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6:55 PM ET, March 2, 2010

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Emily Pierce / Roll Call:
Collins Tries to Stop Bunning Filibuster  —  Senate Republicans sought Tuesday to insulate themselves from the damage caused by Sen. Jim Bunning's (R-Ky.) filibuster of a bill that would extend unemployment and health benefits and highway programs.  —  Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) …
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John Stanton / Roll Call:
Democrats May Force All-Night Session  —  Democrats are hoping to turn the procedural tables on Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) and use Senate rules to break his blockade against an extension of unemployment insurance, including possibly forcing a round-the-clock session.
Hogan / RedState:
It's Not a Filibuster You Freaking Idiots  —  Dennis Miller once joked about those who would mispronounce certain words on the Senate floor, “now color me reactionary, but I don't think you should vote on this sh*t unless you know how to pronounce it.”  Well, I think we should amend …
Lexington Herald-Leader:
Bunning's callous grandstanding  —  Grayson, Paul wrong to applaud  —  As long as Republicans were in charge, Sen. Jim Bunning was OK with trading a surplus for a deficit.  He voted to put two wars, tax cuts and a Medicare drug benefit on the nation's credit card.
The Note:   Bunning Blinks?  —  ABC's Jonathan Karl reports:
CNN:
Top House Republican says Bunning's got ‘a legitimate argument’
Discussion: The Politico
CNN:
Obama embraces GOP health care proposals
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Health care by Easter?  —  With AP suggesting that nine “no” Democrats in the House could switch to “yes,” Inside Health Policy has a timeline:  —  According to [a] Democratic memo, the timeline may be: Step one: The House passes the Senate's health reform bill by March 19.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE RESULTS OF THE HCR SUMMIT.... President Obama is scheduled …
Discussion: Shakesville
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
UPDATED: Obama Embraces GOP Ideas, Urges Dems to Move Forward
Discussion: Firedoglake and Guardian
The Huffington Post:
Obama Wants Comprehensive Bill, GOP Ideas; READ His Letter To Congress
Jon Walker / Firedoglake:
Tom Harkin: I'll Be For the Public Option Again - After I'm Against It
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and TalkLeft
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Feel the Kausmentum  —  With the valuable Glenn Reynolds and Jonah Goldberg endorsements in hand, Mickey Kaus' bid for a Democratic Party primary win is looking more solid than ever.  —  That said, I'm going to go counter-counterintuitive here and say that if some weird process put Mickey Kaus …
Discussion: Winds of Change.NET
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Jonah Goldberg / The Corner on National Review Online:   Mickey for Senate? — By: Jonah Goldberg
Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Hotheaded Emanuel may be White House voice of reason  —  Rahm Emanuel is officially a Washington caricature.  He's the town's resident leviathan, a bullying, bruising White House chief of staff who is a prime target for the failings of the Obama administration.
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House downplays internal rifts
Discussion: CNN and DISSENTING JUSTICE
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Coffee Party Parasites  —  The New York Times and Washington Post are promoting a group called the “Coffee Party” organized by filmmaker Annabel Park.  —  The Coffee Party is a political parasite which presents itself as something it is not.  As reported in the NY Times [see update below] …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Cheney group questions loyalty of Justice lawyers  —  Liz Cheney's group Keep America Safe, which has led the resurgent Republican attacks on President Obama's national security policies, is releasing a video this morning that questions the loyalties of Justice Department lawyers who advocated …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Ford bolts; Zuckerman rises  —  Harold Ford gave many reasons for his decision not to launch a primary challenge against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, but he didn't mention a decisive one: The emergence of a richer, stronger center-right challenger whom many of Ford's potential supporters …
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Justices signal they're ready to make gun ownership a national right  —  A high court majority reviewing a handgun ban in Chicago indicates that it sees the right to ‘bear arms’ as national in scope, and can be used to strike down some state and local gun regulations.
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Orrin Hatch / Washington Post:
Reconciliation on health care would be an assault to the democratic process  —  America's Founders gave us a system of governance designed to limit government power and maximize liberty.  The legislative branch is different from the executive, and the Senate is different from the House.
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Alex Massie / The Daily Dish:
Hillary's Falklands Provocation  —  Bagehot of the Economist is beginning to have some doubts about the Obama administration: … What stance?  Well Hillary Clinton has been visiting Argentina and was asked about the status of the Falklands.  Here's what she had to say: … And:
Discussion: Eunomia and FP Passport
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Scott Collins / Los Angeles Times:
Roger Ebert takes to Twitter to give tea party followers a thumb's down  —  The film reviewer is aiming barbs at Sarah Palin and other conservatives.  —  Who's the biggest scourge of the tea party movement these days?  It might be film critic Roger Ebert, who lately has been tossing brickbats …
The Note:
‘The View’ Couch Not So Cozy for Romney  —  ABC News' Teddy Davis reports:  —  Mitt Romney bounded onto the set of ABC's “The View” this morning, perhaps expecting a light chat about his new book and possible presidential run.  —  But once the former Massachusetts governor settled onto the couch …
Discussion: Hot Air and Ben Smith's Blog
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Another American media failure  —  In the years after the the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the subsequent failure to find WMD, the American media flagellated itself publicly over its lack of skepticism of Bush administration cassus belli claims.  We endured reams of essays about the supine nature …
William Wan / Washington Post:
Same-sex marriage leads Catholic Charities to adjust benefits  —  Employees at Catholic Charities were told Monday that the social services organization is changing its health coverage to avoid offering benefits to same-sex partners of its workers — the latest fallout from a bitter debate …
Patterico's Pontifications:
Debunking Some Emerging ACORN Liberal Myths  —  This post debunks several liberal myths about ACORN that have emerged in recent weeks — many from Eric Boehlert of Media Matters and Brad Friedman.  —  POSING AS PIMP AT ACORN  —  Liberal Myth: James O'Keefe did not pretend to be a pimp inside ACORN.
 
 
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Hard and the Soft  —  The United States, a nation of 300 million …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Sadly, No!
Political Punch:
Grassley, Issa Question Impartiality of Former US Attorney in Ousted IG Matter
Discussion: Main Justice and Hot Air
Domenico Montanaro / msnbc.com:
REPUBLICAN COMPARES OBAMA TO SNOOKI
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and Hot Air
Alex Massie / The Daily Dish:
The Immigration Dilemma  —  Now that the opinion polls are pointing …
Discussion: Guardian and Eunomia
Paul Rincon / BBC:
Ice deposits found at Moon's pole
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Pryor: Reconciliation ‘not my first choice’
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
'Sarah Palin's primaries:' 55 party fights
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
The Politico:
Dems siding with GOP on Rangel
Discussion: The Greenroom and Hot Air
Patricia Murphy / Politics Daily:
McCain Calls Kerry-Graham-Lieberman Climate Change Plan ‘A Joke’
Wall Street Journal:
How Milton Friedman Saved Chile
Discussion: Fausta's Blog and Cato @ Liberty
 

 
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