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David Catanese / The Politico:
Tea Party Nation: The left's killed “a billion people” — THIENSVILLE, Wis. — The founder of Tea Party Nation claimed liberal ideology is responsible for “a billion” deaths over the last century during a raucous rally here Saturday in support of one of the six Republican state senators facing a recall election Tuesday.
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Blame, insults traded over credit downgrade on Sunday shows — The bleaker effects of the nation's credit downgrade could be clearer Monday when the markets open, but Sunday's back-and-forth on morning news shows over where to stick the blame was a grim portent of prospects for a bipartisan solution.
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Axelrod: This was a ‘tea party downgrade’ — Top Obama strategist David Axelrod criticized Republicans over their handling of the debt-ceiling negotiations which he argued led to Standard & Poor's decision to downgrade the nation's credit rating Friday. — This was a “tea party downgrade,” said Axelrod on CBS News' Face the Nation.
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JammieWearingFool
Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Axelrod: This is a “Tea Party downgrade”
Axelrod: This is a “Tea Party downgrade”
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The Politico, Michelle Malkin, Pajamas Media and NewsBusters.org blogs
Katrina Trinko / National Review:
McCain: Tea Party Members Had ‘Mandate’ to Oppose Tax and Spending Hikes
McCain: Tea Party Members Had ‘Mandate’ to Oppose Tax and Spending Hikes
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Hot Air and The Daily Caller
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Tea Party's Next Targets
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Political Carnival
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obama's soft response to Tea Party draws liberal criticism
Obama's soft response to Tea Party draws liberal criticism
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CNN and Weasel Zippers
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The worst thing the GOP has ever done? — I was on a radio show recently talking about the debt-ceiling hostage standoff and was asked whether this was the worst thing Republicans — or any major party, really — have ever done. The more I think about it, the more the question resonates with me.
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Balloon Juice
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Seung Min Kim / The Politico:
S&P rating: ‘Outrageous’, ‘nothing good to say’ — Outrage over Standard & Poor's downgrade of the United States' credit rating extended to both sides of the political aisle on Sunday. — Steve Forbes, CEO of Forbes Inc. and a former Republican presidential contender …
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ThinkProgress
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
S&P executive says it could take over a decade to restore US credit rating
S&P executive says it could take over a decade to restore US credit rating
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Weasel Zippers and JammieWearingFool
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The 18 Countries With a Better Credit Rating Than the United States
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Israel Matzav
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A timeline of events — Let's take a stroll down memory lane, shall we?
A timeline of events — Let's take a stroll down memory lane, shall we?
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The Reaction
New York Times:
Anger Over Credit Rating Resurfaces in Washington
Anger Over Credit Rating Resurfaces in Washington
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Guardian, Prairie Weather and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Amid Criticism on Downgrade of U.S., S.&P. Fires Back
Amid Criticism on Downgrade of U.S., S.&P. Fires Back
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Reuters, Money & Company, New York Magazine, CNN, Hullabaloo and The Curious Capitalist
Edmund L. Andrews / NationalJournal.com:
Why S&P's Downgrade is No Joke — The real impact of S&P's downgrade …
Why S&P's Downgrade is No Joke — The real impact of S&P's downgrade …
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The Moderate Voice and Washington Monthly
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What Happened to Obama? — Drew Westen is a professor of psychology at Emory University and the author of “The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation.” — Atlanta — IT was a blustery day in Washington on Jan. 20, 2009, as it often seems to be on the day of a presidential inauguration.
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ThinkProgress, Power Line, Paul Krugman, Newshoggers.com, Sky Dancing, Connecting.the.Dots, Truthdig and Corrente
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London riots: Dozens injured after Tottenham violence — Clasford Stirling, a resident of Tottenham for 32 years, said the area looked like a battlefield — More than 40 people have been arrested after rioting saw police attacked, buildings looted and vehicles set alight in Tottenham, north London.
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Telegraph, The Daily What, Guardian, msnbc.com and Zandar Versus The Stupid
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Pressing All the Buttons for a Panic Attack — BRADLEY ALFORD, a money manager in Atlanta, just hit the panic button. — No, really. Mr. Alford just hit the key on his computer that initiates the Wall Street equivalent of the nuclear option: Sell everything.
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The Big Picture and Prairie Weather
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If we are to survive the looming catastrophe, we need to face the truth — The idea that a capitalist economy can support a socialist welfare state is collapsing before our eyes, says Janet Daley. — Getting it right: the Tea Party recognised where America's policies were heading
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American Power, Hot Air, Guardian and National Review
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Washington Examiner:
Sunday Reflection: Why the GOP should give Obama the higher taxes he wants — Well, the debt deal is behind us, but it's clear that the White House wants more taxes. Instead of fighting this head-on, the GOP might want to think about future ways of giving President Obama what he says he wants.
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The Other McCain
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Paul Ryan Signals Willingness To Raise Revenues, Shifting Positions Following Downgrade — House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) said he is open to revenue increases as part of a deal to reduce the deficit today, seemingly shifting positions from the hardline opposition his party has maintained against revenue growth.
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The Political Carnival
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Downgrade Blues — BARACK OBAMA must wonder sometimes if his luck has run out. — Maybe he used it all up in 2008. — “Yes, we can!” has devolved into “Hey, we might.” — “When I said, ‘Change we can believe in,’ I didn't say, ‘Change we can believe in tomorrow,’ ” he told an audience at a Chicago fund-raiser on Wednesday.
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Hot Air, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, nation.foxnews.com, Wizbang, PoliPundit.com and Don Surber
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In this grave crisis, the world's leaders are terrifyingly out of their depth — Ineffectual: an emergency telephone conference among the G7 finance ministers feels as relevant as a Bourbon family get-together in the summer of 1789 — Certain years have gone down in history as great global turning points …
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National Review
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