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8:55 AM ET, January 23, 2013

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Politico:
Joe Biden ‘intoxicated’ by 2016 run  —  Joe Biden summoned more than 200 Democratic insiders to the vice presidential residence Sunday night to chat about the 2012 triumph — but many walked away convinced his rising 2016 ambitions were the real intent of the long, intimate night.
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Greg Holyk / ABCNEWS:
Clinton More Popular than Biden; Let the 2016 Handicapping Begin  —  Of two potential Democratic successors to Barack Obama, one has a clear advantage in personal popularity: Hillary Clinton, whose favorability rating exceeds Joe Biden's by a hefty 19 percentage points in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Biden's moves spark talk of a 2016 presidential bid
Discussion: Politico and CBS DC
Philly.com:
Lautenberg: Booker ‘entitled’ to run, but no decision yet  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who might face a 2014 primary challenge from Newark Mayor Cory Booker, said his fellow Democrat is “entitled” to run if he chooses to but suggested that he had to give a “spanking” to his potential rival for so openly coveting his seat.
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Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  January 23, 2013 - New Jersey Voters Back Christie's Rap On GOP 5-1, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Voters Tell Lautenberg To Step Aside  —  Gov. Christopher Christie was right to criticize Congressional Republicans for delaying a vote on Hurricane Sandy relief …
Discussion: Politico and Ballot Box
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid to Senate Republicans: Filibuster deal in 36 hours or face nuclear option  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is giving Republican colleagues 36 hours to agree to a deal on filibuster reform or he will move forward with the nuclear option.  —  “I hope in the next 24, 36 hours we can get something we agree on.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Obama Speech Leaves G.O.P. Stark Choices  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama's aggressive Inaugural Address on Monday presented Congressional Republicans with a stark choice over the next two years: accommodate the president's agenda on immigration, guns, energy and social programs and hope …
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Robert Tracinski / Real Clear Politics:
Barack Obama Is Boring  —  I was not going to comment on President Obama's second inaugural address until I saw a headline quoting a line from the speech: “We are made for this moment.”  —  Really?  “This moment”—again?  —  “This moment” was in Obama's big speech in Berlin as a candidate …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
Obama's Progressive Vision: A World Without Political Opposition
Michelle Homer / KHOU-TV:
Shooter identified in Lone Star College campus shooting  —  HARRIS COUNTY — Officials have identified the shooter in Tuesday's shooting on the Lone Star College campus.  —  Dozens of law enforcement officers rushed to the campus while panicked students ran away from the campus when three people were shot near the library.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton pays off 2008 campaign debt  —  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has finally paid off the debt from her 2008 presidential campaign.  —  According to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission, Clinton paid the remainder of her debt in the last days of 2012.
Discussion: CNN
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Tarini Parti / Politico:
Clinton 2008 now debt-free
Discussion: The Fix, CNN and Betsy's Page
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
GOP critics get opportunity to grill Secretary Clinton on Benghazi  —  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify Wednesday that her agency is moving full speed ahead with recommendations to avoid a repeat of the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.
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Judicial Watch:
JW Special Report: “The Benghazi Attack of September 11, 2012: Analysis and Further Questions”
Gil Hoffman / Jerusalem Post:
Exit polls: Netanyahu, Right suffer blow, Lapid big winner  —  Israel goes Leftward as Right bloc's majority razor-thin; voter turnout 66.6%; Likud Beytenu plummets; Labor polled to get 17 seats, Bayit Yehudi 12, Shas 11, Livni and Meretz 7 each, UTJ 6.  —  Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's …
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Barry Rubin / rubinreports.blogspot.co.il:
Israel's Election: A Preliminary Analysis
Anthony Faiola / Washington Post:
Sting operations reveal Mafia involvement in renewable energy  —  Marcello Paternostro/AFP/Getty Images - Wind turbines are pictured in the village of Patirnico.  The seizure of a record 1.5 billion euros from a Sicilian businessman known as “Lord of the Wind” on the same day has put …
The Times:
Exclusive: Beyoncé lip-synched Star Spangled Banner at inauguration  —  Beyoncé did not sing the national anthem live at President Obama's inauguration.  —  Millions of viewers around the world were stunned by the singer's spectacular rendition of the anthem but The Times …
Jay Busbee / Yahoo! Sports:
Phil Mickelson warns of ‘drastic changes’ because of state, federal tax situation [UPDATED]  —  Phil Mickelson loves throwing boulders into the placid pond that is golf, and watching the ripples spill over the sides.  Whether it's rules changes or course design, Mickelson isn't shy about speaking his mind.
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Report: Boehner's inauguration smoke joke had first lady's eyes rolling  —  Having a smoke is no joke to Michelle Obama.  —  A lip-reader claims Speaker John Boehner's question about cigarettes at the inaugural luncheon is what triggered an eye roll from the first lady.
Ginger Gibson / Politico:
McCain: Waterboard Kerry (just kidding)  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) joked that he's going to get the truth out of Sen. John Kerry during confirmation hearings this week, even if he has to resort to enhanced interrogation methods.  Kerry has been nominated to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Mediaite
Ben Popper / The Verge:
As Obama heads back to office, a battle rages over the tech that got him reelected  —  Programmers and politicians spar over sharing the campaign-winning code with the public  —  The tech team behind the 2012 Obama campaign has probably received more attention than any political programmers in history.
David J. Lynch / Bloomberg:
U.S. Budget Discord Is Top Threat to Global Economy in Poll  —  Global investors say the state of the U.S. government's finances is the greatest risk to the world economy and almost half are curbing their investments in response to continuing budget battles, a Bloomberg poll shows.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Warren Ward / afgsc.af.mil:
Dr. King's Dream for the Global Strike Team  —  Air Force Global Strike Command Programming Division  —  BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 83rd birthday was Jan. 15. . . His courageous crusade for equality was first nationally recognized on Jan. 20, 1986 …
 
 
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple Pulls 500px's Mobile Apps From The App Store, Claiming It's Too Easy To Search For Nude Photos
Discussion: BBC, The Verge, Mashable! and Truthdig
Joe Hagan / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Exploring Improbable Ways He Might Buy the New York Times
Discussion: Business Insider
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
House Republican Leader Blames Gun Violence On ‘Welfare Moms’
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
NAACP head: Black woman for SCOTUS
Rajiv Chandrasekaran / Washington Post:
Gen. John Allen cleared in misconduct inquiry
Discussion: New York Times, Hot Air and Wired
Business Wire:
Production Begins on DreamWorks' WikiLeaks Project “The Fifth Estate”
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Verge
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Al Franken in good shape so far
Discussion: Truthdig and Taegan Goddard's …
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Suspected Islamists kill 23 in two Nigeria attacks
Scott Olson / CBS St. Louis:
Missouri Sheriffs Pledge To Not Enforce Obama's Gun Control Laws
Alex Pareene / Salon:
What do the Beltway moderates actually want?
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Red state Dems squeamish about gun background checks
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
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