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Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Reid: 'We'll look into' Quran burning — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told CBS's Bob Schieffer on Sunday that some members of Congress were considering some kind of action in response to the Florida Quran burning that sparked a murderous riot at a United Nations complex in Afghanistan and other mayhem.
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Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
Lindsey Graham: 'Freedom of Speech is a Great Idea But We're in a War' — No follow-up question from “Journalist” Bob Schieffer??? Was he even LISTENING to Graham's answer? Wouldn't you like to know exactly what action Graham wants Congress to take with regard to curbing free expression?
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Hit & Run, Mediaite and theblogprof
Hiram Reisner / NewsMax.com:
Reid: Probe of Quran Burning Considered
Reid: Probe of Quran Burning Considered
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Fox Nation, Pat Dollard, Sultan Knish, Hot Air, Wizbang, The Daily Dish, The Jawa Report, CBS News, Daily Pundit, Cold Fury, Blue Collar Philosophy and RedState
Fox News:
Senators Consider Hamid Karzai's Request to Condemn Koran Burning Amid Protests
Senators Consider Hamid Karzai's Request to Condemn Koran Burning Amid Protests
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NewsReal Blog, RedState and Fox Nation
Wall Street Journal:
Petraeus Says Quran Burning Endangers War Effort
Petraeus Says Quran Burning Endangers War Effort
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Right Wing News, Washington Wire, Firedoglake and Weasel Zippers
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway:
Lindsey Graham On Koran Burning: “Freedom Of Speech Is A Great Idea But We're In A War.”
Lindsey Graham On Koran Burning: “Freedom Of Speech Is A Great Idea But We're In A War.”
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UrbanGrounds, Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media
Fox News:
GOP Budget Plan to Cut More Than $4 Trillion Over Decade, Rep. Paul Ryan Says — The Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee said his party's budget proposal for 2012 would cut deficits by more than $4 trillion over the next decade, vowing to tackle costly entitlements like Medicare and Medicaid.
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — Ryan's budget plan to slash deficits by over $4 trillion
Washington Post:
Government shutdown looms over talks as crunch time for 2011 budget nears
Government shutdown looms over talks as crunch time for 2011 budget nears
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The Politico and FrumForum
Jennifer / Cubachi:
Rep. Paul Ryan: “Where the president has failed to lead, we're going to lead”
Rep. Paul Ryan: “Where the president has failed to lead, we're going to lead”
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Doug Ross, USA Today and Liberty Pundits Blog
Cathy Hayes / IrishCentral:
Samantha Power to be the next Secretary of State? — Irish-born adviser now key to Obama foreign policy — A flattering New York Times profile has increased speculation that Samantha Power, the Dublin-born aide to President Obama, could be his next Secretary of State or National Security Adviser.
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Washington Post, Israel Matzav, Don Surber and Atlas Shrugs
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Politico's Roger Simon: 'Obama's The Greatest Orator Of Modern Times' — Politico's Roger Simon said Sunday Barack Obama is the greatest orator of modern times. — Chatting with Howard Kurtz on CNN's “Reliable Sources,” Simon also said journalists are just now looking beyond …
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Breitbart.tv
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
A Tea Party Star Stirs Iowans, and She Isn't Palin — WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Sarah Palin, the reigning heroine of many social conservatives, has given few signals that she will make a presidential bid. Mike Huckabee, who won the Iowa caucuses in 2008 on the strength of his appeal …
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The Politico, The Last Tradition and American Power
Palm Beach Post:
Foreclosure crisis: Fed-up judges crack down disorder in the courts — Angry and exasperated by faulty foreclosure documents, judges throughout Florida are hitting back by increasingly dismissing cases and boldly accusing lawyers of “fraud upon the court.” — A Palm Beach Post review …
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Left Coast Rebel, naked capitalism and Firedoglake
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Obama launches reelection campaign with video — President Barack Obama launched his reelection campaign Monday morning with a web video posted on his website. — “It Begins With Us” features a series of supporters from around the country explaining why they support the president …
Discussion:
FrumForum and Taylor Marsh
New York Times:
U.S. Shifts to Seek Removal of Yemen's Leader, an Ally — SANA, Yemen — The United States, which long supported Yemen's president, even in the face of recent widespread protests, has now quietly shifted positions and has concluded that he is unlikely to bring about the required reforms …
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Weasel Zippers and FrumForum
John / Power Line:
Is It Time to Get Out of Afghanistan? — I think it is. In the aftermath of September 11, we had no choice but to overthrow the Taliban, destroy al Qaeda's training centers and kill and scatter as many al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists as possible. We did that, brilliantly.
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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
The Politico:
Jon Huntsman, the rock ‘n’ roll years — Jonny Huntsman didn't quite make it through his senior year of high school, and the cause was pretty plain to his classmates. One recalled the long-haired, diffident Salt Lake City high schooler sitting next to him in history class “hitting his desk as if it were a piano.”
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GOP 12
Stacy Finz / San Francisco Chronicle:
Many restaurants expecting to raise prices — The cost of beef has gone through the roof, coffee prices are at a 13-year high, and even produce grown right here in California is more expensive than usual. — Grocery prices rose by more than 1 1/2 times the overall rate of inflation in 2010 …
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The Lonely Conservative and GayPatriot
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
2012ers balk at RNC debate plan — Representatives of three potential GOP presidential candidates expressed concerns this weekend about the Republican National Committee's proposal to sanction a series of monthly primary debates. — The aides said the plan - under which the RNC would determine …
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