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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Truly Grand Bargain — Sometimes you have to walk through the desert to get to the Promised Land. That's the way it is for Republicans right now. The Republicans are stuck in a miserable position at the end of 2012, but, if they handle things right, they can make 2013 an excellent year …
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Josh Barro / Bloomberg:
What's Wrong With the Republican Fiscal Cliff Counteroffer — Here are three big problems with the letter they sent to the White House: — 1. It's not really a proposal — it's just a set of headline numbers without specific policies. The letter says Republicans want to cut $900 billion …
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Paul Krugman, Hullabaloo, The Daily Dish, Business Insider, Hit & Run and Wonkblog
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Palin regrets calling GOP lawmakers ‘wusses’ on deficit talks — One-time Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin apologized for calling some GOP lawmakers “wusses” in their negotiations with Democrats over the “fiscal cliff.” — “Well, I guess I shouldn't call politicians names …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Sarah Palin: Sorry for calling GOP ‘wusses’ — Sarah Palin is apologizing for telling Republicans to not be “wusses” when it comes to the debate over taxes and spending. — “Well, I guess I shouldn't call politicians names, so I apologize for calling the wobbly ones wusses,” …
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Boehner tries to call a mulligan — House Speaker John Boehner is trying to call a mulligan. — In 2011, not long after an election in which Democrats were utterly routed, Erskine Bowles testified before the debt supercommittee. “I tried to think...if it was possible …
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Bloomberg, Prairie Weather, Washington Examiner and Hot Air
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll finds majority would blame GOP if deficit negotiations fail
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Washington Post and CNN
Jessica Yellin / CNN:
White House won't counter Boehner's fiscal proposal
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ABCNEWS, The Week, ABCNEWS, The Hill, Politico, Weasel Zippers and Business Insider
Russell Berman / The Hill:
House GOP makes a $2.2 trillion debt counteroffer to Obama on cliff
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Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
Raising Medicare's age: Saves feds $5.7 billion, costs you $11.4 billion
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Crooks and Liars, Post Politics, msnbc.com and Suburban Guerrilla
Susan Davis / USA Today:
GOP's $4.6T ‘fiscal cliff’ counterproposal rebuffed
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Politico, NationalJournal.com, The Week, ABCNEWS and Hot Air
Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
Fox News chief's failed attempt to enlist Petraeus as presidential candidate — Roger Ailes, the longtime Republican media guru, founder of Fox News and its current chairman, had some advice last year for then-Gen. David H. Petraeus. — So in spring 2011, Ailes asked a Fox News analyst headed …
Jonathan Strong / Roll Call:
GOP Steering Committee Shuffles Conservatives — Speaker John A. Boehner initiated today a small purge of rebellious Republicans — mostly conservatives — from prominent committees; it's the latest instance of the Ohio Republican's clamping down on his fractious conference.
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Daniel Horowitz / RedState:
The Purge of House Conservatives Continues — Well, House leadership made sure to elevate like-minded members to leadership; they took care to co-opt the Republican Study Committee; they packed the Steering Committee, which chooses committee assignments, with a bunch of loyalists.
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Washington Monthly and The Spectacle Blog
Mother Jones:
Exclusive: Dick Armey Quits Tea Party Group in Split Over Direction — In a move not publicly announced, former Rep. Dick Armey, the folksy conservative leader, has resigned as chairman of FreedomWorks, one of the main political outfits of the conservative movement and an instrumental force within the tea party.
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Ballot Box, Outside the Beltway, CNN, Politico, Post Politics, New York Magazine, The Raw Story, Prairie Weather and Connecting.the.Dots
Manu Raju / Politico:
Ashley Judd exploring Senate run — Ashley Judd vs. Mitch McConnell? — It might not be as far-fetched as you think. — The Hollywood movie star and eighth-generation Kentuckian is seriously exploring a 2014 run for the Senate to take on the powerful Republican leader, four people familiar with the matter tell POLITICO.
Hans Nichols / Bloomberg:
Obama Said to Consider Vogue Editor Wintour for U.K. Embassy — President Barack Obama is considering nominating Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue, to be either his next ambassador to the U.K. or France, as he looks to reward his biggest fundraisers with embassies that never seem out of fashion …
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Bloomberg Asked Clinton to Consider Succeeding Him as Mayor — Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has long struggled to imagine a successor with the combination of star power, experience and grit to fill his shoes. — But not long ago, he was struck by an inspiration: Hillary Rodham Clinton, the retiring secretary of state.
New York Post:
Queens dad pushed to his death by madman in Times Square subway station — Ki Suk Han, 58, of Queens frantically tries to climb to safety yesterday as a train bears down on him in Midtown. He was fatally struck seconds later. — A Queens dad trying to protect fellow straphangers …
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Gawker, AMERICAblog, Daily Mail and Poynter, more at Mediagazer »
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Elizabeth Warren Wins Senate Banking Committee Seat: Sources … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elizabeth Warren, Harry Reid , Video, Senate Banking Committee, Banking Committee, Elizabeth Warren Banking Committee, Elizabeth Warren Committees, Elizabeth Warren Senate, Elizabeth Warren Senate Banking …
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Daily Kos, Weekly Standard and Business Insider
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
APA Revises Manual: Being Transgender Is No Longer A Mental Disorder — This Saturday, the American Psychiatric Association board of trustees approved the latest proposed revisions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, what will now be known as the DSM-V. This marks …
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Taylor Marsh
Josh Barro / Bloomberg:
Forget the Cliff, Fix the U.S. Tax System — Spoiler alert: The “fiscal cliff” will be resolved. At the 11th hour, saner heads will prevail, a deal will be struck, and the U.S. Congress will steer the economy away from its date with destruction. Congressional compromise will ensure …
Mike Levine / Fox News:
Holder chief of staff targeted by Republicans in ‘Furious’ scandal to leave post — In one of the first high-level departures from the Justice Department since President Obama was elected to a second term, Attorney General Eric Holder's chief of staff — a political target …
Politico:
The Rubio, Ryan makeovers — Behind the Curtain: About this weekly feature — Behind the Curtain is a reported column, Web show and online conversation about the behind-the-scenes intrigue that shapes politics and policy. It will unfold every Tuesday (and beyond, when news dictates).
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CNN and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
momentoftruthproject.org:
BOWLES STATEMENT ON SPEAKER BOEHNER'S LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT — While I'm flattered the Speaker would call something “the Bowles plan,” the approach outlined in the letter Speaker Boehner sent to the President does not represent the Simpson-Bowles plan, nor is it the Bowles plan.
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New York Times:
Syrian Leader Hit by Setbacks in Fighting and Diplomacy — BEIRUT, Lebanon — Fierce fighting on the battlefield and setbacks on the diplomatic front increased pressure on the embattled Syrian government as fresh signs emerged on Tuesday of a sustained battle for control of the capital, Damascus.
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