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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Pelosi Says She'll Get Votes Needed for Health Bill — WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she is confident she will be able to get the votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation in the House, even if it threatens the political careers of some members of her party.
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Fox News:
Pelosi: Lawmakers Should Sacrifice Jobs for Health Care — House Speaker Pelosi says lawmakers aren't in Washington for job security but ‘to do the job for the American people.’
The Hill:
Pelosi: GOP has had its day; confident Dems can pull together on health bill — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Sunday that Republicans have left their mark on the healthcare bill and should accept that the bill will go forward. — “They've had plenty of opportunity to make their voices heard …
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Sunday Snapshot: Get Ready To Reconcile, Baby
Sunday Snapshot: Get Ready To Reconcile, Baby
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Doug Ross
The Note:
Alexander: Health Care Reform a ‘Political Kamikaze Mission’ for Democrats
Alexander: Health Care Reform a ‘Political Kamikaze Mission’ for Democrats
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Don Surber, The Politico, CNN, The Caucus, Hot Air, The Impolitic, Swampland, Washington Monthly and The Strata-Sphere
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Menendez predicts Democrats will get votes to pass health bill
Menendez predicts Democrats will get votes to pass health bill
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Taylor Marsh
Steve Tetreault / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
POLL: Obama's visit just bounced off Reid — Poll shows senator gained little ground in re-election battle — WASHINGTON — During his whirlwind visit to Las Vegas two weeks ago, President Barack Obama mentioned U.S. Sen. Harry Reid by name four dozen times, gave him a big hug and talked him up as if he was a long-lost brother.
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Another Black Conservative, Ruby Slippers, JammieWearingFool, Dennis the Peasant and Weasel Zippers
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John / Power Line:
Who's Obsessed and Deranged? — Frank Rich of the New York Times retired as a drama critic in order to take up his new role as the paper's full-time drama queen. As an op-ed columnist for the Times, his assignment, apparently, is to write in such a hysterical fashion that Paul Krugman seems rational by comparison.
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Frank Rich / New York Times:
The Axis of the Obsessed and Deranged — No one knows what history will make of the present — least of all journalists, who can at best write history's sloppy first draft. But if I were to place an incautious bet on which political event will prove the most significant of February 2010 …
Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
Doctors tell Barack Obama to quit smoking — The american president has been trying to kick the habit for sometime, apart from the smoking he is in excellent health — Barack Obama is still struggling to kick smoking, according to his first medical examination since becoming president.
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David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Glenn Beck's eliminationist attacks on progressives: How long before someone acts on this violent rhetoric? — David Sirota observes in his column this week the really ugly nature of Glenn Beck's express hatred of progressives, embodied in his CPAC speech:
Jaime Aron / Associated Press:
US sets medals record, Canada ties gold record — VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - While the Vancouver Olympics aren't finished, the medal races are - and in spectacular fashion for North Americans. — The United States is guaranteed 37 medals and Canada will finish with at least 13 gold medals.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Financial Reform Endgame — So here's the situation. We've been through the second-worst financial crisis in the history of the world, and we've barely begun to recover: 29 million Americans either can't find jobs or can't find full-time work. Yet all momentum for serious banking reform has been lost.
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Economist's View
Tom Kington / Guardian:
Berlusconi selects female candidates — Silvio Berlusconi risks renewed criticism when he unveils his candidate selection — Silvio Berlusconi risked renewed criticism of his selection of candidates for election when he unveiled a list that included a Miss Italy contestant …
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First Draft
Haaretz:
U.S. warns Syria: Stop arming Hezbollah immediately — The U.S. administration has asked Syrian President Bashar Assad to immediately stop transferring arms to Hezbollah. American officials made the request during a meeting Friday with the Syrian ambassador to Washington.
Reuters:
Quake, tsunamis kill more then 700 in Chile — CONCEPCION, Chile (Reuters) - The death toll from a massive earthquake that struck Chile surged above 700 on Sunday as reports emerged of coastal towns devastated by the tremor and tsunamis that followed. — President Michelle Bachelet …
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