memeorandum: Axelrod signals White House opposition to foreclosure moratorium (CNN)

9:05 PM ET, October 10, 2010

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N. Gregory Mankiw / New York Times:

I Can Afford Higher Taxes. But They'll Make Me Work Less. — AN important issue dividing the political parties is whether to raise taxes on those earning more than $250,000 a year. Democrats say these taxpayers can afford to chip in a bit more. Republicans say raising taxes …

Discussion: Grasping Reality …, Economist's View, Truth on the Market, Marginal Revolution, Balloon Juice, Connecting.the.Dots, Greg Mankiw's Blog and Wake up America

Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:

Mankiw's Taxes — Greg Mankiw admits that he could afford to pay higher tax rates, but says that higher rates do affect his incentives to take on more work: … Do you see the card he palmed? Basically, the effect of letting the Bush cuts expire is so tiny that the only way to make it noticeable …

Discussion: Emptywheel

Mike Allen / The Politico:

Karl Rove: Obama has an ‘enemies list’ — Karl Rove charged Sunday that President Barack Obama has an “enemies list,” after the White House escalated its argument that Rove and others are orchestrating a flood of midterm-election ads paid for by unknown donors.

Discussion: The Last Tradition, Pirate's Cove and New York Magazine

Brad / Think Progress:

Gillespie Claims NY Times And Wash. Post Have ‘Refudiated’ ThinkProgress On Secret Corporate Spending — On Face the Nation this morning, host Bob Schieffer grilled both White House advisor David Axelrod and GOP strategist Ed Gillespie on the millions of dollars being secretly funneled …

Discussion: The Political Carnival, The Democratic Daily and Beltway Confidential

CNN:

Axelrod signals White House opposition to foreclosure moratorium — Washington (CNN) — The Obama administration opposes a moratorium on home foreclosures, but wants problems involving improper paperwork resolved as quickly as possible, senior adviser David Axelrod said Sunday.

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The Huffington Post:

DNC Makes Major Ad Buy Accusing Chamber Of Potentially ‘Stealing’ Election — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Ratcheting up the debate over the influence of outside groups in congressional elections, the Democratic National Committee has made a major ad purchase pushing the case that the November elections …

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Jimmy So / CBS News:
Axelrod Hits Out at Foreign Money in Elections

Discussion: The Politico and The Daily Caller

Maggie Haberman / The Politico:

No ‘brainwashing’ on homosexuality (Updated) — Carl Paladino, who's made a few stops in heavily religious Jewish areas of Brooklyn today, has said during at least one stop that he will veto a gay marriage bill if he is governor, a pledge he made on another visit with Orthodox Jews a few weeks ago.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Last Tradition, The Daily Dish and Capital Tonight

New York Post:

Paladino calls gays ‘dysfunctional’ — Tweet — Carl Paladino says it's not okay to be gay. — “There is nothing to be proud of in being a dysfunctional homosexual,” the Republican gubernatorial candidate told a small Hasidic group at K'hal Adas Kasho synagogue in Williamsburg today.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Weasel Zippers and The Daily Caller

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Number of Competitive House Races Doubles from Recent Years — The House forecast that we released on Friday establishes an over-under line for Republican gains at a net of 47 or 48 seats. But, as I noted at the end of the article, the confidence interval on this forecast is very wide.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Other McCain, Prairie Weather and Moe Lane

New York Times:

Outraged, and Outrageous — Top row from left: RT America; Atlas Shrugs; ABC News; Atlas Shrugs. Second row: Fox News; Canadian Broadcasting Company; Atlas Shrugs; MSNBC. Third row: CNN; Atlas Shrugs (Three photos). Bottom Row: CBS NEWS; CNN; Atlas Shrugs (2 photos).

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Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
The New York Times: Outraged, Outrageous and Unhinged

Discussion: Jihad Watch, Israpundit, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Other McCain and New York Times

Mark Townsend / Guardian:
English Defence League forges links with America's Tea Party

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Emptywheel:

Remember cramdown? It was a proposed change to bankruptcy law that would have allowed judges to modify the mortgages on primary homes for people entering bankruptcy. Supporters of the change argued that cramdown would provide an important stick to force lenders into modifying loans …

Discussion: Grasping Reality … and Corrente

Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Government had been warned for months about troubles in mortgage servicer industry

Discussion: Crooks and Liars

Ian M. / Think Progress:

After Embracing Privatizers, Tenthers, Tea Partiers, & An Ex-Witch, Cantor Distances GOP From Nazi Reenactor — Appearing today on Fox News Sunday, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) finally revealed just how extreme a GOP candidate needs to be in order to be rejected by their party leadership.

Discussion: The Political Carnival, TPMDC, The Last Tradition, The Moderate Voice and Wonk Room

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE GOP TO LOVE OBAMA IN 2026.... In light of the news that Democrats love to see former President Bill Clinton out on the campaign trail, while former President George W. Bush keeps a much lower profile, it's almost amusing to see Republicans decide maybe the Big Dog wasn't so bad after all.

Nick Cohen / Guardian:

How radical Islam seduced the academics | Nick Cohen — The Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab case highlights the pusillanimity of those who should be confronting extremism — A few months ago, I sat in a magnificent Victorian lecture hall at University College London.

Discussion: Harry's Place

Maggie Haberman / The Politico:

Jerry Brown: Mammograms not effective — Smelling blood after a Jerry Brown associate used the word “whore” in connection with Meg Whitman's campaign strategy, Republican sources have provided a 15-year-old video of the Democratic gubernatorial hopeful dismissing mammograms in an old interview.