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David Zurawik / Z on TV:

Fox News says it will not cover burning of Quran — In a bold move that is likely to be much discussed in coming days, Fox News said today that it will not cover the burning of the Quran on Saturday if Pastor Terry Jones follows through on his plan to burn copies of Islam's sacred book.

Discussion: Mediaite, msnbc.com, JustOneMinute, The Wire and Connecting.the.Dots, more at Mediagazer »

Antonio Gonzalez / Associated Press:

Fla. imam: No deal to move NYC mosque — GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A Florida imam says that no deal has been reached to move the site of a mosque at the site of ground zero in exchange for a Florida minister to call off plans to burn Qurans. — Imam Muhammad Musri tells The Associated Press …

Discussion: msnbc.com, Indecision Forever, Weasel Zippers, iOwnTheWorld.com, Gateway Pundit, Althouse, National Review and Gawker

Patricia Murphy / Politics Daily:

Colin Powell Says Ground Zero Mosque Should Go Forward — said Thursday that the Islamic community center and mosque planned near Ground Zero in New York City should go forward. Powell made his comments during an appearance on ABC's “The View.” — “The terrorists win if we become terrified and …

Discussion: Balloon Juice, Weasel Zippers and HotAirPundit

Damien Cave / New York Times:

Pastor Cancels Koran Burning and Plans to Meet Imam — GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The pastor planning a burning of the Koran on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks said Thursday he would not go forward with the event, adding he plans to meet with the imam planning to build an Islamic center near ground zero.

Discussion: USA Today, Mediaite, Runnin' Scared, The Huffington Post, Hot Air, CNN, Threat Level, TPMCafe, The Lede and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, more at Techmeme »

Mike Thomas / Orlando Sentinel:

What if media had ignored Terry Jones? — The Rev. Terry Jones was a sad-sack preacher, lucky to draw 50 people to his steel-shed house of prayer, when the words “burn” and “Quran” had an unfortunate collision in his limited brain. — That he has become an international phenomenon as a result must be a sign the apocalypse is near.

Discussion: Yahoo! News, Hit & Run, CNN, NewsBusters.org, Hot Air and ABCNEWS, more at Mediagazer »

Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
'The AP will not distribute images or audio that specifically …

Discussion: The Hill, TPMMuckraker and The Impolitic, more at Mediagazer »

Tennessean.com:
(2 of 2) — The Rev. Steve Freeman of Grace Baptist Church …

Discussion: Kansas City Star, Think Progress, Mediaite and TPMMuckraker

Robert Mackey / The Lede:
Video of Obama's Comments on Koran Burning

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Matthew Yglesias, Philly.com, Mediaite, Firedoglake, Weekly Standard and The Daily Dish

Nancy Benac / ABCNEWS:
Obama Admonishes Pastor to Call off Quran ‘Stunt’

Discussion: The Politico

David Weigel / Weigel:

Palin Endorses O'Donnell in Delaware — She called into Sean Hannity's radio show to make official what was hinted at in a late Tuesday night retweet: She backs Christine O'Donnell over Mike Castle in Delaware. As Hannity describes, also on Twitter:

Discussion: Facebook, Weekly Standard, The Atlantic Online, Power Line, Politics Daily, National Review, AmSpecBlog, CQ Politics, Hot Air, Cubachi, The Other McCain and GOP 12

David Catanese / The Politico:
Palin backs O'Donnell in Del.

Discussion: National Review

Nicole Allan / The Atlantic Online:
Sarah Palin Endorses Christine O'Donnell

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Matt Lewis / Politics Daily:
Christine O'Donnell, running for U.S. Senate in Delaware …

Discussion: National Review and Riehl World View

Elise Viebeck / Ballot Box:
Palin backs Tea Party candidate in Delaware Senate race

Discussion: CNN

George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:

President Obama to Pastor Jones: ‘Stunt’ Endangers Troops - Full Transcript of Exclusive Interview — I covered a lot of ground with the president in Cleveland yesterday: His decision to make John Boehner the midterm punching bag. Will he veto a sanction of Bush tax cuts for the wealthy?

Discussion: Left Coast Rebel, Sister Toldjah, Sweetness & Light, Colorlines, The Hill, Washington Wire, The Daily Caller, NewsBusters.org, The Caucus, TPMMuckraker, Taylor Marsh, Ben Smith's Blog, Chicago News Cooperative, Think Progress, ABCNEWS and Ezra Klein

Mike Allen / The Politico:
What Speaker Boehner would do first …

Discussion: The Foundry

Kenric Ward / sunshinestatenews.com:

Marco Rubio Holds Double-Digit Lead in Senate Race — GOP candidate even beats Crist among independent voters, poll finds — Republican Marco Rubio, garnering surprising strength among independent voters, holds a double-digit lead over his two chief rivals in Florida's U.S. Senate race, a new Sunshine State News Poll reports.

Discussion: Washington Wire, Hot Air, Ballot Box, TPMDC, The Buzz, Weekly Standard, NRSC, National Review and Don Surber

John Stanton / Roll Call:

Murkowski Likely to Lose Leadership Spot if Campaign Continues — Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) will likely be forced out of her party leadership position should she decide to launch a write-in or third-party candidacy, a Senate Republican said Wednesday. — Murkowski, who conceded …

Discussion: The Politico, Fox News, Guardian and Firedoglake

Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Senate must pass small-business incentives, Voinovich says

Discussion: Crooks and Liars

Jonathan Strong / The Daily Caller:
Shake up: The Tea Partiers are coming to the staid Senate

Discussion: MyDD and Hot Air

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:

More House Dems balking at ending Bush tax cuts for rich — Even as President Obama is mounting a strong stand in favor of letting the Bush tax cuts for the rich expire, and even as he's signaling that it will be a major campaign issue, more and more vulnerable House Dems are bolting in the other direction.

Discussion: TPMDC, bizjournals, Left Coast Rebel, Hullabaloo, The Washington Independent and Hot Air

The Hill:
Momentum builds for extending all of President Bush's tax cuts

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Gawker and Oliver Willis

Ned / Jerry Brown:

Brown Campaign Fires Back At Meg Whitman Regarding Her Latest False Attack On Jerry Brown's Record — OAKLAND, — CA - The Brown for Governor Campaign today fired back at Meg Whitman's latest false attack against Attorney General Jerry Brown's record. — “This is just more of the same from Meg Whitman.

Discussion: Washington Wire and The Washington Independent

David Weigel / Weigel:
Meg Whitman Attacks Jerry Brown With the Ghost of Bill Clinton*

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Jay Newton-Small / Time:

Obama's MIA Volunteers: Organizing for America Shrinks — What happened to Barack Obama's once vaunted political machine? The outfit that put upwards of 8 million volunteers on the street in 2008 — known as Organizing for America — is a ghost of its former self.

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, Ruby Slippers, Hot Air, Swampland, The Moderate Voice, Tammy Bruce, RedState, Weasel Zippers and The Page

Ezra Klein:

Forum: Andy Stern's plan to create 12 million new jobs — Late last week, I spoke with former SEIU president and current Georgetown fellow/fiscal commission member Andy Stern about hosting a series of pieces laying out different ideas to kick-start job creation.

Discussion: Gateway Pundit and National Review

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:

Fired Up — This may win the prize for the worst stump speech ever. Oh my. — Here's the video via Oliver Willis:

Discussion: Zandar Versus The Stupid and Gawker

Aharding / CNN:

TRENDING: Palin, Beck team up on 9/11 event — Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck will appear together at an event in Alaska on September 11. — (CNN) - After a wildly successful rally on the National Mall, Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck are teaming up again - but this time for a cost.

The Politico:
This year, a political 9/11

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, The News Tribune and ghrwomen.org

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:

Opposition to ‘mosque’ directly linked to anti-Islam sentiment, poll shows — We now have clear evidence that there's a direct link between public anti-Islam sentiment and public opposition to the construction of Cordoba House, a.k.a. the “Ground Zero mosque.”

Discussion: Washington Post, Obsidian Wings, Weasel Zippers, Balkinization, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Outside the Beltway, Sweetness & Light and Oliver Willis

David B. Caruso / Associated Press:

NY mosque investor declines Trump's buyout offer — NEW YORK — Donald Trump's offer to buy an investor's stake where a mosque is planned near ground zero is falling flat. — Wolodymyr Starosolsky is a lawyer for the investor in the real estate partnership that controls the site.

Discussion: Sister Toldjah and TPMMuckraker

Christina Wilkie / The Hill:

Biden: Bush deserves ‘a lot of credit’ — Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday night said that former President George W. Bush deserves ‘a lot of credit’ for his handling of the initial Iraq war drawdown. — Speaking to Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert, who conducted a rare …

Discussion: Don Surber, Weekly Standard, Sister Toldjah, Weasel Zippers, CNN and Wake up America

Dave Levinthal / OpenSecrets.org:

Favre, Goodell Among NFL Notables Playing Political Football During 2010 Midterms — All-universe quarterback Brett Favre will wear Minnesota Vikings purple tonight against the New Orleans Saints during the opening game of the National Football League's 2010 season.

Discussion: The Blotter and USA Today

Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:

No Refills — In 2009, only 25 new drugs were approved—less than half the number in the mid-'90s. Why are new pharmaceuticals so hard to bring to market? Overcautious regulators and profit-hungry conglomerates make easy scapegoats, but they're only partly to blame.

Discussion: The Politico

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:

CRISIS ON THE COURTS.... Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy recently noted the problems with the Senate's inability to confirm judicial nominees. “It's important for the public to understand that the excellence of the federal judiciary is at risk,” Kennedy said.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Patterico's Pontifications and Prairie Weather

Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:

Health Outlays Still Seen Rising — The health-care overhaul enacted last spring won't significantly change national health spending over the next decade compared with projections before the law was passed, according to government figures set to be released Thursday.

Discussion: White House.gov Blog Feed, Hit & Run, Hot Air, NRSC, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and Taegan Goddard's …

Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:

Ground Zero Mosque Imam: If You Don't Build It, They Will Attack — Everything we thought about Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf was true. Tonight, on CNN's Larry King Show, he confirmed it. — While the left continues to be romanced by his calm, even and soothing tones, he personally raises …