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6:10 PM ET, December 6, 2010

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Let's Not Make a Deal  —  Back in 2001, former President George W. Bush pulled a fast one.  He wanted to enact an irresponsible tax cut, largely for the benefit of the wealthiest Americans.  But there were Senate rules in place designed to prevent that kind of irresponsibility.
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Jon Ward / The Daily Caller:
Obama and GOP reach deal on two-year extension of Bush tax cuts for all incomes  —  President Obama and congressional Republicans have reached a tentative deal to extend the Bush tax cuts for all income levels and are presenting the proposal to congressional Democrats Monday afternoon, The Daily Caller has learned.
Ezra Klein:
The Bush tax cuts in one chart  —  It's time, I think, to repost this chart showing how much taxpayers at different income levels would get from the Democratic plan, which was to simply extend the cuts for income under $250,000, and the Republican plan, which was to extend the cuts for everyone:
Ezra Klein:
Who graduates, who votes and who's unemployed — in one graph  —  It seems a little crazy that tax cuts for the nation's very richest residents are commanding more political energy and consensus than unemployment insurance.  Among other things, the tax cuts aren't popular.  Unemployment insurance is.
Discussion: The New Republic
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Bachmann: GOP could scuttle tax deal tied to extending jobless aid
David Weigel / Weigel:
Just How Big of a Dive is Obama Taking on Tax Cuts?
Discussion: AmSpecBlog and Yglesias
New York Times:
Bush Tax-Cut Deal With Jobless Aid Said to Be Near
David Leonhardt / Economix:
Obama's Tax-Cut Retreat, Through Two Lenses
First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Done deal?
The Note:
Sarah Palin Passes On RNC  —  ABC News' John Berman and Mary Bruce report:  —  Sarah Palin isn't running...for one job at least.  She doesn't appear to be a candidate to Chair the Republican National Committee.  —  The activist group Tea Party Nation, planned on sending a letter to Palin pleading for her to run.
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Tea party group wants Palin for RNC  —  Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips sent a letter to former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin asking her to run for chairwoman of the Republican National Committee.  —  “In order for the tea party, conservative movement to be successful …
Karin Tanabe / The Politico:   ON ‘ALASKA,’ PALIN GOES HUNTING
Lbentzterp / CNN:
Palin declines RNC draft effort
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Times
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Kennedy Still Highest-Rated Modern President, Nixon Lowest  —  Jimmy Carter's retrospective approval rating and rank drop from 2006  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Of the nine U.S. presidents who have served in the past 50 years, John F. Kennedy continues to earn the highest retrospective job approval rating from Americans, now 85%.
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WRAL-TV:
Elizabeth Edwards seriously ill  —  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Elizabeth Edwards' cancer has spread, and her health has deteriorated, multiple sources told WRAL News Monday.  —  Edwards, 61, the wife of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, was briefly hospitalized recently …
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Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
Elizabeth Edwards's Cancer Spreads  —  Elizabeth Edwards's cancer fight has taken a turn for the worse, with the disease spreading to her liver and doctors recommending against additional treatment.  —  “Elizabeth has been advised by her doctors that further treatment of her cancer would be unproductive.
Lbentzterp / CNN:
TRENDING: Elizabeth Edwards stops cancer treatment, releases statement
Discussion: The Page
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Rulings set on Wal-Mart, warming (final UPDATE, 11:58 a.m.)  —  The Supreme Court stepped into two major controversies on Monday, agreeing to sort out when a class-action lawsuit may be filed when employees are seeking back pay for alleged workplace discrimination, and to clarify whether companies claimed …
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
High court ruling on Arizona act could shape immigration law
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Gov. Gary Johnson: I Smoked Marijuana from 2005 to 2008  —  The former New Mexico governor and likely 2012 Republican presidential candidate talks to THE WEEKLY STANDARD.  —  Gary Johnson, the former New Mexico governor and a likely 2012 Republican presidential candidate …
Wall Street Journal:
Julian Assange, Information Anarchist  —  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hopes to hobble the U.S. government.  —  Whatever else WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has accomplished, he's ended the era of innocent optimism about the Web.  As wiki innovator Larry Sanger put it in a message to WikiLeaks …
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Telegraph:
WikiLeaks: net closes on Julian Assange as Scotland Yard receive full arrest papers
Felix Salmon:
Chart of the day: U.S. taxes  —  Stephen Culp has another striking chart today:  —  This chart should be ingrained in the mind of anybody who cares about fiscal policy.  The main things to note:  — Federal taxes are the lowest in 60 years, which gives you a pretty good idea …
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Kathy Griffin Gets Booed By U.S. Troops After Calling Bristol Palin Fat  —  Comedian and self-proclaimed “D-lister” Kathy Griffin hosted VH1 Divas Salute the Troops which was taped for an audience of servicemen at the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, California, and aired last night.
The Politico:
Mike Huckabee wants some respect  —  Dial down the deafening Sarah Palin buzz for just a moment: The most consequential decision in the 2012 Republican presidential sweepstakes could be whether Mike Huckabee decides to run again - and associates say the former Arkansas governor may well take the plunge.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Missouri Republican Numbers
John Distaso / UnionLeader.com:
Granite Status Exclusive: Sununu tells NHGOP he won't seek 2nd term as chairman  —  MONDAY UPDATE.  BRAGDON, O'BRIEN LAUD SUNUNU.  The state's two Republican legislative leaders lauded former Gov. John H. Sununu for his help for the party following his announcement Monday that he will not seek a second two-year term as party chairman.
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Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Former Gov. Sununu stepping down as N.H. GOP chief
Discussion: The Politico and Ben Smith's Blog
BBC:
List of facilities ‘vital to US security’ leaked  —  Ningbo port in south-eastern China, one of the facilities on the US list  —  A long list of key facilities around the world that the US describes as vital to its national security has been released by Wikileaks.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
IF TWO WEEKS ISN'T ENOUGH, MAKE IT THREE.... Based on the current schedule, the Senate Democratic leadership intends to wrap the lame-duck session on Dec. 17 — a week from Friday.  Given this extremely tight calendar, and Republican delaying tactics, a whole lot of observers on both sides …
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Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
Right wing declares war on the poor: Kate O'Beirne calls parents of school lunch recipients child abusers  —  I'm speechless.  This little rant by Kate O'Beirne at a Republican strategy session is so evil, so incredibly cold-hearted, and so predictably right-wing that it makes me want to shove …
David Rose / Daily Mail:
What happened to the ‘warmest year on record’: The truth is global warming has halted  —  A year ago tomorrow, just before the opening of the UN Copenhagen world climate summit, the British Meteorological Office issued a confident prediction.  The mean world temperature for 2010, it announced …
 
 
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Kim Chipman / Bloomberg:
Obama Made ‘Big Mistake’ on Climate Bill, Turner Says
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AFL-CIO Legislative Meeting Explodes over Obama's NAFTA-Style Korea Free Trade Deal
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Kirk Mitchell / Denver Post:
In visit to Denver, Jeb Bush says he doesn't agree with Arizona's immigration law
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The Fed Has a $110 Billion Problem with New Benjamins
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