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7:45 PM ET, March 23, 2011

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ObamaCare and Carey's Heart — My daughter probably wouldn't have survived in a system where bureaucrats stifle innovation and ration care. — Today is the first anniversary of the greatest single assault on our freedom in my lifetime: the signing of ObamaCare.

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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:

CNN Poll: Time doesn't change views on health care law — (CNN) - One year after President Barack Obama signed the health care reform bill into law, a new national poll indicates that attitudes toward the plan have not budged. — According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday …

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Mitt Romney / National Review:

If I Were President: Obamacare, One Year In — If I were president, on Day One I would issue an executive order paving the way for Obamacare waivers to all 50 states. The executive order would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services and all relevant federal officials to return …

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:

RON JOHNSON'S WRONG — AND OFFENSIVE — HEALTH CARE ATTACK.... It stood to reason that the Wall Street Journal op-ed page would run something scathing about the Affordable Care Act on its first anniversary, but I'd hoped the paper could do better than this nonsense.

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Kate Nocera / The Politico:

Anthony Weiner: Waiver might work for New York — Rep. Anthony Weiner said Wednesday he was looking into how a health law waiver might work for New York City. — Weiner, who is likely to run for mayor of New York, said that because of the city's special health care infrastructure …

Discussion: Michelle Malkin and Hot Air

Aaron Carroll / The Incidental Economist:
Senator Johnson's odd dislike of the PPACA

Discussion: Paul Krugman

David Weigel / Weigel:
Poll: One Year On, Most Favor Health Care Law or Wish It Was More Liberal

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Cincinnati.com:
Health care law breaks promises

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Washington Monthly, Boehner and Daily Kos

George Zornick / ThinkProgress:

Gingrich Criticized Obama For Not Intervening In Libya, But Now Criticizes Him For Intervening In Libya — Earlier this month, former Speaker of the House and current presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich was hammering President Obama for not intervening in Libya. Asked, “what would you do about Libya?”

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David Weigel / Weigel:

Newt Gingrich Completely Changes Position on Libya in 16 Days — A pretty direct hit from ThinkProgress, if you ask me. Here's Newt Gingrich on March 7, on what he would do in Libya. … Here's Newt Gingrich from March 23. … Anyone want to try and reconcile these two interviews?

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Newt Gingrich / Facebook:

My position on Libya — It is deeply troubling that there is so much confusion, lack of foresight, and little resolve coming from the President and his administration about what our mission and goals must be in the Libya engagement. — On March 3rd, President Obama said publicly that “it's time for Gadaffi to go.”

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George Zornick / ThinkProgress:
Caught In Libya Flip-Flop, Newt Gingrich Offers Incoherent And Contradictory Defense

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People-Press.org:

Obama Tests Well at Start of Reelection Run — No Frontrunner in Slow-Starting GOP Race — Barack Obama currently fares as well against a generic opponent in the upcoming presidential election as George W. Bush did in April 2003, a time when Bush's job approval rating was much higher than Obama's is today.

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Fhardingj / CNN:

CNN Poll: Trump at 10 percent in hypothetical GOP battle — Washington (CNN) - If Donald Trump decides to run for the White House, he would just barely crack double digits in the crowded field of potential GOP candidates, but his entry into the race could hurt former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, according to a new national poll.

Discussion: The Politico, GOP 12, AmSpecBlog and Conservatives4Palin

Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Pew poll: Obama would deliver shellacking to generic Republican

Discussion: Liberal Values and National Review

Steve Mistler / The Sun Journal:

LePage orders removal of labor mural, sparking outcry — AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has ordered the removal of a 36-foot mural depicting Maine's labor history from the lobby of the Department of Labor. — Worker advocates described the move as a “mean-spirited” provocation amid …

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Portland Press-Herald: AFL-CIO: LePage plan to remove

Gerald Weinand / Dirigo Blue:
Acting head of Dept. of Labor orders murals in lobby removed, changes in names of meeting rooms

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
LePage's Office: People Complained Labor Mural Resembled “North Korea”

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Sheila Marikar / ABCNEWS:

Hollywood Icon Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79 — Elizabeth Taylor Dies Following Hospitalization for Congestive Heart Failure — Oscar winning actress Elizabeth Taylor died today at Los Angeles, Calif.'s Cedars-Sinai Hospital. She was 79-years-old. — “She was surrounded by her children …

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Mel Gussow / New York Times:
Elizabeth Taylor, Lifelong Screen Star, Dies at 79

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New York Times:

Allies Pressuring Qaddafi Forces Around Rebel Cities — WASHINGTON — Amid differences among allies about how to manage the five-day-old military campaign in Libya, the United States military said it was stepping up its attacks Wednesday on military units loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi that are besieging rebel-held cities.

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Spencer Ackerman / Danger Room:
U.S. Jets Step Up Attacks on Gadhafi's Troops

Discussion: Bloomberg and Hot Air

Telegraph:
Libya: Gaddafi's air force ‘has been destroyed’

Discussion: Washington Post

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:

Former top economist: Economic inaction ‘shameful’ — President Obama's former top economic advisor sharply criticized the federal government for failing to take more aggressive action against unemployment. — “I frankly don't understand why policy makers aren't more worried about the suffering …

Discussion: Yglesias and Taylor Marsh

Gschwarzcnn / CNN:

Trump again questions Obama's birthplace — (CNN) - Real estate mogul Donald Trump called on President Barack Obama Wednesday to produce his birth certificate and prove he was born in the United States. — “I want him to show his birth certificate. I want him to show his birth certificate,” Trump said on ABC's “The View.”

Discussion: The Politico

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Biden: We should impeach presidents who launch attacks without Congressional approval

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Fhardingj / CNN:

Trio of presidential contenders woo evangelicals over home schooling — Washington (CNN) - Christian evangelicals will surely have a major say in who becomes the next Republican presidential nominee. On Wednesday, a trio of conservative possible presidential contenders courted evangelicals …

Discussion: TPMDC

Andy Barr / The Politico: Paul: Ed Dept. ‘indoctrinates’

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:

Kristol: Palin probably won't, shouldn't be nominee — Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol was among Sarah Palin's earliest Washington admirers, and helped bring her to the national stage, but he said this week that while he still admires her, he questions her choices and doesn't think she …

Discussion: Vanderbilt News, The Daily Dish and Indecision Forever

Daily Mail:

Who's in charge? Germans pull forces out of NATO as Libyan coalition falls apart — Tensions with Britain as Gates rebukes UK government over suggestion Gaddafi could be assassinated — No-fly zone called into question after first wave of strikes ‘neutralises’ Libyan military machine

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Dana Vachon / The Awl:

Arms So Freezy: Rebecca Black's “Friday” As Radical Text — Rebecca Black wakes somewhat too perfectly in the early scenes of her viral video, “Friday.” Her eyes open exactly as the clock beside her bed flashes seven. She wears full make-up. Rare for a teen, she isn't tired, longs not for any receding dreams.

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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:

Fox News' Steve Harrigan Tears Into Nic Robertson: ‘Dull,’ ‘Has A Screw Loose,’ Does ‘Bullsh-t’ Reporting … A Fox News correspondent who was singled out by an incensed CNN reporter spoke out on Tuesday about the attack—and was just as heated in his response.

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Chris Moody / The Daily Caller:

If you're one of the millions of Americans still looking for a job, the federal government is hiring, and (especially for the unemployed), the pay is excellent. While the private sector job growth creeps along at a snail's pace, the roster of available federal jobs is booming.

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Fight of the Valkyries — They are called the Amazon Warriors, the Lady Hawks, the Valkyries, the Durgas. — There is something positively mythological about a group of strong women swooping down to shake the president out of his delicate sensibilities and show him the way to war.

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:

Cantor hits administration's handling of Israel after Jerusalem bomb attack — The second-ranking House Republican on Wednesday accused the Obama administration of being too tough with Israel hours after a bombing in Jerusalem injured dozens. — Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Va.) …

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Front Page Magazine:

Why I Am Not a Neo-Conservative — Posted by David Horowitz on Mar 23rd, 2011 and filed under Daily Mailer, FrontPage. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

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