memeorandum: Congressional Freshmen - For Such A Time As This (Sarah Palin/Facebook)

11:50 PM ET, July 28, 2011

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Payback may be coming for congressman's ‘disloyalty’ — U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan's open defiance of Speaker John Boehner's efforts to solve the debt-ceiling crisis could cost the Urbana Republican his safe seat in next year's election. — Two Republican sources deeply involved in configuring …

Discussion: The Politico, Hotline On Call, Firedoglake, Outside the Beltway, RedState, Don Surber, Ballot Box, The Hill, ThinkProgress, The Right Scoop, Booman Tribune and AmSpecBlog

Sarah Palin / Facebook:

Congressional Freshmen - For Such A Time As This — Out here in proverbial politico flyover country, we little folk are watching the debt ceiling debate with great interest and concern. Today I re-read the open letter I wrote to Republican Freshman Members of Congress in November 2010 …

Discussion: National Review, Politics, The Daily Caller, The Camp Of The Saints, Taylor Marsh and The Note

Joe Klein / Swampland:

Republicans' Debt Ceiling Charade Is Downright Dangerous — Let us not put too fine a point on it: Thursday's House vote on Speaker John Boehner's debt ceiling proposal is a joke. If it passes the House, Harry Reid has said it is dead on arrival in the Senate.

Discussion: Mother Jones

Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:

Dems suggest compromise on debt — Democrats are aiming for a debt-limit compromise similar to the House Republican plan, with at least one major difference: The second vote on raising the debt ceiling would not depend on Congress passing a broader deficit-reduction package.

Discussion: The Hill, The Right Scoop, RedState, The Hill, Booman Tribune, Wake up America and Bearing Drift

Ezra Klein / Washington Post:

What the final deal is likely to look like — Traders watch prices in the Ten-Year Treasury Note options pit. (Scott Olson - Getty Images) The big question today is whether Boehner's bill passes in the House. But the answer — which is probably, though not certainly, “yes” — doesn't matter that much.

Discussion: The New Republic, Outside the Beltway, TalkLeft and A plain blog about politics

Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:

Palin's Well-Timed Reminder to Freshmen — Sarah Palin has impeccable timing. — The former Republican vice presidential nominee took to her Facebook page Thursday afternoon to warn freshman Republicans in the House that they just might face primary opposition if they cave in to demands by their party to raise the debt ceiling.

Discussion: New York Times, Conservatives4Palin, The POH Diaries, The Washington Independent, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, National Review and The Daily Dish

The Politico:

Debt ceiling vote postponed by Boehner, who will try again Friday — Speaker John Boehner postponed the planned House vote on a debt-limit increase late Thursday night, casting new doubt on Congress' ability to avert a default and further exposing a deep philosophical divide in the Republican Conference.

Chris Edwards / Cato @ Liberty:

Boehner's New Plan Doesn't Cut Spending — House Speaker John Boehner has revised his budget plan in response to an unfavorable analysis by the CBO. The CBO has examined Boehner's new plan and finds that it would cut spending by $917 billion over 10 years. Of the total, only $761 billion would be cuts to programs.

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, The Daily Dish, FreedomWorks blogs, americanthinker.com and Hot Air

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Conservatives angry over Pell Grant funding in Boehner debt bill — House conservatives who have stalled legislation to raise the national debt limit are angry that it includes $17 billion in supplemental spending for Pell Grants, which some compare to welfare.

Discussion: ThinkProgress

Gschwarzcnn / CNN:

Bachmann: Debt impasse is not an emergency — Washington (CNN) - Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann again brushed off warnings from leaders in both parties that the country would face disastrous economic consequences if the government fails to raise the debt ceiling by next Tuesday.

Discussion: The Note, The Politico, The Talking Dog, USA Today, GOP 12, Washington Monthly and Outside the Beltway

ThinkProgress:

ThinkProgress Vote Count: 23 House Republicans Publicly Oppose Boehner Plan — Tonight at around 6 p.m., the House of Representatives will vote on the Boehner plan, which would create another debt ceiling crisis in less than six months and likely lead to a downgrade in U.S. credit.

Discussion: TPMDC, Washington Post, AMERICAblog News, Washington Monthly, Hotline On Call, Daily Kos and The Caucus

The Hill:
GOP postpones debt vote

Discussion: NationalJournal.com, The Other McCain, The Daily Caller and The Lonely Conservative

James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Five Reasons the House GOP Is to Blame

Discussion: Blogcritics and The Heritage Foundation

Seung Min Kim / The Politico:
Nancy Pelosi: Kiss your Medicare goodbye

Discussion: Gretawire, Weekly Standard, USA Today, Weasel Zippers, Babalú Blog, The Lonely Conservative, The Reid Report and The Daily Hurricane

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
New White House talking point: House GOP plan will ruin your Christmas

Discussion: RealClearPolitics Video Log, Michelle Malkin, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers and JammieWearingFool

Thomas Sowell / Real Clear Politics:
Ideals vs. Realities

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
House Republicans Unprepared For Senate Rejection Of Boehner Debt Limit Plan

Discussion: Washington Post, The Atlantic Wire, CNN, Daily Kos, AMERICAblog News and Hot Air, more at Mediagazer »

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Cantor to Reid: Pass House bill or default is your responsibility

Discussion: TPMDC and Washington Monthly

James Taylor / Yahoo! News:

New NASA Data Blow Gaping Hole In Global Warming Alarmism — NASA satellite data from the years 2000 through 2011 show the Earth's atmosphere is allowing far more heat to be released into space than alarmist computer models have predicted, reports a new study in the peer-reviewed science journal Remote Sensing.

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Moderate Voice, Pajamas Media, The Jawa Report, Climate Science, Power Line, The Greenroom, Weasel Zippers, Michelle Malkin, Wizbang, YID With LID, Vox Popoli, The Lonely Conservative, Hot Air, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Red Dog Report and Moonbattery

Becky Bohrer / Yahoo! News:
APNewsBreak: Arctic scientist under investigation

Discussion: blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Whiskey Fire, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Lonely Conservative, Pajamas Media and JammieWearingFool

Jimijams / Media Matters for America: Fox News Watch's Scott: “Maybe it's time for the granola-crunching press to change its doom …

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:

Obama Loses Ground in 2012 Reelection Bid — In GOP, Romney Leads, Attentive Like Perry, Bachmann Most Visible — OVERVIEW — The sizeable lead Barack Obama held over a generic Republican opponent in polls conducted earlier this year has vanished as his support among independent voters has fallen off.

Discussion: Firedoglake, Scared Monkeys, CNN, The Huffington Post, Hot Air, Hotline On Call, Taegan Goddard's …, Pajamas Media and HotAirPundit

The Politico:
Rand Paul: 'I'd rather be a hobbit than a troll'

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Washington Post, Salt Lake Tribune, Ben Smith's Blog, Wonkette, Weasel Zippers, Raw Replay and The Caucus

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Perry Is Top GOP Pick in South, Romney in West

Discussion: Top of the Ticket, The Daily Caller, The Washington Independent, GOP 12, Washington Post and The Blotter

FRC Blog:

Texas Gov. Rick Perry: “Obviously gay marriage is not fine with me...” — Last week in Aspen, Colorado, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas addressed New York's new same-sex marriage law by saying “That's New York, and that's their business, and that's fine with me...”

Discussion: NOM Blog, The Note, ThinkProgress, Equality Matters, Politics, No More Mister Nice Blog, GOP 12, Joe. My. God. and Towleroad News #gay

CNN:
Texas Gov. Perry: ‘Gay marriage is not fine with me’

Discussion: The Note, Outside the Beltway, Indecision Forever and Shakesville

Donald Marron:

Why Do Half of Americans Pay No Federal Income Tax? — You may have heard the claim that about half of Americans pay no federal income tax. That's a true fact. My Tax Policy Center colleagues estimate, for example, that 46% of households either will pay no federal income tax in 2011 …

Discussion: The Incidental Economist, Democracy in America, Hullabaloo, Mother Jones, The Daily Dish and TaxVox

CNN:

Official: Soldier said he wanted to attack Fort Hood troops — Killeen, Texas (CNN) — An AWOL Muslim American Army private arrested near Fort Hood has told investigators that he wanted to attack fellow soldiers at the military base, the police chief in Killeen, Texas, said Thursday.

Discussion: Israpundit, Top of the Ticket and Mother Jones

Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: AWOL Soldier Arrested Over Concerns of Possible Second Attack On Fort Hood

Jack M. Balkin / CNN:

3 ways Obama could bypass Congress — Editor's note: Jack M. Balkin is Knight Professor of Constitutional Law at Yale Law School. His latest book is “Constitutional Redemption: Political Faith in an Unjust World” (Harvard University Press 2011). — New Haven, Connecticut (CNN) — Very soon, Congress will raise the debt ceiling.

Discussion: The Impolitic, The New Republic, The Moderate Voice and Taylor Marsh

Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
The Platinum Coin Option

Discussion: Grasping Reality … and rubber hose

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:

NRSC blasts ‘lewd, violent, anti-Christian’ Dan Savage — With the Massachusetts Democratic Party attacking Senator Scott Brown for refusing to film a video for the “It Gets Better Project,” which offers moral support to gay teens, the National Republican Senatorial Committee came …

Discussion: Box Turtle Bulletin, AMERICAblog Gay, ThinkProgress, Joe. My. God. and Towleroad News #gay

Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
LGBT Leaders Slam Sen. Brown For Refusing To Participate In ‘It Gets Better’ Video

Discussion: The Huffington Post and Towleroad News #gay

Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:

Bachmann Defends Using Federal Loans She Denounced: 'It's Almost Impossible To Buy A Home' Without Them — GOP presidential contender Michele Bachmann (R) has been in hot water in recent weeks for personally taking advantage of hundreds of thousands of dollars in government aid while denouncing the very programs she benefited from.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:

Rep. Joe Walsh Defends Not Paying $117,000 In Child Support: ‘This Is Where Real America Is’ — Last night the Chicago Sun-Times broke the story that Tea Party freshman Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), who has spent months lecturing President Obama and Democrats on fiscal responsibility …