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A Palin of Our Own — TWO years ago today, Senator John McCain of Arizona, the Republican presidential nominee, introduced the world to his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska. Chosen by Mr. McCain's campaign strategists as a cynical rejoinder to the ill-starred presidential bid of Hillary Clinton …
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Commentary, The Sundries Shack, Townhall.com, Scocca, Mediaite, Don Surber, No More Mister Nice Blog, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and TalkLeft
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Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Beck rejects running with Palin — Palin-Beck 2012? — “Not a chance,” Glenn Beck told “Fox News Sunday,” in a segment taped the morning after he wrapped up a Saturday political rally and religious revival meeting at the Lincoln Memorial he claims attracted 300,000 to 650,000 people.
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Michelle Malkin, Washington Monthly, CNN and Townhall.com
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Inside Glenn Beck's ‘Restoring Honor’ rally
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Jumping in Pools, The Moderate Voice, News Hounds, Mother Jones and CNN
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Restoring Honor — What an honor it was to speak today at the …
Restoring Honor — What an honor it was to speak today at the …
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Instapundit, Mediaite, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, NPR Topics, Riehl World View and The Other McCain
Washington Post:
Sharpton's ‘Reclaim the Dream’ event brings thousands to honor MLK
Sharpton's ‘Reclaim the Dream’ event brings thousands to honor MLK
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Think Progress, THEROOT.COM, Pajamas Media, YID With LID, Doug Ross, Scared Monkeys and Firedoglake
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Fire at Tenn. Mosque Building Site Ruled Arson — Construction Equipment at Site of Planned Islamic Center Torched; Vocal Protests Against Mosque Have Been Ongoing — Federal officials are investigating a fire that started overnight at the site of a new Islamic center in a Nashville suburb.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Anti-mosque sentiment rages far from Ground Zero — (updated below) — One of the most under-reported political stories is the increasingly vehement, nationwide movement — far from Ground Zero — to oppose new mosques and Islamic community centers. These ugly campaigns …
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Runnin' Scared
Tennessean.com:
'It'S Shocking And Sad'
'It'S Shocking And Sad'
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Think Progress, Talking Points Memo and USA Today
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Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson violated rules, steered scholarships to relatives — tgillman@dallasnews.com — choppe@dallasnews.com — Longtime Dallas congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson has awarded thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives and a top aide's two children since 2005 …
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Don Surber, Scared Monkeys, Michelle Malkin, Gateway Pundit and Political Byline
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Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
Lawmaker awarded CBC scholarship money to relatives — Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) admitted to awarding thousands of dollars in scholarships to four relatives and a top aide's two children in violation of rules set by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, which provided the funds.
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The Billionaires Bankrolling the Tea Party — ANOTHER weekend, another grass-roots demonstration starring Real Americans who are mad as hell and want to take back their country from you-know-who. Last Sunday the site was Lower Manhattan, where they jeered the “ground zero mosque.”
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Timothy P. Carney / Beltway Confidential:
New York Times delivers predictably hackish piece on Beck/Tea Party rally
New York Times delivers predictably hackish piece on Beck/Tea Party rally
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PoliPundit.com and normblog
Paul / Power Line:
The role of information in American “Islamophobia” — One theme in the recent MSM hand-wringing about America's alleged “Islamophobia” is the notion that Americans are giving Muslims a more difficult time now than they did in the immediate aftermath of 9/11.
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Solomonia
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For Obama, Steep Learning Curve as Chief in War — WASHINGTON — President Obama rushed to the Oval Office when word arrived one night that militants with Al Qaeda in Yemen had been located and that the military wanted to support an attack by Yemeni forces.
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Commentary, AMERICAblog Gay and Ben Smith's Blog
Laura Tyson / New York Times:
Why We Need a Second Stimulus — OUR national debate about fiscal policy has become skewed, with far too much focus on the deficit and far too little on unemployment. There is too much worry about the size of government, and too little appreciation for how stimulus spending has helped stabilize …
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Wake up America, Political Byline and TalkLeft
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Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
Policy Options Dwindle as Economic Fears Grow
Policy Options Dwindle as Economic Fears Grow
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The Big Picture, Prairie Weather, Daily Kos, Newshoggers.com and Calculated Risk
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Miller: U.S. Going Bankrupt, States Need Control — Tea Party-Backed Alaskan Challenger Wants Less Federal Money; Must Look at Option to Privatize Social Security — (CBS) Tea-Party-backed Joe Miller, who could become the Republican nominee for the Senate if he brings down incumbent Lisa Murkowski …
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HotAirPundit
Silla Brush / The Hill:
Obama in Big Easy to mark Katrina — President Obama traveled Sunday to New Orleans to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall on the Big Easy. — At the end of the First Family's weeklong vacation on Martha's Vineyard, Obama was met at the airport by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal …
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The Politico and CNN
New York Post:
Mosque big owes 224G tax — Tweet — The mosque developers are tax deadbeats. — Sharif El-Gamal, the leading organizer behind the mosque and community center near Ground Zero, owes $224,270.77 in back property tax on the site, city records show. — El-Gamal's company …
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Atlas Shrugs, JammieWearingFool and Don Surber
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James Fanelli / NY Daily News:
Park51 developer Sharif El-Gamal has a history of run-ins with the law
Park51 developer Sharif El-Gamal has a history of run-ins with the law
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Atlas Shrugs, Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
MOVEMENTS ARE ABOUT SOMETHING REAL.... I tried to keep up on today's festivities at the Lincoln Memorial, but as the dust settles, I find myself confused. — For a year and a half, we've seen rallies and town-hall shouting and attack ads and Fox News special reports.
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The Moderate Voice, The Mahablog and The Impolitic
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THERE IS NO SECRET ‘BIG ECONOMIC INITIATIVE,’ BUT THERE COULD BE.... The lead New York Times editorial today begins, “If President Obama has a big economic initiative up his sleeve, as he hinted recently, now would be a good time to let the rest of us in on it.”
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New York Times
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Man fires pepper spray on protesters outside Marine's funeral — (CNN) — A motorist fired pepper spray Saturday at a group of demonstrators and counter-protesters outside a funeral for a U.S. Marine in Omaha, Nebraska, police said. — The incident occurred shortly before 10 a.m. …
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Raw Story and Weasel Zippers
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: South Carolina Governor — South Carolina Governor: Haley (R) 52%, Sheheen (D) 36% — Republican state legislator Nikki Haley now earns 52% of the vote in her bid to be the next governor of South Carolina. Democratic State Senator Vincent Sheheen picks up 36% of the vote …
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HotAirPundit and Jumping in Pools
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: South Carolina Senate
Election 2010: South Carolina Senate
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Jumping in Pools, Liberty Pundits Blog, Scared Monkeys, HotAirPundit and Moe Lane
Steve Moore / Wall Street Journal:
A Senator and His ‘Disciples’ — The Senate's stalwart opponent …
A Senator and His ‘Disciples’ — The Senate's stalwart opponent …
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DownWithTyranny! and The Hill