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9:30 AM ET, December 8, 2010

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Ezra Klein:
How the White House cut its deal and lost its base  —  If you look at the numbers alone, the tax cut deal looks to have robbed Republicans blind.  The GOP got around $95 billion in tax cuts for wealthy Americans and $30 billion in estate tax cuts.  Democrats got $120 billion in payroll-tax cuts …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
For Obama, Tax Deal Is a Back-Door Stimulus Plan  —  A year ago, President Obama and the Democrats made the mistake of assuming that an economic recovery was under way.  This week's deal to extend the Bush tax cuts shows that the White House's top priority is avoiding the same mistake again …
Hugh Hewitt / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
DeMint To Oppose “the Deal”  —  Senator JimDeMint just announced on my program that he will oppose the deal as well as a vote for cloture on the deal.  He is reluctant to criticize GOP Senate leadership, but believes the deal at a minimum has to be paid for, and that we need “a permanent economy” …
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Obama Goes Medieval on the Left  —  Damn.  I skipped Obama's press conference today, but I guess that was a big mistake.  If my Twitter feed is anything to go by, progressive heads were exploding all over the intertubes.  Here is Philip Klein's summary:
Discussion: AmSpecBlog and Commentary
The Huffington Post:
Mary Landrieu: ‘Obama-McConnell’ Plan Is ‘Almost Morally Corrupt’
The Huffington Post:
House Democrats Rip Obama's Tax Cut Deal
Discussion: Guardian and Towleroad News #gay
New York Times:
Obama Defends Tax Deal, but His Party Stays Hostile
The Hill:
Pelosi escalates criticism of tax-cut deal
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Obama Dresses Down ‘Sanctimonious’ And ‘Purist’ Progressives (VIDEO)
Discussion: TBogg
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
A Political Life Filled With Cruel Reversals  —  Elizabeth Edwards, who as the wife of former Senator John Edwards gave America an intimate look at a candidate's marriage by sharing his quest for the 2008 presidential nomination as she struggled with incurable cancer and, secretly …
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
O'Donnell calls extending jobless benefits a ‘tragedy’  —  Christine O'Donnell on Tuesday compared the “tragedy” of extending unemployment benefits to Pearl Harbor and the death of Elizabeth Edwards.  —  “Today marks a lot of tragedy,” O'Donnell, the Tea Party-backed GOP Senate candidate from Delaware …
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Hit & Run
Raleigh News & Observer:
Cancer claims Elizabeth Edwards  —  Elizabeth Edwards, author of ‘Saving Graces’ , greets and autographs copies of her book for the community in 2006.  —  Elizabeth Anania Edwards, who became a national figure in her fight against cancer and as a partner in her husband John's political career, died today.
Matt Bai / New York Times:
Murmurs of Primary Challenge to Obama  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama's compromise with Republicans on extending tax cuts for the wealthy, which his self-described progressive critics see as a profound betrayal, is bound to intensify a debate that has been bubbling up on liberal blogs …
Jack Shafer / Slate:
Julian Assange's Great Luck  —  Why his arrest and jailing in the United Kingdom is good news for him.  —  A U.K. magistrates' court denied Julian Assange bail and jailed him this morning over charges filed in Sweden that he had violated sex laws in that country last summer.
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Special Report: STD fears sparked case against WikiLeaks boss
David Kocieniewski / New York Times:
Tax Package Will Aid Nearly All, Especially Highest Earners  —  The deal to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for two years includes a bevy of additional credits and deductions that will reduce the burden on nearly all households.  —  But the tax benefits will flow most heavily to the highest earners …
Discussion: Firedoglake
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Bloomberg:
Obama's Deal to Extend High-Earner Tax Cuts Unpopular in Poll  —  Americans don't approve of keeping the breaks for upper-income taxpayers that are part of the deal President Barack Obama brokered with congressional Republicans, a Bloomberg National Poll shows.
Discussion: Gallup, The Page and Los Angeles Times
The Politico:
Harry Reid tries to add online poker to tax bill  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is trying to use the tax cut package President Barack Obama brokered with Republicans to legalize online poker, POLITICO has learned — a move that could further complicate the deal Obama announced Monday.
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Pejman Yousefzadeh / A Chequer-Board of Nights …:
In Which Thomas Friedman Insults the Chinese By Pretending That He Can Think Like Them  —  Let's go to the tape: … Where to begin?  —  First off, fight over “how and where an airport security officer can touch” Americans is one that goes to the very core of privacy concerns that have been part …
Discussion: Hot Air
Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
New McCain, New DREAM.  —  John McCain has co-sponsored several previous versions of the DREAM Act, including the far more liberal 2003 version that didn't have an age cap.  The much narrower legislation under consideration this year, which would offer a path to citizenship for immigrants …
Discussion: AILA, The Huffington Post and Speakeasy
Laura Rozen / The Politico:
U.S. abandons effort to get new Israel settlement freeze  —  The United States has decided to abandon an effort to persuade Israel to issue a new temporary West Bank settlement moratorium in order for direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to resume, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Discussion: Israel Matzav, War in Context and CNN
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Sam Youngman / Ballot Box:
President Obama's Sister Souljah week  —  President Obama's liberal critics are furious, vocal and useful to a White House trying to solve the riddle of reelection.  —  White House officials who last year viewed the “professional left” as an annoying bunch of ungrateful idealists living …
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
First, Admit You Have a Problem  —  Democrats are stuck on messages that ignore the larger problems they face.  —  Many Democrats seem to take solace in the idea that stubbornly high unemployment and the terrible economy are to blame for their midterm election losses.
 
 
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Blogger Bob / The TSA Blog:
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David Gardner / Daily Mail:
Baywatch star claims she was singled out for a TSA full body scan …
Discussion: The Powers That Be
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Seminal Moment  —  Let's be honest with each other here …
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Shariah at the Kumback Café  —  PERRY, OKLAHOMA …
Discussion: Elder of Ziyon