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Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org:

Andrea Mitchell Lectures U.S. on Ground Zero Mosque: America Needs to Be ‘More Sensitive to Minority Communities’ — Andrea Mitchell on Tuesday fretted that the “angry voices” protesting against the Ground Zero mosque will hurt Barack Obama's attempts to reach out to the Muslim world.

Discussion: NO QUARTER, JammieWearingFool and Freedom's Lighthouse

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:

Karen Hughes: I don't remember any of my work with Imam — As you may have heard, former Bush senior adviser Karen Hughes came out against Cordoba House over the weekend. Hughes called on Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf to move the project in order to “provide a path toward the peaceful relationships …

Discussion: TPMDC, The Daily Beast, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Washington Post, Firedoglake, Think Progress and Mother Jones

Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:

State Department compares Park 51 Imam to Shirley Sherrod — The State Department's top spokesman cautioned reporters Tuesday not to take snippets of edited remarks on the Internet by the “Ground Zero mosque” imam and use them to brand him a radical, lest they repeat the mistakes made by the media …

Discussion: Forbes, TUNDRA TABLOIDS, Atlas Shrugs, Weekly Standard and The Political Carnival

Fox News:
‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Imam: America Killed More Innocents Than Al Qaeda

Discussion: Riehl World View

Cristian Salazar / Associated Press:
NY archbishop worries about tone of mosque debate

Discussion: Associated Press, Ben Smith's Blog and Riehl World View

National Review:
Inventing Moderate Islam

Discussion: Coalition to Honor Ground Zero and Israel Matzav

Alexander Burns / The Politico:

Scott shocks McCollum in Fla. governor's race — Multimillionaire health care executive Rick Scott narrowly captured the GOP's nomination for governor of Florida Tuesday night, shocking both Republican and Democratic insiders who believed the free-spending newcomer's fortunes had taken …

Discussion: CNN, Taylor Marsh, Guardian and Wonkette

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Rubio back on top — Democrats will get their stronger candidate if Kendrick Meek wins the Florida Senate primary tonight as expected- but the biggest winner coming out of the primary may be Marco Rubio. PPP finds he would begin the general election in the lead at 40%, followed by Charlie Crist at 32%, and Meek at 17%.

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Swing State Project, Hot Air, Daily Kos, Power Line, Don Surber, Weekly Standard, National Review, Post on Politics, GOP 12 and Taegan Goddard's …

CNN:
Meek thanks supporters in e-mail

Discussion: Freedom's Lighthouse

Jim Geraghty / National Review:
GOP Turnout Way Ahead in Florida?

Discussion: Weigel, The Other McCain, GayPatriot and The Fix

Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
10 Questions for Marco Rubio

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Daily Caller, Colorlines, Firedoglake, GOP 12, Democracy in America, MyDD and Commentary

Alex Pareene / Salon:

Jonah Goldberg: Caring about Muslims is a hate crime against Real Americans — Jonah Goldberg, whose columns are apparently published in grown-up newspapers for consumption by literate adults, uses today's to expand on a theme that he first toyed with at The Corner last week …

Discussion: NPR and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »

Los Angeles Times:

Islamophobia? Not really — The supposed anti-Muslim backlash among Americans is mostly a myth. — ByJonah Goldberg — Here's a thought: The 70% of Americans who oppose what amounts to an Islamic Niketown two blocks from ground zero are the real victims of a climate of hate, and anti-Muslim backlash is mostly a myth.

Discussion: The Mahablog

Benjamin Weinthal / Jerusalem Post:

Amnesty Int'l Finland: Israel scum state — Exclusive: In Jpost interview, Frank Johansson stands by his words. — Talkbacks (51) — Make JPOST.COM your Home Page — Iranian Threat — Jewish World — Local Israel — Arts & Culture — Français — Classifieds — Israel

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Biased BBC

KGS / TUNDRA TABLOIDS:

CHAIRMAN OF FINNISH AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CALLS ISRAEL A SCUM STATE....... CHAIRMAN OF THE FAUX HUMAN RIGHTS — ORGANIZATION IN FINLAND A.I. — Finland's AI chairman Frank Johansson: — Oh I've been to Israel and deem it a scum state. — Writing on his blog over at the Finnish tabloid paper …

Discussion: Solomonia and RubinReports

Jake Sherman / The Politico:

Boehner on the national stage — CLEVELAND — John Boehner is clearly laying his marker for what Republicans think will propel them into the House majority in November. — Not a Contract with America, but a Contract on Obama. A continuous battering of the president's advisers, policies and legacy.

Discussion: CNN, National Review and The Page

Byron York / Washington Examiner:
For Obamacare supporters, judgment day approaches

Discussion: NewsBusters.org, Hot Air and Beltway Confidential

Dan Pfeiffer / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Their Economic Policies Haven't Changed, So They Won't Bring the Change We Need

Discussion: DownWithTyranny!, PERRspectives, TPMDC, The Atlantic Online, msnbc.com, Swampland, ABCNEWS, Don Surber, The Fix, Washington Post, MyDD, The Politico, The Caucus, Washington Monthly, New York Times, The Powers That Be, Political Punch and Politics Extra

The Huffington Post:

Bloomberg Launches Another Impassioned Defense Of Cordoba House — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — In a rousing address before a predominantly Muslim audience Tuesday night, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg reaffirmed his commitment to the controversial Islamic cultural center near the former site of the World Trade Center.

Discussion: New York Times, The Moderate Voice, Weasel Zippers, The Peking Duck and New York Magazine

Nathan Hodge / Washington Wire:

Conway: U.S. Withdrawal Deadline Boosts Taliban in Afghan War — The top U.S. Marine general said President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 deadline to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan had given “sustenance” to the Taliban. — “We know the president was talking to several audiences …

Discussion: Hot Air, YID With LID and NO QUARTER

Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:

MoJo for President: The Fantasy Continues — Joe Scarborough, former congressman from Florida and co-host of MSNBC's agenda-setting wake-up show Morning Joe, has protested, kindly and loudly (he is kind and loud), when speculation arises about his presidential ambitions.

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Salon

msnbc.com:

Rachel Maddow Show on — Guests: Eugene Robinson, Kent Jones, Suhail Khan, Gail Hillebrand — RACHEL MADDOW, HOST: Good evening, Lawrence. Thanks very much for that. — And thanks for you—thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour.

Discussion: Pam's House Blend

CNN:

Greene escorted from campaign event — South Carolina Democratic Senate nominee Alvin Greene was escorted from an event on Saturday. — Washington (CNN) - Embattled Democratic Senate candidate Alvin Greene was escorted from a meeting of the Oconee County Democratic Party on Saturday …

Discussion: Associated Press, Weasel Zippers and Sister Toldjah

Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:

How Bad Was July's Plummet in Home Sales? — The housing bears were right: existing home sales fell off a cliff in July. As my colleague Megan McArdle just noted, they sold at an annualized pace of 3.83 million, down by 27% versus June and 26% below July 2009, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Discussion: NO QUARTER, Mother Jones, Vox Popoli, The Daily Dish, Politics Daily and New York Times

realtor.org:
July Existing-Home Sales Fall as Expected but Prices Rise

Discussion: Felix Salmon, Politics Daily, The Atlantic Online, The Curious Capitalist, Political Economy, New York Times, Moneyblog, Guardian, Economix, The Big Picture, Balloon Juice and Commentary

Scott / Power Line:

A question too far... ...for Obama's counterrorism adviser John Brennan, who has declared jihad a legitimate tenet of Islam. Pressed on the issue by Washington Times editorial writer James Robbins — author of the terrific forthcoming book This Time We Win: Revisiting the Tet Offensive …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Moonbattery and Pajamas Media

Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:

McCain defeats conservative primary challenger — PHOENIX — Sen. John McCain routed conservative challenger J.D. Hayworth on Tuesday in the Republican primary in what could be the final campaign for the former GOP presidential nominee. — McCain spent more than $20 million to beat …

Discussion: Philly.com and Mediaite

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:

GOP Maintains Edge in Midterm Voting Preferences — Holds 47% to 44% advantage in latest update — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup tracking of 2010 midterm congressional election voting preferences shows 47% of registered voters saying they would vote for the Republican candidate and 44% …

Discussion: Ballot Box and Gallup.Com

Kevin Allocca / TVNewser:

‘CBS Evening News’ Ties All-Time Low — The network newscast ratings for last week are in and “CBS Evening News with Katie Couric” tied its all-time low in total viewers with an average of 4.89 million tuning in during the five days. — The low was set last June, when ABC also hit its own low.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Pajamas Media, The Impolitic, The Daily Caller and NewsBusters.org

The Politico:

Is ‘Beckapalooza’ about cause or Beck? — Even as he prepares for a Saturday rally that could cement his status as an unparalleled force in conservative politics, Glenn Beck is facing quiet but persistent questions from some on the right about whether he can be a reliable partner …

Discussion: Wonkette, Think Progress, Taylor Marsh, Ben Smith's Blog and Strupp

Shai Oster / Wall Street Journal:

China Traffic Jam Could Last Weeks — BEIJING—A 60-mile traffic jam near the Chinese capital could last until mid-September, officials say. — Traffic has been snarled along the outskirts of Beijing and is stretching toward the border of Inner Mongolia ever since roadwork on the Beijing-Tibet Highway started Aug. 13.

Discussion: Hot Air, New York Magazine, The Peking Duck and Felix Salmon

Randy Krehbiel / Tulsa World:

Inhofe criticizes McCain on election day — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe attacked fellow Republican John McCain of Arizona on Tuesday as a closet liberal who “gets elected because of one thing - earmarks.” — Specifically, Inhofe was criticizing McCain's opposition to earmarks, which Inhofe said are simply appropriations.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Washington Post and Weasel Zippers

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:

Obama war on fisheries jobs gets vacation protest — President Obama may be on vacation this week at Martha's Vineyard, but as with all Presidents, it's a working vacation. That's good, because the people who rely on fishing in the Northeast Atlantic have a message for Obama …

Discussion: Boston Herald

Julie Appleby / McClatchy Washington Bureau:

Colleges say new health law may imperil student policies — WASHINGTON — Colleges and universities say that some rules in the new health law could keep them from offering low-cost, limited-benefit student insurance policies, and they're seeking federal authority to continue offering them.

Discussion: Right Wing News and Sister Toldjah

ProPublica:

After Katrina, New Orleans Cops Were Told They Could Shoot Looters — This story was reported by Sabrina Shankman and Tom Jennings of Frontline, Brendan McCarthy and Laura Maggi of The New Orleans Times-Picayune and A.C. Thompson of ProPublica — In the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina …

Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:

Sliced Bagels, Taxes on Top — What's the tax on a bagel? It depends how you slice it—or in the case of New York, if you slice it. — State tax officials, under orders from cash-strapped Albany to ramp up their audit and compliance efforts, have begun to enforce one of the more obscure …

Discussion: Hit & Run, Gothamist, Gawker and TigerHawk