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David Brooks / New York Times:
Moment of Truth — It was a season of fiscal perestroika. Last fall, the Simpson-Bowles deficit commission released a bold report on how to avoid an economic catastrophe. For a few weeks, the think tanks and government offices were alive with proposals to reduce debt and reform entitlements …
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New York Times:
Budget Stances Harden as Deadline Nears for Shutdown — WASHINGTON — In dueling news conferences just moments apart, President Obama and the speaker of the House, John A. Boehner, dug in their heels on Tuesday over terms of a budget deal to stave off a partial shutdown of the federal government as early as Saturday.
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Conservative Opposition To Human Happiness — Adam Serwer reports from Charles Murray's “State of White America” address. Long story short, though, folks have gotten kind of soft: … This put me in mind of Monica Potts' review of Kay Hymowitz: … Hymowitz's argument, essentially …
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Best budget ever — PAUL RYAN has officially revealed the House Republicans' budget proposal, and we will have a detailed analysis of it up in short order. Reactions to the plan will vary (sharply, it's safe to say). But whatever your take on the policy proposals, it's worth approaching …
David Rogers / The Politico:
New compromise target: $40B in cuts — Speaker John Boehner used a White House meeting Tuesday to signal his hope that a deal could be reached on spending if the administration and Democrats were willing to move closer to $40 billion in spending cuts or $7 billion above the target now being used in negotiations.
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M.S. / Democracy in America:
You put the load right on me — PAUL RYAN'S plan to replace Medicare with a system of vouchers for seniors to buy health care on the private market has only been vaguely described, as of this writing. But there is one thing about it that's fairly clear, regardless of what's in the details …
Paul Krugman:
The Threat Within — Josh Marshall, rightly, goes ballistic over the lameness of a supposed Democratic advocate in challenging Ryan's plan. — This could, indeed, be the problem. — In many ways, this fight resembles the 2005 fight over Social Security.
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
The Seriousness Of Cutting Taxes On The Rich
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Rasmussen Reports:
48% Say Their Views Closer to Tea Party Than Congress
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Myglesias / Yglesias:
Paul Ryan Slams Medicaid's Middle Class Beneficiaries As The New Welfare Queens
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The Note:
Sen. Lee: Ryan Budget ‘Bold First Step,’ but Need More Cuts
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Myglesias / Yglesias:
Paul Ryan's Plan Counts On Reducing Unemployment To Below “Full Employment” Level — By Magic!
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Carol E. Lee / Washington Wire:
Obama to GOP: 'We Don't Have Time for Games'
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Yes, Entitlement Spending Must Be Cut
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
QUOTE OF THE DAY.... House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan …
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Boehner's office says no deal was reached in White House talks
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Washington Post, JOSHUAPUNDIT and Pat Dollard
Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Bristol Palin's Nonprofit Paid Her Seven Times What It Spent On Actual Teen Pregnancy Prevention — In 2009, Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol joined a teen pregnancy prevention nonprofit called the Candie's Foundation. Today, the Associated Press reported that the Candie's Foundation released …
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Rachel D'Oro / Associated Press:
Next big Giffords decision: When can she go home? — Therapists, doctors treating Giffords working toward critical decision: When can she go home? More>> — Obama on energy policy and unemployment — Obama on energy policy and unemployment More>> — Nixon library offers candid new take on Watergate
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Wasserman Schultz to lead DNC — President Barack Obama has settled on Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) as the new chair of the Democratic National Committee, top Democratic sources said Tuesday. — Wasserman Schultz, 44, was chosen for her strength as a fund-raiser and as a television messenger …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
DWS to DNC — Mike Allen scoops:
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Wasserman Schultz Picked as D.N.C. Chairwoman
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
King: Holder should resign for criticizing Gitmo prisoner trial reversal — The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee suggested that Attorney General Eric Holder should resign after criticizing Congress for interfering with the trial venues for the detainees at Guantánamo.
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Cowardly, Stupid, and Tragically Wrong
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John Cook / Gawker:
CBS News Washington Bureau Chief Was an FBI Snitch — The Center for Public Integrity is reporting that an unnamed former ABC News journalist was an FBI informant during and after the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, passing along tips and revealing a source. We know who it is. More »
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The Center for Public Integrity:
Agents treated reporter like informant, raising question: Who else? — A once-classified FBI memo reveals that the bureau treated a senior ABC News journalist as a potential confidential informant in the 1990s, pumping the reporter to ascertain the source of a sensational but uncorroborated tip …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Parody gets more views than real Obama launch — The National Republican Senatorial Committee's parody of Obama's 2012 campaign, released Friday, now has 665,000 views on YouTube. — Obama's real launch video, released yesterday: Just 168,000. — YouTube's metrics tend to lag a bit …
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Romalley / Fox Nation:
Fired NPR CEO Rips Sting Artists, Admits Rest of Establishment is ‘Terrified’ — Fired NPR CEO Vivian Schiller spoke Tuesday at the Paley Center for Media in New York and lashed out at the videographers who exposed the bigotry in her organization, calling the undercover sting an “abomination.”
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Sara Jerome / The Hill:
Ex-NPR chief: House Republicans have thrust NPR into ‘turmoil’
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney leads in NH, Trump makes things interesting — Mitt Romney's still the clear early front runner to take the Republican primary in New Hampshire next year but for the first time in our polling of the race PPP finds someone within single digits of him...Donald Trump.
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Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Warning Signs Among the GOP — It's not inconceivable that Republicans might start seeing things go against them in the court of public opinion, starting with the current spending debate. — Until recently, Republicans were taking solace in a number of things as they looked forward to 2012.
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Abby Johnson / Politics:
Exposing the Planned Parenthood business model — Myths about Planned Parenthood are spreading like grassfire. Thanks to a perfect storm of events, the abortion provider is scrambling to cauterize the biggest PR hit it has ever sustained. November's election of an overwhelmingly pro-life Congress …
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Paul Kengor / American Thinker:
Obama, The God That Failed — As someone who has studied, taught, and written about the Middle East for years, I'm the first to concede that President Obama has a tough task. What would I do about Libya if I were president? How about Egypt? — I'm not exactly sure.
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