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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obama Is Against a Compromise on Bush Tax Cuts — WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday will make clear that he opposes any compromise that would extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy beyond this year, officials said, adding a populist twist to an election-season economic package …
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Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:
Health Insurers Plan Hikes — Rate Increases Are Blamed on Health-Care Overhaul; White House Questions Logic — Health insurers say they plan to raise premiums for some Americans as a direct result of the health overhaul in coming weeks, complicating Democrats' efforts to trumpet …
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Parties Tied at 46% in Generic Ballot for Congress — Latest weekly update shows more competitive contest — PRINCETON, NJ — Republicans and Democrats are tied at 46% among registered voters in Gallup's weekly tracking of congressional voting preferences, marking a shift after five consecutive weeks …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Job Approval Ratings Low for Both Parties in Congress — Only about one in three approve of job Republicans, Democrats in Congress are doing — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans' frustration with Congress is directed at both sides of the aisle — with job approval ratings of 33% for the Democrats …
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Feisal Abdul Rauf / New York Times:
Building on Faith — AS my flight approached America last weekend, my mind circled back to the furor that has broken out over plans to build Cordoba House, a community center in Lower Manhattan.I have been away from home for two months, speaking abroad about cooperation among people from different religions.
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Becky Bohrer / Associated Press:
Murkowski: Don't count met out of Senate race yet — A week after conceding the GOP primary, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she's not a quitter and is “still in this game.” — Murkowski told The Associated Press on Tuesday that she's been inundated with calls and e-mails from supporters, asking her not to leave the race.
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
EXCLUSIVE: Lisa Murkowski Meets Personally With Alaska LP Officials …
EXCLUSIVE: Lisa Murkowski Meets Personally With Alaska LP Officials …
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Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Libertarians: Murkowski still asking
Libertarians: Murkowski still asking
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Fidel to Ahmadinejad: ‘Stop Slandering the Jews’ — (This is Part I of a report on my recent visit to Havana. I hope to post Part II tomorrow. And I also hope to be publishing a more comprehensive article about this subject in a forthcoming print edition of The Atlantic.)
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Castro: I Was Wrong During Cuban Missile Crisis
Castro: I Was Wrong During Cuban Missile Crisis
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
NRCC spokesman tweets Perriello staff addresses — A regional press secretary for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) tweeted street addresseses for six Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.) reelection staffers on Tuesday night in an apparent reaction to a tweet from the campaign …
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Ben Pershing / Virginia Politics Blog:
With new poll, Democrats make case that Perriello race is still competitive
With new poll, Democrats make case that Perriello race is still competitive
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Chicago Breaking News:
Daley won't run for re-election: ‘I have done my best’ — (Antonio Dickey / Mayor's Press Office) | Mayor Richard Daley says he will not run for re-election in 2011, saying it's “time for me, it's time for Chicago to move on.” — “The truth is I have been thinking about this for the past several months …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley to retire, speculation swirls …
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley to retire, speculation swirls …
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Fran Spielman / Chicago Sun Times:
Mayor Daley is not seeking another term
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
OMG: Spitzer and Parker Are Like a Modern Day Gable and Lombard! — You know what CNN has been missing in its lineup? Cutesiness. — We really need cutesiness in political coverage, of the kind that champion lightweight/professional ditz Kathleen Parker provides.
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CBS New York:
Long Island Man Arrested For Defending Home With AK-47 — Says Many Gang Members Were Coming After His Family — UNIONDALE, N.Y. (CBS 2) — He was arrested for protecting his property and family. — But it's how the Long Island man did it that police say crossed the line.
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Michael Cieply / New York Times:
Politics on Film, but This Time Leaning Right — LOS ANGELES — After Michael Moore screened his anti-Bush documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11” for Hollywood's assembled royalty at the headquarters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences six years ago, the crowd broke out in a noisy ovation that it did not want to stop.
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Chris Christie readies endorsement tour — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, one of the GOP's most-sought after stars following his 2009 victory, is hitting the road to unveil a string of endorsements in the coming weeks, POLITICO has learned. — In what constitutes his first major political trip …
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Holly Bailey / Yahoo! News:
Obama channels Hendrix on critics: ‘They talk about me like a dog’ — Has President Obama been listening to a lot of Jimi Hendrix lately? With just under two months to go before Election Day, Obama kicked off the fall campaign season Monday with an aggressive speech targeting Republicans.
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Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Glenn Beck Visits Alaska on 9/11 — Glenn's coming to the Last Frontier! I hope my fellow Alaskans (and anyone visiting from Outside) will join me this Saturday, September 11, 2010, at Anchorage's Dena'ina Center at 8:00 p.m. Glenn Beck will be there - you won't want to miss it.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
At least 70 House seats in play, says Obama's campaign adviser — President Obama's top political guru said Tuesday that he believes 70 House races and 15 Senate races are in play this fall. — White House senior adviser David Plouffe — Obama's 2008 presidential campaign manager …
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CNN:
BP to release results of investigation into oil spill disaster — (CNN) — BP on Wednesday is expected to release findings of an internal investigation into the Gulf oil disaster, the oil giant said. — The report comes nearly five months after an April 20 explosion aboard an oil rig left 11 men dead …
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Melissa Clouthier / Liberty Pundits Blog:
Republicans: 2010 Was The Year To Fight, Not Flee — At the beginning of this primary season, way back a thousand years is what it feels like, I made a decision: Support every conservative in every race everywhere no matter what. Why? Because if there was ever a year where a conservative could get elected, it would be this year.
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Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Obama to get personal on economy — President Barack Obama — facing a buzz saw of bad news — plans to shift his tone on the economy, ditching dry Explainer-in-Chief policy lectures for a more emotional, more personal approach emphasizing his own family's hardships, administration officials tell POLITICO.
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BBC:
Pension rallies hit French cities — The BBC's Christian Fraser describes the disruption caused by the strikes — More than one million French workers have taken to the streets to protest against austerity measures planned by President Nicolas Sarkozy's government.
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BBC:
‘Muslim’ gargoyle adorns French cathedral — It has been traditional for stonemasons to be featured on gargoyles — A Muslim stonemason in France has been immortalised by having his face carved on a gargoyle on the side of the medieval cathedral in Lyon.
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The Huffington Post:
Obama Left Largely Helpless As Judicial Vacancies Reach Crisis — What's Your Reaction: … The Obama administration is aware of the growing alarm over its inability to fill long-standing judicial vacancies. White House officials frequently voice displeasure with the pace …
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Jed Lewison / Daily Kos:
KY-Sen: Rand Paul staffer caught posing as progressive at Daily Kos — As you probably know, there's a moneybomb underway to raise money for Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway's campaign challenging Rand Paul for U.S. Senate. — Well, it turns out that at least one member …
James Hibberd / The Hollywood Reporter:
TLC's polygamy show, ‘Sister Wives’ trailer (video) — Or “The Real Big Love” ... What do you think? Good, but nothing to write a manifesto and take hostages over, right?
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Sanjay Talwani / Helena Independent Record:
Montana House candidate leaving tea party association over leader's removal — Kristi Allen-Gailushas, secretary of the Big Sky Tea Party Association and Republican nominee for a Helena-area legislative seat, is quitting the group following its removal of president Tim Ravndal for anti-gay comments made on his Facebook page.
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