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Frank Rich / New York Times:
Could She Reach the Top in 2012? You Betcha — “THE perception I had, anyway, was that we were on top of the world,” Sarah Palin said at the climax of last Sunday's premiere of her new television series, “Sarah Palin's Alaska.” At that point our fearless heroine had just completed a perilous rock climb …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
AN UNLIKELY VORACIOUS READER.... The New York Times' Sunday magazine has a lengthy piece from Robert Draper today on a certain former half-term governor. The piece covers quite a bit of ground — and should probably dispel any lingering doubts about Sarah Palin's national ambitions — but a couple of things stood out.
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Jedediah Bila / Human Events:
A Reply to Mona Charen's “Why Sarah Palin Shouldn't Run”
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Gawker loses round with Sarah Palin
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Harriet Baskas / msnbc.com:
TSA pat-down leaves traveler covered in urine — ‘I was absolutely humiliated,’ said bladder cancer survivor — Below: — A retired special education teacher on his way to a wedding in Orlando, Fla., said he was left humiliated, crying and covered with his own urine after an enhanced pat …
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Jeff Sommer / New York Times:
A Forecast That Obama Could Love — THINGS are looking up for Barack Obama. — You might not think so, given the flow of news lately. His foreign policy has met with limited success, at best. And, back home, unemployment is mired at 9.6 percent. Earlier this month, in a major political blow …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — Top political scientist: U.S. voters are ‘pretty damn stupid’ — Political reporters often rely on University of Wisconsin political scientist Charles Franklin for expertise. In just the past few months, his insights have appeared in articles in the New York Times …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Nuking the White House — You know you're in trouble when you need Henry Kissinger to vouch for you. — But there was the one formerly known as “The One” sitting at a table with a bunch of old, white, Republican dudes, choosing the most abstruse issue on the agenda for his moment to Man Up.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
North Koreans Unveil New Plant for Nuclear Use — WASHINGTON — North Korea showed a visiting American nuclear scientist earlier this month a vast new facility it secretly and rapidly built to enrich uranium, confronting the Obama administration with the prospect that the country is preparing …
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Tammy S. Schultz / Washington Post:
Why are the Marines the military's biggest backers of 'don't ask, don't tell'? — After 17 years, “don't ask, don't tell” may finally be on its way out. Even if the Senate resists the latest efforts to end the policy, it appears that most members of the military - from the chairman …
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AMERICAblog Gay, Prairie Weather and Federal Eye
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: Clinton: I'm not running for president — (CNN) - Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton is not running for president - just ask her. — “I am not in any way interested in or pursuing anything in elected office,” Clinton said on “Fox News Sunday.” — Clinton laughed off speculation that she might run for president in 2012.
Landon Thomas, Jr / New York Times:
Ireland Asks for Aid From Europe, Minister Says — DUBLIN — Ireland has formally applied for a bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, Brian Lenihan, the country's finance minister, said Sunday. — Speaking on Ireland's RTE radio, Mr. Lenihan said the application …
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Examiner:
TSA airport screeners gone wild in San Diego- again — In what can only be described as TSA handlers gone wild, the San Diego Harbor Police arrested an area resident for refusal to complete the screening/security process yesterday. This is the same airport that created the TSA security catch phrase “don't touch my junk.”
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T.W. Farnam / Washington Post:
Political divide between coasts and Midwest deepening, midterm election analysis shows — Results from November's midterm elections have exposed a deepening political divide between cities on the coasts and the less-dense areas in the middle of the country.
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The Impolitic, Politics Daily and Prairie Weather
CNN:
Afghan Christian faces trial for alleged conversion from Islam — From Matiullah Mati for CNN: — An Afghan Christian, detained for months for allegedly converting to Christianity from Islam, could face trial as early as next week - and could face a potential death penalty, officials said Sunday.
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Analyst: TSA methods ‘will kill more Americans on highway’ — The recent public ire toward the TSA's new pat-down and body imaging screening methods is likely to cause more people to drive automobiles and forego airline travel, say two transportation economists who have studied the issue.
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