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David Stockman / New York Times:
Four Deformations of the Apocalypse — IF there were such a thing as Chapter 11 for politicians, the Republican push to extend the unaffordable Bush tax cuts would amount to a bankruptcy filing. The nation's public debt — if honestly reckoned to include municipal bonds and the $7 trillion …
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Pat G. / Think Progress:
Palin Writes Down Cost Of Extending Bush Tax Cuts On Her Hand, But She Still Gets It Wrong — Since he was on the campaign trail, President Obama has proposed renewing the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts for the lower- and middle-class, while allowing them to expire on schedule at the end …
William G. Gale / Washington Post:
Five myths about the Bush tax cuts — The tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003, known as the Bush tax cuts, are set to expire Dec. 31, and the fight over what to do is increasingly heated. Should the tax cuts expire, as some Democrats have said? Should they be extended, as most Republicans maintain?
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Fox News to move to Thomas' front-row briefing room seat — The White House Correspondents Association voted unanimously Sunday afternoon to move Fox News to the front row of the White House briefing room. — The seating change was prompted by the resignation of veteran UPI reporter Helen Thomas.
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Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
Fox News gets front row White House seat — The White House Correspondents Association is moving Fox News up to the front row in the briefing room, according to sources familiar with the process. The WHCA board's decision was unanimous. [It's now confirmed; see update below]
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama Weighs Influence on Democrats' Midterm Races
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Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
It's getting to be embarrassing to be a conservative — These days it's getting increasingly embarrassing to publicly identify oneself as a conservative. It was bad enough when George Bush 43, the K Street Gang, and the neo-cons were running up spending, fighting an unnecessary war of choice in Iraq …
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David Klinghoffer / Los Angeles Times:
From neocons to crazy-cons — Once the conservative movement was about finding meaning in private life and public service. But it has undergone a shift toward demagoguery and hucksterism. — Once, the iconic figures on the political right were urbane visionaries and builders of institutions …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
QUOTE OF THE DAY.... One of the uglier strains of modern conservative thought is pervasive anti-intellectualism. As Faiz Shakir noted today, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) offered a rather classic example of “Fox News Sunday.” — Host Chris Wallace noted that “a number of top economists” …
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Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Boehner Spouts Anti-Intellectualism Screed: 'I Don't Need …
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Directorblue / Doug Ross:
The Wife Was Really P.O.'ed This A.M. — Chelsea's Wedding Extravaganza — The wife was on a roll this morning, pointing out some interesting facts about the immense Clinton wedding that took place this weekend. — “This damn wedding cost between $2 million and $5 million.”
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Fox News:
Palin Says Brewer Has Something Obama Lacks: ‘Cojones’ — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to the crowd at a P.U.R.E. Ministries event June 29 in Duluth, Ga. (AP Photo) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Sunday praised Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer for defending her state's immigration law …
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
The crisis of middle-class America — Technically speaking, Mark Freeman should count himself among the luckiest people on the planet. The 52-year-old lives with his family on a tree-lined street in his own home in the heart of the wealthiest country in the world. When he is hungry, he eats.
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Dan Rather Says GOP Takes Back House in November, Matthews Painfully Agrees — Dan Rather this weekend said the odds are that the Republicans will take back the House in the upcoming midterm elections. — Maybe more surprisingly, Chris Matthews, with a look on his face like someone had given …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
BRODER LOOKS AHEAD TO A POSSIBLE 2011.... As David Broder sees it, the White House is already preparing itself — mentally, emotionally, strategically, substantively — for expected Republican gains in the midterm elections. The columnist quoted an insider who told him, “If you asked the president …
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Controversy proves collusion among liberal journalists — Login using your account on any of these websites below. — Web Search powered by YAHOO! SEARCH — Election 2010 links — NEWS SENTINEL VOTER GUIDE - COMPARE THE CANDIDATES - GEORGIANA VINES COLUMNS - BLOG: HUMPHREY ON THE HILL
New York Times:
Targeted Killing Is New U.S. Focus in Afghanistan — WASHINGTON — When President Obama announced his new war plan for Afghanistan last year, the centerpiece of the strategy — and a big part of the rationale for sending 30,000 additional troops — was to safeguard the Afghan people …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Levin: Media too focused on negative in Afghanistan; it's a ‘mixed picture’
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