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11:40 AM ET, September 8, 2010

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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 …
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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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Axelrod hints Emanuel may run for Chicago mayor  —  White House senior adviser David Axelrod hinted strongly Wednesday that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is weighing a bid for Chicago's open mayoral race.  —  Axelrod's comments are one of the strongest suggestions from the White House …
Philip Elliott / Associated Press:
POLITICAL INSIDER: GOP voters outnumber Dems
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
CNN:
Opinion: Obama wrong for '10 campaign
Discussion: The Atlanta Post
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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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Concern Is Voiced Over Religious Intolerance  —  WASHINGTON — Prominent Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders held an extraordinary “emergency summit” meeting in the capital on Tuesday to denounce what they called “the derision, misinformation and outright bigotry” aimed at American Muslims during …
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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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 …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Job Approval Ratings Low for Both Parties in Congress
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 …
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.
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.
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
Ezra Klein:
Mitch Daniels has a plan  —  I'm impressed by Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels's op-ed laying out his proposal for “a time-limited, emergency growth program.”  It's a real plan, with concrete policy ideas that might actually make a difference.  It's mercifully free from vague hand-waving about business uncertainty and government spending.
Discussion: The New Republic
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Mitch Daniels / Wall Street Journal:
Time for Emergency Economic Reform
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Benjamin Niolet / The Charlotte Observer:
It's lucky that Sheriff Andy isn't facing voters  —  How bad is it for Democrats in North Carolina?  Even Sheriff Andy Taylor is taking a beating in the polls.  —  Andy Griffith - star of the Andy Griffith Show, a Manteo resident and noted endorser of Democratic causes and candidates …
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Light bulb factory closes; End of era for U.S. means more jobs overseas  —  WINCHESTER, VA. - The last major GE factory making ordinary incandescent light bulbs in the United States is closing this month, marking a small, sad exit for a product and company that can trace their roots to Thomas Alva Edison's innovations in the 1870s.
Wall Street Journal:
The Tea Party and the GOP  —  The Delaware Senate primary is a test of political pragmatism.  —  The tea party movement has largely been a boon for the country, reviving the case for limited government and a properly understood Constitution.  Now that the general election campaign is near …
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The Hill:
Dem base told: Fear Tea Party
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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 …
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
Discussion: Hot Air, KN@PPSTER and The Other McCain
Bob Connors / NBC Connecticut:
City Council Meetings to Begin with Muslim Prayers  —  In the wake of the battle over a mosque at Ground Zero, a move by the Hartford City Councilis sure to have its critics.  —  The Council announced Tuesday that it has invited local imams to perform Islamic invocations at the beginning of the Council meetings in September.
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.
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.
Discussion: The Caucus and Betsy's Page
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 …
Discussion: Cafe Hayek and EconLog
CNN:
Pelosi unpopular; Boehner unknown, CNN poll says  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is arguably the least popular Democrat in Washington, according to a new CNN poll.  —  Washington (CNN) - A new national poll indicates that slightly more than half of all Americans have an unfavorable view …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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.
Jia Lynn Yang / Washington Post:
To consumer advocates, Obama's antitrust enforcement looks like more of the same  —  When President Obama took office, he promised to undo eight years of what he called the weakest antitrust enforcement in half a century.  Consumer advocates held their breath for a dramatic shift that would hark …
Discussion: The New Republic
Ken Belson / New York Times:
As Stadiums Vanish, Their Debt Lives On  —  It's the gift that keeps on taking.  The old Giants Stadium, demolished to make way for New Meadowlands Stadium, still carries about $110 million in debt, or nearly $13 for every New Jersey resident, even though it is now a parking lot.
Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog
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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Michael Howard Saul / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg Defends Pastor's Right to Burn Quran
Discussion: msnbc.com
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
$50 billion stimulus could be issue in Pennsylvania Senate race
Chicago Sun Times:
Who will be Chicago's next mayor?
Discussion: The Hill
Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Meghan McCain “panicked, scared” after Palin picked
Adam Goldman / The Huffington Post:
AP: Ex-CIA Officer Accused Of Electric-Drill Torture Now Training …
Discussion: Swampland and Emptywheel
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Rangel Hits the Streets, Finding Love and Aversion
Discussion: The Hill
Laura Rozen / The Politico:
HRC @ CFR  —  Excerpts from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's speech …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Akiva Eldar / Haaretz:
West Bank building freeze to continue in practice, if not officially
Discussion: Israel Matzav, Commentary and TPMCafe
 Earlier Items: 
James Bridle / booktwo.org:
On Wikipedia, Cultural Patrimony, and Historiography
CNN:
BP releases findings of oil rig disaster
Discussion: Politics Daily
Elise Viebeck / Ballot Box:
Democrats rip NRCC spokesman for tweeting addresses of staffers
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
At least 70 House seats in play, says Obama's campaign adviser
Discussion: Commentary
Abu Muqawama:
On Bacevich, Part I  —  The last time I saw Andrew Bacevich …
Discussion: Eunomia and RealClearWorld
BBC:
‘Muslim’ gargoyle adorns French cathedral
Sanjay Talwani / Helena Independent Record:
Montana House candidate leaving tea party association over leader's removal
Felicia Sonmez / The Fix:
Harry Reid: “I had nothing to do with” bad economy
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Report: Garrett Ventry, who will join NBC News' Election Night coverage as a Republican pundit on election day, registered as an agent of Qatar in September

 
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