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3:35 PM ET, January 23, 2009

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The Politico:
Obama to GOP: ‘I won’  —  President Obama listened to Republican gripes about his stimulus package during a meeting with congressional leaders Friday morning - but he also left no doubt about who's in charge of these negotiations.  “I won,” Obama noted matter-of-factly, according to sources familiar with the conversation.
Discussion: Hot Air and Associated Press
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Washington Wire:
Obama to GOP: ‘I Won’  —  Jonathan Weisman reports on the White House.  —  The top congressional leaders from both parties gathered at the White House for a working discussion over the shape and size of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan.  The meeting was designed to promote bipartisanship.
Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
Obama press aide gets bashed in debut  —  The White House press operation got off to a fumbling and stumbling start Thursday, with the day's opening briefers insisting on being identified only as “senior administration officials,” followed swiftly by the new president's spokesman accidently outing …
Discussion: The Politico
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Washington Is Confident It Can Forge Recovery Plan  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama and Congressional leaders from both parties pushed forward Friday with plans to pass a bipartisan economic recovery plan by mid-February, predicting that they would be able to settle their differences over the size and nature of the package.
Discussion: The Politico and The New Republic
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   CHUCK, YER KILLIN' ME
David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
GOP Strategy: Embrace Obama
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
GOP pitches its own econ plan
New York Times:
Paterson Picks Gillibrand for Senate Seat  —  ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson has selected Representative Kirsten Gillibrand, a 42-year-old congresswoman from upstate who is known for bold political moves and centrist policy positions, to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton …
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Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
DAVE PICKS GILLIBRAND AS LIBERAL DEMS HOWL  —  ALBANY - Gov. Paterson, defying the liberal wing of his Democratic Party, has chosen little-known, NRA-backed, upstate Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as New York's junior senator, it was learned last night.
Eve Fairbanks / The New Republic:
Ten Things You Didn't Know About Kirsten Gillibrand  —  New York guv David Paterson is set to name Kirsten Gillibrand, a second-term congresswoman from upstate New York, to replace Hillary in the Senate.  At first blush, Gillibrand seems merely a perfect Caroline Kennedy replacement: A woman with cash, but without all that baggage!
Lisa Schiffren / The Corner:
New York's New Senator
Discussion: Argghhh!
Forbes:
The 25 Most Influential Liberals In The U.S. Media  —  Edited by Tunku Varadarajan, Elisabeth Eaves and Hana R. Alberts, 01.22.09, 04:02 PM EST  —  Listen for their voices during the Obama era.  —  Barack Obama's inauguration was the formal point at which the reigning ideology in Washington changed from “conservative” to “liberal.”
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Former Bush Speechwriter: Obama Is “Most Dangerous Man Ever To Occupy Oval Office”  —  Former Bush chief speechwriter Marc Thiessen kicked up a big fuss yesterday with a Washington Post Op ed slamming Obama's executive orders by saying that if there's another terror attack, “Americans will hold Obama responsible.”
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Robert F. Worth / New York Times:
Freed by U.S., Saudi Becomes a Qaeda Chief
NewMajority.Com Scroll:
Palin's “Donated” Clothes Stashed in Trash Bags at RNC  —  Despite the Republican National Committee's promise to donate Sarah Palin's $180,000 campaign wardrobe to charity, word has it the Alaska governor's clothes remain stuffed in trash bags at RNC headquarters, NewMajority has learned.
Albany Times Union:
Bruno indicted  —  Grand jury issues 8-count indictment for mail and wire fraud  —  ALBANY — A federal grand jury today indicted former state Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, accusing him of eight counts of public corruption.  —  Bruno is scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate at 1:30 p.m. today.
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Ali Frick / Think Progress:
WSJ Insists Obama Is Leaving Door Open For A ‘Jack Bauer Exception’ To His Torture Ban  —  Yesterday, President Obama signed an executive order banning the use of torture in all military and CIA interrogations of suspected terrorists.  The order specifically revoked the legal memos written …
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The Campaign Spot:
John McCain Does the Impossible  —  John McCain has prompted me to say the unthinkable.  —  The right man won in 2008.  —  I say this because the circumstances of Hillary Clinton being Secretary of State, while foreign governments have donated $41 million to her husband's foundation …
Discussion: Washington Times and TPMDC
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
JON CHAIT IS RIGHT.  —  I actually agree with one part of Jon Chait's attack on J Street: There is, among liberals, a sort of “narrative of persecution and bravery” attached to criticizing Israel.  And Chait is right: This narrative is wrong.  It's wrong despite his best efforts, but wrong nevertheless.
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:   Tough Love
Michael Tarm / Associated Press:
Ill. gov tells AP that strain is like Pearl Harbor  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois' embattled but defiant governor turned to the history books to describe the emotional strain on him and his family, comparing his arrest last month to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Blago: Fed arrest like Pearl Harbor
Discussion: Fox News and RedState
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Obama's Inaugural Surprise  —  Fascinating speech.  It was so rhetorically flat, so lacking in rhythm and cadence, one almost has to believe he did it on purpose.  Best not to dazzle on Opening Day.  Otherwise, they'll expect magic all the time.  —  The most striking characteristic …
Associated Press:
Officials: Obama to reverse abortion policy  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  WASHINGTON - In a long-expected move, President Barack Obama plans to sign an executive order ending the ban on federal funds for international groups that perform abortions …
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
No Snickering: That Road Sign Means Something Else  —  CRAPSTONE, England — When ordering things by telephone, Stewart Pearce tends to take a proactive approach to the inevitable question “What is your address?”  —  He lays it out straight, so there is no room for unpleasant confusion.
Frank Luntz / Los Angeles Times:
Infrastructure: It's Job 1 to Americans  —  A poll finds near unanimous support for rebuilding.  —  I'm a pollster and political consultant associated with Republican causes: the Contract with America, the “death tax” and, of course, ending wasteful Washington spending.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Donklephant
The Huffington Post:
ACLU Lays Off A Tenth Of Workforce  —  The American Civil Liberties Union, impacted by the unfolding economic crisis, laid off ten percent of its national workforce this week.  Thirty-six staffers lost their jobs, including five in the Washington, D.C. legislative office, a source familiar with the firings told the Huffington Post.
Andy Barr / The Politico:
McCain floats Kyl for president  —  Former GOP presidential nominee John McCain on Thursday named fellow Arizona Senator Jon Kyl as a potential 2012 presidential candidate.  —  Asked on CNN's “Larry King Live” if he plans to support Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in the Republican presidential primaries …
Discussion: The New Republic
J. Harvie Wilkinson III / Washington Post:
Storming the 4th Circuit  —  So the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit is set for a takeover.  Popular commentary has it that the court, on which I serve, is a fortress or bastion or citadel of conservatism.  Discussion of coming changes suggests more the fruits of a successful military campaign …
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Fair-Wage Bill Clears The Senate  —  High Court Decision Would Be Overturned  —  A wage-discrimination bill that narrowly failed less than a year ago moved closer to becoming law last night, when the Senate passed the legislation and sent it back to the House for final consideration.
Discussion: ACSBlog
Brian Thompson / NBC New York:
Obama Wants to Reopen Lady Liberty's Crown  —  Visitors to Liberty Island and the Statue of Liberty will once again be able to climb the 354 steps from the base of the Statue of Liberty to the iconic crown that overlooks New York Harbor — but not quite yet.
Al Kamen / Washington Post:
A Lovely Consolation Prize for Ms. Kennedy?  —  Caroline Kennedy didn't get that Senate seat from New York, but that doesn't mean there aren't lots of fine government jobs she would be perfect for, jobs right there in Manhattan.  Take, for example, some excellent possibilities at the United Nations.
Discussion: Marc Lynch
Wall Street Journal:
Expect the World Economy to Suffer Through 2009  —  Political risk is a bigger factor than ever.  —  Some optimistic experts are now saying that though this will be a turbulent year for global markets, the worst of the financial crisis is now behind us.  Would it were so.
 
 
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Vivianne Rodrigues / Reuters:
Obama's strong dollar policy may be for real
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Interest groups face McConnell wrath
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San Diego Union-Tribune:
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The Militant Left (Update and Bump)
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
US TOO!  —  Frances Townsend, President Bush's counter-terrorism …
Wall Street Journal:
What I Saw at the Inauguration  —  And what 4-foot-tall Americans learned.
Discussion: The Swamp and Wonkette
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Parking Minimums and Income Distribution
Discussion: The Ithaca Journal and The Bellows
Chris Brummitt / Associated Press:
Suspected US missile strike kills 18 in Pakistan
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Roland S. Martin / CNN:
Martin: Sasha's smile could be a guide to our future
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Sarah Palin's book should give Katie Couric something to read
Discussion: La Figa