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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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American Glob, 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, New York Magazine, Federal Eye and Wonkette
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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Hot Air, TVbytheNumbers, Scared Monkeys 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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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Whoa!... Sarah Palin on Obama's SOTU Speech: “WTF Was Spot-On …
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American Glob, protein wisdom and iOwnTheWorld.com
Wall Street Journal:
The Great Misallocators — What Barack Obama and General Electric have in common.
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The New Republic and The Foundry
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Rep. Weiner: ‘I just needed a drink’ after GOP response
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TPMDC, Weasel Zippers, Althouse and Gawker
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.
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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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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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, Commentary, Hot Air, Viking Pundit and Pajamas Media
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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, Wall Street Journal, Pajamas Media, New York Times, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Don Surber and PostPartisan
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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, Gawker, Runnin' Scared, Balloon Juice and The Awl, more at Mediagazer »
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
U.S. Budget Deficit to Pass $1.5 Trillion This Year — “Grim” doesn't seem to be a terrifying enough word to describe the budget outlook that the CBO released today. Oh, sure, we sort of knew this was coming—tax cuts are expensive if you don't find spending cuts to match.
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Blue Crab Boulevard and Instapundit
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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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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
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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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
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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New York Times, Raw Story, Scared Monkeys, Los Angeles Times, TPMMuckraker, The Politico, TalkLeft, Hullabaloo, msnbc.com and FrumForum
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
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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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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Jihad Watch, AOL News, The Gateway Pundit and The Jawa Report
John B. Judis / The New Republic:
Obama At His Best — The president's excellent, nationalistic State of the Union address. — I thought that my reaction to President Obama's State of the Union speech was colored by having spent the day listening to Chicago mayoral candidates talk about pensions and potholes …
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The Reaction and Hit & Run
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Jillian Rayfield / TPM LiveWire:
Matthews Yells At Tea Party Leader: Why Is ‘Balloon-Head’ Bachmann Speaking For You — Chris Matthews was nearly apoplectic in his questioning of Tea Party Express co-founder Sal Russo on the topic of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and her controversial re-imagining of history …
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The Reality-Based Community, Politics Daily and Mediaite
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Alessandra Stanley / The Caucus:
TV Watch: Michele Bachmann's Rogue Rebuttal Defies Unity Theme
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Gawker, Mediaite, The Hill, The Impolitic, Indecision Forever, AOL News and Politics Daily
Simmi Aujla / The Politico:
House votes to end public financing — The House passed a GOP-sponsored bill to end public financing for presidential campaigns Wednesday. Ten Democrats, most of them Blue Dogs, joined Republicans in the vote. — The bill suspends a 35-year-old program that lets taxpayers direct $3 …
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Pete Kasperowicz / Ballot Box:
House votes to end publicly financed presidential campaigns
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The Hill
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 …
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Hot Air
Jason Millman / The Hill:
HHS grants 500 new healthcare waivers — A week after Republicans announced plans to investigate waivers granted to organizations for healthcare reform provisions, President Obama's health department made public new waivers for more than more than 500 groups.
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and Michelle Malkin
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