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6:40 PM ET, September 8, 2010

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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
“Middle Class” Tax Cuts  —  I know I saw this on some of the other wonky progressive blogs last week (or maybe the week before) but it didn't really hit home until I saw it again.  The point is that when we talk about a distinction between the “Bush tax cuts for the rich” and the …
Discussion: Guardian
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Obama vs. the Republicans (With Full Speech Text)  —  I think it's safe to say that President Obama has given up on bipartisanship, at least for the foreseeable future.  —  The White House just released prepared text of his economic speech to the City Club of Cleveland.
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Obama Lays Out Economic Proposals and Assails G.O.P.  —  CLEVELAND — President Obama called on Wednesday for an end to the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy, saying the country can not afford the $700 billion price tag for tax breaks that would benefit “millionaires and billionaires.”
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Obama Writes His Thesis Statement
Discussion: Grasping Reality …
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obama Is Against a Compromise on Bush Tax Cuts
Kendra Marr / The Politico:
Obama: Boehner has ‘no new ideas’
Discussion: CNN
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Boehner: Roll back spending to 2008 levels, extend all tax cuts
Discussion: msnbc.com and Gateway Pundit
The Huffington Post:
McConnell Open To Talks On Bush Tax Cuts Compromise
Discussion: TalkLeft
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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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.
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Mitch Daniels Wins The Fiscal Special Olympics
Discussion: National Review and Ezra Klein
CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: Heated battle for Florida Senate  —  Charlie Crist and Kendrick Meek are part of a close three way race for Senate in Florida.  —  (CNN) - A new poll indicates that the three way-battle for Florida's open Senate seat, arguably the most fascinating Senate contest this year, is deadlocked at the top.
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
Blue Texan / Firedoglake:
Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck Exploit 9/11 for Profit
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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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:   White House visitor logs offer clues into sources for Bob Woodward's new book
CNN:
Opinion: Obama wrong for '10 campaign
Discussion: The Atlanta Post
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 …
National Review:
This Is Where We Begin to Say No  —  On the Ground Zero mosque, Americans reject the opinion elites that empower the Islamists.  —  A tectonic shift is in motion: How fitting that its focal point is Ground Zero, the inevitable fault line between Islam and the West.
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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.
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
Andy Griffith throws away 50 years of good faith in 30 seconds  —  Recently, HHS recruited none other than Andy Griffith to shill for Obamacare:  —  That's right, folks, just forget everything you know and trust ol' Sheriff Andy.  Would Opie's pa lie to ya?  'Course he wouldn't.
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Benjamin Niolet / The Charlotte Observer:
It's lucky that Sheriff Andy isn't facing voters
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 …
CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: All tied up in California races  —  It's neck and neck in California's Senate and gubernatorial battles, according to a new poll.  —  (CNN) - It's too close to call in California's Senate and gubernatorial battles, according to a new poll.  —  A CNN/Time/Opinion Research …
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.
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.
Erika Lovley / The Politico:
Barbara Boxer aide charged with possession of pot  —  A senior aide for Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) was arrested Tuesday for attempting to bring marijuana into the Hart Senate Office Building, according to U.S. Capitol Police reports.  —  Marcus Stanley, who served as a senior economic adviser …
Discussion: PolitiCal, Wonkette and Washington Post
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Haley Barbour: RNC woes costly  —  Mississippi Gov. and Republican Governors Association Chairman Haley Barbour said Wednesday that the RNC's financial difficulties had forced him to direct millions of dollars to voter turnout programs that are typically funded by the national party.
Discussion: Ballot Box, CNN and msnbc.com
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Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
RGA Chairman Signals Republicans Giving Up On Maes In Colorado
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Fidel: 'Cuban Model Doesn't Even Work For Us Anymore'  —  There were many odd things about my recent Havana stopover (apart from the dolphin show, which I'll get to shortly), but one of the most unusual was Fidel Castro's level of self-reflection.  I only have limited experience with Communist autocrats …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Court Sides With C.I.A. on Seizure of Terror Suspects  —  WASHINGTON - A sharply divided federal appeals court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit involving the Central Intelligence Agency's practice of seizing terrorism suspects and transferring them to other countries for imprisonment and interrogation.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Paul campaign: Online impersonator was impersonated  —  I posted yesterday that DailyKos appeared to have caught a Rand Paul staffer pretending, in the comments, to be a progressive with doubts about Jack Conway.  Paul aide Gary Howard, however, tells me — and has evidence to back it up …
Reihan Salam / The Daily Beast:
Obama For Mayor!  —  He knows Chicago's neighborhoods.  He built a diverse coalition in a city sorely in need of new leadership.  Maybe Barack Obama is in the wrong job.  —  Richard Daley's decision to retire as mayor of Chicago at the end of his term has thrown the city into a minor panic.
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.
Dallas Morning News:
Letters bearing Eddie Bernice Johnson's signature ask that scholarship money be sent directly to her grandsons  —  Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson apparently asked the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation to send scholarship checks directly to her two grandsons and two great-nephews, rather than to their colleges.
Discussion: Hot Air and Pajamas Media
 
 
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Larry Flynt / The Huffington Post:
What Ever Happened to Equal Rights for Women?
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
TX Gov remains competitive
Discussion: USA Today
Jon Hilsenrath / Real Time Economics:
New Jobs Data, a Late British Economist and a Fed Nominee
Karen Farkas / Plain Dealer:
Tri-C students recruited to fill the seats for Obama's appearance
Discussion: AmSpecBlog
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Mitt Romney: ‘Burning the Quran is wrong’
Discussion: KN@PPSTER and Ben Smith's Blog
 Earlier Items: 
Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
Palin Sorta Kinda Maybe Backs Delaware's O'Donnell
Discussion: Ballot Box
Matt Bai / New York Times:
Crisis Past, Obama May Have Missed a Chance
James Kwak / The Baseline Scenario:
What a Little Bit of Economics Does to You
Discussion: ECHIDNE of the snakes and Eschaton
Ryan J. Donmoyer / Bloomberg:
Obama Business Deduction Invites Gaming, Experts Say
Michael Barone / Associated Press:
Sinking with Obama, Democrats plan political triage
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
FOX Business TV Appearance: Geller on the Dove Church Qur'an Burning
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT GALLUP FREAK-OUT.... Last week …