memeorandum: Who Won the Shutdown Showdown? It Wasn't Even Close (Carl Cameron/Fox News)

7:50 PM ET, April 9, 2011

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Carl Cameron / Fox News:

Who Won the Shutdown Showdown? It Wasn't Even Close — While Republicans wanted to cut more spending in Saturday's early morning compromise to keep the government open, they think they got the better of the deal. — Here's why: HR1 was originally to seek spending cuts …

Discussion: Another Black Conservative, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Pajamas Media

David Weigel / Weigel:

The No-Shutdown Wrap: Boehner Wins, Austerity Wins, and the Social Conservatives Go Home With A “Participant” Trophy — Shortly after 10:50 p.m., Speaker of the House John Boehner was the first budget negotiator to announce that there'd been a deal, and a government shutdown would be averted.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, New York Magazine, Outside the Beltway, Balloon Juice and Washington Post

Washington Post:

Budget fight shows Washington still broken — Gallery: Government shutdown 2011: Congressional leaders agreed late Friday to a compromise that will keep the federal government funded for the remainder of the fiscal year. — As the midnight Friday deadline loomed for a possible government shutdown …

Discussion: 24Ahead, ThinkProgress, The Democratic Daily, Right Wing News and Daily Kos

Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:

Kyl Walks Back Planned Parenthood Claim: It ‘Was Not Intended To Be A Factual Statement’ — As ThinkProgress reported earlier today, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) defended Republicans' willingness to shut down the government over funding for Planned Parenthood by falsely claiming that abortion is …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Blogcritics, Crooks and Liars, Washington Monthly, ABCNEWS, ECHIDNE of the snakes, Daily Kos and The Raw Story

Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Debt Jumped $54.1 Billion in 8 Days Preceding Obama-Boehner Deal to Cut $38.5 Billion for Rest of Year

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway and Doug Ross

The Politico:
John Boehner closes the deal to avoid government shutdown

Discussion: Power Line, Wall Street Journal, Don Surber and Ballot Box

Andrew Stiles / National Review:
Boehner Wins Big

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Riehl World View, Oliver Willis, Ross Douthat, YID With LID, Outside the Beltway, Pundit & Pundette, Balloon Juice, Cafe Hayek, Don Surber, protein wisdom, That Mr. G Guy's Blog, Political Punch, msnbc.com and Hotline On Call

David Rogers / The Politico:
Government shutdown averted, White House and Republicans reach deal

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Questions and Observations, Left Coast Rebel, Newshoggers.com, The Monkey Cage, MyDD, CNN, Guardian, DCist, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Another Black Conservative, Scared Monkeys, NationalJournal.com, Capital Gains and Games blogs and Pajamas Media

Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Deal curbs D.C. abortions, includes other social issues

Discussion: The Caucus, Bloomberg, Firedoglake, Wonk Room, New York Times and TalkLeft

Matthew Cooper / NationalJournal.com:
The Budget Skirmish Ends. The War Begins

Discussion: MyDD, Wall Street Journal and The Sundries Shack

The Hill:
House, Senate pass one-week spending bill to buy time for deal

Discussion: The Nation

Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Minutes to shutdown, Congress strikes budget deal

Discussion: Washington Times, Hot Air and Michelle Malkin

Speaker Boehner / Speaker:
KEY FACTS: Bipartisan Agreement on Spending Cuts to Support American Job Creation

Discussion: White House.gov Blog, msnbc.com, The Cloakroom, The Note, Taylor Marsh, DownWithTyranny!, Fox News, TaxProf Blog, Weasel Zippers, The Daily What, The Lonely Conservative, National Review and The Politico

Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
REPORT: Deal Struck, Averts Shutdown (Insert ‘30 Pieces of Silver’ Joke Here)

Discussion: Cubachi, The Politico, AmSpecBlog, Liberty Pundits Blog, USA Today, Datechguy's Blog, That Mr. G Guy's Blog, Left Coast Rebel, American Power and msnbc.com

Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
It's A Deal: Dems, Republicans Strike Spending Deal To Avoid Government Shutdown

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, The Impolitic, Firedoglake, Shakesville, Suburban Guerrilla, ECHIDNE of the snakes and Wall Street Journal

The Hill:
Obama signs 7-day extension; First part of budget deal

Discussion: The Politico, The Hill, Ballot Box, iOwnTheWorld.com and National Review

Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal: Obama's Budget Aim: To Rise Above Fray

Donald J. Trump / New York Times:

Donald Trump Responds — To the Editor: — Re “Donald Trump Gets Weirder,” by Gail Collins (column, April 2): — Even before Gail Collins was with the New York Times, she has written nasty and derogatory articles about me. Actually, I have great respect for Ms. Collins in that she has survived so long with so little talent.

Discussion: Cubachi, Mediaite, No More Mister Nice Blog and Runnin' Scared

Andrew Osborn / Telegraph:
Russia wants ‘red button’ rights for US missile defence system

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, That Mr. G Guy's Blog and JOSHUAPUNDIT

Robert Berkvist / New York Times:

Sidney Lumet, Director of American Film Classics, Dies at 86 — Sidney Lumet, a director who preferred the streets of New York to the back lots of Hollywood and whose stories of conscience — “12 Angry Men,” “Serpico,” “Dog Day Afternoon,” “The Verdict,” “Network” — became modern American film classics …

Discussion: Pat Dollard, newsfeed.time.com, Big Hollywood, Runnin' Scared, PopEater, Gawker, Gothamist and This Just In

Richard / The Huffington Post:

Why Progressives Keep On Losing and the Right Keeps On Winning — Congratulations! The “grand compromise” will cut nearly thirty nine billion dollars in needed government spending, which proves how “serious” everyone is about reducing the deficit. The grand compromisers could have cancelled …

CNN:

Budget deal doesn't thrill some in the Tea Party movement — Washington (CNN) - Some leading national Tea Party organizations are anything but happy with Friday night's deal on the budget that prevented a federal government shutdown. — A spokesman for the Tea Party Express tells CNN the group isn't …

Discussion: Politics

Bob Cusack / The Hill:

Rep. Allen West will vote no on budget deal — Rep. Allen West is against the bipartisan budget deal struck by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and the Obama administration. — West told The Hill that $39 billion in cuts is insufficient. Asked whether he was pleased with the agreement on policy riders …

Discussion: Cubachi, Pat Dollard, Liberty Pundits Blog and Doug Ross

Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Deal falls short of GOP cut pledge; ‘As good as we could get,’ Boehner says

Discussion: American Times and Firedoglake

Ynetnews:

Muslims offended by Trinny & Susannah — Channel 10 apologizes for ads showing British fashion advisors in immodest clothing against backdrop of al-Aqsa Mosque — Eran Baron — Channel 10 apologized for the incident on Wednesday evening and promised to change the ads immediately.

Discussion: Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers

BooMan / Booman Tribune:

The Aftermath — I have to rescind my assessment last night that John Boehner got nothing out of the late negotiations on the 2011 budget. Apparently, he won the restoration of a ban on the District of Columbia spending its own money to help poor women obtain abortions.

Discussion: TPMDC, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Washington Post, Eschaton and The Sundries Shack

BBC:

US to fund $20m remake of Sesame Street for Pakistan — The show will be set in a Pakistan village and be mostly in Urdu — The United States is funding a Pakistani remake of the popular TV children's show Sesame Street. — In a new effort to win hearts and minds in Pakistan, USAID …

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, The Reaction, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Hot Air, Scared Monkeys, Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch, Pajamas Media, That Mr. G Guy's Blog and The AfPak Channel

Mark Steyn / National Review:

Ending America as We Know It — Hey, it's the weekend, and everyone's singing the same maddeningly catchy refrain! Rebecca Black's “Friday”? Nah, that was last week's moronic singalong. This week's is even perkier! “Paul Ryan proposes to end Medicare as we know it,” sings former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta.

Discussion: That Mr. G Guy's Blog and Questions and Observations

Associated Press:

Soldiers and Protesters Clash in Cairo — CAIRO (AP) — Demonstrators burned cars and barricaded themselves with barbed wire inside a central Cairo square demanding the resignation of the military's head after troops violently dispersed an overnight protest killing one and injuring 71.