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Jennifer Parker / George's Bottom Line:
Why Daschle Withdrew His Nomination  —  Tom Daschle and his team went to bed last night believing they had had a good day after a horrible weekend.  —  Monday's Senate Finance Committee meeting was not easy.  (Ranking Republican Chuck Grassley pushed Daschle hard on his relationship …
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
WHO KILLED DASCHLE?  —  I think Steve Clemons gets this wrong.  Daschle wasn't taken down by Republicans.  No senators, to my knowledge, came out against his appointment.  Major columnists didn't have time to attack his ethics.  Moreover, these revelations didn't come from Republican oppo researchers.
Jonathan Allen / CQ Politics:
Gregg Voted to Kill Commerce Before He Agreed to Lead It
Robert Reich / Robert Reich's Blog:
Tom Daschle and the Populist Revolt
Discussion: Philly.com and Economist's View
Matthew Cooper / TPMDC:
Goodbye, Tom Daschle
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Huma Khan / Political Punch:
Another Tax Problem for Obama Nominee
Discussion: The Note and Freakonomics
Kevin Duchschere / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Recount trial: Judges rule thousands of ballots can be considered  —  The court order applies to about 4,800 rejected absentee ballots and indicates that any that complied with state law should be counted.  —  Nearly 4,800 rejected absentee ballots may be reconsidered in the U.S. Senate recount trial …
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John / Power Line:   BIG WIN FOR COLEMAN
CNN:
GOP leaders list ‘waste’ in Senate stimulus bill  —  (CNN) — On Monday, House Republican leaders put out a list of what they call wasteful provisions in the Senate version of the nearly $900 billion stimulus bill that is being debated:  —  • $2 billion earmark to re-start FutureGen …
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Obama Wants “Buy American” Out Of Stimulus Bill  —  That's what I'm reading in the transcript of the President's interview with ABC News' Charles Gibson tonight.  Obama also concedes that the appearance of a double standard for his nominees is a valid complaint, and he says he takes full responsibility for it.
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!, BBC and The Seminal
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Times of London:   President Obama to water down ‘Buy American’ plan after EU trade war threat
Lauren Sher / ABCNEWS:
Obama Admits Embarrassing Day for Administration
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and TIME.com
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Did WH encourage defiance of Pelosi?  —  Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) — one of the lead Blue Dogs — made a startling admission to lefty Liberadio today, suggesting the White House quietly encouraged him to buck House leadership on the stimulus.  —  Cooper was one of 11 Dems to vote no — joining every GOP House member.
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Pat Dollard
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Jared Allen / The Hill:
Dems warn leaders to resume regular order
Discussion: Hot Air and Moe_Lane's blog
The Politico:
Lynch names Newman to Gregg's seat  —  J. Bonnie Newman knows a thing or two about short-term gigs.  —  In 2006, she was plucked from retirement and brought back to the University of New Hampshire, the school where she began her professional career, to serve as its interim president.
Discussion: New York Times and The BRAD BLOG
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Yepsen Leaves The Register  —  Every presidential year since 1975, one political reporter — just one — catapults himself to the top of the profession.  David Yepsen, 58, spent twenty years as the chief political reporter for the Des Moines Register, 33 years as the host of Iowa's top television chat show …
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Thomas Beaumont / Des Moines Register:
Yepsen expected to be named director of Illinois institute  —  Des Moines Register political columnist David Yepsen is expected on Wednesday to be named director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, bringing to an end a storied chapter in the Iowa newspaper.
Discussion: The Politico
The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Czar Mitt  —  President Obama could do worse.  Romney has a bad reputation among Congressional Democrats, so I can't imagine they'd cotton to this.  In fact, it's highly unlikely.  But what Romney, in a bipartisan fashion, was able to do in Massachusetts — even with caveats …
Nathan Hodge / Danger Room:
U.S. to Get the Boot from Central Asia Base?  —  Stunning news from Moscow: Russian news agencies are reporting that the government of Kyrgyzstan will close Manas Air Base, a vital conduit for U.S. troops in Afghanistan.  —  RIA-Novosti quotes Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev as saying that his government …
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Mike Eckel / Associated Press:
Kyrgyzstan closing US base key to Afghan conflict
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Vitter: GOP Senators are “scared to death” of Obama and his polling numbers  —  A quickie from this morning's chat with Laura Ingraham courtesy of her producer, Tom Elliott.  [...] Read the rest »
Discussion: The Politico and Riehl World View
David Brooks / New York Times:
Ward Three Morality  —  I've become increasingly concerned about the rising number of rich people who are being caught unawares by shifts in the sumptuary code.  First, there were those auto executives who didn't realize that it is no longer socially acceptable to use private jets for lobbying trips to Washington.
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Naked Obama Unicorn-A-Rama  —  Via Boing Boing comes the single most disturbing Naked Obama/Unicorn pic yet.  In fact, it's so “right up against the line” that I'm actually going to stick it beneath the fold.  If you click through, don't say you weren't warned.
Discussion: Villainous Company
Tom Gjelten / NPR:
U.S. Officials: Al-Qaida Leadership Cadre ‘Decimated’  —  Listen Now  —  · CIA-directed airstrikes against al-Qaida leaders and facilities in Pakistan over the past six to nine months have been so successful, according to senior U.S. officials, that it is now possible to foresee a …
Jonah Goldberg / USA Today:
Day 15 of Obama's honeymoon  —  One doesn't have to break a sweat searching for examples of the news media's ongoing love affair with our president.  In this, he is like FDR.  —  Barack Obama and his supporters have been relentlessly comparing the new president to Franklin Roosevelt.
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Senate votes to give a tax break to new car buyers  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  WASHINGTON - The Senate voted Tuesday to give a tax break to new car buyers, setting aside bipartisan concerns over the size of an economic stimulus bill with a price tag approaching $900 billion.
Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Obama Justice Department Re-Hires Attorney Fired By Goodling Because Of Lesbian Rumor  —  In October 2006, Leslie Hagen, who was working as the liaison between the Justice Department and the U.S. attorneys' committee on Native American issues, was informed that despite her “outstanding” …
Discussion: NPR, Queerty and TPMMuckraker
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Connecticut attorney general eyes Lieberman challenge  —  Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who announced Monday he will seek a sixth term, is mulling a challenge against Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) in 2012.  —  Multiple Connecticut Democrats, speaking on condition of anonymity …
Jeff Poor / The Culture and Media Institute:
The Godless Stimulus  —  Bill Language Would Forbid Practice of Religion in College and University Buildings Given Renovation Money  —  Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...unless your institution of higher learning …
Discussion: Erick's blog and protein wisdom
Paul McDougall / InformationWeek:
IBM Offers To Move Laid Off Workers To India  —  Big Blue wants to help redundant U.S. employees relocate to developing markets, according to an internal document.  —  The climate is warm, there's no shortage of exotic food, and the cost of living is rock bottom.
Discussion: The Raw Story
 
 
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