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Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Legitimate Questions for the President … Mr. President, should they or should they not build a mosque steps away from where radical Islamists killed 3000 people? Please tell us your position. We all know that they have the right to do it, but should they? And, no, this is not above your pay grade.
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The Politico:
GOP takes harsher stance toward Islam — The harsh Republican response to President Barack Obama's defense of a mosque near Ground Zero marks a dramatic shift in the party's posture toward Islam — from a once-active courtship of Muslim voters to very public tolerance after 9/11 to an openly aired sense of mistrust.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Political Memo: Obama Says Mosque Remarks Were Not Endorsement — PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Faced with withering Republican criticism of his defense of the right of Muslims to build a community center and mosque near ground zero, President Obama quickly recalibrated his remarks on Saturday …
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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
3 Republicans Criticize Obama's Endorsement of Mosque — WASHINGTON — Three leading Republicans reacted negatively to President Obama's statements in favor of a mosque and Muslim community center whose construction has been proposed for a building near the site formerly occupied by the World Trade Center.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Obama narrows mosque defense — Speaking to reporters today, President Obama drew a sharp line under his comments last night, insisting that his defense of the right to build a mosque does not mean he supports the project. — “I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making the decision to put a mosque there.
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The Politico:
Mosque flap swirls around Obama
Mosque flap swirls around Obama
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John / Power Line:
Obama's Finest Moment?
Obama's Finest Moment?
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Atlas Shrugs, Doug Ross, Right Wing News, American Power, Firedoglake and Pajamas Media
CNN:
Crist backs Obama on controversial Islamic center
Crist backs Obama on controversial Islamic center
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The Politico:
Whiteboard Archives — PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. …
Whiteboard Archives — PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. …
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Bad Rachel, Weekly Standard, Townhall.com and Say Anything
John / Power Line:
An Awful President, A Worse Theologian
An Awful President, A Worse Theologian
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White House.gov Blog Feed, Sister Toldjah, Israel Matzav, Big Peace and Right Wing News
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Obama Says Mosque Upholds Principle of Equal Treatment
Obama Says Mosque Upholds Principle of Equal Treatment
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Hear Washington Speak
Hear Washington Speak
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New York Times:
Secret Assault on Terrorism Widens on Two Continents — WASHINGTON — At first, the news from Yemen on May 25 sounded like a modest victory in the campaign against terrorists: an airstrike had hit a group suspected of being operatives for Al Qaeda in the remote desert of Marib Province, birthplace of the legendary queen of Sheba.
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Washington Post:
Prominent Democrats want Kennedy's widow to run for his Senate seat — Nearly one year after Edward M. Kennedy's death, prominent Democrats in Washington and Massachusetts are promoting his widow as the party's best shot at winning back the Senate seat he held for nearly five decades.
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Susan Milligan / Boston Globe:
After Teddy — Since her senator husband's death one year ago, Victoria Reggie Kennedy has continued the advocacy and activism they both loved. Now she's sifting through White House job offers and fielding pleas that she run for office. Here's her next chapter. — The newlyweds sailing off Cape Cod in 1992.
Paul Harris / Guardian:
Jobless millions signal death of the American dream for many — Even the criminals have fallen on hard times in America's poorest city as the long-term unemployed struggle to keep a grasp on normality — Richard Gaines is one of the best-known faces on Camden's Haddon Avenue.
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Newshoggers.com
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
It's the Economy, Stupid — Obama plans to raise taxes anyway. — Barack Obama understands that it's bad economics to raise taxes in a recession. It's “the last thing you want to do,” he said almost exactly one year ago. — In early August 2009, the president visited Elkhart, Indiana, to tout his $862 billion stimulus plan.
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Outside the Beltway, Commentary and Questions and Observations
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
This Time, Voter Anger Is No Surprise to Democrats — NEVADA, Mo. — A year ago, dozens of protesters gathered outside the district office of Representative Ike Skelton, a Democrat who has represented a wide stretch of western Missouri since 1976. The anger they directed at health care legislation …
John Myers / Capital Notes:
$13 Million More In Meg Money — There's a powerful scene in the Oscar winning Forrest Gump that came to mind when the report surfaced tonight showing Meg Whitman has written her campaign a new check for $13 million, bringing her personal investment in the governor's race to a mind numbing $104 million.
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Torey Van Oot / Capitol Alert:
Meg Whitman chips another $13 million into campaign war chest
Meg Whitman chips another $13 million into campaign war chest
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MyDD, The Page and Ballot Box
Van Helsing / Moonbattery:
Attention Google Moonbats... ...you might want to fix your autocomplete: — On a tip from John Lohman. — If you scroll further, it will say, “Obama is anti-Christ”. — ROFLMAO! — I thought it was a photoshop. Nope. I went to Google and typed it in............... ROFLMAO!
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Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Helpful Tip for Obamaniacs: Turn Off Google's ‘Auto Complete’ …
Helpful Tip for Obamaniacs: Turn Off Google's ‘Auto Complete’ …
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Doug Ross and Say Anything