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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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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Obama Writes His Thesis Statement — This week, we finally get to see President Obama's thesis statement. — For weeks, we've seen the rest of the paragraph begin to be filled in: the structure of a contrast between Republicans and Democrats, the hard-to-say-no-to infrastructure spending proposal …
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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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Bob Connors / NBC Connecticut:
City Council Meetings to Begin with Muslim Prayers
City Council Meetings to Begin with Muslim Prayers
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Concern Is Voiced Over Religious Intolerance
Concern Is Voiced Over Religious Intolerance
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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 …
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
POLITICAL INSIDER: GOP voters outnumber Dems
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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.
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Mitch Daniels / Wall Street Journal:
Time for Emergency Economic Reform — How about a payroll tax holiday, funded by a federal spending, hiring and pay freeze? — Ronald Reagan enjoyed telling of the elderly Blitz victim rescued from her demolished London flat in World War II. A fireman found a bottle of brandy under …
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Lee Fang / Think Progress:
Right Wing Leaders Plan To Use September 11th Anniversary To Make Money — Last year, Glenn Beck and a variety of right-wing organizations and corporate front groups exploited the anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks to stage a protest of President Obama.
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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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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 …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Even Griffith's numbers down — You know how bad things …
Even Griffith's numbers down — You know how bad things …
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Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Barbour: 9/11 Koran Burning A Bad Idea — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said today that he opposes a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Koran on Sept. 11, and said he accepts “totally” that President Obama is a Christian. — “I do not think well of the idea of burning anybody's Koran …
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Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Barbour says he'll decide about 2012 run after the Nov. election
Barbour says he'll decide about 2012 run after the Nov. election
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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.
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.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Boehner: Roll back spending to 2008 levels, extend all tax cuts — With everyone focused on Barack Obama's hard pivot to the economy — which has taken him nine months to accomplish — John Boehner appeared on ABC's Good Morning America and stole a march on the President.
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Spiegel Online:
Terry Jones Accused of ‘Spiritual Abuse’ at Cologne Church — US fundamentalist pastor Terry Jones, who wants to burn copies of the Koran on Sept. 11, ran a church in the western German city of Cologne until last year when members of the congregation expelled him.
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The Moderate Voice, The Huffington Post and The Political Carnival
Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Meghan McCain “panicked, scared” after Palin picked — Tonight, Meghan McCain talked to Jay Leno about the moment she learned that Sarah Palin had been chosen to be John McCain's running mate. … Leno then asks McCain what she meant when she called Palin a “time bomb” in her book.
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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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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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Scott Keyes / Think Progress:
GOP House Candidate On Civil Rights: ‘We Need To Get Our Federal Government Out Of The Way’ — Fireworks occurred during a town hall in Canton, OH, last night when Rep. John Boccieri (D-OH) unexpectedly showed up at his Republican opponent's public event. Challenger Jim Renacci …
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Michael Lewis / Vanity Fair:
Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds — As Wall Street hangs on the question “Will Greece default?,” the author heads for riot-stricken Athens, and for the mysterious Vatopaidi monastery, which brought down the last government, laying bare the country's economic insanity.
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