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10:00 AM ET, December 10, 2012

Top Items:

The Republican Tax Panic — The GOP should negotiate with Obama, not each other. — If any Republicans thought that President Obama would respond with magnanimity in victory, they now know better. He is determined to rout them on taxes, give as a little as possible on spending …

Discussion: The Natural Truth, Hot Air and Weekly Standard

Politico:

Options narrow to avert fiscal cliff — Time is running short — and so are the options available to avert the fiscal cliff. — President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) have just 21 days to resolve their differences over how to handle more than $500 billion in expiring tax rates and steep spending cuts.

Discussion: CNN, ABCNEWS and The Hill

Washington Post:

Time running out on ‘fiscal cliff’ deal — The contours of a deal to avert the year-end fiscal cliff are becoming increasingly clear. But progress has been slow, and time is running out for leaders to seal an agreement and sell it to restless lawmakers who so far have been given little information.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, The Other McCain, Taegan Goddard's … and Booman Tribune

Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:

Armey: Boehner has ‘toughest job’ in Washington — Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) says Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has the “toughest job” in Washington, with three weeks left to negotiate a deal to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” — “He's got a seriously divided majority in the House.

Discussion: Politico

The Caucus:
Obama and Boehner Talk Deficits at the White House

Discussion: msnbc.com and New York Times

Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:

Conservative Pundits: Accepting Same-Sex Marriage Is Common Sense — Republican political strategist Mary Matalin must have finally gotten the message that a growing number of Americans support marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples. On ABC's This Week, as the show discussed …

Discussion: The Democratic Daily, Althouse, Firedoglake and The Political Carnival

Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Sidebar: Court Enters Same-Sex Fray With Uncharacteristic Speed

Discussion: The Reaction

David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court showdown expected over gay rights decisions

Discussion: Althouse and Advocate

BBC:
Gay marriage plan ‘barking mad’ says Tory MP David Davies

Discussion: Queerty, Telegraph, Guardian, Spectator and Towleroad News #gay

George Stephanopoulos / ABCNEWS:
George Will: ‘Quite Literally, The Opposition to Gay Marriage Is Dying’

Discussion: The Daily Dish, Washington Post, Firedoglake, NewsBusters.org, The Reaction and ABCNEWS

James Hohmann / Politico:

Battleground Poll: Most back path to citizenship — Americans want amnesty. — A new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground poll finds that 62 percent of those surveyed support an immigration reform proposal that would allow illegal or undocumented immigrants to earn citizenship over a period of several years.

Discussion: Post Politics, Booman Tribune and Taegan Goddard's …

James Hohmann / Politico:

Battleground Poll: Hike taxes on rich — An American appetite for tax hikes gives President Barack Obama leverage in fiscal cliff negotiations. — A new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll finds that 60 percent of respondents support raising taxes on households that earn …

Discussion: msnbc.com and Talking Points Memo

James Hohmann / Politico:
Poll: Plurality supports gay marriage

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Huffington Post, CNN, AMERICAblog and Towleroad News #gay

vicpolicenews.com.au:

Police concerned with Apple iOS 6 mapping system — Mildura Police are urging motorists to be careful when relying on the mapping system on the Apple i-phones operating on the iOS 6 system after a number of motorists were directed off the beaten track in recent weeks.

Discussion: GigaOM, BBC, The Tell, Guardian, The Daily Caller and Tim Blair

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Robots and Robber Barons — The American economy is still, by most measures, deeply depressed. But corporate profits are at a record high. How is that possible? It's simple: profits have surged as a share of national income, while wages and other labor compensation are down.

Discussion: Prairie Weather, Mother Jones and Paul Krugman

Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:

Obama Expected To Weigh In On Michigan Right-To-Work Battle In Detroit Speech … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Barack Obama , Barack Obama , Video, Barack Obama Michigan, Governor Rick Snyder, Obama Michigan, Obama Right To Work, Rick Snyder, Rick Snyder Right To Work, Michigan, Michigan Right To Work …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Qadir Sediqi / CNN:

U.S. Navy SEAL killed in operation to rescue American doctor in Afghanistan — Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — An elite U.S. special forces team rescued an American doctor who had been abducted in Afghanistan, but lost one of their own members in the mission, officials said.

Discussion: Foreign Policy and Washington Examiner

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:

Lawrence O'Donnell Confronts Gingrich: Asks Him To Apologize For Predicting Clinton Tax Increases Would Lead To Downturn — On Sunday, during an appearance on Meet The Press, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell confronted Newt Gingrich for falsely predicting in 1993 that the economy would suffer …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, The Political Carnival and The Raw Story

msnbc.com:
December 9: Durbin, McCarthy, Gingrich, Goldman, Cooper, Woodward and O'Donnell

Discussion: Taylor Marsh

Matt Bradley / Wall Street Journal:

Egypt Leader Fails to Blunt Opposition — CAIRO — Egypt's opposition on Sunday called for more protests against President Mohammed Morsi, seeking to keep up the momentum of its two-week long street campaign even after the Egyptian leader withdrew part of a decree that awarded him near-absolute power.

Discussion: Algemeiner.com

BBC:
Egypt crisis: Morsi gives army arrest powers before vote

Discussion: The Week, Guardian and Informed Comment

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Paul Krugman riles fellow pundits — New York Times economics columnist Paul Krugman seems to be testing the patience of a couple of his fellow pundits on ABC's “This Week.” — Conservative commentator George Will and former White House aide Mary Matalin both directed pointed remarks …

Discussion: The Confluence, Daily Kos, Washington Monthly, Hullabaloo and Business Insider

Daily Mail:

The moment Obama shook hands with the rapper who sang ‘kill those f****** Yankees’: Outrage as Gangnam sensation Psy performs for President at charity concert — President Barack Obama has been pictured shaking hands with a South Korean rapper who sang about wanting to kill American soldiers.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers

Digby / Hullabaloo:

Hot Air Trial Ballooning — This comment strikes me as a little bit hard to take at face value: … I have a sneaking feeling that Durbin is throwing up a smokescreen there (or he's been smoking some of that special Alan Simpson sensimilla.) He must know that the argument is that Obamacare …

Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
Top Senate Democrat Rejects Raising Medicare Eligibility Age

Discussion: Wonkblog

Tim Marshall / Sky News:

Syria: Rebel Prisoners On Their Religious War — Interviewing people who, under different circumstances, might kill you is a strange experience. — To the soundtrack of multiple rocket launchers and small arms fire, I met six men who the Syrian authorities told us were jihadist rebel fighters captured by the army.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch