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Aharding / CNN:
Hillary Clinton for president ad hits airwaves — A new ad advocating for Hillary Clinton for president in 2012 began running in New Orleans Wednesday. — (CNN) - We've still got two months left until the 2010 midterm elections, but we now have our first television commercial of the 2012 presidential campaign.
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Washington Post, Hot Air, Political Byline, Michelle Malkin, Gawker, Freedom's Lighthouse, Politics Daily, Liberty Pundits Blog, Wonkette, Fausta's Blog, GOP 12 and Weigel
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The Politico:
Few options for Barack Obama on 9/11 — Every year it's a challenge for the White House: how to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. This year is especially awkward, given the controversy around President Barack Obama's remarks in support of an Islamic cultural center …
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Atlas Shrugs, American Power and American Glob
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
White House considering major tax breaks for businesses, sources say — With the recovery faltering less than two months before the November congressional elections, President Obama's economic team is considering another big dose of stimulus in the form of tax breaks for businesses …
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The Politico, Economix, Angry Bear, The Moderate Voice, Hot Air, Weekly Standard, Open Congress, Beltway Confidential, Marginal Revolution and FrumForum
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House rules out sequel to stimulus bill
White House rules out sequel to stimulus bill
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The Reaction, CNN, Ben Smith's Blog, Matthew Yglesias, The Swamp and Fausta's Blog
Kirk Johnson / New York Times:
Fewer Young Voters See Themselves as Democrats — FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The college vote is up for grabs this year — to an extent that would have seemed unlikely two years ago, when a generation of young people seemed to swoon over Barack Obama. — Enlarge This Image
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Hullabaloo, GayPatriot and FrumForum
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Dept. of stage fright — Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's opening statement in last night's debate reflects either an amazing lack of preparation, or sheer panic. — (The video caption isn't mine.)
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CNN:
Brewer takes heat for not addressing beheading claim
Brewer takes heat for not addressing beheading claim
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Washington Post and Outside the Beltway
The Huffington Post:
Jan Brewer Starts Badly, Finishes Worse, In Last Night's Arizona …
Jan Brewer Starts Badly, Finishes Worse, In Last Night's Arizona …
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Mr. Media Training, TPMDC and New York Magazine
David Catanese / The Politico:
Brewer trips in debate with Goddard
Brewer trips in debate with Goddard
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Gawker, Raw Story, The Plum Line, Wonk Room, Daily Kos, Think Progress, The Atlantic Wire and Swing State Project
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
New evidence undermines feds' case against Arizona — You've heard a lot about the Justice Department's lawsuit to stop the new Arizona immigration law. But that's just one part of the Obama administration's multi-front war on immigration enforcement in Arizona.
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Tammy Bruce
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Nicholas Riccardi / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. sues controversial Arizona sheriff in civil-rights investigation
U.S. sues controversial Arizona sheriff in civil-rights investigation
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Mother Jones, New York Magazine and The Impolitic
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Sarah Palin rips ‘impotent’ reporters — Sarah Palin on Thursday tore into “impotent, limp and gutless reporters” who quote anonymous sources criticizing her. — Though she did not name a story in particular, Palin seemed to be referencing a new Vanity Fair story on her that relies heavily …
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Weasel Zippers, his vorpal sword, The Huffington Post, Gawker, New York Magazine and Advocate
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Pam Key / The Blaze:
KEY OBAMA ALLY WORKS WITH SOCIALISTS FOR GLOBAL TAX — “It is possible for us to get a financial tax around the world.” — FREELANCER — The New Mafia.... I'm sure that none of these people will take a cut of what they take from the evil capitalists. We had better stop these thugs …
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alicublog, Glenn Beck, Liberty Central, American Glob, Weasel Zippers and HotAirPundit
Richard Allen Greene / CNN:
Stephen Hawking: God didn't create universe — LONDON, England (CNN) — God did not create the universe, world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book that aims to banish a divine creator from physics. — Hawking says in his book “The Grand Design” that, given the existence of gravity …
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Liberal Values, The Moderate Voice, msnbc.com and New York Magazine
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Real Story — Next week, President Obama is scheduled to propose new measures to boost the economy. I hope they're bold and substantive, since the Republicans will oppose him regardless — if he came out for motherhood, the G.O.P. would declare motherhood un-American.
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Calculated Risk
David Frum / FrumForum:
The Purge at Cato — The summer's biggest inside-Washington story was the abrupt and simultaneous departure of co-authors Brink Lindsey and Will Wilkinson from the Cato Institute. — Lindsey was Cato's vice president for research; Wilkinson a Cato scholar.
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Beltway Confidential
David Catanese / The Politico:
Charlie Crist's strategy: Marginalize Kendrick Meek — With the three-way Senate field set in Florida, Gov. Charlie Crist's fall campaign appears to be increasingly dependent on peeling off Democratic voters and sidelining Rep. Kendrick Meek. — While he spent most of his career as a Republican …
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Florida Times Union
Chris Stirewalt / FoxNews.com:
Former Car Czar Rattner Rats on Obama — Former Obama administration car czar Steven Rattner is coming out with a new book that depicts him swashbuckling through the financial crisis and also shows Obama as “out to get” the car companies and the administration making political decisions …
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Weasel Zippers, Pajamas Media, The Huffington Post, FrumForum and Hullabaloo
Ace / minx.cc:
Stay Classy, Christine O'Donnell — She didn't make the charge; a firm employed by her did. She's not commenting. … She cannot win in Delaware, which is usually among the ten most Democratic states in the union. Allow me to be a little elistist — what in this odd biography says “serious candidate for Senator”?
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Riehl World View, Think Progress, GayPatriot, Hot Air, Weekly Standard, Weigel, Ben Smith's Blog, National Review, The Blast, WGMD.COM, Townhall.com and The Other McCain
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Who Is Christine O'Donnell? — In the wake of Joe Miller's upset …
Who Is Christine O'Donnell? — In the wake of Joe Miller's upset …
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Townhall.com, The Atlantic Online, Ben Smith's Blog, Power Line and Hotline On Call
The Onion:
8.4 Million New Yorkers Suddenly Realize New York City A Horrible Place To Live — 'We're Getting The Hell Out Of This Sewer,' Entire Populace Reports — NEW YORK—At 4:32 p.m. Tuesday, every single resident of New York City decided to evacuate the famed metropolis, having realizing …
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Gothamist, Runnin' Scared and Paul Krugman
Reed Abelson / New York Times:
Employers Push Costs for Health on Workers — As health care costs continue their relentless climb, companies are increasingly passing on higher premium costs to workers. — The shift is occurring, policy analysts and others say, as employers feel more pressure from the weak economy …
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The Incidental Economist, Online NewsHour, Swampland and ParaPundit
The Huffington Post:
What I Learned Behind the Lines of the Anti-Obama Backlash — What's Your Reaction: … Last March, the week that the health care reform was signed into law, I plopped down on a sofa and watched Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck for an hour with two of his biggest fans.
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The Agonist
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Quantifying the Enthusiasm Gap — We hear about the enthusiasm gap all the time, usually in pretty abstract terms. Here it is in black and white: in 10 key races for Senate and Governor in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Florida, North Carolina, and Missouri it's costing Democratic candidates …
New York Times:
New Yorkers Want Islamic Center Moved, Poll Finds — Two-thirds of New York City residents want a planned Muslim community center and mosque to be relocated to a less controversial site farther away from ground zero in Lower Manhattan, including many who say they favor the project, according to a New York Times poll.
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New York Magazine
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
It's Important To Be Right — I previously expressed hope that Markos Moulitsas' American Taliban: How War, Sex, Sin, and Power Bind Jihadists and the Radical Right would be better than the publicity material suggested. Jamelle Bouie read it for The American Prospect and reports back that it isn't.
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Open Left, iOwnTheWorld.com, INSTAPUTZ, Left in the West, Hullabaloo and TalkLeft
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Argument by Analogy, Cont.
Argument by Analogy, Cont.
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Hullabaloo, Matthew Yglesias and American Prospect
NTU:
Citizen Group Launches Multi-Million Dollar Ad Campaign to Stop Higher Energy Taxes — (Alexandria, VA) - The 362,000-member National Taxpayers Union (NTU) today launched an over $4 million national television and radio advertising campaign to oppose efforts from federal officials that would increase taxes on American energy companies.
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The Daily Caller and Hot Air
Katherine Mangu-Ward / Hit & Run:
FTC Suspects Chuck E. Cheese of Marketing to Children — The eagle-eyed regulators at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have a sneaking suspicion that a company offering disgusting pizza, animatronic human-sized mice, and a ball pit may be trying to appeal to children.
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Michelle Malkin and Gateway Pundit
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Rich Thomaselli / AdAge:
FTC Subpoenas 48 Food Companies Regarding Marketing to Kids
FTC Subpoenas 48 Food Companies Regarding Marketing to Kids
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Pirate's Cove, Don Surber and Moonbattery
Felix Salmon:
Microfinance datapoints of the day — Here's three takes on microfinance, all from the past month: — Indian microfinance lender SKS goes public, raising $358 million and making its founder dynastically wealthy. The decision was controversial, and was largely responsible …
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Balloon Juice
New York Times:
BP Says Limits on Drilling Imperil Oil Spill Payouts — BP is warning Congress that if lawmakers pass legislation that bars the company from getting new offshore drilling permits, it may not have the money to pay for all the damages caused by its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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The Huffington Post and New York Magazine
blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
James Lee is Al Gore is Prince Charles is the Unabomber — Al Gore's Church of Climatism has claimed a new glorious martyr. His name is James Lee - the Discovery channel attempted eco-suicide-bomber - and if he'd had his way he wouldn't have been the only one who ended up in the great recycling bin in the sky.
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Hit & Run, Vox Popoli, Beltway Confidential and Telegraph
Jerry Cope / The Huffington Post:
No Safe Harbor on Gulf Coast; Human Blood Tests Show Dangerous Levels of Toxic Exposure — What's Your Reaction: — Even as BP and US government officials continue to declare the oil spill over at Mississippi Canyon 252 and the cleanup operation an unqualified success …
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Florida Oil Spill Law and The Impolitic