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James Pethokoukis:
Paul Ryan's revolution would finish Reagan's — Is Rep. Paul Ryan's “Path to Prosperity” potentially the most important and necessary piece of economic legislation since President Ronald Reagan's tax cuts in 1981? Quite likely. The blueprint embraces free markets and individual choice …
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James C. Capretta / National Review:
What Real Leadership Looks Like — House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan has laid out a vision for 21st-century governance that will become the GOP program for 2011, 2012, and beyond. — It is unquestionably the boldest budget plan ever offered (including Reagan's first budget) …
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Ryan's Budget Plan Is Ridiculous, But It Could Shift the Debate
Ryan's Budget Plan Is Ridiculous, But It Could Shift the Debate
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TPMDC, NationalJournal.com and Hullabaloo
Paul Krugman:
The Threat Within — Josh Marshall, rightly, goes ballistic …
The Threat Within — Josh Marshall, rightly, goes ballistic …
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AMERICAblog News, NewsBusters.org blogs, Liberal Values and Talking Points Memo
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Yes, Entitlement Spending Must Be Cut
Yes, Entitlement Spending Must Be Cut
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
QUOTE OF THE DAY.... House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan …
QUOTE OF THE DAY.... House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan …
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Salon and HotAirPundit
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.
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The Politico:
Boehner: Dems ‘win’ in shutdown — Speaker John Boehner is warning his Republican colleagues that Democrats would “win” a government shutdown and the GOP would suffer a political catastrophe if the federal government runs out of money at the end of this week. — “The Democrats think they benefit from a government shutdown.
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Rasmussen Reports:
48% Say Their Views Closer to Tea Party Than Congress
48% Say Their Views Closer to Tea Party Than Congress
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David Rogers / The Politico:
Boehner ups ante: $40B in cuts
Boehner ups ante: $40B in cuts
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Carol E. Lee / Washington Wire:
Obama to GOP: 'We Don't Have Time for Games'
Obama to GOP: 'We Don't Have Time for Games'
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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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Byron Tau / Ben Smith's Blog:
Wasserman-Schultz hits Walker, ‘ultra-wealthy’ in first appearance — The newly-selected Democratic National Committee chair, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, said in her first appearance since the announcement that the reaction to Republican governors, along with Hispanic voters and Republicans' preference for the …
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Wasserman Schultz Picked as D.N.C. Chairwoman
Wasserman Schultz Picked as D.N.C. Chairwoman
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LifeNews.com, Pajamas Media and Hot Air
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
DWS to DNC — Mike Allen scoops: — Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz …
DWS to DNC — Mike Allen scoops: — Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz …
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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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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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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
The Seriousness Of Cutting Taxes On The Rich
The Seriousness Of Cutting Taxes On The Rich
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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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CBS San Francisco:
Man With Anti-Obama Sign Attacked In San Francisco — SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/ BCN) — A man who set up a table with political literature and a sign opposing President Barack Obama was attacked in San Francisco's North Panhandle neighborhood, police and witnesses said Tuesday.
Paul Krugman:
The 2022 Medicare Crisis — Matt Yglesias has a very good point: the supposed transition strategy under the Ryan plan, in which everyone currently under 55 gets Medicare as we know it, while everyone younger than that gets vouchers that won't be enough to buy adequate insurance, sets up an unstable political dynamic.
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National Review, Marginal Revolution and Yglesias
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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
Cowardly, Stupid, and Tragically Wrong
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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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Stanley Kurtz / National Review:
Samantha Power's Power — A member of the president's National Security Council who shares Noam Chomsky's foreign-policy goals? An influential presidential adviser whom 1960s revolutionary Tom Hayden treats as a fellow radical? A White House official who wrote a book aiming to turn an anti-American …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“Kloppenburg = A Vote Against the Bill.” — A pro-Kloppenburg yard sign that works as an anti-Kloppenburg yard sign (for 1 if not 2 reasons): — Meade and I voted at around 11. He was #399 and I was #401 at our polling place (the First Congregational Church).
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JSOnline:
Walker demotes son of campaign contributor — By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — Madison — Gov. Scott Walker abruptly reversed course today and demoted the son of a large campaign contributor to his former job with the state Department of Regulation and Licensing.
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Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
French interior minister facing legal action over Muslim comments — Claude Gueant, France's interior minister is facing legal action after declaring that the “growing” number of Muslims in France posed “a problem”. — “It's true that the increase in the number of faithful in (Islam) …
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