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4:10 PM ET, January 18, 2009

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Daniel Libit / The Politico:
Obama naysayers speak out  —  With Barack Obama's approval ratings in the 70s and his visage plastered on every shop window and Metro card in Washington, it's hard to remember that 58 million Americans voted for the other guy.  —  Even President Bush — who presumably counts himself among that group …
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Michelle Malkin:
Not all conservatives are singing O-Kumbaya  —  I respect the historic tradition of inauguration day, not the cult of personality driving the schlock festivities now taking place.  —  Pomp and circumstance have been replaced with pimp and self-aggrandizement — all topped with a heapful of double standards.
CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama more popular than ever, despite speed bumps  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - A new national poll suggests that Barack Obama is more popular than ever, regardless of recent speed bumps on the road to transition.  —  The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Sunday morning …
Bill Sammon / Fox News:
Pelosi Open to Prosecution of Bush Administration Officials  —  The House speaker suggests to “FOX News Sunday” that the law might compel Democrats to press forth on some prosecutions of Bush administration officials, saying they may not “have a right to ignore” them.  —  FOXNews.com
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Pelosi open to prosecuting Bush DOJ  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Sunday that she was open to pursuing investigations of abuses by the Bush Justice Department.  —  “I think that we have to learn from the past and we cannot let the politicizing, for example, of the Justice Department …
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
SAVE OBAMA'S BLACKBERRY!  —  If the Presidential Records Act makes IM and Blackberries impossible because it means even the most casual and speculative conversations will be included in future records, then the thing to do is not rip instant messaging — and all its rapid efficiencies …
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CNN:
Obama to meet with military commanders Wednesday
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jorge Silva / Reuters:
Venezuela's Chavez says Obama has “stench” of Bush  —  CAMPO CARABOBO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday Barack Obama had the “stench” of his predecessor as U.S. president and was at risk of being killed if he tries to change the American “empire.”
Richard Wilner / New York Post:
BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A TIMES  —  GRAY LADY SEEKS RE$CUE BY MEXICAN MOGUL  —  The embattled New York Times Co., trying to wriggle out from under a pile of debt as advertising revenue dries up, is talking to Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim about making a sizeable cash investment in the company.
Robin McKie / Guardian:
President Obama ‘has four years to save Earth’  —  Barack Obama has only four years to save the world.  That is the stark assessment of Nasa scientist and leading climate expert Jim Hansen who last week warned only urgent action by the new president could halt the devastating climate change that now threatens Earth.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
A Farewell Warning On Iraq  —  President Bush teased his ambassador in Baghdad by giving him the nickname “Sunshine,” because of his sometimes-gloomy assessments of the political situation there.  But Ryan Crocker persisted down to the last days in describing things precisely as he saw them.
Discussion: Commentary, Gateway Pundit and SWJ Blog
Louise Story / New York Times:
Hedge Funds, Unhinged  —  LAST summer, Kenneth C. Griffin and his wife, Anne, hedge fund managers both, were so rich that they did something most wealthy couples don't do until much later in life.  —  Still in their 30s, they hired a Ph.D. student in economics to help dole out their money to charities.
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Most see Bush presidency as a failure, poll shows  —  CNN Deputy Political Director  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — As George W. Bush spends his final days in office, a national poll suggests that two-thirds of Americans see his presidency as a failure.  —  Sixty-eight percent of those questioned …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
 
 
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Robert J. Shiller / New York Times:
How About a Stimulus for Financial Advice?
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Associated Press:
Obama pauses to honor war dead
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Annys Shin / Washington Post:
For Businesses Big and Small, It's Lights Out
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Paul Krugman:
Bad bank bafflement
Brent Baker / NewsBusters.org:
Celebs Giddy for Obama's ‘Magic Moment’ After ‘Hell’ of Bush Years
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Binding U.S. law requires prosecutions for those who authorize torture
Discussion: TalkLeft
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