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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Karl Rove sets the record straight — sort of — As a White House reporter during the Bush presidency, I often worried that I wasn't getting the whole story. Now, Karl Rove has finally given it to me. — His new book, “Courage and Consequence,” promises to “pull back the curtain …
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Obama calls ‘entrepreneurship summit’ with Muslims — The White House on Friday announced a “summit on entrepreneurship” to build economic ties with the Islamic world, part of President Barack Obama's outreach to Muslims. — The White House said it has invited participants from more than 40 countries …
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Congressional estimates show grim deficit picture — WASHINGTON - A new congressional report released Friday says the United States' long-term fiscal woes are even worse than predicted by President Barack Obama's grim budget submission last month. — The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicts …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
White House Postpones Picking Site of 9/11 Trial — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Friday that a decision on where to prosecute Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four accused of conspiring in the Sept. 11 attacks would not be made “for weeks,” following a flare-up in the debate …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
‘STUPAK HAPPENS TO BE WRONG’.... Arguably the single biggest threat to health care reform is Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) and his dozen Democratic allies, who are threatening to kill the legislation over indirect, circuitous funding of abortion. — Efforts to work with Stupak are ongoing …
John / Power Line:
Who's A Terrorist Now? — One of the key arguments of Barack Obama's Presidential campaign was that he would improve America's image around the world. This idea was based on the false assumption that anti-Americanism was due to factors peculiar to the Bush administration …
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
If The Founders Had Wanted a Supermajority Requirement for the Senate, They Could Have Put One in the Constitution — Here's some abject nonsense from Judd Gregg as he tries to foster the misperception that the de facto supermajority created by routine filibustering is part of the Framer's vision of the constitution:
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Andrew Romano / Newsweek:
Majority Rules — Seven arguments Republicans should not be making …
Majority Rules — Seven arguments Republicans should not be making …
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Heather / Crooks and Liars:
David Gregory: “Bush was courageous too on Iraq” — On Morning Joe, Karl Rove's ex-dancing partner David Gregory is asked whether President Obama will be seen as courageous for sticking to his guns if the health care bill passes. There are so many things wrong with his response it's hard …
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Laura Berman / Detroit News:
Does DPS leader's writing send wrong message? — The president of the Detroit school board, Otis Mathis, is waging a legal battle to steer the academic future of 90,000 children, in the nation's lowest-achieving big city district. — He also acknowledges he has difficulty composing a coherent English sentence.
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Tony Romm / The Hill:
Dem-turned-GOP cites healthcare debate as reason for switch in party's address — Rep. Parker Griffith (Ala.) on Saturday stressed he joined the ranks of the Republicans last December because the Democratic Party had “lost its way” in the healthcare debate.
Macon Phillips / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Weekly Address: What Health Reform Will Deliver - This Year — In this week's address, President Obama describes how American families will have more control over their health care this year, after health reform passes. — Click here to see the video. — Here are a few more points …
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Real Talk on Health Care and Abortion — What Theda Skocpol said: … The majority of pro-life members of congress at least claim to believe that the overall health care bill is bad. But the Stupak bloc of legislators who were willing to vote for a version of the bill …