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5:40 PM ET, January 12, 2009

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John Cushman / The Caucus:
A Money Request, and a Swan Song  —  Obama Requests Money |  11:28 a.m. President-elect Barack Obama asked President Bush to request the $350 billion remaining in the financial rescue package, the White House said Monday, shortly after Mr. Bush finished a news conference.
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White House:
Press Conference by the President  —  James S. Brady Press Briefing Room  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.  Tapper.  We have been through a lot together.  As I look through the room, I see Jake, Mike, Herman, Ann Compton.  Just seemed like yesterday that — that I was on the campaign trail …
New York Times:
In Final News Conference, Bush Strikes Elegiac Tone  —  WASHINGTON — A sentimental and occasionally defiant President Bush held his final news conference on Monday, conceding that the past eight years have dealt him some disappointments but declaring that, contrary to some critics of his policies …
Discussion: The Swamp, The Politico and TIME.com
CNN:
Bush admits mistakes in his final news conference
Discussion: The Swamp and The Impolitic
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
At Obama's Urging, Bush to Seek Rest of Bailout Funds
Discussion: Democracy in America
Washington Post:
Bush Defends His Tenure, America's Moral Standing
Discussion: The Daily Dish and marbury
Signorile / The Gist:
RNC Chair Candidate: “Homosexuality is a compulsion that can be contained, repressed or changed.”  —  Yes, that's what Ken Blackwell, the sketchy former Ohio Secretary of State who now has a good shot at running the Republican National Committee, told me a few months back, among some other very interesting and kooky things.
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Agence France Presse:
Rice shame-faced by Bush over UN Gaza vote: Olmert  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  JERUSALEM (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was left shame-faced after President George W. Bush ordered her to abstain in a key UN vote on the Gaza war, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday.
Lara Jakes / Associated Press:
Obama preparing order to close Gitmo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Advisers to President-elect Barack Obama say one of his first duties in office will be to order the closing of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay.  —  That executive order is expected during Obama's first week on the job …
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Associated Press:   Obama preparing order to close Gitmo
Lauren Kornreich / CNN:
Joe the Plumber: Ban media from war  —  Samuel Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber, is in Israel.  (Getty Images/Israeli GPO)  —  (CNN) - ‘Joe the Plumber’ Wurzelbacher told a group of journalists covering the conflict in Israel and Gaza that he didn't think the media should be allowed to report on war.
Discussion: The New Republic and Sadly, No!
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Josh Kraushaar / Scorecard's Blogs:
Portman running to succeed Voinovich  —  Former Republican congressman Rob Portman will announce that he is running for the Senate soon after Ohio Sen. George Voinovich's retirement announcement, according to multiple Republican sources.  —  Portman's official announcement is expected to take place on Wednesday.
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Mariana Cook / New Yorker:
A COUPLE IN CHICAGO … MICHELLE OBAMA: There is a strong possibility that Barack will pursue a political career, although it's unclear.  There is a little tension with that.  I'm very wary of politics.  I think he's too much of a good guy for the kind of brutality, the skepticism.
Discussion: Spin Cycle and Wonkette
Manu Raju / The Politico:
Dem senators to swear in Burris  —  The Roland Burris saga is over, as Democratic Senate leaders have accepted his credentials and will swear him in as the junior senator from Illinois by the end of this week.  —  The decision ends an embarrassing chapter in Democratic politics and allows …
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Senate Democrats to swear in Burris this week
Discussion: Open Left and Reuters
Brian Bakst / Associated Press:
Officials turn down Franken's request for an election certificate  —  ST. PAUL, Minn. - Democrat Al Franken was quickly turned down Monday when he asked Minnesota's governor and secretary of state to issue an election certificate that would let him take office in the Senate.
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Mike Kaszuba / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Franken campaign asks for certificate to take seat
Discussion: Power Line and Scorecard's Blogs
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama climate czar has socialist ties  —  Group sees ‘global governance’ as solution  —  Until last week, Carol M. Browner, President-elect Barack Obama's pick as global warming czar, was listed as one of 14 leaders of a socialist group's Commission for a Sustainable World Society …
buffalobeast.com:
THE BEAST 50 MOST LOATHSOME PEOPLE IN AMERICA, 2008  —  50. Barack Obama  —  Charges: Beyond a few token acts of bipartisan marketing, Barry's major duty in the Senate was to avoid legislating, so he could pretend Washington-outsider status and nullify attacks on his non-existent policy positions.
Discussion: My Left Wing
Ryan Powers / Think Progress:
Specter Knocks Leahy For Predicting Holder Confirmation Despite His Own Similar Conduct On Ashcroft  —  This morning, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) took to right-wing talk radio to continue his politically-motivated crusade against President-elect Obama's Attorney General designate Eric Holder.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sen. Hatch to back Eric Holder for AG
Ali Frick / Think Progress:
Scarborough: 'That's the silliest thing I've ever heard' that torture doesn't work.»  —  Today on MSNBC's Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough waged an ardent, six-minute defense of torture, arguing with the Financial Times' Krystia Freeland that torture is always effective …
Discussion: Firedoglake
elections.gmu.edu:
(Nearly) Final 2008 Early Voting Statistics  —  In the presidential election of 2008, approximately 39.7 million or 30% of all votes were cast prior to Election Day, November 4, 2008.  This is a significant increase from 20% in 2004 and part of the upward trend experienced since 1992, when 7% of all votes were cast early.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Ideas for Obama  —  Last week President-elect Barack Obama was asked to respond to critics who say that his stimulus plan won't do enough to help the economy.  Mr. Obama answered that he wants to hear ideas about “how to spend money efficiently and effectively to jump-start the economy.”
James Fallows:
Refining the point about GW Bush's final press conference  —  I mentioned a few minutes ago, while GW Bush's final press conference was underway, that the president seemed unusually “self-aware.”  —  That's not quite right.  On matters of policy, he revealed himself to be as isolated …
 
 
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Telegraph:
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Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
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Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: New York Times
Susanne M. Schafer / Associated Press:
Top Army recruiter weighs fat camp for recruits
Elana Schor / TPM Election Central:
Sanders Stands Up For Logic in Bushworld
CNN:
Obama's campaign rhetoric runs into reality
Adam Cohen / New York Times:
Republicans' Latest Talking Point: The New Deal Failed
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Open Left
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Ending the West's Proxy War Against Israel
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
House Republicans Invite Obama to Address Them
Discussion: TIME.com
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Trillion-Dollar Spree Is Road to Ruin, Not Rally: Kevin Hassett
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