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10:10 AM ET, July 13, 2011

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Wall Street Journal:
Debt-Limit Harakiri  —  Mitch McConnell isn't selling out Republicans.  —  Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell said yesterday he's concluded that no deal to raise the debt ceiling in return for serious spending restraint is possible with President Obama, and who can blame him?
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Mitch McConnell Just Proposed the “Pontius Pilate Pass the Buck Act of 2011″  —  Editor's note: I decided to make the title less incendiary.  —  Consider the Associated Press's headline right now: “GOP Leader McConnell proposes giving Obama new power for automatic debt limit increase”
Washington Post:
McConnell outlines new proposal on debt ceiling  —  McConnell was quickly excoriated online by tea party bloggers, with Erick Erickson of the Web site RedState.com blasting the plan as “the Pontius Pilate Pass the Buck Act of 2011.”  —  Still, with less than three weeks left until …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Business community to Congress: Enough  —  It wasn't too long ago that 62 leading U.S. business groups, including the American Gas Association, the Telecommunications Industry Association, and the National Association of Manufacturers, all pleaded with Congress to end the standoff and raise the debt ceiling.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
U.S. Debt Ceiling Increase Remains Unpopular With Americans
Michelle Malkin:
Another mortifying McConnell head-banging-against-the-wall moment
Jia Lynn Yang / Washington Post:
Congress hears outcry from business lobby on debt ceiling and deficit
Discussion: Daily Kos
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Judo Flip! Boehner Agrees With McConnell That Dems Should Not Be Allowed To Take Debt Limit Hostage
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
The Big Blink? McConnell Proposes Giving Obama Authority To Raise Debt Limit Alone
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
McConnell outlines new proposal on debt ceiling
Andrew Stiles / National Review:
Norquist: Time to Force Obama's Hand
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Raise Taxes or Granny Gets It  —  The liberal media's idea of a grown-up.  —  President Obama is pulling out the big guns and pointing them straight at your grandmother.  “Obama on Tuesday said he cannot guarantee that retirees will receive their Social Security checks August 3” …
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Stephen Marche / Esquire:
How Can We Not Love Obama?  —  Because like it or not, he is all of us  —  Before the fall brings us down, before the election season begins in earnest with all its nastiness and vulgarity, before the next batch of stupid scandals and gaffes, before Sarah Palin tries to convert her movie …
Sam Youngman / Ballot Box:
Obama is winning on debt debate, but there's no room for moral victories  —  Talking to senior administration officials these days is like talking to a basketball player who's in the zone in the playoffs.  —  They know they're playing well, but they also know that without a win, it's meaningless.
Discussion: driftglass
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Obama fails to match Bush fundraising
Discussion: Oliver Willis
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:   President Obama smashes record with $86M haul
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:   Obama Campaign Reports Big Fund-Raising Quarter
The Politico:
Obama and DNC raise $86M, more than doubling GOP field - RNC campaign targets four swing states - Mandel brings in $2.3M for Senate bid - Hahn wins in CA-36 - Barbour camp eyes Perry - One month until  —  (aburns@politico.com) and (jhohmann@politico.com)  —  2012 SIREN - OBAMA'S NUMBER …
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Associated Press:
Obama Fundraising For 2012 Campaign, DNC Breaks Record
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Obama Reports Massive Fundraising Total
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
David Catanese / The Politico:
California special election: Hahn cruises to solid victory  —  Democrat Janice Hahn defeated Republican Craig Huey in a bitterly contested Southern California special election marked by stinging attacks from both sides.  —  Hahn finished with a healthy 54.56 percent of the vote to Huey's 45.44 percent in Tuesday's vote.
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Democrat Janice Hahn Wins CA-36 Special Election
Jean Merl / Los Angeles Times:
Janice Hahn wins House seat
Discussion: L.A. NOW, AmSpecBlog and Politics
Reid J. Epstein / Reuters:
Shutdown could leave Minnesota dry  —  The famous Minnesota niceness could all go away if residents lose access to beer due to the two-week-old state government shut down.  —  The Star Tribune of Minneapolis reported Wednesday that bars, restaurants and stores across the state are unable …
Discussion: KSTP-TV and Marginal Revolution
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Eric Roper / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
One by one, bars get tapped out  —  Hundreds of bars, restaurants and stores across Minnesota are running out of beer and alcohol and others may soon run out of cigarettes — a subtle and largely unforeseen consequence of a state government shutdown.  —  In the days leading up to the shutdown …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
JSOnline:
6 fake Democrats fall, setting stage for GOP recalls  —  Six fake Democratic candidates put up by the Republican Party to buy time for Republican state senators subject to recalls accomplished that job Tuesday, but none of them did the unexpected and knocked off a real Democrat.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Althouse
Dana Loesch / Big Journalism:
No Justice: Gladney Attackers Found Not Guilty  —  Hours ago a a St. Louis county jury found Elston McCowan and Perry Molens not guilty in the videotaped beating of Kenneth Gladney. … In the above excerpt, the Post-Dispatch did not bother seeking quotes from Gladney or other witnesses …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
NOT GUILTY!... SEIU Thugs Cleared in Brutal Gladney Beatdown! ...Update: Gladney Reaction (Video)
Stan Musial / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Two charged in scuffle at St. Louis County meeting found not guilty
Discussion: TBogg and Washington Post
Associated Press:
Man Is Questioned in Death of Brooklyn Boy  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Remains believed to be those of a little boy who disappeared while walking home from a Brooklyn day camp were found in a refrigerator Wednesday inside the home of a man being questioned by detectives, police said.
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New York Post:
Missing 9-year-old B'klyn boy found dead: sources
Los Angeles Times:
Prison doctor gets paid for doing little or nothing  —  A California surgeon has mostly been locked out of his job: on paid leave, fired or fighting his termination.  When he does work, it's reviewing records.  He made $777,000 last year, including back pay.  —  A file photo of San Quentin State Prison.
New York Times:
British Leader, Under Fire, Seeks Distance From Murdoch  —  LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron offered details for the first time on Wednesday of a broad inquiry into the relationships between the police, politicians and the press in the broadening scandal confronting Rupert Murdoch's media empire in Britain.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Agonist
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
What's Rick Perry waiting for?  —  Rick Perry sure looks like a presidential candidate.  —  The Texas governor and his top advisers are feeling out early-state Republican activists on the phone.  He met for lunch in Austin Tuesday with former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
GOP indecision on 2012 may give Rick Perry a ‘huge opening’
John O'Connor / Associated Press:
Judge reinstates Ill. foster-care contracts  —  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois judge on Tuesday put Catholic Charities back in the business of finding foster and adoptive homes for children, reinstating — at least temporarily — contracts that were halted when the not-for-profit agency refused …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Joe. My. God.
Jessie / The Official Netflix Blog:
Netflix Introduces New Plans and Announces Price Changes  —  Jessie Becker, here to share two significant changes at Netflix with you.  —  First, we are launching new DVD only plans.  These plans offer our lowest prices ever for unlimited DVDs - only $7.99 a month for our 1 DVD out at-a-time plan …
Kenric Ward / Sunshine State News:
For Rick Scott, a Tough Road to Reform  —  Governor prioritizes campaign promises over popularity, poll reveals  —  Florida Gov. Rick Scott's 58 percent disapproval rating may be scary to Republicans, but it's neither surprising nor necessarily lethal, a new Sunshine State News Poll finds.
Darren Goode / The Politico:
Light bulb bill goes dark in House  —  House lawmakers Tuesday stymied an initial effort by Republicans to put an end to infamous light bulb efficiency standards.  —  The bill from Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) to repeal part of a 2007 energy law requiring traditional incandescent light bulbs …
 
 
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