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Ezra Klein:
Nancy Pelosi's strategy for passing health-care reform — “My biggest fight has been between those who wanted to do something incremental and those who wanted to do something comprehensive,” Nancy Pelosi said in a meeting with reporters this morning. “We won that fight …
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GOP's Dick Armey Predicts Democrats Will Probably Pass Health Care — ABC News' Matt Loffman reports: — Former Republican House Majority Leader and current Tea Party leader Dick Armey said today that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is “inept” but that Congress would likely still pass health care reform.
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Pelosi: Passing Health Reform Will Set Stage For Great Debate With GOP — In her most expansive case yet for health reform, Nancy Pelosi argued in a small roundtable with bloggers today that passing it into law would set the stage for a great, long-term debate with the GOP over the proper role …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Graham: Pelosi has House Dems ‘liquored up on sake’ ready for ‘suicide run’
Graham: Pelosi has House Dems ‘liquored up on sake’ ready for ‘suicide run’
Jared Allen / The Hill:
Pelosi: Controversial tactic an ‘option’ for moving healthcare
Pelosi: Controversial tactic an ‘option’ for moving healthcare
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Daniel Foster / The Corner on National Review Online:
Dreier: Democrats ‘About 10 Votes Off’ from Passage in House — By: Daniel Foster
Dreier: Democrats ‘About 10 Votes Off’ from Passage in House — By: Daniel Foster
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Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
It Figures... Obama's Rally Prop ‘Natoma Canfield’ Qualifies For Financial Aid; Is Patient At Top US Cancer Center; Won't Lose Home — Obama's Health Care Rally Prop Is In Hospital... Getting Care... Despite No Insurance. — Natoma Canfield is 50 years old. She was diagnosed with cancer 16 years ago.
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Karen Travers / ABCNEWS:
Obama: We Will Get the Votes for Health Care Reform Bill — President Obama Tells ABC He Thinks Dems Will Pass Bill, in Exclusive Interview — President Obama told ABC News today he is confident that health care reform legislation will pass. — “I believe we are going to get the votes …
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Fox News:
Clinic: Cancer Patient Who Wrote to Obama Will Not Lose Home, May Get Aid
Clinic: Cancer Patient Who Wrote to Obama Will Not Lose Home, May Get Aid
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Lisa Depaulo / GQ Magazine: GQ:
Hello, America, My Name Is Rielle Hunter — We've heard from former senator John Edwards, we've heard from his soon-to-be-ex-wife, Saint Elizabeth, and we've heard (bleh) from Andrew Young, the former Edwards aide and faux father. But through it all—the affair and the cancer-stricken spouse …
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Art Beast / The Daily Beast:
Edwards Sex Tape Details — Hungry Beast Giving Beast Women in the World — Blogs and Stories — Andrew Young tells The Daily Beast he's going on the offensive against his old boss, John Edwards. Diane Dimond reveals how the sex tape imperils the ex-candidate-and what exactly is on it.
The Huffington Post:
J.D. Hayworth: Gay Marriage Law Could Produce Man-Horse Nuptials — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) primary challenger, former Arizona congressman J.D. Hayworth, warned this past weekend that the same-sex marriage decision handed down by the Massachusetts Supreme Court …
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Fhardingj / CNN:
Hayworth: Gay marriage opens doors to bestiality
Hayworth: Gay marriage opens doors to bestiality
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Not Larry Sabato:
COOCH GONE WILD — Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has been in the news a lot recently for his lawsuit against the EPA, his letter to colleges telling them to change their non-discrimination policies and his efforts to defund Planned Parenthood. But he's not done making news yet!
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Josh / Right Wing Watch:
VIDEO: Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli Worried about the Government …
VIDEO: Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli Worried about the Government …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Another billboard mystery in Minnesota? — Somehow, I think people will miss this man more than the one featured in the “Miss Me Yet?” billboard that appeared outside the Twin Cities in Minnesota last month. Another anonymous advertisement has appeared on the roadside of a major interstate freeway …
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Cantor: W.H. ‘irresponsible’ on Israel — The second-ranking House Republican blasted the Obama administration as “irresponsible” in its dealings with Israel, accusing the White House of trying to curry favor with the Arab world by deriding America's closest ally in the Middle East.
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Turn Against Israel
Obama's Turn Against Israel
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Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
The AIPAC Statement We Need But Have Not Gotten (Yet): Netanyahu …
The AIPAC Statement We Need But Have Not Gotten (Yet): Netanyahu …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
The New Republic illustrates a serious piece about the Tea Party movement with a gross photograph that's meant to evoke the pejorative “teabagger.” — Here's the article. Quite apart from the childishness of evoking the term “teabagger” and creating a image to convey the term (to those in the know) …
Biz / Twitter Blog:
@anywhere — When we designed Twitter, we took a different approach—we didn't require a relationship model like that of a social network. Keeping things open meant you could browse our site to read tweets from friends, celebrities, companies, media outlets, fictional characters, and more.
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Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Democrats plan hospitable greeting for Tea Partiers — Tea Partiers are storming the Capitol tomorrow, and Democrats are preapring to roll out the red carpet. — In a memo sent to freshman and sophomore lawmakers, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the House leadership …
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Bachmann: We're Not Going To Obey Health Care Law — 'We Don't Have To' (VIDEO) — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is going a step beyond simply pledging to fight efforts to pass the health care bill — she's openly pronouncing that people should personally declare it unconstitutional and defy it …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
The Beck Factor at Fox: Staffers say comments taint their work — In just over a year, Glenn Beck's blinding burst of stardom has often seemed to overshadow the rest of Fox News. — And that may not be a good thing for the top-rated cable news channel, as many of its staffers are acutely aware.
Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker:
GOP Gov Candidate Admits Refusing To Salute Flag — Denies Hitting On Campaign Manager, Sex With Underage Girls — A far-right Republican candidate for governor of Georgia has issued what must be one of the most counter-productive — and flat-out hilarious — denials in the history of modern political campaigning.
Larry Downes / The Hill:
Net neutrality would end innovation, not preserve it — Tomorrow, the Federal Communications Commission will issue its much-anticipated National Broadband Plan, making universal access to high-speed Internet connections a national priority. — That's a worthy goal, one that would go far toward rescuing …
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Nancy Scola / American Prospect:
More of a National Broadband To-Do List, Really.
More of a National Broadband To-Do List, Really.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland:
Internet Grew 20% More Hateful In 2009 — A report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center for Tolerance shows that terrorists and hate groups are turning to Facebook and Twitter in greater numbers, and that the Internet got 20% nastier last year. — The report, based on some 11,500 problematic Web sites …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Obama pollster: Revise process, not goals — DNC pollster Joel Benenson, in a new poll and memo prepared for the Service Employees International Union and provided to POLITICO, is arguing that Democrats' political woes stem not from the scale of their agenda, but from the perception …