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12:20 PM ET, March 8, 2011

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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
NPR executives caught on tape bashing conservatives and Tea Party, touting liberals  —  A man who appears to be a senior National Public Radio senior executive, Ron Schiller, has been captured on camera savaging conservatives and the Tea Party movement.  —  “The current Republican Party …
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David Weigel / Slate:
James O'Keefe Versus NPR  —  The video sting artiste publishes the latest work from his shop — a covertly taped interview with then-NPR Foundation senior VP for development Ron Schiller and current senior director of institutional giving Betsy Liley.  Shaughn Adeleye and Simon Templar posed …
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
Tea party steeped in redistricting
Discussion: Right Wing News
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
NPR CEO: We're a lot more seriously racist, xenophobic conservative than you think
Lachlan Markay / NewsBusters.org:   NPR's Schiller Denies Liberal Bias, But Station's Content, Policies, Board Say Otherwise
Mj Lee / The Politico:
Obama's debt expert yells at kids  —  Alan Simpson referred to Snoop Dogg (left) and Eminem (right) in his tirade.  —  AP Photo  —  Alan Simpson might need to freshen up on his pop culture.  —  The co-chairman of President Obama's deficit commission tried to scold the elderly on Monday …
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Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
Why Social Security is welfare
Discussion: Economist's View
The Politico:
Republicans divided over Muslim hearings  —  The top two House Republican leaders are divided over how to handle the bubbling controversy surrounding Homeland Security Chairman Peter King's hearing into “radicalization” in the American Muslim community.  —  Majority Leader Eric Cantor …
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Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
The left wigs out about hearings on Islamic radicalization  —  The left is certainly upset about the upcoming House Homeland Security Committee hearings on Islamic radicalization of Americans.  Richard Cohen declares ominously, “[Rep. Peter] King is setting a dangerous precedent.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and protein wisdom
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
House GOP leader says healthcare fight won't drag down Romney
Discussion: The Politico
Peter Maer / CBS News:
White House memo notes shortage of applicants for contest to have Obama to speak at high school graduation  —  The White House is ramping up an effort to promote a nationwide competition to decide which high school wins a commencement speech by President Obama.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Secret WH memo: Why aren't any high schools asking Obama to speak at commencement this year?
Discussion: JustOneMinute
New York Times:
Florida Republicans Are at Odds With Their Leader  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Rick Scott, the conservative Republican billionaire who plucked the governor's job from the party establishment in November with $73 million of his own money and the backing of the Tea Party, vowed during his campaign …
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Freshman Democrat Joe Manchin: Obama has ‘failed to lead’ on budget  —  West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is planning to rip President Barack Obama on his budget proposals in a Senate floor speech Tuesday, a rare rebuke from a freshman Democrat who's clearly worried about the politics …
Discussion: CNN and Weasel Zippers
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The Politico:
Some Dems on fence over cuts
Discussion: The Note, Ezra Klein and Hot Air
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Sessions: Democrats proposing ‘fake cuts’ to budget
Discussion: ABCNEWS and The Daily Caller
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Wisconsin's Walker accuses Senate Democrats of blocking negotiations  —  A chance to end the legislative standoff that has paralyzed the Wisconsin government for weeks seemed to slip away Monday after Gov. Scott Walker (R) accused the leader of the state Senate Democrats of blocking negotiations to end the impasse.
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Why I'd Place My Bet on Tim Pawlenty  —  With few declared candidates and no clear frontrunner, the Republican presidential primary appears to be as muddled as ever.  But I actually think things are shaking out in a way as to clear the path for Tim Pawlenty.
Discussion: Hot Air and NewsBusters.org
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
No guts, no glory: GOP should heed lesson of '91
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Drive to recall Wisconsin GOP senators gaining steam, Dems say  —  So how's the drive to recall Wisconsin GOP state senators going?  If these new numbers the Wisconsin Democratic Party shares with me are accurate, it's already exceeding expectations in a big way.
Washington Post:
Obama creates indefinite detention system for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay  —  President Obama signed an executive order Monday that will create a formal system of indefinite detention for those held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who continue to pose a significant threat to national security.
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Drawing U.S. Crowds With Anti-Islam Message  —  FORT WORTH — Brigitte Gabriel bounced to the stage at a Tea Party convention last fall.  She greeted the crowd with a loud Texas “Yee-HAW,” then launched into the same gripping personal story she has told in hundreds of churches, synagogues and conference rooms across the United States:
New York Times:
Discord Fills Washington on Possible Libya Intervention  —  WASHINGTON — Nearly three weeks after Libya erupted in what may now turn into a protracted civil war, the politics of military intervention to speed the ouster of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi grow more complicated by the day — for both the White House and Republicans.
Wall Street Journal:
Caterpillar's Problem With Peoria  —  Why an American icon is looking beyond Illinois for its future.  —  Just over 100 ago, the company we know as Caterpillar began building track-type tractors at a plant on the banks of the Illinois River.  From these humble origins in East Peoria …
Michael Kinsley / The Politico:
Mitt Romney, the most transparent candidate  —  We're all for transparency these days, and if anything is transparently clear about American politics, it is that Mitt Romney will do or say anything to become president.  The best guess is that at heart he is an old-fashioned, business-oriented Republican.
Discussion: The Note and The Daily Dish
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
‘Gang of 6’ senators launch public campaign to support deficit reduction  —  RICHMOND - While Washington bickers noisily over cutting a small slice of the federal budget, Sens. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, and Saxby Chambliss, a Georgia Republican, launched a campaign Monday to convince …
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Why Fire Teachers?  —  ED Kain has been blogging a lot about teacher firings, and makes what I think is one of the better cases for the tenure/civil service/union protections from firing that teachers now enjoy. … Naturally, I'm going to be the mean person who steps in and argues in favor …
Discussion: Moe Lane
CNN:
Intruder calls 911, afraid homeowner may have gun  —  (CNN) — This time it was the intruder who called 911.  —  A man who broke into a house in Portland, Oregon, called police — afraid the homeowner may have a gun.  —  The suspect, Timothy James Chapek, was in the bathroom taking a shower …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Jawa Report
Mitt Romney / Boston Herald:
Obama Misery Index hits a record high  —  The unemployment rate has just fallen one-tenth of a percent, from 9 percent to 8.9 percent.  Of course, it is indeed progress, and it is being celebrated in the White House as such.  But the celebrations bring to mind what a wit once said: An …
 
 
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Bachmann will decide on run in ‘early summer’
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Yves Smith / naked capitalism:
Mortgage Settlement Term Sheet: Bailout as Reward for Institutionalized Fraud
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New York Times:
‘Spider-Man’ Director May Face Her Own Exit
Discussion: The Wire and Gothamist
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Are We Broke Yet?: Michael Moore says no, reality begs to differ
Gary Locke / Washington Post:
Drawing the stars for charity
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Rasmussen Reports:
Wisconsin Voters Oppose Weakening Collective Bargaining Rights in General But Strongly Support Specific Changes
Kevin G. Hall / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Business fights Obama's fix for sick corporate pensions
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New York Times:
Too Long to Wait  —  Seven months have passed since Proposition 8 …
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Jim Dyke signs on with Haley Barbour
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Voice of America:
Clinton Launches 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day
Reuters:
Arab media says Gaddafi looking for exit deal
Benjamin J. Dueholm / Washington Monthly:
Rules of Misbehavior  —  Dan Savage, the brilliant …
Discussion: Focal Point and pandagon.net
Judicial Watch:
Rep. Alcee Hastings Sued by Employee for Sexual Harassment: “Unwelcome Sexual Advances” and “Unwelcome Touching”
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