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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Breitbart: ‘I am public enemy No. 1...’ — An unrepentant Andrew Breitbart told POLITICO on Thursday that the Obama administration and its allies have manufactured a controversy over the video he posted of Shirley Sherrod's speech to the NAACP as part of an orchestrated effort to take him down.
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Dan Riehl / Human Events:
In Defense of Andrew Breitbart — The media and progressive-left Democrats now appear in a rush to convict Andrew Breitbart of shoddy journalism, while exonerating Shirley Sherrod and the NAACP from charges of abiding racism within their ranks. Both Sherrod and the NAACP have charged …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Obama Says Vilsack ‘Jumped the Gun’ on Sherrod — WASHINGTON — It was exactly one year ago on Thursday that President Obama plunged into a thicket of racial politics by declaring that a white police officer in Cambridge, Mass., had “acted stupidly” in arresting a black Harvard University professor in his own home.
George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
President Obama Said Sec. Tom Vilsack ‘Jumped the Gun’ on Shirley Sherrod's Ouster — President Obama said Secretary Tom Vilsack rushed to judgment when he dismissed Shirley Sherrod from the Department of Agriculture amid charges of racism. — “He jumped the gun, partly because we now live …
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Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
THE PERILS OF EPISTEMIC CLOSURE — Both the Sherrod matter and the Journolist revelations have one thing in common that the ideologues from both sides remain blissfully and determinedly unaware; the controversies are excellent examples of epistemic closure on both sides.
Terry Moran / ABCNEWS:
Where Andrew Breitbart Is Coming From — In Exclusive Interview, Andrew Breitbart Describes Where He's From and What He's After — In this year of American voter anger and discontent, Andrew Breitbart has found his moment. — “I get to be me right now,” he said. “That's the best part of this entire thing.
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Justin Elliott / Salon:
Politico editor stands by comparison of Huffington Post to Breitbart — [UPDATED]Politico executive editor Jim VandeiHei said on the radio yesterday that the lesson of the Shirley Sherrod mess is that the “media-activist industrial complex” such as “Breitbart on the right or Huffington Post on the left” …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Ousted official Shirley Sherrod blamed Fox, but other outlets ran with story
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
House Panel Finds Evidence That Rangel Violated Ethics Rules — WASHINGTON — After a nearly two-year investigation, a House investigative panel has found that Representative Charles B. Rangel probably violated a range of ethics rules, dealing a serious blow to Mr. Rangel, a Harlem Democrat, in the twilight of his political career.
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Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
House panel charges Rangel with ethics misdeeds — WASHINGTON - A House investigative committee on Thursday charged New York Rep. Charles Rangel with multiple ethics violations, dealing a serious blow to the former Ways and Means chairman and complicating Democrats' election-year outlook.
Tucker Carlson / The Daily Caller:
Letter from Editor-in-Chief Tucker Carlson on The Daily Caller's Journolist coverage — We began our series on Journolist earlier this week with the expectation that our stories would be met with a fury of criticism from the Left. A hurt dog barks, after all.
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Ezra Klein:
When Tucker Carlson asked to join Journolist — I hoped to let my quick accounting of the constant inaccuracies in the Daily Caller's selective quotations from Journolist stand as my last word on the matter. But Tucker Carlson's sanctimonious and evasive statement on the way his site has been covering this story deserves a response.
The Politico:
Democrats pull plug on climate bill — Senate Democrats pulled the plug on climate legislation Thursday, pushing the issue off into an uncertain future ahead of midterm elections where President Barack Obama's party is girding for a drubbing. — Rather than a long-awaited measure capping greenhouse gases …
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Darren Goode / The Hill:
Reid to advance limited oil spill and energy bill, delaying climate action — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will bring a limited package of oil spill response and energy measures to the floor next week, delaying action until at least this fall on a broader proposal …
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David Herszenhorn / The Caucus:
Democrats Abandon Sweeping Energy Plan
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Jonathan Martin / Reuters:
Norm Coleman eyes challenge to Michael Steele — Former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman is considering a run for chairmanship of the RNC, POLITICO has learned, and has begun talking to associates about taking on Michael Steele, should the embattled current chairman seek another term in January.
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Jonathan Strong / The Daily Caller:
In the hours after Sen. John McCain announced his choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate in the last presidential race, members of an online forum called Journolist struggled to make sense of the pick. Many of them were liberal reporters, and in some cases their comments reflected …
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Anjeanette Damon / Las Vegas Sun:
Sharron Angle addresses media for 3 minutes on taxes then bolts — SPARKS — After more than a month dodging the press, Republican Senate nominee Sharron Angle on Wednesday invited reporters to an event intended to amplify her campaign message that lower taxes and less regulation are the only ways to spur economic recovery.
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Wall Street Journal:
Geithner: Taxes on Wealthiest to Rise — The Obama administration will allow tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans to expire on schedule, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday, setting up a clash with Republicans and a small but vocal group of Democrats who want to delay the looming tax increases.
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Wall Street Journal:
Why the ObamaCare Tax Penalty Is Unconstitutional — The federal power to tax is not unlimited, as the Supreme Court recognized when it struck down the first national income tax. — The Justice Department announced last week that it would defend the new federal health-insurance mandate …
John Fund / The Daily Caller:
Plurality of voters believe the country would have been better off if John McCain had beaten Mr. Obama in 2008 — Democrats will be gulping this morning at the Quinnipiac Poll's latest results. For the first time in the survey's history, Americans believe by a 48% to 40% margin that President Obama doesn't deserve re-election.
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Glenn Beck hilariously derides Keith Olbermann for special comment on Sherrod Story — Olbermann did another one of his classic special comments last night on the Shirley Sherrod story, and Beck had as much fun with it as I've ever seen as he relentlessly mocks Olbermann's manufactured indignity!
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