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The Hill:
Don't topple economy by rejecting tax deal, Obama tells the Dems — President Obama warned his fellow Democrats on Wednesday that they risk plunging the country into a double-dip recession if they reject his tax-cut deal with Republicans. — As the White House intensified pressure …
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
Falling Off the Bandwagon — Dear Answerperson: My boyfriend is a liberal Democrat and ever since the president announced his tax deal with the Republicans, he has been impossible to live with. First he burned his “Audacity of Hope” sweater. Then he began messing up the cat's litter box …
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Washington Post:
Senate leaders set to begin debate on tax cuts — Senate leaders are planning to begin debate on a far-reaching tax package as soon as Thursday as rank-and-file Democrats warm to an agreement between the White House and Republicans to extend a host of expiring tax cuts and pump fresh cash into the economy.
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Tom Wrobleski / Staten Island Advance:
Outgoing congressman supports president on extension of Bush tax cuts — STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Liberal Democrats and others who are howling at President Barack Obama for dealing with the GOP on taxes should stop acting like “petulant children,” outgoing Rep. Michael McMahon said yesterday.
Ballot Box:
Rep. McMahon eyes '12 run, blasts liberals for acting like ‘petulant children’
Rep. McMahon eyes '12 run, blasts liberals for acting like ‘petulant children’
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The Hill:
Tax cut deal can't be changed, Biden tells House Democrats
Tax cut deal can't be changed, Biden tells House Democrats
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Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
Will the tax deal hold together?
Will the tax deal hold together?
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New York Times:
Tax Deal Is Key to Avoid Recession, Obama Adviser Says
Tax Deal Is Key to Avoid Recession, Obama Adviser Says
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Obama and the Democratic Revolt
Obama and the Democratic Revolt
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Ben Dimiero / Media Matters for America:
LEAKED EMAIL: Fox boss caught slanting news reporting — At the height of the health care reform debate last fall, Bill Sammon, Fox News' controversial Washington managing editor, sent a memo directing his network's journalists not to use the phrase “public option.”
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Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Fox News' Spin Game — As the debate over the health-care public option heated up, Fox News brass told staffers to change the way they talked about it. Howard Kurtz on the memo that echoed a GOP talking point. — As the health-care debate was heating up in the summer of 2009 …
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Jay Newton-Small / Time:
Palin in Progress: What Does She Want? — For the longest time, Sarah Palin was leery of Facebook. Some of the comments left on her page during the 2008 vice-presidential campaign were so withering and unpleasant that it took months of coaxing by her staff and her daughters Bristol and Willow …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Palin's Republican Problem
Palin's Republican Problem
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Rich Miller / Bloomberg:
Most Americans Say They're Worse Off Under Obama: Poll — More than 50 percent of Americans say they are worse off now than they were two years ago when President Barack Obama took office, and two-thirds believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, a Bloomberg National Poll shows.
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Paul Krugman:
December 2011 — On the straight economics, the tax deal is worth doing. But the history of the past two years drives home, if anyone doubted it, that economic policy must be considered from a political economy point of view; that you have to think ahead to how current policies affect …
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Paul Krugman:
Block That Metaphor — Mark Zandi of Moody's has released …
Block That Metaphor — Mark Zandi of Moody's has released …
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Mark Zandi on the tax cut deal
Mark Zandi on the tax cut deal
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ABCNEWS:
Sarah Palin's Reading List: Political Star Insists She's Well-Informed — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is the only person to make the Most Fascinating list three consecutive years in a row. Palin tells Walters that she is seriously considering a run for the White House and believes she can beat President Obama in 2012.
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Political Punch:
Exclusive: Sarah Palin Under Cyber-Attack from Wikileaks Supporters in 'Operation Payback'* — The website and personal credit card information of former Gov. Sarah Palin were cyber-attacked today by Wikileaks supporters, the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate tells ABC News in an email.
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Stephen Gutowski / The Blast:
Twitter Suspends Wikileaks Defenders' Profile
Twitter Suspends Wikileaks Defenders' Profile
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Ibishblog:
The end of the settlement freeze gimmick is not the end of the world, or the possibility of peace — For many months now I have been in predicting that the US would probably be able to secure a three or four-month settlement freeze extension, allowing for the resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
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Carlos Lozano / L.A. NOW:
House of Representatives narrowly approves Dream Act; Senate must now vote on immigration bill — In a last-ditch showdown on immigration relief for illegal migrants, the Democratically-controlled House of Representatives on Wednesday narrowly approved the so-called Dream Act that would offer …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
House passes DREAM Act, but bill faces tough Senate vote Thursday
House passes DREAM Act, but bill faces tough Senate vote Thursday
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Don Surber:
The night Chris Matthews told the truth — I was watching Hardball tonight and came up with this when Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer said Republicans are for the “wealthy rich,” as opposed — I suppose — to the wealthy poor. — I hope you like it. The transcript follows:
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
GOP gets queasy over earmark ban — After agreeing to kill earmarks, some of the most conservative GOP lawmakers are already starting to ask themselves: What have we done? — Indeed, many Republicans are now worried that the bridges in their districts won't be fixed …
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Westboro Baptist Church says it will picket Elizabeth Edwards' funeral — (CNN) - Members of the Westboro Baptist Church announced Thursday plans to picket Saturday's funeral for Elizabeth Edwards in Raleigh, North Carolina. — The Kansas-based Church - monitored by anti-hate groups …
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Anna Mahjar-Barducci / Hudson New York:
Iran Placing Medium-Range Missiles in Venezuela; Can Reach the U.S. — Iran is planning to place medium-range missiles on Venezuelan soil, based on western information sources[1], according to an article in the German daily, Die Welt, of November 25, 2010. According to the article …
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Financial Times:
US Treasuries hit by biggest sell-off in two years — By Richard Milne in London and Michael Mackenzie in New York — US Treasuries suffered their biggest two-day sell-off since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, following a torrid month that has seen borrowing costs for western governments soar.
Aman Ali / Reuters:
New York taxi advocate suggests drivers use race profiling — (Reuters) - The head of a New York taxi driver organization came under fire on Wednesday for suggesting that cab drivers should racially profile passengers before picking them up to help avoid getting attacked.
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George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Rep. Weiner: Obama More ‘Negotiator-in-Chief’ Than ‘Leader of Our Country’ — After his behind closed doors sparring match with Vice President Biden last night, Congressman Anthony Weiner still had some fight in him this morning on “GMA.” — “Unfortunately I think that President Obama sees …
Jon Meacham / New York Times:
No Deficit of Courage — IS it, in fact, 1994-95 all over again? The atmospherics are certainly familiar. We have a Democratic president who appears to be tacking to the center to work with Republicans after being battered in the midterms. Jilted liberals, meanwhile …
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The Huffington Post:
Media Matters Hires Angelo Carusone, Leader Of ‘Stop Beck’ Movement, To Ramp Up Campaign Against Fox News — What's Your Reaction: … WASHINGTON — The battle between progressives and Fox News just got hotter. Liberal watchdog Media Matters has hired one of Glenn Beck's key nemeses …
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