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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, Wizbang, mean ol' meany, The Impolitic, Caught Him With A Corndog, JammieWearingFool, Metropolis, Big Peace and Swampland
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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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, Big Peace, Weekly Standard, The Plum Line and Commentary
The Note:
Sarah Palin: Proposed ‘Mosque’ Like a Weapon — ABC News' Devin Dwyer reports: — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin delivered a scathing rebuke Monday night to the proposed “mosque” near Ground Zero and President Obama's comments supporting it. — “He just doesn't get it …
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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 …
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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Associated Press:
Report: Iranian Fighter Jet Crashes Near Nuke Plant — TEHRAN, IRAN - TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian fighter jet crashed Tuesday in southern Iran near the country's nuclear power plant that is to start up over the weekend, a semi-official news agency reported. The two pilots ejected safely.
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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
Elliott Abrams / The Atlantic Online:
Obama Bombing Iran? Don't Be Surprised
Obama Bombing Iran? Don't Be Surprised
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Dov Preminger / Jerusalem Post:
'Obama won't hit Iranian reactor'
'Obama won't hit Iranian reactor'
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Six more reasons why we can't let Iran get nukes.
Six more reasons why we can't let Iran get nukes.
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Ghost of a flea, Israel Matzav, normblog and The Daily Dish
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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Wilshire & Washington, The War Planner, Adrienne's Corner and Hot Air
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
BARBRA STREISAND SKIPS DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISER
BARBRA STREISAND SKIPS DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISER
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Red Dog Report and Moonbattery
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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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
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Susan K. Livio / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Chris Christie approves N.J. law removing offensive references …
Gov. Chris Christie approves N.J. law removing offensive references …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Chris Christie warns GOP on mosque
Chris Christie warns GOP on mosque
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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 so much as they oppose Obama's support of it. — James K. Glassman is a rarity: a Republican who believes, and is willing to say, that President Obama “is the greatest public diplomat we've had in decades.”
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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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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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Political Byline, The Moderate Voice, 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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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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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
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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Indecision Forever, Tammy Bruce, Outside the Beltway, Whiskey Fire, Publius Forum, Say Anything and Hit & Run
Fred Lucas / CNSNews:
White House Directive: Erect Signs at All Stimulus Projects as 'Symbol of President Obama's Commitment to American People' — (CNSNews.com) - Federal contractors receiving money for projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)—the $862 billion economic stimulus law …
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The Moderate Voice, CBS News, Weasel Zippers, Pirate's Cove and Say Anything
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
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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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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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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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
No ‘Graceful Exit’ — In his book, “The Promise,” about President Obama's first year in office, Jonathan Alter describes a brief conversation between the president and Vice President Joe Biden that took place last November at the end of Mr. Obama's long deliberation about what to do in Afghanistan.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Liberal group to launch attack on Palin — The leaders of Emily's List unveiled a new resource center Tuesday to promote their new campaign targeting former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R). — Emily's List President Stephanie Schriock will detail the group's new “Sarah Doesn't Speak for Me” …
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Washington Post, Weasel Zippers and GOP 12