Obama up on his invitation to hash out their differences over health care this month, they will carry with them a fairly well-developed set of ideas intended to make health insurance more widely available …
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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Wall Street Journal:
Bush Was Right, Says Obama — 'We're not handling any of these cases any different from the Bush administration.' — This weekend, Americans were treated to something new: Barack Obama defending his war policies by suggesting they merely continue his predecessor's practices.
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 …
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Walter Alarkon / The Hill:Blue Dogs push to go further than Obama spending freeze
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Washington Post:Rep. John Murtha dies at 77
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David Stout / New York Times:Representative John P. Murtha Dies at 77; Ex-Marine Was Iraq War Critic
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Mark Memmott / NPR Blogs:
‘Miss Me Yet?’ Billboard With Photo Of Bush Is Real; Not An Internet Trick — Internet chatter had led to speculation that it might be an urban myth — nothing more than clever digital trickery spreading via the Web. — But our friend Bob Collins at Minnesota Public Radio assures us he's seen it with his own eyes:
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Bob Collins / Minnesota Public Radio:
The mystery billboard — It was late at night and I wasn't sure I'd seen the billboard correctly as I whizzed past it on I-35 in Wyoming last week on the way back from Wrenshall. But an e-mailer confirms I saw what I thought I saw. — It's beginning to sweep along the Internet …
CNN:
McCain's daughter questions Tea Party movement — Sen. McCain's daughter Meghan said Monday that young people are turned off by the Tea Party movement. — (CNN) - Sen. John McCain's daughter called into question the political stature of the Tea Party movement Monday and sharply criticized …
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:McCain, Facing G.O.P. Foe in Primary, Tilts to the Right
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The Huffington Post:Meghan McCain Calls Out Tea Party For Racism, On ‘The View’ (VIDEO)
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The Huffington Post:
Ben Nelson To Filibuster Key Obama Labor Nominee — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — In a move that will further irritate his Democratic critics, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) announced on Monday evening that he would not just oppose but also help filibuster President Barack Obama's nominee to a key labor relations agency
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Manu Raju / The Politico:Nelson will back GOP filibuster
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Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Pamela Geller Destroys Ron Reagan Jr. on Joy Behar Show (Video) — The great Pamela Geller from Atlas Shrugs destroyed Ron Reagan Jr., Joy Behar and her other hateful liberal guest on the Behar Show last night. Geller gave Ron Jr. the spanking he never had, but needed.
Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:
Paterson to Announce Campaign for Governor — Amid churning doubts over his political future, New York Gov. David Paterson has told one of his closest advisers that he will officially announce his campaign for governor next week. — William Lynch, a Harlem lobbyist and political aide …
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Louise Radnofsky / Washington Wire:
NOAA: Blizzard Rearranges Climate Change Announcement — As D.C. continued to dig out from Snowmageddon and is keeping an eye on another storm system, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was busy making a climate change announcement. — NOAA, part of the Department of Commerce …
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John Tierney / New York Times:
Will You Be E-Mailing This Column? It's Awesome — Sociologists have developed elaborate theories of who spreads gossip and news — who tells whom, who matters most in social networks — but they've had less success measuring what kind of information travels fastest. Do people prefer to spread good news or bad news?
Beat Balzli / Spiegel Online:
How Goldman Sachs Helped Greece to Mask its True Debt — Goldman Sachs helped the Greek government to mask the true extent of its deficit with the help of a derivatives deal that legally circumvented the EU Maastricht deficit rules. At some point the so-called cross currency swaps will mature …
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Palin Favorite Paul Ryan Rules Out 2012 Run for President — ABC News' Teddy Davis reports: — Rep. Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican who has recently been under attack by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and lavished with praise by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), is ruling out a 2012 run for president.
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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 …
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St. Petersburg Times:
Secret contract, lavish spending push Republican Party of Florida to crisis — As a volatile election season gets under way, the Republican Party of Florida is facing its biggest crisis of confidence in decades. — Donors and party activists are livid over newly revealed records …
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