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“Pledge to America” Unveiled by Republicans (Full Text) — CBS News has obtained a final draft of House Republicans' legislative agenda for the next Congress, a 21-page “Pledge to America” that they will formally unveil Thursday morning at a Virginia hardware store.
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Perhaps the Most Ridiculous Thing to Come Out of Washington Since George McClellan — The House Republicans' “Pledge to America” is out. A thrill will run up the leg of a few Chris Matthews' types on the right. As Dan noted on Twitter, the Contract with America was 869 words and this is 21 pages.
Ezra Klein:
The GOP's bad idea — “America is more than a country,” begins the GOP's ‘Pledge to America.’ America, it turns out, is an “idea,” an “inspiration,” and a “belief.” And the GOP wants to govern it. — Their policy agenda is detailed and specific — a decision they will almost certainly come to regret.
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The Huffington Post:
GOP ‘Pledge For America’ Director Lobbied For AIG, Exxon, Pfizer, Chamber — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — The Republican Party's 21-page blueprint, “Pledge to America,” was put together with oversight by a House staffer who, up till April 2010, served as a lobbyist for some of the nation's most powerful oil …
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Matthew Yglesias, Think Progress, The Daily Caller, Wonk Room, Taylor Marsh, Politerati and Oliver Willis
National Review:
We'll Take the Pledge — All year long, conservatives have been pressuring Republicans to release a Contract with America for 2010 — an updated version of the campaign platform that the party unveiled before its 1994 sweep of Congress. Thursday morning, Republican congressmen are responding …
Directorblue / Doug Ross:
A Critique of the GOP's New ‘Pledge to America’: Dudes. It's, Like, 20 Pages Too Long. I've Got the One-Page Version Right Here. — I won't be quite as harsh on the GOP's magnum opus as RedState's Erick Erickson, who calls it “the worst thing to come out of Washington since George McClellan.”
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
G.O.P. Cites Tax Cuts and Health Care as Main Focus
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Washington Monthly, The Caucus, Outside the Beltway and CNN
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
White House quickly attacks GOP ‘Pledge’
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Why Republicans Don't Need a ‘Pledge’
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Dan Pfeiffer / White House.gov Blog Feed:
The Congressional Republican Pledge to Special Interests
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Quinnipiac University:
Little-Known New York Attorney General Candidates Tied, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Gillibrand Up By Only 6 Points — Two little-known candidates for New York State Attorney General, Democratic State Sen. Eric Schneiderman and Republican Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan …
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Gillibrand Leads by 1 Point in SurveyUSA Poll, 6 Points in Q Poll
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Washington Post:
Two of Obama's closest advisers among those likely to leave in White House shuffle — In his nearly two years in office, President Obama has relied on a very small clique of advisers that serves as his most trusted sounding board on politics and policy. — Members of his staff describe Obama …
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David Rogers / The Politico:
Democrats may back off tax vote
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delawareonline:
(2 of 2) — Asked for reasons he was weighing against running, Castle said such a campaign would be “logistically difficult” because voters would have to write in the name. — “I think automatically you have a diminished number of votes you'll get,” Castle said.
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The Tea Party: Tempest in a very small teapot
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The Politico:
Castle won't write off write-in bid
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CNN, Hot Air, The Greenroom and National Review
Wcbsmark / CBS New York:
Cuomo Caught Lying About Voting For Bloomberg? — NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There has been a dramatic development in the race for New York governor. — A new poll has Republican Carl Paladino within striking distance of Democrat Andrew Cuomo as voters say they want to elect someone who will stop the circus in Albany.
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Cuomo's Image as Unstoppable Suffers a Blow
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Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
Race-Baiting Dem Congresswoman Pits Latinos Against Asians on Spanish-Language TV — Democratic Rep. Loretta Sanchez appeared on Spanish-Language Univision to tell Latino voters that their Congressional seat was being taken by the Vietnamese. — Rep. Sanchez is in a hotly contested race …
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John / Power Line:
Another Democrat's Shameful Racism
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Bruce Horovitz / USA Today:
KFC pays college women for ad space on buns — KFC wants folks to watch its backside. — Or, more precisely, the backsides of female college students it's recruiting to promote its hot new bunless Double Down sandwiches. — Women on college campuses are being paid $500 each to hand …
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
Amid Tension, China Blocks Vital Exports to Japan — HONG KONG — Sharply raising the stakes in a dispute over Japan's detention of a Chinese fishing trawler captain, the Chinese government has blocked exports to Japan of a crucial category of minerals used in products like hybrid cars, wind turbines and guided missiles.
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William Bender / Philly.com:
In Bucks County, a bitter poll for Murphy to swallow — U.S. REP. Patrick Murphy's “uh-oh” moment came last month, when his polling firm reported that Republican Mike Fitzpatrick was within striking distance of recapturing his 8th District seat in Bucks County. — This is his “oh, no” moment:
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Ballot Box, Capitol Ideas … and CNN
Kevin Sack / New York Times:
For Many, Health Care Relief Begins Today — Sometimes lost in the partisan clamor about the new health care law is the profound relief it is expected to bring to hundreds of thousands of Americans who have been stricken first by disease and then by a Darwinian insurance system.
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James C. McKinley Jr / New York Times:
A Claim of Pro-Islam Bias in Textbooks — HOUSTON — Some conservative members of the Texas Board of Education assert that the history books used in this state have a pro-Islamic bias, and they are upset about it. — Never shy about wading into the culture wars, they are planning …
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Justin Elliott / Salon:
The militias' man in the Senate? — Joe Miller's supporters have been known to carry assault rifles in public — and he's favored to win a Senate seat — Back in July, before Joe Miller won a stunning upset over Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's GOP Senate primary, national attention briefly focused …
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Ben Smith's Blog and Talking Points Memo
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Republicans seize on comments by Obama in new Woodward book — Republicans on Wednesday blasted President Obama for statements journalist Bob Woodward attributed to him in his new book. — Republicans were particularly incensed about Obama's belief that the U.S. could “absorb” …
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The Moderate Voice, The Politico, American Power, Doug Ross and CNN
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