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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Minority leader Boehner to call for mass firing of Obama's economic team — CLEVELAND — House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) will call Tuesday for the mass firing of the Obama administration's economic team, including Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and White House adviser Larry Summers …
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Dan Pfeiffer / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Their Economic Policies Haven't Changed, So They Won't Bring the Change We Need — Later today, House Minority Leader John Boehner is slated to give a speech at the City Club of Cleveland laying out the major planks of his party's economic agenda. Unfortunately, families in Ohio and across …
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
John Boehner: Fire Timothy Geithner and Larry Summers — CLEVELAND — The rollout of John Boehner's campaign for speaker of the House went public Tuesday morning here in his home state, as he outlined an economic agenda that combined old GOP economic ideas with a few new ones and called …
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Ed Hornick / CNN:
10 things Republicans must do in 10 weeks — Members of the Republican House leadership introduce the party's “America Speaking Out” campaign in May. House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio is at far right. — Washington (CNN) — With the midterm elections just 10 weeks away, analysts expect big wins for Republicans.
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gopleader.gov:
Full Text: Boehner Delivers Remarks on Jobs & The Economy in Cleveland, OH
Full Text: Boehner Delivers Remarks on Jobs & The Economy in Cleveland, OH
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
John Boehner Mocked His Deficit Reduction Plan Before He Proposed It
John Boehner Mocked His Deficit Reduction Plan Before He Proposed It
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Fewer than 50K troops remain in Iraq
Fewer than 50K troops remain in Iraq
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realtor.org:
July Existing-Home Sales Fall as Expected but Prices Rise — Existing-home sales were sharply lower in July following expiration of the home buyer tax credit but home prices continued to gain, according to the National Association of Realtors®. — Existing-home sales1 …
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Calculated Risk:
Existing Home Sales lowest since 1996, 12.5 months of supply
Existing Home Sales lowest since 1996, 12.5 months of supply
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Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:
How Bad Was July's Plummet in Home Sales?
How Bad Was July's Plummet in Home Sales?
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David Streitfeld / New York Times:
U.S. Home Sales at Lowest Level in More Than a Decade
U.S. Home Sales at Lowest Level in More Than a Decade
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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 …
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Dina Temple-Raston / NPR:
Rancor Over Mosque Could Fuel Islamic Extremists
Rancor Over Mosque Could Fuel Islamic Extremists
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Claudia Rosett / Forbes:
Cashing In On Ground Zero
Cashing In On Ground Zero
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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%.
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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 …
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Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
Outgoing commandant predicts long fight ahead for Marines in Afghanistan
Outgoing commandant predicts long fight ahead for Marines in Afghanistan
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Jon Hilsenrath / Wall Street Journal:
Fed Split on Move to Bolster Sluggish Economy — WASHINGTON—The Aug. 10 meeting of top Federal Reserve officials was among the most contentious in Ben Bernanke's four-and-a-half year tenure as central bank chairman. — With the economic outlook unexpectedly darkening …
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Paul Krugman:
Hangover Theory At The Fed
Hangover Theory At The Fed
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David Brooks / New York Times:
A Case of Mental Courage — In 1811, the popular novelist Fanny Burney learned she had breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy without anesthesia. She lay down on an old mattress, and a piece of thin linen was placed over her face, allowing her to make out the movements of the surgeons above her.
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Steele says immigration law ‘not a reflection of an entire political party’ — Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele refused to embrace Arizona's controversial immigration law Tuesday during an interview with Univision, the country's largest Spanish-language television network.
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CNN:
Sherrod declines USDA job offer — Shirley Sherrod has declined a job offer from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. — (CNN) - Shirley Sherrod said Tuesday that she has enjoyed her work at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and “would want to see that work continue.”
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Hart Van Denburg / The Blotter:
Zombies scare Minneapolis into cash settlement — Seven zombies accused of carrying weapons of mass destruction will be staggering to the bank shortly with a bundle of cash, courtesy of a legal settlement with the City of Minneapolis. — The seven were arrested in 2006 during Aquatennial …
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St. Petersburg Times:
At this pace, early voters outnumber Election Day ballots — If the slow, rain-soaked day of voting continues, there's a chance more people will have cast ballots early than on Election Day in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, officials said Tuesday. — “It's kind of looking that way now …
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Rangel on the Hot Seat in Debate — It was a gentle but unmistakable nudge President Obama gave Representative Charles B. Rangel recently, suggesting in an interview three weeks ago that Mr. Rangel, 80, should retire to “end his career with dignity.” — At a tense and sometimes fiery …
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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.
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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 …
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Sasha Issenberg / Boston Globe:
A 25-state midterm swing for Romney — Former governor positioned for '12 — WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney, having met last weekend in New Hampshire with the staff of his 2008 presidential campaign, is preparing to embark on an aggressive schedule that will take him to more than 25 states …
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Ballot Box, Freedom's Lighthouse and GOP 12
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
For Obamacare supporters, judgment day approaches — Say you're a Democratic member of Congress. You proudly cast your vote for Obamacare, you cheered when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed it as the achievement of a generation and you scoffed at Republicans who vowed to repeal it.
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Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Fox Shareholder Prince Alwaleed Meets With News Corp Execs To Discuss How To ‘Strengthen The Alliance’ — Yesterday morning on Fox & Friends, Fox News contributor Dan Senor observed that The Kingdom Foundation, whose chairman Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal (Fox News-parent company News …
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National Review:
Inventing Moderate Islam — It can't be done without confronting mainstream Islam and its sharia agenda. — 'Secularism can never enjoy a general acceptance in an Islamic society. " The writer was not one of those sulfurous Islamophobes decried by CAIR and the professional Left.
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Rasmussen Reports:
48% Say Obama's Views Are Extreme; 51% Say Hillary Is Mainstream — Forty-eight percent (48%) of U.S. voters now regard President Obama's political views as extreme. Forty-two percent (42%) place his views in the mainstream, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
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