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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Bill Clinton Holds Forth on Tax Plan, for Starters — WASHINGTON — They have been foes and they have been, kind of, friends. And on Friday afternoon, President Obama and former President Bill Clinton walked unexpectedly into the White House briefing room for a news conference …
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Jon Bershad / Mediaite:
President Obama Brings Bill Clinton In To Talk Tax Plan...And Then Leaves To Go To A Christmas Party! — “I've never seen anything like that,” said MSNBC's Cenk Uygur after cutting back following a press conference on the tax plan. It had begun with a surprise appearance by President Obama …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Bill Clinton takes the White House stage, again — If not a transfer of power, the whole show seemed at least a temporary handoff. An embattled president, fresh off an electoral shellacking and struggling to sell a controversial tax deal to members of his own party, turned to a former president who …
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RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Obama Ditches Tax Cut Presser, Bill Clinton Takes Control — Former President Bill Clinton gave a statement after his meeting with President Obama about his tax compromise with the Republicans. However, after his statement, Clinton began to call on and take questions from the press with Obama at his side.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Great news: Bill Clinton apparently now president again — The depressing truth: Given the alternative, it really would be great news. — I can't do justice to what you're about to see. The spectacle of the president bugging out of his own press conference to go to a Christmas party is weird enough …
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
The Surprise Trip to the Briefing Room
The Surprise Trip to the Briefing Room
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Associated Press:
Add-ons turn tax cut bill into ‘Christmas tree’
Add-ons turn tax cut bill into ‘Christmas tree’
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Will Obama really end tax cuts for rich in 2012?
Will Obama really end tax cuts for rich in 2012?
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Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Bill Clinton Stumps for President Obama-GOP Tax Cut Deal
Bill Clinton Stumps for President Obama-GOP Tax Cut Deal
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Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National:
Bernie Sanders: In 2007, “the top 1 percent of all income earners in the United States made 23.5 percent of all income,” which is “more than the entire bottom 50 percent.” — Bernie Sanders, in viral speech, says top 1 percent earn more than 23 percent of U.S. income
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
With Filibuster, C-SPAN Has A Hit On Its Hands
With Filibuster, C-SPAN Has A Hit On Its Hands
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Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Bernie Sanders's last stand
Bernie Sanders's last stand
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Bernie Sanders going to talk until this country turns socialist, damn it
Video: Bernie Sanders going to talk until this country turns socialist, damn it
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CNN:
Mr. Sanders goes to Washington
Mr. Sanders goes to Washington
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Sanders' Long Senate Floor Speech Brings Attention to Details of Tax Cut Deal
Sanders' Long Senate Floor Speech Brings Attention to Details of Tax Cut Deal
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David M. Herszenhorn / The Caucus:
Sanders Rails Against Tax Bill — For Hours and Hours
Sanders Rails Against Tax Bill — For Hours and Hours
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Palin-Hating Columbia Professor, Huffington Post Blogger, Busted for Incest — Let's begin with a flashback, shall we? In July 2009, when Sarah Palin resigned as governor of Alaska, Columbia University professor David Epstein wrote at his Huffington Post blog: … Got that?
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Columbia Daily Spectator:
Professor David Epstein charged with incest with his daughter — Political science professor David Epstein was arrested Wednesday morning and charged with one count of incest in the third degree at an arraignment hearing on Thursday. — Political science professor David Epstein, 46 …
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The Huffington Post:
Palin Proves Voters Were Right in 2008 — First, let's get the preliminaries cleared out of the way. A week ago, Sarah Palin was never going to be president of the United States. Today, Sarah Palin is never going to be president of the United States. Once you've accepted that fact …
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Huffington Post Blogger Charged With Incest
Huffington Post Blogger Charged With Incest
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
In Tapes, Nixon Rails About Jews and Blacks — YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Richard M. Nixon made disparaging remarks about Jews, blacks, Italian-Americans and Irish-Americans in a series of extended conversations with top aides and his personal secretary, recorded in the Oval Office 16 months before he resigned as president.
John R. Quain / Fox News:
Navy Sets World Record With Incredible, Sci-Fi Weapon — U.S. Navy engineers at the Office of Naval Research prepared and test-fired a slug from their rail gun in a 2008 test firing. On Friday, December 9, the ONR will attempt to break its own record. — A theoretical dream for decades …
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Katharine Russ / LA Weekly:
Jeremy Marks “Attempted Lynching” Case — Black teen who filmed an LAUSD campus cop hitting a student faces bizarre charges and years in prison — On Dec. 2, Jeremy Marks, a Verdugo Hills High School special education student, was offered a new plea offer by the L.A. County District Attorney …
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Charlie Stross / Charlie's Diary:
Invaders from Mars — “Voting doesn't change anything — the politicians always win.” 'Twas not always so, but I'm hearing variations on that theme a lot these days, and not just in the UK. — Why do we feel so politically powerless? Why is the world so obviously going to hell in a handbasket?
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Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Poll: Obama's losing support; Romney would beat him now — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's approval ratings have sunk to the lowest level of his presidency, so low that he'd lose the White House to Republican Mitt Romney if the election were held today, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll.
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John / Power Line:
Man In the Middle? — I think President Obama will benefit politically from the tax compromise, both because the economy will improve—somewhat, anyway—and because some voters will perceive him as more of a centrist. But I agree with Peggy Noonan that Obama didn't help himself with those who actually watched his press conference:
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