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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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The Politico:
Obama may look inside for Rahm job — Amid mounting signs that Rahm Emanuel will leave the White House to run for mayor in Chicago, Democratic insiders say President Barack Obama is likely to choose a new chief of staff who's already in his orbit but has experience with previous administrations.
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Philip Elliott / Associated Press:
POLITICAL INSIDER: GOP voters outnumber Dems — WASHINGTON — Looking for yet another sign Democrats are in trouble? Take note of who is showing up to vote in the primaries. — For the first time since 1930, Republican votes for statewide offices are outnumbering Democratic votes …
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Obama to unveil more stimulus, tax breaks for business
Obama to unveil more stimulus, tax breaks for business
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Melissa Clouthier / Liberty Pundits Blog:
Republicans: 2010 Was The Year To Fight, Not Flee
Republicans: 2010 Was The Year To Fight, Not Flee
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Riehl World View and The Other McCain
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Progressive group: Rahm a ‘cancer on the Democratic Party’
Progressive group: Rahm a ‘cancer on the Democratic Party’
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Weasel Zippers and CNN
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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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT GALLUP FREAK-OUT.... Last week, Gallup's generic-ballot tracking poll showed Republicans leading Democrats by 10, 51% to 41%. It was billed as the GOP's biggest Gallup lead in the history of humanity, and the results generated massive media attention, including a stand-alone Washington Post piece on page A2.
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The Moderate Voice and Weekly Standard
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Job Approval Ratings Low for Both Parties in Congress
Job Approval Ratings Low for Both Parties in Congress
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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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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.
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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Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Libertarians cool to Murkowski candidacy
Libertarians cool to Murkowski candidacy
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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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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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Weekly Standard and Liberty Pundits Blog
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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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:
Palin and Beck to mark 9/11 in Alaska
Palin and Beck to mark 9/11 in Alaska
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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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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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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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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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Lawrence H. White / Wall Street Journal:
The German Miracle: Another Look — Germany has cut government spending and its economy is growing smartly. It's not the first time that market-friendly policies have led the nation out of crisis. — Earlier this summer George Soros and some leading Keynesian economists criticized …
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Cafe Hayek and EconLog
Akiva Eldar / Haaretz:
West Bank building freeze to continue in practice, if not officially — Source close to Palestinian Authority president says from PA's perspective, what matters is not Israel's declarations but the moratorium's implementation on the ground. — The agreement beginning to take shape …
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Israel Matzav, Commentary and TPMCafe
Elise Viebeck / Ballot Box:
Democrats rip NRCC spokesman for tweeting addresses of staffers — Democrats are demanding that an NRCC staffer be fired for tweeting the addresses of staff for Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.). — Democrats want a regional press secretary for the National Republican Congressional Committee …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley to retire, speculation swirls around Rahm Emanuel candidacy — Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's surprise announcement today that he would not seek a seventh term in 2011 immediately set off speculation that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel would enter the race.
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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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Felicia Sonmez / The Fix:
Harry Reid: “I had nothing to do with” bad economy — Your Browser DoesNot Support IFrames. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, facing a tough re-election bid in one of the states hardest hit by the recession, said today that the economic downturn was not his fault.
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James Bridle / booktwo.org:
On Wikipedia, Cultural Patrimony, and Historiography — On Friday, I spoke at dConstruct in Brighton. Huge thanks to everyone at Clearleft, and everyone who came, for a really great time. — I talked about a number of things. I started out talking about Geocities, and how it was a very real thing …
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