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1:30 PM ET, December 1, 2010

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New York Times:
Delaying Vote, Debt Panel Splits on Taxes and Spending  —  WASHINGTON — The chairmen of President Obama's debt-reduction commission have been unable to win support from any of the panel's elected officials for their proposed spending cuts and tax increases, underscoring the reluctance …
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John Stanton / Roll Call:
House May Block Food Safety Bill Over Senate Error  —  A food safety bill that has burned up precious days of the Senate's lame-duck session appears headed back to the chamber because Democrats violated a constitutional provision requiring that tax provisions originate in the House.
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Fiscal Commission Final Report  —  Get your fresh catfood!  —  FDL has obtained a copy of the Catfood Commission final report in advance of its official 9:30 release.  —  It can be downloaded here: PDF  —  Their reigning spirit of self-importance comes through on the very first page: “The Moment of Truth.”
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
In Tax Cuts, the Options Run Short  —  Democrats have left themselves in a tough spot on the Bush tax cuts.  After delaying the issue until after the election and then being trounced in that election, they find themselves with little leverage.  —  If they cannot come up with a plan …
Associated Press:
Senate GOP letter calls for blocking most bills  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans intend to block action on virtually all Democratic-backed legislation unrelated to tax cuts and government spending in the current postelection session of Congress, officials said Tuesday …
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
DADT No More?  Republicans Threaten To Block All Dem Initiatives  —  Just hours after Democrats and Republicans agreed to bargain on tax cuts, and fewer hours still after Defense Secretary Robert Gates implored Congress to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell this year, word leaked that Republicans …
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Why The GOP Is Like Bear Bryant
Discussion: TalkLeft and The Caucus
Jennifer Steinhauer / The Caucus:
Senate Republicans: No Legislation Until After Tax Cut Extension
Chris Good / The Atlantic Online:
All About the Tax Cuts  —  Nothing will happen in Congress …
Discussion: Washington Post, RedState and Daily Kos
Walter Shapiro / Politics Daily:
After the White House Summit: Towel-Snapping Partisanship Lives On
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Senate GOP vows to halt action in lame-duck session until tax deal
Manu Raju / The Politico:
GOP threatens to stall Senate action
Alan Silverleib / CNN:
Senate GOPers: Take up tax cuts first
Yglesias:
The Strategy of WikiLeaks  —  Ezra Klein on the likely consequences of WikiLeaking: … I think that's essentially correct.  But as zunguzungu explains in a excellent WikiLeaks-sympathetic post this is likely Julian Assange's actual strategy and not some failure on his part.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The moral standards of WikiLeaks critics
Guardian:
WikiLeaks: Interpol issues wanted notice for Julian Assange
Mike Baker / Associated Press:
Bill Clinton expects leak of files to cost lives
Howard Chua-Eoan / Time:
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Tells TIME: Hillary Clinton ‘Should Resign’
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Judge upholds healthcare reform law  —  A federal judge in Virginia on Tuesday rejected a legal challenge to the healthcare reform law, the second time the law's mandate that people buy insurance has been ruled constitutional.  —  The lawsuit was brought by Liberty University …
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Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
Co-host spittin' mad over Spitzer  —  Tweet  —  Eliot Spitzer's TV sidekick is so fed up with playing second fiddle to the hooker-loving ex-gov that she's threatening to walk, sources told The Post yesterday.  —  Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker actually stormed off the set of the …
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Cheney to co-host fundraiser for Cino in RNC race  —  Washington (CNN) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney and a clutch of former George W. Bush advisers have a horse in the Republican National Committee chairman race: Maria Cino.  —  CNN has learned that Cheney will be among the hosts next Tuesday …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Cheney wades into RNC chairman race
Discussion: CNN
Juliet Eilperin / Post Carbon:
Oil drilling ban to be maintained in key areas, sources say  —  Obama administration officials will announce Wednesday afternoon they will not allow offshore oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico or off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as part of the next five-year drilling plan …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Hot Air
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Source: No new drilling in Gulf for seven years
Discussion: The Politico
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Cantor Urges ‘Open Mind’ On VA Legislature Plan To Blow Up The Constitution  —  Incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is part of a class of Republicans who say they want to change the country fundamentally — and to that end, Cantor isn't dismissing a plan by legislators in his home state …
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
30 Most Dynamic Cities in the World  —  What is the most dynamic city in the post-recession world?  —  The surprising answer is Istanbul, according to a new report that shows the developing world is leading the way out of the Great Recession.  —  Grading each metropolis by the growth …
James P. Rubin / The New Republic:
The Irony of Wikileaks  —  By threatening U.S. diplomacy, the hard left is undercutting its own worldview.  —  There's no question that many of the Wikileaks documents are a great read.  These diplomatic conversations between American officials and leaders from the Arab world, China …
Jim Myers / Tulsa World:
Inhofe refuses to participate in ‘holiday’ parade  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said Tuesday that he won't participate in Tulsa's Holiday Parade of Lights until organizers put “Christ” back in the event's title.  —  “Last year, the forces of political correctness removed the word 'Christmas …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
From WikiChina  —  While secrets from WikiLeaks were splashed all over the American newspapers, I couldn't help but wonder: What if China had a WikiLeaker and we could see what its embassy in Washington was reporting about America?  I suspect the cable would read like this:
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Is GOP Breaking Silence on Sarah Palin for President?  —  Among Potential GOP Contenders, Politeness Still Rules  —  When the television host and former Florida congressman Joe Scarborough published a scathing op-ed piece in Politico against Sarah Palin on Tuesday, he was not only trying to put a dent in her presidential ambitions.
Michael J. Boskin / Wall Street Journal:
Why the Spending Stimulus Failed  —  New economic research shows why lower tax rates do far more to spur growth.  —  President Obama and congressional leaders meeting yesterday confronted calls for four key fiscal decisions: short-run fiscal stimulus, medium-term fiscal consolidation, and long-run tax and entitlement reform.
 
 
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