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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?
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
What Speaker Boehner would do first — Matt Bai thinks Obama may have missed his Mt. Rushmore moment - Kinsley and Scarborough to write columns for POLITICO — Ceci Connolly to McKinsey — “THE PRESIDENT TAKES ON THE PASTOR” — PRESIDENT OBAMA on “Good Morning America,” …
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ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and The Foundry
ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: President Obama Says Terry Jones' Plan to Burn Korans Is ‘A Destructive Act’ — President: Pastor's ‘Stunt’ Could Endanger Lives Here and Abroad — A Florida pastor's plan to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11 could result in “serious violence” …
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Obama Speaks Out Against Pastor's Plan to Burn Koran — WASHINGTON— President Obama sharply criticized a Florida pastor's plan to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, calling it a “stunt” that threatens the lives of American troops in Afghanistan …
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The Huffington Post, The Lede, TPMCafe, JustOneMinute, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and ACS Blog
ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Afghan Insurgents Use Planned Koran Burning to Turn …
Exclusive: Afghan Insurgents Use Planned Koran Burning to Turn …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Mediaite, Think Progress and The Note
Amir Shah / Associated Press:
Quran burning plan stirs outrage in Muslim world
Quran burning plan stirs outrage in Muslim world
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Michelle Malkin, Weasel Zippers and Vox Popoli
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.”
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Balkinization, Little Green Footballs and Oliver Willis
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Patricia Murphy / Politics Daily:
Colin Powell Says Ground Zero Mosque Should Go Forward
Colin Powell Says Ground Zero Mosque Should Go Forward
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Weasel Zippers and HotAirPundit
Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
Ground Zero Mosque Imam: If You Don't Build It, They Will Attack
Ground Zero Mosque Imam: If You Don't Build It, They Will Attack
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protein wisdom, Atlas Shrugs, Don Surber and American Power
CNN:
CNN LARRY KING LIVE
CNN LARRY KING LIVE
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Power Line, National Review, Top of the Ticket and Sweetness & Light
Katrina Trinko / National Review:
Imam Rauf on CNN
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.
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bizjournals and Hot Air
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The Hill:
Momentum builds for extending all of President Bush's tax cuts — Momentum built Thursday for extending all of the Bush-era tax cuts after President Obama avoided a veto threat and a key Senate Democrat voiced support for the extension. — Sen. Ben Nelson (Neb.), a centrist who has been a key vote …
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Washington Monthly and Oliver Willis
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 …
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Fox News, Guardian and Firedoglake
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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.
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Washington Wire, Weekly Standard, Hot Air, TPMDC, Ballot Box, Don Surber, The Buzz, National Review and NRSC
Jay Newton-Small / Time:
Whatever Happened to Obama's Army? — 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. Its staff has shrunk from 6,000 to 300 …
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RedState, Tammy Bruce, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Swampland and The Moderate Voice
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.
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Hit & Run, Hot Air, White House.gov Blog Feed, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, NRSC and Taegan Goddard's …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Republicans Dominate Medicare Discussions On White House Fiscal Commission
Republicans Dominate Medicare Discussions On White House Fiscal Commission
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Matthew Yglesias, Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Untamed Prince — Marc Ambinder reports on the dictatorial powers held by many in government and upheld yesterday by a judiciary that gives unaccountable power - even the power to torture and kill - a drop-shadow, not a check. Marc has been following this state secrets issue for a long time …
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Newshoggers.com and New York Times
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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.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Prairie Weather and Patterico's Pontifications
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 …
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Weekly Standard, Weasel Zippers, CNN and Wake up America
Bloomberg:
Super PACs Flourish to Influence U.S. Vote After Companies Freed to Give — At least 25 “super PACS,” including one linked to Karl Rove, are fueling a surge in money for this year's elections following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down limits on corporate campaign spending.
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The Moderate Voice, Donklephant, The Political Carnival and Shakesville
David Weigel / Weigel:
Meg Whitman Attacks Jerry Brown With the Ghost of Bill Clinton* — Meg Whitman's Republican campaign for governor of California, clearly not done with the decades of video tape they have on Jerry Brown, bring us back to the good old days of the 1992 presidential campaign.
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Outside the Beltway
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.
Matt Lewis / Politics Daily:
Christine O'Donnell, running for U.S. Senate in Delaware, has a new TV ad bashing her Republican primary opponent, Rep. Mike Castle. — But O'Donnell's ad looks eerily similar to one recently produced by Intrepid Media for Americans for New Leadership, in support of Nevada candidate Sharron Angle …
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National Review and Riehl World View
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Lobbyists Rush to Hire G.O.P. Staff Ahead of Midterm Vote — WASHINGTON — With Democrats in danger of losing control of Congress, some prominent lobbying shops, trade groups and contractors are already moving to bring more Republicans on board to bolster their political fortunes.
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Oliver Willis, Don Surber and Prairie Weather
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Md. flier ban may be unconstitutional — A Maryland judge's ban on distribution of campaign literature that state officials contend is misleading likely amounts to a prior restraint that runs afoul of the First Amendment, two prominent lawyers in the field told POLITICO.
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The Moderate Voice and The Volokh Conspiracy
Dorian de Wind / The Huffington Post:
Nine Years After 9/11: Will We Ever Be “One” Again? — What's Your Reaction: — This September 11th, nine years after that “first” September 11th, there will be — as there should be — a lot of reflection on and introspection about that horrific event: how it changed our lives, how it changed America — forever.
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The Moderate Voice
Bryan Fischer / RenewAmerica:
Handle Muslims just like we handle the neo-Nazis — Germany is giving us a template on how we handle Muslims: just like we handle neo-Nazis. — According to Bloomberg, German police carried out 30 predawn raids against the nation's largest neo-Nazi group two days ago. — Why?
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Little Green Footballs and TPMMuckraker