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Alvin Felzenberg / US News:
Obama's State of the Union Was Tantamount to Plagiarism — If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, what can be said of plagiarism? President Obama's second State of the Union address contained enough recycled ideas and lines lifted from speeches of others to make historians wince.
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THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Blue Crab Boulevard
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NPR:
The State Of The Union, In Your Words — Right after President Barack Obama finished his State of the Union address, we asked our listeners to describe his speech in three words. We received responses from more than 4,000 of you. We've run them through a word cloud generator and this is what all of you said:
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Tim Blair, Gawker, Federal Eye, Wonkette and The Wire
Nielsen Wire:
43 Million Watch President Obama's State of the Union Address — On Tuesday, January 25, 2011 President Obama delivered his State of the Union address. The address was carried live from approximately 9:00 PM- 10:15 PM on 11 networks. The sum of the average audience for those networks …
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Scared Monkeys, Hot Air, TVbytheNumbers and Washington Wire
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Sarah Palin on Barack Obama speech: ‘WTF’ — Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin said Wednesday night that President Barack Obama's call for “winning the future” during his State of the Union address is best framed by the acronym it shares with a much different phrase — “wtf.”
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FrumForum, Taylor Marsh and The Hill
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Rep. Weiner: ‘I just needed a drink’ after GOP response
Rep. Weiner: ‘I just needed a drink’ after GOP response
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Ross Douthat, TPMDC, Weasel Zippers, Left Coast Rebel, The TrogloPundit, Gawker and Althouse
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Why an Unexceptional Speech Got an Exceptional Response
Why an Unexceptional Speech Got an Exceptional Response
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The Moderate Voice
Alessandra Stanley / The Caucus:
TV Watch: Michele Bachmann's Rogue Rebuttal Defies Unity Theme
TV Watch: Michele Bachmann's Rogue Rebuttal Defies Unity Theme
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Gawker, Mediaite, Indecision Forever, The Impolitic, AOL News and Politics Daily
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Axelrod mocks Tea Party response: ‘Am I looking at the right camera?’
Axelrod mocks Tea Party response: ‘Am I looking at the right camera?’
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CNN, TPMDC, Weasel Zippers and Firedoglake
Sabrina Eaton / Plain Dealer:
Rep. Dennis Kucinich sues cafeteria over olive pit in sandwich — Rep. Dennis Kucinich has sued a U.S. House of Representatives cafeteria for selling him a sandwich wrap that caused dental damage when he bit into an olive pit, according to a Jan. 3 lawsuit filed in Superior Court for the District of Columbia.
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Outside the Beltway, Booman Tribune, Pajamas Media and FrumForum
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Gawker:
Dennis Kucinich Sues Congressional Cafeteria Over Olive Pit — Congressman Dennis Kucinich bought a sandwich from the Longworth House Office Building cafeteria in April 2008, and bit into it only to find an unpitted olive that cracked a tooth. This month, he sued the cafeteria for selling “dangerous” sandwiches.
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Courthouse News Service, Wonkette, Washington Post, Law Blog, Raw Story, FishbowlDC, CNN, Salon and Overlawyered
Washington Post:
A disappointing State of the Union address — PRESIDENT OBAMA entered office promising to be a different kind of politician - one who would speak honestly with the American people about the hard choices they face and would help make those hard calls. Tuesday night's State of the Union Address …
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Commentary, Pajamas Media, New York Times, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Don Surber and PostPartisan
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Associated Press:
Social Security to Run Permanent Yearly Deficits
Social Security to Run Permanent Yearly Deficits
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Hot Air, RedState, Firedoglake and Associated Press
Gallup:
Americans Oppose Cuts in Education, Social Security, Defense
Americans Oppose Cuts in Education, Social Security, Defense
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Top of the Ticket, Hot Air, Washington Monthly, The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos, The Plum Line, The Note, Politics Daily and The Hill
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Sen. Graham: We Need to Act Like U.S. Troops And Raise The Social …
Sen. Graham: We Need to Act Like U.S. Troops And Raise The Social …
Jana Winter / Fox News:
Celebrity Journalist: I Never Spoke to Hawaii Gov About Obama Birth Certificate — A celebrity journalist now claims he misspoke when he said last week that Hawaii's governor told him he was unable to find President Barack Obama's original birth certificate after a search of state and hospital archives.
CBO's Latest 10 Documents:
BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: FISCAL YEARS 2011 THROUGH 2021 — Text-only. — The United States faces daunting economic and budgetary challenges. The economy has struggled to recover from the recent recession, which was triggered by a large decline in house prices and a financial crisis …
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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
U.S. Budget Deficit to Pass $1.5 Trillion This Year
U.S. Budget Deficit to Pass $1.5 Trillion This Year
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Blue Crab Boulevard and Instapundit
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
CBO: U.S. budget deficit to reach $1.5 trillion in 2011, highest ever
CBO: U.S. budget deficit to reach $1.5 trillion in 2011, highest ever
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PostPartisan, Politics Daily, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway and The Politico
Bill Keller / New York Times:
Dealing With Assange and the Secrets He Spilled — This past June, Alan Rusbridger, the editor of The Guardian, phoned me and asked, mysteriously, whether I had any idea how to arrange a secure communication. Not really, I confessed. The Times doesn't have encrypted phone lines, or a Cone of Silence.
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Threat Level, Latest Open Salon Blog, Gawker, Runnin' Scared, Balloon Juice, The Daily Beast and The Awl, more at Mediagazer »
Associated Press:
Medicare official doubts health care law savings — WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of the central promises of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law are unlikely to be fulfilled, Medicare's independent economic expert told Congress on Wednesday. — The landmark legislation probably …
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The Daily Caller, National Review, Scared Monkeys, YID With LID, Hot Air, Commentary, Viking Pundit and Pajamas Media
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ABCNEWS:
Sen. Harry Reid Says Earmarks Will Return, Despite Obama's State of the Union Vow — Senate Democratic Leader Concedes GOP Can Force Health Care Repeal Vote — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told ABC News that earmarks will return to Capitol Hill despite President Obama's vow …
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Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Right Pundits, CNN and Liberty Pundits Blog
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Senate nears approval of filibuster changes
Senate nears approval of filibuster changes
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The Huffington Post and The Hill
Jon Walker / Firedoglake:
After Failing to Change Senate Rules, Democrats Lose Right to Blame Mitch McConnell — Senate Democrats must blame themselves now, rather than Mitch McConnell. — Senate Democrats had an opportunity to get together and make the Senate a working, majority-rule-based chamber.
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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Loughner researched lethal injection before Tucson shooting, sources say — TUCSON — In the weeks and days before the shooting rampage in Tucson, suspect Jared Lee Loughner surfed the Internet on his computer in what investigators believe was an effort to prepare for his alleged assassination attempt …
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TalkLeft, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Raw Story, Scared Monkeys, The Politico, TPMMuckraker, Hullabaloo, msnbc.com and FrumForum
Brian Donohue / New Jersey Online:
Slopes behind ropes: fear of lawsuits closing great New Jersey sledding hills … It's one of the simple, most wonderful pleasures of life: zooming down a snow-covered hill just fast enough for a touch of fear to quicken your pulse. Maybe it's a solo run. Maybe you're clinging to a loved one as you tear down the hill tandem.
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Outside the Beltway, Maggie's Farm and ProfessorBainbridge.com
Carlos Lozano / L.A. NOW:
Border authorities arrest controversial Muslim cleric east of San Diego — U.S. border authorities have arrested a controversial Muslim cleric who was deported from Canada to Tunisia three years ago and was caught earlier this month trying to sneak into California inside the trunk of a BMW, according to court documents.
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The Gateway Pundit, Jihad Watch, AOL News and The Jawa Report
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Against Obligatory Editorials — He still loves his wife. But after 25 years of marriage, he has lost his enthusiasm for sex with her. Still. It is Valentine's Day. And she has been hinting. So he takes her to a nice dinner, uncharactertistically orders an after-dinner drink …
Paul Kengor / American Thinker:
The 40-Percent President: Obama's Cruise to Reelection — We're at the halfway mark of Barack Obama's first term as president. I say “first term” because I'm confident that this isn't his last. Conservatives will not want to hear this, but I've felt all along that Obama will be a two-term president …
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Israpundit
Spokesman.com:
MLK bomb laced with chemical, sources say — A bomb maker mixed chemicals with shrapnel in what law enforcement officials say was a weapon designed to inflict maximum injuries during last week's Martin Luther King Jr. march in downtown Spokane. — Tests are being conducted to determine …
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Raw Story, TPMMuckraker and Daily Kos
Paul Krugman:
Shiny Lazy People — A few further thoughts about the Ryan response to the SOTU, which was deeply revealing. — Again, let me focus first on this passage: … Imagine yourself in Ryan's position. You've been chosen by one of America's two great political parties to respond to the president of the United States.
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The Mahablog, Open Left, Democracy in America, AMERICAblog News, Questions and Observations, Crooks and Liars and Guardian
Derek Willis / The Caucus:
Palin's PAC Raised $279,000 in Late 2010 — SarahPAC, the leadership committee of former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, said in its latest fund-raising report on Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission that it brought in $279,000 from Nov. 23 to Dec. 31, 2010.
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Politics Daily, Right Pundits and Conservatives4Palin
W. Thomas Smith Jr / Human Events:
Bill Aimed at Protecting S.C. From Foreign Law Introduced in Legislature — COLUMBIA, S.C. - A legislative initiative aimed at preventing “a court or other enforcement authority” from enforcing foreign law in the Palmetto State was introduced today in both the S.C. House and Senate by Rep. Wendy Nanney …
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Weasel Zippers and Ben Smith's Blog
Political Punch:
Gibbs on Mubarak: “Egypt Is A Strong Ally” — ABC News' Sunlen Miller and Mary Bruce Report: — Asked Wednesday whether the U.S. still supports Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs reiterated that Egypt remains “a strong ally” and stressed the importance …
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NO QUARTER and Hot Air
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Steven Cook / Steven Cook's Blog:
Protests Rock Egypt
Protests Rock Egypt
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Guardian, The Agonist and Times of India