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7:35 PM ET, July 21, 2010

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David Frum / The Week Magazine:
Shirley Sherrod and the shame of conservative media  —  When Andrew Breitbart unveils a selectively edited tape to defame a federal employee, conservatives blame Barack Obama  —  You want to see media bias in action?  Okay — look at the conservative media reaction to the firing of Shirley Sherrod.
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Jonah Goldberg / The Corner on National Review Online:
Shirley Sherrod — My Take — By: Jonah Goldberg  —  I think she should get her job back.  I think she's owed apologies from pretty much everyone, including my good friend Andrew Breitbart.  I generally think Andrew is on the side of the angels and a great champion of the cause.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
In meeting, Messina praised Sherrod handling  —  In a closed staff meeting Tuesday morning, a senior administration praised elements of the White House's initial response to a partial video of a speech by a Department of Agriculture official — a response that the Administration has since reversed.
Brad / Think Progress:
Breitbart's New Conspiracy Theory: The ‘Purported’ Farmer's Wife Is A Plant  —  Two white farmers who were supposedly discriminated against by former USDA official Shirley Sherrod spoke out on her behalf yesterday, saying “no way in the world” is she racist.
Joe Strupp / Strupp:
Sherrod: I'm a Victim of Breitbart, Fox ‘Racism’  —  Shirley Sherrod, the former Agriculture Department Georgia Director of Rural Development, says she is a victim.  A victim of poor reporting and, as she contends, clear bias and racist coverage from both Andrew Breitbart and Fox News.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Obama, cable chatter & liberal fury  —  President Barack Obama has made a mantra out of insisting he and his White House won't get caught up in “cable chatter,” with aides proudly insisting they don't let 24-hour news outlets drive decision-making.  —  But this week's forced resignation …
Discussion: Fox News and RedState
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:   On Lacking All Conviction  —  Let's take a moment to understand …
CNN:
Aides: White House trying to distance Obama from Sherrod controversy
Discussion: The Politico and Gateway Pundit
Jocelyn Fong / Media Matters for America:
Will media fall for Breitbart's attempt to spin his spectacular failure?
Discussion: DaTechguy's Blog
Paul Krugman:
Fooled Again And Again and Again
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Federal Eye
Ezra Klein:   What lesson did the White House take from Sherrod?
Rachel Slajda / TPMMuckraker:
Gibbs Apologizes To Sherrod; She May Get Her Job Back (VIDEO)
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Should Shirley Sherrod get her job back?
Discussion: Althouse and Big Government
Jonathan Strong / The Daily Caller:
If you were in the presence of a man having a heart attack, how would you respond?  As he clutched his chest in desperation and pain, would you call 911?  Would you try to save him from dying?  Of course you would.  —  But if that man was Rush Limbaugh, and you were Sarah Spitz …
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Meet the New Journolist, Smaller Than the Old Journolist  —  Blogosphere, please join me in celebrating the birth of Cabalist, the wittily-named successor to Ezra Klein's infamous Journolist, the listserv of liberal bloggers, pundits and academics that inadvertently brought down (very temporarily) …
David Gura / NPR:
Public Radio Publicist Apologizes For Controversial Remarks About Limbaugh  —  This morning, The Daily Caller posted a story about an email message radio publicist Sarah Spitz reportedly sent to Journolist, a now-defunct listserv.  —  “If you were in the presence of a man having a heart attack, how would you respond?”
Ezra Klein:
You shall know them by their work  —  A few weeks ago …
James DeLong / The Enterprise Blog:   JournoList as a Management Problem
National Enquirer:
AL GORE SEX SCANDAL SHOCKER POLICE INVESTIGATE TWO MORE!  —  The ENQUIRER reports in an exclusive bombshell exclusive that police have investigated charges from TWO MORE WOMEN who claimed they were abused by former VP AL GORE!  —  The allegations come hot on the heels of an ongoing Portland …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Jonathan Strong / The Daily Caller:
Obama wins!  And Journolisters rejoice  —  DAVID ROBERTS, GRIST: It's all I can do not to start bawling.  —  LUKE MITCHELL, HARPER'S: I'm picturing something like VJ Day in Times Square.  Seriously!  —  JOHN BLEVINS, SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW: It's all I can do to hold it together.  —  Nov. 4:
Quinnipiac University:
Obama Approval Drops To Lowest Point Ever, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Independent Voters Turn On President Since Honeymoon  —  A year after President Barack Obama's political honeymoon ended, his job approval rating has dropped to a negative 44 - 48 percent, his worst net score ever …
Geoff Boucher / Hero Complex:
COMIC-CON 2010: ‘Captain America’ director has different spin on hero: 'He's not a flag-waver'  —  The director of “Captain America: The First Avenger,” the 2011 summer blockbuster that will coincide with the character's 70th anniversary, says the screen version of the hero will be true to his roots — up to a certain point.
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
RNC fails to report $7 million in debt to FEC  —  Party treasurer faults Steele  —  ASSOCIATED PRESSRepublican Party chairman Michael Steele, center, talks with Republican state leaders and volunteers during a visit to the Colorado GOP headquarters in the Greenwood Village south of Denver on Thursday, July 8, 2010.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Bill Clinton More Popular Than Barack Obama  —  George W. Bush's favorable rating is up slightly  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Former President Bill Clinton is currently more well-liked by Americans than both of his successors.  Sixty-one percent view him favorably, compared with 52% …
Discussion: The Swamp and Real Clear Politics
JSOnline:
Board rejects ‘whiteman’ ballot language from Milwaukee candidate  —  By Jason Stein and Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel  —  Madison — State elections officials narrowly rejected a Milwaukee Assembly candidate's attempt to run with the slogan “NOT the 'whiteman's bitch' ” under her name on the ballot.
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Rich Blake / ABCNEWS:
Secret Gold Coin Tax Embedded in Health Bill  —  Amendment Slipped Into Health Care Legislation Would Track, Tax Coin and Bullion Transactions  —  Those already outraged by the president's health care legislation now have a new bone of contention — a scarcely noticed tack-on provision …
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: Kentucky Senate  —  Kentucky Senate: Paul (R) 49% Conway (D) 41%  —  It's the same story in Kentucky's race for U.S. Senate again this month.  Republican Rand Paul continues to hold a modest lead over Democrat Jack Conway.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey …
 
 
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Norton's NASA remark kinda came outer nowhere
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New York Post:
Pols told to be wary of female lobbyists
Discussion: TPMDC and New York Magazine
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Dems Aren't Disclosing Early Polls
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Blago: Prosecutors ‘proved my innocence’
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DOJ's Legal Counsel Office Loses Another Top Official
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