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9:50 AM ET, January 13, 2011

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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 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 …
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.
New York Times:
As We Mourn  —  It is a president's responsibility to salve a national wound.
Discussion: Daily Kos
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
John Boehner turns down Air Force One ride to Tucson
Discussion: CNN, Outside the Beltway and The Hill
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 …
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.
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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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 …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Palin aide: She's getting death threats at unprecedented levels  —  I almost wish that this wasn't being reported as it'll only inflame things further among fringe types, but after four days of screeching about Palin the murderer, who can blame her staff for wanting to show the world the ironic outcome?
Publius / Big Government:
Exclusive: Alan Dershowitz Defends Sarah Palin's Use of Term ‘Blood Libel’
David Gibson / Politics Daily:
‘Blood Libel’ and Sarah Palin: Christian Conservatives' Infatuation with Judaism
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 …
Byron Tau / Ben Smith's Blog:
Obama in Tucson  —  Here's the speech: … Rest of the speech after the jump.
Discussion: FrumForum
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Swampland
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,” …
Discussion: Pirate's Cove and Hot Air
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
Discussion: Foreign Policy and Politics Daily
Simmi Aujla / The Politico:
Gohmert drafts bill to allow guns on House floor  —  Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert says his office is drafting a measure to allow members of Congress to carry guns in the District of Columbia, including in the Capitol and on the House floor.  —  Gohmert says he and his colleagues need …
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 …
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Foreclosureblues
Levi Pulkkinen / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
One arrested in threats against Seattle congressman  —  FBI: California man admitted calls, said he wouldn't risk his $3 mil. trust fund by hurting McDermott  —  A California man accused of threatening to kill Seattle Congressman Jim McDermott has been arrested and charged in federal court.
Eric Marrapodi / CNN:
Monks make, donate casket for youngest victim in Arizona shooting  —  By Eric Marrapodi and Kara Devlin  —  A group of Trappist monks in Iowa have donated a handmade casket to bury 9-year-old Christina Green, the youngest victim in the Saturday attack that killed six and wounded 13 others in Arizona.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Haley takes oath as SC's first female governor
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David Harsanyi / Denver Post:
This “conversation” is a set-up
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Lawrence D. Jones / ChristianPost.com:
Legal Group Seeks Injunction to Halt Mosque Near Ground Zero
Rich Lowry / National Review:
The Non-Accusatory Case for Civility
Greta Van Susteren / Gretawire:
The cable networks (CNN and Fox) …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
In Tucson's sprawling suburbs, recession has dimmed the American dream
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Lee Smith / Tablet Magazine:
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