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Richard PéRez-PeñA / The Caucus:
Christie Says Palin Needs to Go Unscripted to Contend for 2012 — Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey says it's way too early to handicap the field of his fellow Republicans who might run for president in 2012, but on Wednesday he voiced a few sharp words about the most famous one.
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Michael Shear / The Caucus:
Obama and Palin, a Tale of Two Speeches — President Obama gives his speech honoring the January 8 shooting victims at McKale Memorial Center. — Wednesday was bookended by two remarkable — and remarkably different — political performances that demonstrated the vast expanse of America's political landscape.
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Barack Obama takes opportunity Sarah Palin missed — In the span of a single news cycle, Republicans got a jarring reminder of two forces that could prevent them from retaking the presidency next year. — At sunrise in the east on Wednesday, Sarah Palin demonstrated that she has little interest …
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New York Post:
Prez perfect - but the crowd was appalling — Never before in the annals of national moments of mourning have the words spoken been so wildly mismatched by the spirit in which they were received. — The sentences and paragraphs of President Obama's speech last night were beautiful and moving and powerful.
Michelle Malkin:
Branding the Tucson massacre: “Together We Thrive” in white and blue; Updated: Liveblogging the bizarre pep rally; Gov. Brewer booed; in sum: right speech, too late, boneheaded venue (WOOT!) — President Obama used to preach that there was no “Red America” and no “Blue America,” just one America.
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The White House:
Remarks by the President at a Memorial Service for the Victims of the Shooting in Tucson, Arizona — McKale Memorial Center University of Arizona — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very much. Please, please be seated. (Applause.)
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New York Times:
Obama's Remarks in Tucson — Following is a text of President Obama's prepared address on Wednesday to honor those killed and wounded in a shooting on Jan. 8, as released by the White House. — To the families of those we've lost; to all who called them friends; to the students of this university …
Jennifer Bendery / Roll Call:
Boehner to Host RNC Party During Tucson Memorial
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Byron Tau / Ben Smith's Blog:
Obama in Tucson — Here's the speech: … Rest of the speech after the jump.
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The Politico:
Pelosi is there as Giffords opens eyes — TUCSON, Ariz. — Simple sentiments, spoken by family and some of her closest friends in Congress, inspired the “miracle” of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' open eyes Wednesday evening. — Surrounded in her hospital room by her husband, her parents …
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New York Times:
Obama Calls for a New Era of Civility in U.S. Politics — TUCSON — President Obama offered the nation's condolences on Wednesday to the victims of the shootings here, calling on Americans to draw a lesson from the lives of the fallen and the actions of the heroes, and to usher in a new era of civility in their honor.
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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
John Boehner turns down Air Force One ride to Tucson — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) turned down an offer by President Barack Obama to travel on Air Force One to Arizona for a memorial service on behalf of the victims of Saturday's shooting, a decision that has upset some Democrats.
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New York Times:
As We Mourn — It is a president's responsibility to salve a national wound.
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Jewish Americans for Sarah Palin:
Sarah Palin is right about a ‘blood libel’ — Statement of Jewish American for Sarah Palin — regarding Gov. Palin's use of term ‘blood libel’ — . — Sarah Palin got it right. — Falsely accusing someone of shedding blood is the definition of a blood libel …
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Krauthammer on debating Palin's use of ‘blood libel’: 'Have we …
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Washington Post:
Sarah Palin's effort to defuse controversy backfires with ‘blood libel’ comment
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Publius / Big Government:
Exclusive: Alan Dershowitz Defends Sarah Palin's Use of Term ‘Blood Libel’
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David Gibson / Politics Daily:
‘Blood Libel’ and Sarah Palin: Christian Conservatives' Infatuation with Judaism
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Person Tweeting Death Wish For Palin Now Wants Privacy — I linked earlier to a YouTube video montage [video removed, see update below] of death wishes tweeted about Sarah Palin after various bloggers maliciously linked Palin's electoral target map to the Tucson shooting.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Palin aide: She's getting death threats at unprecedented levels
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Wall Street Journal:
S&P, Moody's Warn On U.S. Credit Rating — LONDON—Two leading credit rating agencies on Thursday cautioned the U.S. on its credit rating, expressing concern over a deteriorating fiscal situation that they say needs correction. — Moody's Investors Service said in a report Thursday …
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Wall Street Journal:
Suspect's Downward Spiral — Police Records Show Accused Killer Growing More Erratic Before College Suspension — TUCSON, Ariz.—Students and faculty at Pima Community College feared for their safety as Jared Lee Loughner's increasingly erratic behavior led to a series of encounters …
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Wall Street Journal:
A Fifth Star for David Petraeus — The general clearly deserves to join the rank held by MacArthur, Marshall and Nimitz. His promotion would also honor our troops and their mission in the war on terror. — On a cold December evening in 1783, at Fraunces Tavern in lower Manhattan …
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Michael C. Moynihan / Hit & Run:
The Assassin Who Would Save America from the Extreme Right — If political rhetoric can inspire murder, then it follows that those issuing warnings about the current “tone” in American discourse—those breathless invocations of “eliminationists” acting like “Brownshirts” and “fascists,” …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Gun-control advocates disappointed with White House silence — The White House has disappointed gun-control advocates on and off Capitol Hill with its silence on the issue. — Although President Obama ran on campaign vows of reinstating the assault-weapons ban and closing the gun-show loophole …
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Obama to Eulogize Tucson Victims
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A New Way Forward:
Afghanistan Study Group - Survey Results of Conservatives — The following is an analysis of a poll taken of conservative voters nationwide. Drawn from a sample of randomly selected phone numbers, this poll contains 1,000 registered voters who describe their political ideology as conservative.
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Max Boot / Commentary:
The True ‘Cost’ of Defeat in Afghanistan
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Robert Lenzner / StreetTalk:
US Banks Reporting Phantom Income on $1.4 Trillion Delinquent Mortgages — The giant US banks have been bailed out again from huge potential writeoffs by loosey-goosey accounting accepted by the accounting profession and the regulators. — They are allowed to accrue interest on non-performing mortgages …
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