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4:10 PM ET, July 11, 2011

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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: Three reasons the debt deal collapsed  —  (Brendan Smialowski - GETTY IMAGES) Last week's sudden and inexplicable burst of debt-deal optimism is over.  But don't ask why the $4 trillion deal collapsed.  That's like asking why John Boehner didn't sprout wings and fly.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
For Boehner, Lofty Budget Goals Checked by Reality  —  WASHINGTON — At a private meeting about deficit reduction at the White House last week, Speaker John A. Boehner told his fellow Congressional leaders and President Obama that he did not spend 20 years working his way up to the top job …
Wall Street Journal:
Taxes Upon Taxes Upon . . .  Obama wants $1 trillion in taxes on top of what he's already signed.  —  So the fondest Washington hopes for a grand debt-limit deal have broken down over taxes.  House Speaker John Boehner said late Saturday that he couldn't move ahead with a $4 trillion deal …
The Politico:
John Boehner's ‘grand bargain’ — with House GOP  —  Speaker John Boehner's decision not to “go big” on a debt limit deal is the starkest demonstration yet of the limits of the Ohio Republican's power.  —  The internal GOP backlash against his efforts to secure a package of $4 trillion …
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama Offered To Raise Medicare Eligibility Age As Part Of Grand Debt Deal … WASHINGTON — In his press conference on Monday morning, President Barack Obama repeatedly insisted that he was willing to tackle some sacred cows as part of a larger package to raise the debt ceiling.
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
“Eat Our Peas” - Obama Pushes for Big Grand Bargain at Press Conference  —  President Obama continued to press for a maximalist debt limit deal in a White House press conference today, saying that “I'm prepared to take on significant heat from my party to get something done.”
James Pethokoukis:
No big budget deal? Blame Obama, not Boehner
Erica Werner / Associated Press:
SPIN METER: Obama, Dems skirt issue on tax hikes
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Yuval Levin / National Review:   A Real Deal  —  Reading the papers this morning, one would …
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Obama presses ahead with debt talks, warns against stopgap solution
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
David Jackson / USA Today:
Obama, GOP back to where they started: The debt ceiling
Discussion: The Agonist
Craig Robinson / The Iowa Republican:
TIR Poll: Bachmann Overtakes Romney in Iowa  —  Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has surpassed former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in a recent Iowa poll that was conducted by TheIowaRepublican.com.  With Bachmann now leading in Iowa, Romney has fallen to second place …
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Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
DeMint Plans Forum With GOP Hopefuls
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Guardian:
News International papers targeted Gordon Brown  —  Newspapers obtained details from the former prime minister's bank account and legal file and his family's medical records  —  Journalists from across News International repeatedly targeted the former prime minister Gordon Brown …
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Mirror.co.uk:
Phone hacking: 9/11 victims ‘may have had mobiles tapped by News of the World reporters’  —  DESPERATE Rupert Murdoch yesterday flew to London to try to save his ­crumbling empire.  —  He arrived in a cowboy-style hat to be hit by claims News of the World reporters hacked the phones of 9/11 victims.
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Panetta appears to link al-Qaeda presence with Iraq invasion  —  Pool/Reuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta delivers remarks to U.S. troops as he visits Camp Victory in Baghdad July 11, 2011.  Panetta arrived in Iraq on Sunday on his first trip there as U.S. defence secretary.
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Economy Faces a Jolt as Benefit Checks Run Out  —  An extraordinary amount of personal income is coming directly from the government.  —  Close to $2 of every $10 that went into Americans' wallets last year were payments like jobless benefits, food stamps, Social Security and disability, according to an analysis by Moody's Analytics.
U.S. Embassy Damascus / Facebook:
A Note from Ambassador Robert Ford  —  Outside the Embassy demonstrators complained about U.S. policy towards the Syrian government and my trip to Hama.  —  As I have said before, we respect the right of all Syrians - and people in all countries - to express their opinions freely and in a climate of mutual respect.
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Obama vs. Obama  —  Not long ago, Obama warned that raising taxes in a struggling economy is “the last thing you want to do.”  —  In a 75-minute meeting Sunday night, President Obama once again demanded that more than $1 trillion in tax increases be part of any deficit reduction package attached to a vote on the debt ceiling.
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Sarah Palin as Newsweek cover girl — again  —  As celebrity glamour shots go, Sarah Palin's cover photo on this week's Newsweek is danged good!  The best-selling author and reality-TV star looks young and vibrant.  Her devil-may-care countenance aided and abetted by the wind conspicuously blowing hair back.
Jim Tankersley / NationalJournal.com:
The Glum and the Restless  —  Nearly one in five recent grads is out of work.  Could that hurt Obama's reelection bid?  —  Still waiting: A college job fair at Rutgers University.  —  Here's a fact that should give economists—and maybe President Obama's political team—heartburn …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
No, We Can't?  Or Won't?  —  If you were shocked by Friday's job report, if you thought we were doing well and were taken aback by the bad news, you haven't been paying attention.  The fact is, the United States economy has been stuck in a rut for a year and a half.
Hollie McKay / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE: Mila Kunis Says She'll Accompany U.S. Marine to Corps Ball  —  Most men will spend their lives dreaming about going on a date with Mila Kunis - but for one U.S. Marine, that fantasy may very well turn into a reality.  —  Sgt. Scott Moore, of the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines in Musa Qala …
Alex Tabarrok / Marginal Revolution:
The Great Fiction  —  Catherine Rampell, Bruce Bartlett, and Matt Yglesias are all pushing the chart below from a paper by Suzanne Mettler.  According to this gang, people who use, for example, the mortgage interest deduction or who have a 529 college savings program are willfully ignorant …
Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
‘South California’ for 51st state?  —  Fed up with Sacramento, a Riverside County politician seeks to break 13 counties away to form a state called South California  —  Supervisor Jeff Stone, a Republican pharmacist from Temecula, called California an “ungovernable” financial catastrophe …
 
 
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