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Jon Cohen / Behind the Numbers:
Most back stricter financial reform, advantage Obama — About two-thirds of Americans support stricter regulations on the way banks and other financial institutions conduct their business, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. — Majorities also back two main components …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Obama and Democrats appeal to new voters in midterms
Obama and Democrats appeal to new voters in midterms
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The Revolution Will Be Commercialized — Sarah Palin is already president of right-wing America—and it's a position with a very big salary. — On the morning of July 3, 2009, a national holiday, Sarah Palin placed a call to her communications director and told her that she wanted to hold …
Jonathan Martin / Reuters:
‘Nobody wins’ on immigration reform — The Arizona Legislature's passage of a new hard-line anti-immigration law may force both Democrats and Republicans into a place they don't want to be: dealing with the contentious, no-win issue of immigration reform in the midst of an election year.
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Frank Sharry / The Huffington Post:
Lindsey Graham and the Real “Cynical Political Ploy” on Immigration — Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has been courageous in working with Democrats on both comprehensive immigration reform and climate change legislation. He has seemed deeply committed to both.
Wall Street Journal:
Deal Near on Derivatives — Berkshire Presses Lawmakers to Roll Back Proposed Curbs, Avoiding Potential Hit — WASHINGTON—Democrats took a step toward their goal of overhauling financial regulation, reaching a tentative deal to set restrictions on trading in exotic financial instruments known as derivatives.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Not Even in South Park? — Two months before 9/11, Comedy Central aired an episode of “South Park” entitled “Super Best Friends,” in which the cartoon show's foul-mouthed urchins sought assistance from an unusual team of superheroes. These particular superfriends were all religious figures …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Op-Ed Columnist: Berating the Rating Agencies — Let's hear it for the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Its work on the financial crisis is increasingly looking like the 21st-century version of the Pecora hearings, which helped usher in New Deal-era financial regulation.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
AMBITION AND SUCCESS ARE NOT OFTEN PUNISHED.... Today, a tri-partisan climate/energy bill was supposed to be unveiled after months of efforts. The package — crafted by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) — faced an uphill climb …
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
On climate bill, Democrats work to overcome Graham's immigration objections
On climate bill, Democrats work to overcome Graham's immigration objections
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Even Tancredo worries AZ immigration law may go too far: People shouldn't be pulled over for how they look. — Former Colorado Republican congressman Tom Tancredo is known as a far-right ideologue when it comes to immigration, with fellow Republican Dick Armey lamenting that Tancredo is “alienating” Latinos from the GOP.
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Meredith Traina / WPIX:
Thousands Protest Obama's Stance On Israel — NEW YORK (WPIX) - Thousands of Jews gathered outside the Israeli Consulate Sunday to protest President Obama's position towards Israel. — Organizers said the event supports “Israel's right to build and live in its own country,” …
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Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
THOUSANDS IN THE POURING RAIN TO SUPPORT ISRAEL AGAINST OBAMA'S ANTI-ISRAEL POLICIES
THOUSANDS IN THE POURING RAIN TO SUPPORT ISRAEL AGAINST OBAMA'S ANTI-ISRAEL POLICIES
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Ezra Klein:
How do you measure ‘epistemic closure’? — “Epistemic closure,” Julian Sanchez writes, is the toxic result of “confirmation bias plus a sufficiently large array of multimedia conservative outlets to constitute a complete media counterculture, plus an overbroad ideological justification …
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Sammy Benoit / YID With LID:
National Security Adviser Jones: Jews Are Greedy Merchants — As the National Security Adviser, General James Jones is not known as a friend of the Jewish State. It was Jones who put together the team of Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski to meet with the President and advise him to impose a solution on Israel.
Simon Johnson / The Atlantic Online:
The Quiet Coup — The crash has laid bare many unpleasant truths about the United States. One of the most alarming, says a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is that the finance industry has effectively captured our government—a state of affairs …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
McCain unsure Arizona law is legal — John McCain — who has spoken supportively of his state's crackdown on illegal immigrants — appeared torn on the issue at a town hall meeting Saturday: — Although McCain had sounded a note of support for the bill, calling it a “good tool” …
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Cushy Life of the Rightwinger — If you're a connoisseur of people pointing out that Jonah Goldberg isn't a very intelligent man while simultaneously being too polite to come out and say so directly, I'd highly recommend this post from Conor Friedersdorf.
USA Today:
Economists say recovery looks stronger than expected — The recovery is shaping up to be stronger than expected and there is little risk the economy will slip back into a recession, according to USA TODAY's quarterly survey of 46 leading economists. — Yet most still say the rebound …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
White House Memo: Is Obama Looking for Empathy by Another Name? — WASHINGTON — Empathy is out. Understanding ordinary lives is in. Is there a difference? President Obama is about to find out. — A year after Mr. Obama made “empathy” one of his main criteria in picking …
The Note:
Bush Memoir Set for November Release — ABC News' Rick Klein reports: — The much-awaited memoir of former President George W. Bush is set to be published Nov. 9 — just a week after congressional elections where his party expects to make significant gains.
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