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3:15 PM ET, August 23, 2010

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Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Far from Ground Zero, other plans for mosques run into vehement opposition  —  MURFREESBORO, TENN. — For more than 30 years, the Muslim community in this Nashville suburb has worshipped quietly in a variety of makeshift spaces — a one-bedroom apartment, an office behind a Lube Express …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The “mosque” debate is not a “distraction”  —  (updated below)  —  Opponents of the Park51 Islamic community center held a rally yesterday in Lower Manhattan, and a 4-minute video, posted below, reveals the true sentiments behind this campaign.  It has little to do with The Hallowed Ground …
Borzou Daragahi / Los Angeles Times:
New York mosque controversy worries Muslims overseas
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Op-Ed Columnist: Now That's Rich  —  Republicans and conservative Democrats are eager to give hundreds of billions of dollars to the 120,000 richest people in America.
Quinnipiac University:
Meek, McCollum Lead One Day Before Florida Primaries, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; But Many Likely Primary Voters Remain Undecided  —  U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek holds a 39 - 29 percent lead over Jeff Greene in the Florida race for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate …
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Orange Squeezer / Nick Egoroff Orlando …:
Was Mike Huckabee Ready To Sell His Endorsement to Rick Scott for $250,000?
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, Ballot Box and Weigel
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Close Republican race in Florida
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Poll numbers in 1994, a bad year for Democrats, don't bode well for them in 2010  —  Is it deja vu all over again for Democrats?  —  Some neutral observers and senior strategists within the party have begun to believe that the national political environment is not only similar to what they saw in 1994 …
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Lou Cannon / Politics Daily:
2010 Elections: Big Potential for Republican Governor, Redistricting Wins
Rasmussen Reports:
Many More Now Following Mosque Controversy - And Don't Like It  —  A lot more voters are paying attention to the plans to build a mosque near the Ground Zero site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City, and they don't like the idea.  —  A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds …
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Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
ATLAS EXCLUSIVE! …
Discussion: POWIP, Jihad Watch and American Power
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama.  —  David H. Koch in 1996.  He and his brother Charles are lifelong libertarians and have quietly given more than a hundred million dollars to right-wing causes.  —  KEYWORDS … On May 17th, a black-tie audience …
Jonathan Strong / The Daily Caller:
True stories of bloggers who secretly feed on partisan cash  —  Katie Couric once described bloggers as journalists who gnaw at new information “like piranhas in a pool.”  But increasingly, many bloggers are also secretly feeding on cash from political campaigns, in a form of partisan payola …
Kristi Keck / CNN:
10 things Obama must do in 10 weeks  —  (CNN) — President Obama is facing criticism that his message has gone off track at a crucial time for his party and administration.  With the midterm elections just 10 weeks away, the president's approval ratings are at their lowest.
The Politico:
Dems urge Obama to take a stand  —  White House press secretary Robert Gibbs's recent complaint about the ingratitude of the “professional left” is a small symptom of a larger problem for President Barack Obama: He has left wide swaths of the Democratic Party uncertain of his core beliefs.
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Mark Halperin / Time:
How Obama's Social Security Tactics Hurt Bipartisanship
Wall Street Journal:
$4.4 Trillion  —  That's how much the spending baseline has increased in 31 months.
Discussion: Commentary
Andrew Ian Dodge / paintmainered.ning.com:
So you are coming to the 8/28 Glenn Beck March on Washington?  —  by Bruce Majors  —  Herein a visitors' guide.  I will be updating it daily.  Please post any issues you want addressed or researched.  —  I am told (but did not check) that hotels are very full.
Discussion: Little Green Footballs and Weigel
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:   Tea Party guide to D.C.: Stay Northwest
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Real Estate's Gold Rush Seems Gone for Good  —  Housing will eventually recover from its great swoon.  But many real estate experts now believe that home ownership will never again yield rewards like those enjoyed in the second half of the 20th century, when houses not only provided shelter but also a plump nest egg.
Washington Monthly:
College Dropout Factories  —  It was money—or the lack of it—that determined where Nestor Curiel chose to go to college.  The third of six children in an immigrant Mexican family, Nestor grew up in Blue Island, a gritty working-class suburb near Chicago's South Side.
Discussion: Economix
Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
Taliban-hired snipers believed to have killed British soldiers killed by air strikes  —  Four foreign snipers hired by the Taliban, thought to be responsible for the deaths of ten British soldiers, have been hunted down and killed.  —  The mercenaries were found by British special forces …
myfoxny.com:
Uninsured Slow To Sign Up For Coverage  —  HACKENSACK, N.J. - Just two people in New Jersey will begin receiving coverage Monday under new plans created by federal health care reforms.  —  NJ Protect plans are available to those who have been without insurance for at least six months …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Why Statism Is the Wrong Frame  —  Matt Yglesias writes: … Awhile back, when I reviewed Liberty and Tyranny by Mark Levin, I argued that its fatal flaw was its author's insistence on the straw man that today's liberals are fundamentally driven by Statism, whereas actually what motivates …
Discussion: Will Wilkinson and Balloon Juice
Alyssa Battistoni / Salon:
The creeping threat of backdoor privatization  —  It has come to this: Parents are now being asked to send their children to school with their own toilet paper.  And not just toilet paper, but all sorts of basic items that schools themselves used to provide for kids.
Ben Evans / Associated Press:
SPIN METER: Republicans hot, cold on Constitution  —  WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia won his seat in Congress campaigning as a strict defender of the Constitution.  He carries a copy in his pocket and is particularly fond of invoking the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Eric Cantor: Mosque builders ‘not interested in healing’  —  ASHLAND, Va. — Rep. Eric Cantor, one of the highest-ranking Jewish lawmakers, says Muslims building a community center in lower Manhattan are “insensitive” and “not interested in healing or bringing people together.”
Discussion: Commentary and Weasel Zippers
 
 
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CNN:
TRENDING: Republican Hagel backs Sestak in PA Senate race
Discussion: The Note and Ballot Box
Alan Silverleib / CNN:
Biden delivers positive review on Iraq, Afghanistan
Discussion: HotAirPundit
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
The Republican divide: K Street vs. Tea Partiers
Discussion: National Review
Dara Kam / Post on Politics:
Last-minute Palin robo-calls for Bondi in GOP attorney general primary
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
McCain poised to crush Hayworth on Tuesday
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
In break with Reid, Durbin backs mosque
Discussion: National Review and Weasel Zippers
 Earlier Items: 
Jeff Merkley / Oregonian:
Mosque: Don't blame friends for acts of enemies
Discussion: The Plum Line and Salon
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
ARMEY DEMANDS ‘COURAGE’ ON RADICAL RYAN ROADMAP.... Rep. Paul Ryan …
Tracy Alloway / FT Alphaville:
Moving targets, US housing edition
Discussion: interfluidity
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Details About President Obama's Iraq Address Next Week
Ruth Simon / Wall Street Journal:
Credit-Card Rates Climb
Mark Hemingway / Beltway Confidential:
Philly requiring bloggers to pay $300 for a business license
Paul Krugman:
The Taylor Rule And The “Bond Bubble” (Wonkish)
 

 
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