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1:30 AM ET, February 4, 2009

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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 …
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MSNBC:
Obama: ‘I screwed up’ in Daschle withdrawal  —  Insists 'there aren't two sets of rules' for elite and for other Americans  —  WASHINGTON - “I screwed up,” President Barack Obama told NBC's Brian Williams Tuesday in the wake of his nominee to be secretary of health and human services …
Charles Babington / Associated Press:
Analysis: Daschle debacle humbles Obama  —  WASHINGTON - Two weeks into his presidency, Barack Obama proved that even a clearly gifted politician cannot escape the gravitational pull of Washington forces that have humbled many of his predecessors.  —  The new president, seen by some as arrogant, was anything but on Tuesday.
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
DASCHLE'S REPLACEMENT: NAMES.
Robert Reich / Robert Reich's Blog:
Tom Daschle and the Populist Revolt
Discussion: Philly.com and Economist's View
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
Patrick Condon / Associated Press:
5K rejected Minn. Senate ballots get another look
Discussion: Say Anything
Times of London:
President Obama to water down ‘Buy American’ plan after EU trade war threat  —  Obama seeks Russia deal to slash nuclear weapons 80 per cent  —  The European Union warned the US yesterday against plunging the world into depression by adopting a planned “Buy American” policy, intensifying fears of a trade war.
Discussion: QandO and Say Anything
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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! and BBC
New York Times:
U.S. Plans to Curb Executive Pay for Bailout Recipients  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is expected to impose a cap of $500,000 for top executives at companies that receive large amounts of bailout money, according to people familiar with the plan.
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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.
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Jared Allen / The Hill:
Dems warn leaders to resume regular order
Discussion: Hot Air and Moe_Lane's blog
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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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 …
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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John Distaso / UnionLeader.com:
In 2010, Rep. Hodes will run for U.S. Senate
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
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.
Tim Johnson / Burlington Free Press:
Ben Stein responds to UVM flap  —  Calls commencement flap ‘pathetic,’ denies he's anti-science  —  Ben Stein described the brouhaha over his selection as commencement speaker at the University of Vermont as “laughable” on Tuesday called the whole episode “pathetic.”
Discussion: Little Green Footballs and Hot Air
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
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: Riehl World View and The Politico
Washington Post:
Bank Rescue Would Entail Triage for Troubled Assets  —  The Obama administration's emerging rescue plan for the banking system would amount to financial triage, with the Treasury Department playing the delicate role of deciding which of the trillions of dollars in troubled assets plaguing the economy to buy …
Discussion: naked capitalism
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.
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
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 …
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
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 West / Maryland Politics:
Obama HHS pick: Mikulski?  —  Unconfirmed rumors began seeping out of Capitol Hill late today that Maryland Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski is under consideration for the suddenly vacant position of Secretary of Health and Human Services.  —  A spokeswoman for Mikulski did not immediately return email …
Discussion: Legum's New Line
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 …
Discussion: The Politico
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.
 
 
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Matthew Roth / Streetsblog:
It Gets Worse: Boxer/Inhofe to Request $50B More for Highways
Discussion: D-Day and The Bellows
Simon Tisdall / Guardian:
3 million trapped in Darfur's camps
Discussion: Daily Kos
Hilzoy / Washington Monthly:
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes  —  This morning I read a piece by Darren Hutchinson …
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
WILDERS: THE HOUSE OF LORDS STANDS UP FOR FREEDOM AND FITNA
Michelle Malkin:
Letter from Paducah, Kentucky
Discussion: Reuters and GayPatriot
Andrew Stuttaford / The Corner:
Reefer Madness  —  Look, I don't blame Michael Phelps for apologizing.
Jonah Goldberg / USA Today:
Day 15 of Obama's honeymoon
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Associated Press:
Obama spokesman defends ethics standards
Discussion: QandO, Don Surber and Say Anything
Charles Hurt / New York Post:
STIMULUS BILL TO HELP HOLLYWOOD
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Connecticut attorney general eyes Lieberman challenge
Lanny Davis / Fox News:
Biden Fumbles Clinton Oath
Discussion: Sweetness & Light
Krooney / TIME.com:
Daschle Emotional  —  Required viewing: MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell talks …
Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
A Leap for Teleporting, Between Ions Feet Apart
Fox News:
Obama Getting Heat for Turning Up the Oval Office Thermostat
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