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Mubarak Reportedly Leaves NDP Role; Mubarak's Son, Party Chief Also Exit; U.S. Signals Support for VP to Head Transition — CAIRO - The leadership of Egypt's ruling party has resigned is what is seen as a major concession to try to appease protesters who have demonstrated against the regime of President Hosni Mubarak.
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BBC:
Egypt unrest: US disowns envoy comment on Hosni Mubarak — Frank Wisner: ‘This is an ideal moment for Mubarak to show the way forward’ — The US state department has distanced itself from comments by a US special envoy, to the effect that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak should stay in office during a power transition.
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The Daily Beast, NO QUARTER and Political Punch
Political Punch:
Obama Administration Distances Self From Own Envoy to Mubarak
Obama Administration Distances Self From Own Envoy to Mubarak
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The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers and Babylon & Beyond
New York Times:
West Backs Gradual Egyptian Transition
West Backs Gradual Egyptian Transition
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The Lede, Israpundit, The Confluence, Newshoggers.com, The Caucus, Prairie Weather, Swampland, Booman Tribune, Outside the Beltway and Washington Post
New York Times:
Obama Backs Suleiman-Led Transition
Obama Backs Suleiman-Led Transition
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The Daily Beast, The Talking Dog, FP Passport, Politics Daily, Zandar Versus The Stupid and The Nation
Vancouver Sun:
Top leadership quits Egypt ruling party
Top leadership quits Egypt ruling party
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Hot Air, The Daily Dish and Israel Matzav
CBS News:
Despite Army's Pleas, Cairo Protesters Dig In
Despite Army's Pleas, Cairo Protesters Dig In
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english.ahram.org.eg, Weasel Zippers and Firedoglake
Al Jazeera Blogs:
Live blog Feb 5 - Egypt protests
Live blog Feb 5 - Egypt protests
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Sky Dancing, Firedoglake, Babylon & Beyond, AMERICAblog News and The Huffington Post
Aljazeera:
Egypt protesters hold their ground
Egypt protesters hold their ground
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Babylon & Beyond, msnbc.com and World Blog
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Stand for Freedom — Our friend Charles Krauthammer began his column last week by asking, “Who doesn't love a democratic revolution? Who is not moved by the renunciation of fear and the reclamation of dignity in the streets of Cairo and Alexandria?” — It's understandable that conservatives …
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American Power, Pajamas Media, Mediaite, The Other McCain and AmSpecBlog
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Kristol rebukes ‘hysterical’ Beck, conservatives on Egypt — Sharpening the divide on the right over whether Egypt's uprising should be viewed with fear or optimism, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol writes in the magazine's new edition that conservativism must support democracy in the largest Arab country:
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Swampland
David Brody / The Brody File:
Exclusive: Sarah Palin Interview With The Brody File — In an exclusive interview with The Brody File, Sarah Palin criticized President Obama for his handling of the situation in Egypt saying that this was his, “3am White House phone call” and, “that call went right to the answering machine.”
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: Palin: Obama's 3 a.m. call went to answering machine — Washington (CNN) - Sarah Palin, in her first comments on the uprising in Egypt, called the situation President Barack Obama's 3 a.m. phone call and said, “It seems the call went right to the answering machine.”
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The Note and Weasel Zippers
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Palin Keeps Position Clear and Intentions Vague
Palin Keeps Position Clear and Intentions Vague
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Conservatives4Palin and Liberty Pundits Blog
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Bush cancels Switzerland visit under threat of protests, efforts to arrest him — President George W. Bush has canceled an event in the famously neutral country Switzerland because of expected protests to his presence there. — Bush was supposed to give the keynote address at a Jewish group's charity gala on Feb. 12 in Geneva.
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Scared Monkeys and HotAirPundit
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Stephanie Nebehay / Reuters:
Bush's Swiss visit off after complaints on torture
Bush's Swiss visit off after complaints on torture
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Zandar Versus The Stupid and Gawker
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
10 Things Conservatives Don't Want You To Know About Ronald Reagan — Tomorrow will mark the 100th anniversary of President Reagan's birth, and all week, conservatives have been trying to outdo each others' remembrances of the great conservative icon. Senate Republicans spent …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, StarkReports.com, The Impolitic, Liberal Values, Sky Dancing, NPR, Crooks and Liars and News Hounds
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CNN:
Palin: Reagan ‘was one of a kind’
Palin: Reagan ‘was one of a kind’
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Cubachi, The Politico, Mediaite and NPR
Rasmussen Reports:
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll — The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 23% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama …
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Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit and Right Turn
John F. Burns / New York Times:
Cameron Criticizes ‘Multiculturalism’ in Britain — LONDON — Faced with growing alarm about Islamic militants who have made Britain one of Europe's most active bases for terrorist plots, Prime Minister David Cameron has mounted an attack on the country's decades-old policy of “multiculturalism …
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blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Weasel Zippers and Harry's Place
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Charles Krauthammer: 'If Godzilla Appeared on National Mall Gore Would Say It's Global Warming' — Charles Krauthmammer on Friday said if Godzilla appeared on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Al Gore would blame it on global warming. — Such marvelously happened when the discussion on PBS's …
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Scared Monkeys
New York Times:
2 Detained Reporters Saw Police's Methods — CAIRO — We had been detained by Egyptian authorities, handed over to the country's dreaded Mukhabarat, the secret police, and interrogated. They left us all night in a cold room, on hard orange plastic stools, under fluorescent lights.
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Crooks and Liars, Althouse, The Reality-Based Community, Arabist.net and Guardian
Gail Collins / New York Times:
The Siege of Planned Parenthood — As if we didn't have enough wars, the House of Representatives has declared one against Planned Parenthood. — Maybe it's all part of a grand theme. Last month, they voted to repeal the health care law. This month, they're going after an organization …
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The Reality-Based Community, National Review, Pajamas Media and Media Matters for America
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Daily Mail:
Ever heard of too many cooks, Mayor? Bloomberg spends $245,000 of taxpayers' dough employing THREE chefs at Gracie Mansion — When Mayor Bloomberg came into office there was just one executive cook at Gracie Mansion to make the VIP feasts. — Today there are three - costing taxpayers a whopping $245,000 this year.
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Cubachi
Rex Murphy / National Post:
Human rights meets their match: The microwave oven — Thank God for the Ontario Superior Court. Or, if you're a Dawkins man, thank Providence, or Fate, or whatever benign anonymous forces silently preserve the common sense of things. For the Ontario Superior Court, in overruling …
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Obama: Businesses have responsibility to help economy grow — President Obama called on U.S. businesses to do more to help grow the economy, saying that while the unemployment rate is getting better and jobs are being added, the U.S. needs “to get there faster.”
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