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Steve Luxenberg / Washington Post:
Bob Woodward book details Obama battles with advisers over exit plan for Afghan war — President Obama urgently looked for a way out of the war in Afghanistan last year, repeatedly pressing his top military advisers for an exit plan that they never gave him, according to secret meeting notes …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Woodward Book Says Afghanistan Divided White House — WASHINGTON — Some of the critical players in President Obama's national security team doubt his strategy in Afghanistan will succeed and have spent much of the last 20 months quarreling with one another over policy, personalities and turf, according to a new book.
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Michael Scherer / Time:
Emanuel, Eyeing Chicago Run, Could Leave the White House in October — White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel Olivier Douliery / Getty Images — White House aides are preparing for the possibility that Rahm Emanuel may step down as chief of staff as soon as early October if he decides …
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Mike Emanuel / FoxNews.com:
Rahm Emanuel Could Leave White House as Soon as October
Rahm Emanuel Could Leave White House as Soon as October
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
White House Reacts to (NYT Report About) Woodward Book
White House Reacts to (NYT Report About) Woodward Book
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John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
The Carter-Obama Comparisons Grow
The Carter-Obama Comparisons Grow
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Quinnipiac University:
Paladino Trails Cuomo By 6 Points In New York Gov Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Small Tea Party Movement Backs Republican 4-1 — Republican Carl Paladino, aided by a 4 -1 margin among Tea Partiers, trails New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic candidate for Governor …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Cuomo leads Paladino by six just points — Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Cuomo, who had led the GOP field by thirty points for most of the year, is now leading Republican rival Carl Paladino by just six points among likely voters, an astonishing new Quinnipiac University poll shows.
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Quinnipiac University:
Toomey Up 7 Points In Pennsylvania Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Voters, Especially Independents, Disapprove Of Obama — Republican Pat Toomey has hit the magic 50 percent mark as he leads Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak 50 - 43 percent in the race for Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat …
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Reuters:
Woman CEO sought for Summers job — Larry Summers isn't leaving the White House until the end of the year but President Barack Obama's team already knows the ideal candidate to replace him on the National Economic Council - a woman CEO. — The pick doesn't have to fit that bill precisely …
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Andrew Leonard / Salon:
The awesome stupidity of replacing Larry Summers with a CEO
The awesome stupidity of replacing Larry Summers with a CEO
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Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Republicans send message on spending
Republicans send message on spending
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Bruce Ackerman / Wall Street Journal:
Obama, Warren and The Imperial Presidency
Obama, Warren and The Imperial Presidency
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Charles Winecoff / Big Government:
Andrew Breitbart Caught in Gay Scandal! — On September 19th, Andrew Breitbart and Glenn Beck headlined the Right Nation 2010 event in Hoffman Estates, IL. Outside, protesters from Organizing for America, Obama's sheep-herding initiative, gathered to scream at attendees - and spit on Breitbart.
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Newsweek:
Andrew Breitbart ‘Pissed’ at Glenn Beck? — Kausfiles Buries the Lede: Andrew Breitbart, a friend of mine,* gave a talk last night to a Republican club in Malibu. His brand-new right-wing media empire is coming off a string of minor victories—exposing the sordid reality of a politician …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Murkowski punished over defiance; Burr to get top energy slot — Sen. Richard Burr (N.C.) is expected to take over as senior Republican on the Senate Energy panel after Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) lost the position Tuesday. — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) was behind the switch.
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WTOV-TV:
Ohio Democrat Chair Fires ‘F-Word’ At Tea Party — Chris Redfern Makes Emotional Speech Before Steel Workers — CLARINGTON, Ohio — In the midst of a heated general election cycle, Ohio's Democratic Party chairman is admitting he used some “colorful language” during a political event in Monroe County Monday night.
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Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Angle: I made $236,000 off Rush Limbaugh, and Hannity was profitable, too — Remember those comments Sharron Angle made about how FOX interviews were different because she could use the network to raise money. She wasn't kidding. — Here's some audio of Angle at a house party this month, bragging about how profitable FOX can be:
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Robbie Brown / New York Times:
Lawsuits Accuse Megachurch Leader of Sexual Misconduct — ATLANTA — Two young men in Georgia said Tuesday that the pastor of a 33,000-person Baptist megachurch, Bishop Eddie L. Long, had repeatedly coerced them into having sex with him. — In two lawsuits filed in DeKalb County …
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Mark Clayton / Christian Science Monitor:
Stuxnet malware is ‘weapon’ out to destroy ... Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant? — Cyber security experts say they have identified the world's first known cyber super weapon designed specifically to destroy a real-world target - a factory, a refinery, or just maybe a nuclear power plant.
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Outside the Beltway and The Jawa Report
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE ADS OF THE CYCLE.... In a year filled with odd statewide candidates, I still have a hard time figuring out what California's Carly Fiorina is thinking. — The Republican Senate nominee is best known for her tenure as HP's chief executive, during which the company lost …
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Sarah Kliff / The Politico:
Barack Obama seeks divine intervention on health care reform — With nothing else working, President Barack Obama is asking religious leaders to help him sell the public on health care reform. — POLITICO listened in to an Oval Office conference call Tuesday, where Obama …
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Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Here Thursday, Health Reform Confuses Many
Here Thursday, Health Reform Confuses Many
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Greg Mankiw / Greg Mankiw's Blog:
Larry and Harvard — A reader asks the following about Larry Summers: … Different universities have different policies regarding faculty leave for policy jobs, and different degrees of enforcement. Harvard allows two years of leave, and it has the reputation of enforcing the rule rather strictly.
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Three Reasons You'll Miss Larry Summers
Three Reasons You'll Miss Larry Summers
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE DRIVE TO BREAK FROM FORCED NEUTRALITY.... Peter Goodman, who's been a rising star at the New York Times, covering the economy and business news, agreed this week to leave the paper and sign on with the Huffington Post. Goodman's move, a coup for the online outlet, is a reminder …
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RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Obama: “Mexicans” Were Here “Long Before America Was Even An Idea” — “Long before America was even an idea, this land of plenty was home to many peoples. The British and French, the Dutch and Spanish, to Mexicans, to countless Indian tribes. We all shared the same land.”
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Jason Zengerle / GQ:
Did Somebody Say “Fringe”? — Not so long ago, Rand Paul—son of Ron, “modern-day revolutionary,” and practicing ophthalmologist—would have been written off as a harmless political extremist. For believing that the Federal Reserve should be gutted. Or that the Civil Rights Act was unconstitutional.
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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Bill Clinton: Russian immigrants and settlers obstacles to Mideast peace — Russian immigrants to Israel have emerged as a central obstacle to achieving a Middle East peace deal, according to former President Bill Clinton. He voiced fears that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Chris Christie ‘not ready’ for 2012 run — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who's captured the imagination of conservatives enthralled by his fiscal maneuvers to cut spending, said on Wednesday that any talk of him seeking the Republican presidential nomination is premature because he's “not ready.”
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Paul Krugman:
Who You Gonna Believe? — I went through my mail today, and got the usual batch of letters declaring that I'm wrong about everything, and that we should do the opposite of anything I say. Hey, it's a free country. — But I found myself wondering, as I often do, about the determination …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
O'Donnell vows no more national media appearances — Delaware GOP Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell said Tuesday night that she would not make any more national media appearances between now and Election Day. — In an interview on Fox News's “Hannity” show, O'Donnell, who canceled spots on CBS's …
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Democrats lag badly in outside spending — Twice in the past week, House Democrats used closed-door meetings with Speaker Nancy Pelosi to deliver an urgent message: They're being crushed on the airwaves by outside groups, and they need her to do something about it.
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