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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Obama, the one-term president — Q: Will Barack Obama be a one-term president? — A: Yes, he might last that long. — Honest to goodness, the man just does not get it. He might be forced to pull a Palin and resign before his first term is over. He could go off and write his memoirs and build his presidential library.
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Ed Hornick / CNN:
Critics say Obama's message becoming ‘incoherent’ — Washington (CNN) — President Obama's comments on a plan to build a mosque in the shadow of ground zero are not only giving opponents an opportunity to attack him but also reveal a messaging problem from the White House, a communications expert said.
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Kenneth R. Bazinet / NY Daily News:
Democrats: We were blindsided by President Obama's Ground Zero mosque comments — WASHINGTON - Democrats complain they were blindsided when President Obama weighed in on the Ground Zero mosque and handed the GOP a new club to beat them with. — Capitol Hill Democrats, including those facing tough races …
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TPMDC, mean ol' meany, The Impolitic, JammieWearingFool, Caught Him With A Corndog, Metropolis, Swampland and Big Peace
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
The Beginning of the End of the Ground Zero Mosque — A column (h/t, MEMRI) in the August 16, 2010 London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat by Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid, director of Al-Arabiya TV and the paper's former editor, “A House of Worship or a Symbol of Destruction?” should mean the end of plans for a mosque near Ground Zero.
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Palin: Obama 'doesn't get' mosque — Sarah Palin Monday night chided President Barack Obama for his support of the right to build the proposed mosque two blocks from Ground Zero in New York, saying the president “doesn't get it.” — “It sounds cliched to say that the president is disconnected …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
NY members in swing districts coming out against mosque — After almost total silence from New York elected officials over the weekend after President Obama's mosque speech (in which some members were out of town, or pocket), the reactions from members in swing districts are starting to come in …
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JustOneMinute, Weekly Standard, The Plum Line and Commentary
The Note:
Sarah Palin: Proposed ‘Mosque’ Like a Weapon
Sarah Palin: Proposed ‘Mosque’ Like a Weapon
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The Daily Hurricane and George's Bottom Line
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Religious tolerance, then and now — “To bigotry no sanction.”
Religious tolerance, then and now — “To bigotry no sanction.”
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, National Review, PostPartisan and Prairie Weather
Jim Tankersley / Los Angeles Times:
Obama raises a quick $1 million — and some L.A. commuter ire — During his trip west, the president also pitches his efforts to create clean-energy jobs. — President Obama leaves Air Force One upon his arrival at Los Angeles International Airport. (Jewel Samad, AFP/Getty Images / August 16, 2010)
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Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
L.A. fuming over Obama traffic, demands investigation [Updated] — The massive traffic jam that resulted from President Obama's motorcade and speech Monday night in Hancock Park is prompting calls for an investigation from some residents, who say they were caught in traffic for hours.
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The War Planner, Adrienne's Corner and Hot Air
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama boasts of most ‘progressive’ political triumphs in decades
Obama boasts of most ‘progressive’ political triumphs in decades
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Liberty Pundits Blog, Weasel Zippers, Gateway Pundit and Sweetness & Light
Hunter Walker / The Wrap:
President Obama Owes Los Angeles a Big Apology
President Obama Owes Los Angeles a Big Apology
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Betsy's Page, Wilshire & Washington, AmSpecBlog and The Other McCain
Agence France Presse:
Israel has ‘8 days’ to hit Iran nuclear site: Bolton — WASHINGTON (AFP) - Israel has “eight days” to launch a military strike against Iran's Bushehr nuclear facility and stop Tehran from acquiring a functioning atomic plant, a former US envoy to the UN has said.
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BLACKFIVE, FP Passport and National Review
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Dov Preminger / Jerusalem Post:
'Obama won't hit Iranian reactor' — Bolton claims Israel has only 3 days to strike Bushehr plant. — Talkbacks (7) — Make JPOST.COM your Home Page — Iranian Threat — Jewish World — Local Israel — Arts & Culture — Français — Classifieds — Israel — Middle East
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Peter Beinart / The Daily Beast:
America Has Disgraced Itself — Conservative fury over the “ground zero” mosque shows that when it comes to the battle for freedom and religious liberty, the U.S. has thrown in the towel. — The president is furiously backtracking; Republicans are clawing over each other to demonize Muslims; Democrats are dead silent.
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David Weigel / Slate:
Republicans don't oppose the Islamic community center near ground zero …
Republicans don't oppose the Islamic community center near ground zero …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
A CNN anchor expresses the crux of “mosque” opposition — CNN anchor Don Lemon hosted a “debate” this weekend over the Park 51 Community Center in Lower Manhattan (misleadingly described everywhere as the “Ground Zero mosque") in which Lemon dropped his mask of journalistic objectivity completely and …
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The Fix:
David Paterson to meet with mosque imam, developer
David Paterson to meet with mosque imam, developer
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The Hill, CNN, Donklephant, The Awl, The Page, TPMDC and The Moderate Voice
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
King: Governor says he's meeting with mosque leaders this week
King: Governor says he's meeting with mosque leaders this week
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Ben Smith's Blog, Pat Dollard and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Susan K. Livio / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Chris Christie approves N.J. law removing offensive references to people with disabilities — TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie today made it illegal for state laws or rules to identify anyone with a developmental or intellectual disability as “mentally retarded” by signing legislation sought …
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protein wisdom, Cubachi, GOP 12 and The Right Scoop
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Steve / Sweetness & Light:
Auto Workers Chase Out UAW Executives — From the irony proof Communists at the World Socialist Website: … Isn't it hilarious to see the shoe on the other foot. The national UAW are ‘the bosses’ now that they effectively own General Motors. Now they are the ones riding the backs of the proletariat.
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The Moderate Voice, Political Byline, Questions and Observations and Hyscience
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Jonathan Weisman / Wall Street Journal:
Voters Back Tough Steps to Reduce Budget Deficit — RICHMOND, Va.—Frustrated voters, fixing on the $1.5 trillion federal deficit as a symbol of Washington's paralysis, appear increasingly willing to take drastic steps to address the red ink. — Leonard Anderson, 56 years old, a Richmond …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
McCain blames press for new image — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday blamed the “Eastern press” for planting the idea he has changed his positions on key issues in recent months. — McCain dismissed the notion that he has tacked to the right on matters such as immigration and climate change …
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Michelle Malkin, Firedoglake and Weasel Zippers
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Jill Lawrence / Politics Daily:
John McCain: I Haven't Changed My Positions, and Don't Ask Me About Trust
John McCain: I Haven't Changed My Positions, and Don't Ask Me About Trust
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Washington Monthly, Think Progress, Washington Post and National Review
Gene Healy / Washington Examiner:
‘Mosque’ debate is a red herring — By 2012, our national debt will be larger than the entire U.S. economy, according to the International Monetary Fund. So what's on the front burner in Washington these days? Zoning issues in lower Manhattan! — Is it OK to put a Muslim community center close to Ground Zero?
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Ezra Klein, Will Wilkinson and Unqualified Offerings
Geoff Boucher / Hero Complex:
Ray Bradbury hates big government: ‘Our country is in need of a revolution’ — Ray Bradbury is mad at President Obama, but it's not about the economy, the war or the plan to a construct a mosque near Ground Zero in New York City. — “He should be announcing that we should go back to the moon …
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Tammy Bruce, Outside the Beltway, Publius Forum, Whiskey Fire, Say Anything and Hit & Run
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
GOP Shows Strongest Positioning Yet in 2010 Vote Test — Leads Democrats by 50% to 43% in latest update on congressional voting preferences — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup's latest update on 2010 congressional voting preferences finds 50% of registered voters saying they would vote …
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Wake up America, Outside the Beltway, Red Dog Report, YID With LID, Top of the Ticket, The Eye, Hotline On Call and Say Anything
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Toomey moves ahead in PA-Sen race — With Joe Sestak's victory in the Democratic primary and the poll bump that came with it now three months in the rear view mirror, Pat Toomey has taken a 45-36 lead in the Pennsylvania Senate race. That's a big change from the tie PPP saw in a June survey …
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Red Dog Report, Commentary and TPMDC
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Economy Led to Cuts in Use of Health Care — WASHINGTON — The economic crisis in the United States has reduced the use of routine medical care, and the cutbacks here are much deeper than in countries with universal health care systems, researchers say in a new report.
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The Moderate Voice, The Impolitic and Swampland
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Radio, RIAA: mandatory FM radio in cell phones is the future — Music labels and radio broadcasters can't agree on much, including whether radio should be forced to turn over hundreds of millions of dollars a year to pay for the music it plays. But the two sides can agree on this …
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
I Am An Unlicensed Barber — At Karl Smith's suggestion can we talk for a moment about the regulation of barber shops? The way I've been getting my hair cut for the past six months or so is that I bought a pair of hair clippers and I do it myself. I normally trim about twice a week …
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Don Surber and Outside the Beltway
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
GOP reveals midterm blueprint — The GOP blueprint for winning control of the House is rapidly coming into focus, with the National Republican Congressional Committee readying a $22 million TV ad blitz aimed at a handful of powerful, long-serving incumbents and several dozen of the most junior members of the Democratic majority.
Wall Street Journal:
A Tea Party Manifesto — The movement is not seeking a junior partnership with the Republican Party. It is aiming for a hostile takeover. — On Feb. 9, 2009, Mary Rakovich, a recently laid-off automotive engineer, set out for a convention center in Fort Myers, Fla. with protest signs …
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