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10:35 AM ET, February 23, 2010

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Dan Pfeiffer / White House.gov Blog Feed:

Will the Republicans Post Their Health Plan... and When? — The President believes strongly that Thursday's bipartisan meeting on health insurance reform will be most productive if both sides come to the table with a unified plan to start discussion - and if the public has the opportunity …

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Post, The Note, Boston Globe, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, CentristNet, Commentary, Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, DISSENTING JUSTICE, Political Punch, TPMDC, The Page, AMERICAblog News, Washington Times and Politics Daily

Douglas Elmendorf / Director's Blog:

The Obama Administration's Health Care Proposal — This morning the Obama Administration released a description of its health care proposal, and CBO has already received several requests to provide a cost estimate for that proposal. We had not previously received the proposal …

Mike Allen / The Politico:

GOP plans dozens or hundreds of health-care amendments — Big RNC donors hit Steele for planes, Ritz, limos — Airport body scanners to finally begin rolling out in March — “Morning Joe”: Ron Paul (7:35 a.m.), Steve Hildebrand (8:40 a.m.), Frank Bruni (8:50 a.m.) ... Sarah Palin will appear …

Discussion: Christian Science Monitor and Taegan Goddard's …

Chris Frates / The Politico:

Gibbs may need to read the White House website more closely — During today's press briefing, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said he hoped that Republicans would post their reform plans online. — “The president posted ideas of his on the White House website today.

Discussion: The Swamp, The Note, Commentary, The Foundry, Stop The ACLU, Associated Press and Political Punch

Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare at Ramming Speed

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Post and Betsy's Page

Carl Hulse / New York Times:

In Passage of Jobs Measure, a Glimpse of Bipartisanship — WASHINGTON — Five Republican senators broke ranks with their party on Monday to advance a $15 billion job-creation measure put forward by Democrats, a rare bipartisan breakthrough after months in which Republicans had held together …

Discussion: ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, The Moderate Voice, Washington Monthly, Washington Post, The Note, Wake up America and Prairie Weather

Dana Milbank / Washington Post:

From the bluest of states, a red senator of a different color — So much for the Massachusetts Miracle. — The election of Republican Scott Brown to Ted Kennedy's Senate seat was supposed to bring a seismic change to national politics. It did just that Monday night, but not in the way Republicans had hoped.

Discussion: brownbrigade.ning.com and TRAIL BLAZERS

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:

Scott Brown joins Dems and votes to end debate on jobs bill — Newly-seated Republican Sen. Scott Brown (Mass.) on Monday joined Democrats in voting to end debate on their $15 billion jobs bill. Brown crossed the aisle after Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) nixed an $85 billion …

Discussion: FiveThirtyEight, Big Government, snooperreport.com, NewsReal Blog, The Confluence, Open Congress, The Politico, The Reaction, Mother Jones, No More Mister Nice Blog, Left Coast Rebel, Dr. Melissa Clouthier, CNN, Don Surber, The New Republic, Wonkette and Riehl World View

Ben Pershing / Washington Post:
Senate advances job-creation bill with GOP help

Discussion: Boston Globe, RedState, Bloomberg and The Plum Line

Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Bipartisan jobs bill advances past GOP filibuster

Discussion: The Corner on National …

Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:

Steele's spending spree angers donors — Republican National Chairman Michael Steele is spending twice as much as his recent predecessors on private planes and paying more for limousines, catering and flowers - expenses that are infuriating the party's major donors who say Republicans need every penny …

Discussion: The Caucus, The Daily Caller and The Page

Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Romney endorses McCain …

Discussion: CNN and Politics Daily

Michael O'Brien / The Hill:

Reid: 'Men, when they're out of work, tend to become abusive' — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) suggested Monday that domestic violence by men has increased due to U.S. joblessness. — Reid, speaking in the midst of a Senate debate over whether to pass a $15 billion package meant …

Discussion: Left Coast Rebel, Hot Air, The Lonely Conservative, snooperreport.com, Scared Monkeys, NewsBusters.org, Shot in the Dark and Confederate Yankee

Marin Cogan / The Politico:

Harry Reid: Domestic abuse rises as jobs fall — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pushed for a $15 billion jobs bill Monday by suggesting that unemployed men are more likely to abuse their wives. — “Men when they're out of work tend to become abusive,” Reid said as he argued in favor of a cloture vote on the jobs bill.

Discussion: protein wisdom

Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:

As Crist poll numbers slide, staffers leave campaign — Speaking after a White House meeting with governors on Monday, Charlie Crist said he supported stimulus spending. — In the latest sign of turbulence for Charlie Crist's wounded U.S. Senate bid, key staffers are starting to leave the campaign.

Discussion: race42008.com

Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Rubio heading to Palmetto state

Discussion: Left Coast Rebel, RedState and The Page

Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:

Mark Levin Questions Glenn Beck's Behavior And Strategy — ‘STOP DIVIDING US’ — Levin Challenges Beck To Behave Like An Adult — *** GLENN BECK EMBRACES LIBERAL PALS, BELIEVES IN GLOBAL WARMING *** — Is Mark Levin the only major figure on the right with the guts …

Discussion: Another Black Conservative, The Other McCain, The Lonely Conservative, Left Coast Rebel, Riehl World View and DownWithTyranny!

J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:

Senate sitting on 290 bills already passed by House; tension mounts — Exasperated House Democratic leaders have compiled a list showing that they have passed 290 bills that have stalled in the Senate. — The list is the latest sign that Democrats in the lower chamber are frustrated with their Senate counterparts.

Discussion: AMERICAblog News

Clive Crook / Financial Times:
Obama gets ready to risk it all

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The Huffington Post:

Rockefeller Not Inclined To Support Reconciliation For The Public Plan — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) threw a wrench into Democratic efforts to get a public option passed through reconciliation, saying that he thought the maneuver was overly partisan and that he was inclined to oppose it.

Discussion: Think Progress, Washington Monthly, TalkLeft, TPMDC, New York Times, Working In These Times, Firedoglake, Open Left and Swampland

New York Times:

Pakistani Reports Capture of a Taliban Leader — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In another blow to the Taliban senior leadership, Pakistani authorities have captured Mullah Abdul Kabir, a member of the group's inner circle and a leading military commander against American forces in eastern Afghanistan …

Discussion: Jon Taplin's Blog, The Awl, New York Magazine and At-Largely

Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:

Sen. John McCain: I was misled on bailout — Under growing pressure from conservatives and “tea party” activists, Sen. John McCain of Arizona is having to defend his record of supporting the government's massive bailout of the financial system. — In response to criticism from opponents seeking …

Discussion: msnbc.com, Taegan Goddard's …, theblogprof, Hotline On Call, QandO, CNN, Left Coast Rebel, Hit & Run, Think Progress, Wonkette, Sister Toldjah, Clusterstock, CBS News, DISSENTING JUSTICE, Riehl World View, Say Anything and naked capitalism

Michelle Malkin:
Attention, GOP: John McCain is the problem

Discussion: American Thinker, Hot Air, Riehl World View and The Corner on National …

Charlie Martin / Pajamas Media:

Climategate Meets the Law: Senator Inhofe To Ask for DOJ Investigation (Pajamas Media/PJTV Exclusive) — Inhofe intends to ask for a probe of the embattled climate scientists for possible criminal acts. And he thinks Gore should be recalled to explain his prior congressional testimony.

Discussion: Say Anything, The Strata-Sphere, Hot Air, Don Surber and Shot in the Dark

Lee Fang / Think Progress:

Rep. King Justifies Suicide Attack On IRS: Sympathizes With Hatred Of IRS, Hopes For Its Destruction — On Thursday, a man flew a plane into a Texas federal building in an apparent domestic terrorist attack. The suicide bomber, identified as Joseph Andrew Stack, was allegedly a right wing extremist …

Discussion: Des Moines Register and Christian Science Monitor

Zachary Roth / TPM LiveWire:
Steve King To Conservatives: ‘Implode’ IRS Offices

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Jed Report, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Hullabaloo

Kasie Hunt / The Politico:

Roberts denies giving green light — Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) is denying a CIA claim that he gave the go ahead to destroy tapes that showed agency officials waterboarding terror suspect Abu Zubayda, disputing a recently released CIA document that claims the former Intelligence Committee chairman knew …

Discussion: Politics Daily

Richard Teitelbaum / Bloomberg:

Secret AIG Document Shows Goldman Sachs Minted Most Toxic CDOs — Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) — When a congressional panel convened a hearing on the government rescue of American International Group Inc. in January, the public scolding of Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner got the most attention.

Discussion: naked capitalism, Real Time Economics and DealBook

Jennifer Fermino / New York Post:

In-Justice! Furor over O's ‘Gitmo’ appointees — The Justice Department's disclosure that nine of President Obama's appointees had either represented or advocated for Guantanamo detainees has touched off a firestorm of criticism. — The surprising admission came three months after Republican …

Discussion: JammieWearingFool

Jonathan Tobin / Commentary:

WEB EXCLUSIVE: A World-Historic Find in Jerusalem — The greatest threat to the hopes of those who think parts of Jerusalem should be off-limits to Jews comes not when Jewish-owned buildings go up in the city, but rather when Jews start digging into the ground of East Jerusalem.

Discussion: Yourish.com, Israel Matzav and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS

Sharon Begley / Newsweek:

Book Review: The Lomborg Deception — Debunking the claims of the climate-change skeptic. — In naming roustabout, lumberjack, ironworker, and dairy farmer America's “worst jobs,” CareerCast.com omitted one whose awfulness is counterbalanced only by its public-spiritedness: fact-checking Bjørn Lomborg.

Discussion: Boing Boing and Mother Jones

Lee Doren / Big Journalism:

How the World Works: Max Blumenthal and His Vicious Alinsky Tactics — While some people debate the merits of the current healthcare legislation in Congress, or attempt to expose corruption in our government, Max Blumenthal instead engages in character assassination using the most questionable sources.

Discussion: NewsReal Blog, American Power and snooperreport.com

msnbc.com:

Cheney ‘doing fine’ after feeling chest pains — Ex-VP expected to leave hospital Tuesday after undergoing tests — Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks to attendees at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 18, in Washington, DC. He was hospitalized with chest pains on Monday.

Discussion: Stop The ACLU, Raw Story, Political Punch, Politics Daily, Mediaite, Advocate, Washington Post, Liberal Values and The Impolitic

David Weigel / The Washington Independent:

Ron Paul Victory Shows Ideological Hardening Ahead of 2010 — Enthusiasm of Young Libertarians Was Surprise of CPAC — The news that Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) had won the 2010 CPAC presidential straw poll was leaked early, to soften the blow. Before GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio had even begun …