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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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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
As Easy as ABC — Moving on from Mitch McConnell. — Mitch McConnell's plan, as Eric Cantor and Jim DeMint said tonight, is “going nowhere.” Which is where it deserved to go. It was too clever by half, transparently cynical, probably unconstitutional, and Rube Goldberg-like in its incomprehensibility.
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JustOneMinute, The Hill and Wall Street Journal
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.
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Connecting.the.Dots
Scott Wong / The Politico:
Harry Reid commends Mitch McConnell's debt plan — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday praised Republican Leader Mitch McConnell for putting forth a plan to raise the debt ceiling, calling it a “serious proposal” that he's continuing to study. — “He spent a great deal of time working on this.
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The Gateway Pundit
Jia Lynn Yang / Washington Post:
Congress hears outcry from business lobby on debt ceiling and deficit
Congress hears outcry from business lobby on debt ceiling and deficit
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Debt Talk Mired, Leader for G.O.P. Proposes Option
Debt Talk Mired, Leader for G.O.P. Proposes Option
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Mark Tapscott / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — Washington gets $200 billion a month …
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — Washington gets $200 billion a month …
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MarketWatch, CBS News, Moonbattery, Pundit & Pundette, Betsy's Page and Weekly Standard
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
McConnell's backup plan
McConnell's backup plan
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Fox News, Hot Air, The Daily Dish and Big Government
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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Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
President Obama smashes record with $86M haul — President Barack Obama has shattered first quarter fundraising records for a White House incumbent by raising $86 million for the first quarter - dwarfing the 2012 GOP field's total take and breezing past his own target of $60 million.
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Alternative Headline: Obama 2012 Fundraising Behind 2008 Pace
Alternative Headline: Obama 2012 Fundraising Behind 2008 Pace
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Sam Youngman / Ballot Box:
Obama is winning on debt debate, but there's no room for moral victories
Obama is winning on debt debate, but there's no room for moral victories
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Obama fails to match Bush fundraising / Update - 2Q v. 3Q
Obama fails to match Bush fundraising / Update - 2Q v. 3Q
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Hotline On Call, The Caucus, Los Angeles Times, Pajamas Media and Oliver Willis
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Gracious In Defeat — The National Republican Congressional Committee, which is charged with getting Republicans elected to the House and keeping them there, sent out a press email overnight on the results of the CA-36 special election titled “Statement on Janice Hahn's Entry Into Democrats' Swamp of Corruption”:
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The Moderate Voice
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David Catanese / The Politico:
California special election: Hahn cruises to solid victory
California special election: Hahn cruises to solid victory
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CNN, UNCOVERAGE.net, PolitiCal, Pajamas Media, The Other McCain, The Lonely Conservative and American Power
Jean Merl / Los Angeles Times:
Janice Hahn wins House seat
Janice Hahn wins House seat
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The Mahablog, L.A. NOW, AmSpecBlog and Politics
Eric Ostermeier / Smart Politics:
Republicans Fail to Pick up Democratic Seat in 200th Consecutive California U.S. House Race
Republicans Fail to Pick up Democratic Seat in 200th Consecutive California U.S. House Race
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Washington Post, Jeff Mapes on Politics and Ben Smith's Blog
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 …
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Reid J. Epstein / Reuters:
Shutdown could leave Minnesota dry
Shutdown could leave Minnesota dry
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KSTP-TV and Marginal Revolution
Eliot Spitzer / Slate Magazine:
Prosecute News Corp. — The U.S. government should go after Murdoch's media company for its corrupt practices and revoke its TV licenses if it's found guilty. — Bribery, illegal wiretapping, interference in a murder investigation, political blackmail, and rampant disregard for both the truth and basic decency.
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Wall Street Journal:
News Corp. Weighs Next Steps
News Corp. Weighs Next Steps
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Guardian, New York Magazine, Reuters, Mixed Media, AllThingsD, The Nation, Telegraph, The Awl and The Lede, more at Mediagazer »
Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
The News Corp. Bid for BSkyB Is Over — For Now
The News Corp. Bid for BSkyB Is Over — For Now
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Bloomberg, Guardian and The Business Insider
BBC:
Mumbai: Explosions shake India's financial hub — Police told local media that eight people had been killed and more than 100 wounded. — One explosion was reported in the Zaveri Bazaar, another in the Opera House business district and a third in Dadar district.
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Michelle Malkin, Guardian, The Jawa Report and UN Dispatch
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New York Post:
Missing 9-year-old B'klyn boy found dead: sources — The dismembered body of a missing 9-year-old Hasidic boy was found at two locations in Brooklyn and police this morning arrested a suspect in the slaying — who had the child's severed feet in his freezer, sources told The Post.
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The Gateway Pundit and Israel Matzav
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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 …
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Moe Lane, The Western Experience, Pajamas Media, Maggie's Farm and iOwnTheWorld.com
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Bernanke: U.S. default would cause ‘major crisis’ — By: CNNMoney.com Staff Reporter Annalyn Censky — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - How much clearer can Ben Bernanke be? — Since February, the Federal Reserve Chairman has issued a stern warning to Congress: if it fails to raise the U.S. debt ceiling …
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New York Post:
Palin nemesis goes nude — GOP presidential hopeful Sarah Palin and her family are the subjects of a profile by George Gurley in the September issue of Playboy, according to sources. Insiders say the story will run next to a four-page nude pictorial of Mercede Johnston, the sister of Bristol Palin's estranged baby daddy, Levi.
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Taegan Goddard's …, Outside the Beltway and New York Magazine
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.
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The Awl, The Atlantic Online and Althouse
Jared Polis / Wall Street Journal:
Raise Revenues, Not Taxes — Legalizing Internet gambling and marijuana are two easy ways to cut the deficit. — This is a leadership moment for President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner. The debt limit—an issue both leaders agree must be addressed—is the last best hope …
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The Politico, ThinkProgress and National Review
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Settled in Albany, Gay Marriage Draws Opposition — Laura L. Fotusky, the town clerk in Barker, N.Y., a small community north of Binghamton, looked at the calendar, looked at her Bible and knew what she had to do. — She drafted a letter to the Town Board and said she would resign on July 21 …
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William Galston / The New Republic:
What if the Right and the Left Are Both Wrong About Why the Economic Recovery Is So Slow? A New Theory. — Ever since it became clear that the pace of the economic recovery was falling short of expectations, two competing narratives have vied to dominate our politics.
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Paul Krugman, Grasping Reality … and TalkLeft
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Marco Shows the Way — Who is the Republicans' best guy? Lately the focus has been mostly on the party's presidential candidates, while John Boehner and Mitch McConnell also have been in the spotlight. So we haven't seen much of Marco Rubio. Yesterday, Rubio made the talk radio rounds …
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The Hugh Hewitt Show and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog