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9:40 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 / Erick's blog:
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 …
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
U.S. Debt Ceiling Increase Remains Unpopular With Americans  —  More are concerned about higher level of spending than risk of economic crisis  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Despite agreement among leaders of both sides of the political aisle in Washington that raising the U.S. debt ceiling is necessary …
CBS News:
Obama says he cannot guarantee Social Security checks will go out on August 3  —  President Obama on Tuesday said he cannot guarantee that retirees will receive their Social Security checks August 3 if Democrats and Republicans in Washington do not reach an agreement on reducing the deficit in the coming weeks.
Michelle Malkin:
Another mortifying McConnell head-banging-against-the-wall moment
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Republicans Introduce Plan, Go On Offensive
The Politico:
Senate GOP mulls new debt strategy
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Judo Flip! Boehner Agrees With McConnell That Dems Should Not Be Allowed To Take Debt Limit Hostage
James Pethokoukis:
The issue isn't default but government shutdown
Discussion: Pundit & Pundette
Andrew Stiles / National Review:
Norquist: Time to Force Obama's Hand
Jia Lynn Yang / Washington Post:
Congress hears outcry from business lobby on debt ceiling and deficit
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
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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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Obama fails to match Bush fundraising
Discussion: Oliver Willis
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:   Obama Campaign Reports Big Fund-Raising Quarter
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Obama Reports Massive Fundraising Total
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
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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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” …
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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Jean Merl / Los Angeles Times:
Janice Hahn wins House seat
Discussion: L.A. NOW, AmSpecBlog and Politics
Jean Merl / PolitiCal:
Vote-suppression complaints filed in testy congressional election
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
NOT GUILTY!... SEIU Thugs Cleared in Brutal Gladney Beatdown! ...  Update: Gladney Reaction (Video)  —  NOT GUILTY- SEIU GOONS CLEARED IN GLADNEY BEATING!  —  I just spoke with Kenneth Gladney and his wife outside the courtroom.  Here is their first reaction—  “I couldn't beat them; I didn't have the resources they had.
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Dana Loesch / Big Journalism:
No Justice: Gladney Attackers Found Not Guilty
Stan Musial / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Two charged in scuffle at St. Louis County meeting found not guilty
Discussion: TBogg and Washington Post
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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Associated Press:
Man Is Questioned in Death of Brooklyn Boy
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.
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
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
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 …
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.
NBC New York:
Fan Who Caught Jeter's 3,000th Hit May Owe IRS Thousands  —  The tax man may be on the hunt for the super fan who caught Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit.  —  Christian Lopez, 23, recovered the prized ball his father fumbled after The Captain hammered it into their section of the stands …
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.
 
 
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Jared Polis / Wall Street Journal:
Raise Revenues, Not Taxes
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
What's Rick Perry waiting for?
Discussion: Washington Post
Sam Youngman / Ballot Box:
Obama is winning on debt debate, but there's no room for moral victories
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Time is of the essence, any US budget deal will do
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