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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Obama fails his first test on civil liberties and accountability — resoundingly and disgracefully  —  Two weeks ago, I interviewed the ACLU's Ben Wizner, counsel to 5 individuals suing the subsidiary of Boeing (Jeppesen) which had arranged the Bush administration's rendition program …
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Huma Khan / Political Punch:
Obama Administration Maintains Bush Position on ‘Extraordinary Rendition’ Lawsuit  —  From Jake Tapper and Ariane de Vogue:  —  The Obama Administration today announced that it would keep the same position as the Bush Administration in the lawsuit Mohamed et al v Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc.
John Schwartz / New York Times:
Obama Backs Off a Reversal on Secrets  —  SAN FRANCISCO — In a closely watched case involving rendition and torture, a lawyer for the Obama administration seemed to surprise a panel of federal appeals judges on Monday by pressing ahead with an argument for preserving state secrets originally developed by the Bush administration.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Attorney general is reviewing state secret claims
Discussion: TIME.com
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Senate Clears Path for Vote on $838 Billion Stimulus  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats on Monday advanced the $838 billion economic stimulus bill, clearing a major procedural hurdle by a razor thin margin with the help of just three Republicans.  A vote on final passage of the bill is expected on Tuesday.
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David Rogers / The Politico:
Senate advances stimulus package  —  Spurred on by President Barack Obama, an $838 billion economic recovery plan advanced toward passage in the Senate on Tuesday, after clearing a last procedural hurdle with the help of three Republicans on Monday evening.  —  Sen. Edward M. Kennedy …
Associated Press:
Obama faces tough question over Cabinet picks
Discussion: The Politico
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Senate votes to end debate on economic recovery package.»
Discussion: Reuters and Associated Press
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blogs:
Manley sacks Shuler  —  Harry Reid spokesman Jim Manley on Heath Shuler's comment that Reid and Nancy Pelosi “failed” on bipartisanship.  —  It's a good one: … In four years as an NFL QB — three with the Redskins, one with the Saints — Shuler threw 32 INTs while tallying only 15 TDs.
Discussion: Townhall.com
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Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blogs:
Pelosi, Reid have “failed,” Shuler says  —  Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C) has further ingratiated himself with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — not — by declaring that Pelosi and Harry Reid “failed” the bipartisanship test on stimulus.  —  “In order for us to get the confidence of America …
Mike Baker / Associated Press:
Shuler hits Democratic leaders on bipartisanship  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler said Monday that his party's leadership on Capitol Hill has failed to pursue a bipartisan compromise to a costly economic stimulus package, arguing that a lack of Republican support is eroding the program's credibility.
Discussion: Oliver Willis
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Obama Has Upper Hand in Stimulus Fight  —  Obama's 67% approval rating on the stimulus is more than twice that of Republicans  — USA - Congress - Democrats - Government and Politics - Leadership - Republicans - The Presidency - Americas - Northern America
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Stuart Rothenberg / Real Clear Politics:
This Can't Be What Obama, Pelosi and Reid Expected  —  Either Congressional Democrats went from undeniably brilliant to unbelievably inept in just a few weeks, or being in the majority in Congress isn't nearly as easy as being the opposition.  —  Those seem to be the two obvious alternatives …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
ECONOCALAMITY PRESSER LIVEBLOG  —  8:13 PM ... Hey, this guy's pretty good.  —  8:17 PM ... We're going to pull some segments from that lengthy answer to question one.  It's really the argument that the inside DC mumbojumbo had not allowed him to make.  —  8:26 PM ... You watch …
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:   Liveblogging The Obama News Conference
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Live Blogging the Obama News Conference
Discussion: The Swamp
The Huffington Post:
Leahy: Investigate Bush Now  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy insisted on Monday in firm and passionate terms that a comprehensive investigation be launched into the conduct of the Bush administration, saying anything less would prevent the country from moving forward.
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Randall Mikkelsen / Reuters:
Senator seeks Bush-era “truth commission”
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Frank James / The Swamp:
Leahy seeks truth panel for Bush years
Discussion: Top of the Ticket
Eric Ostermeier / Smart Politics:
Coleman Says ‘God Wants Me to Serve’  —  While Al Franken remains fairly elusive, Norm Coleman is keeping a high profile these days as his court challenge of the Minnesota U.S. Senate recount plods along.  —  Coleman is adept, somewhat too adept, his critics might say …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Obama Aides Rip Cable News, D.C. Media And Political Elite  —  Here's an interesting dynamic: The yawning gap between what the pundits say about who's winning the stimulus war and what the polls say the public thinks has created an opening for the Obama team to reclaim Obama's campaign outsider mantle …
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Michelle Malkin:
Savior holds first fear-mongering press conference  —  The wealth-redistributor-in-chief, his High Holiness, is set to begin his first official prime-time press conference at 8pm Eastern.  —  Will he go all Howard Dean?  —  Will he get snippy?  —  Drinking game buzzwords: “Bipartisan …
New York Times:
President Obama in Elkhart, Ind.  —  Remarks of President Obama at the town-hall style meeting in Elkhart, Ind., as provided by the White House  —  President Barack Obama traveled today to Elkhart, Indiana for a town hall on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan.
Discussion: Washington Wire
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Justin Fox / The Curious Capitalist:
Comparing this recession to the last five  —  The dramatic chart Nancy Pelosi's office put out comparing job losses so far in the current recession with those in 2001 and 1990-1991 has gotten a lot of play in the Internets.  As well it should-it paints a dramatic picture (job losses in the current recession have been much more severe).
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Swampland
Betsy McCaughey / Bloomberg:
Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan: Betsy McCaughey  —  Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — Republican Senators are questioning whether President Barack Obama's stimulus bill contains the right mix of tax breaks and cash infusions to jump-start the economy.  —  Tragically, no one from either party …
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Lieberman: Republicans In The ‘Gang Of Moderates’ Are ‘Heroes,’ Deserve The ‘Congressional Medal Of Honor’  —  Today in his town hall address in Elkhart, IN, President Obama criticized heavy cuts to education funding in the Senate's economic recovery package crafted by the so-called “Gang of Moderates.”
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Ross Douthat:
The Trouble With Centrism  —  The liberals are angry, and not without reason.
Jeremy Wallace / SH | http://www.heraldtribune.com:
Question: ‘Morning Joe’ or Sen. Joe?  —  Television host Joe Scarborough has a new radio show and is feeling good about the influence he's having on politics.  —  But the former congressman from Pensacola said he may run for office again, maybe even the U.S. Senate in 2010.
Discussion: Scorecard's Blogs
Jessica Ravitz / CNN:
Muslim in America: a ‘voyage of discovery’  —  ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — Hailey Woldt put on the traditional black abaya, expecting the worst.  —  The last time she'd worn the Muslim dress that, with a head scarf, covered everything but her face, hands and feet, she was in Miami International Airport …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Jon Ward / Washington Times:
EXCLUSIVE: Partisan dirt-digger joins WH office  —  Resume lacks legal training  —  Amid the furor over controversies regarding Cabinet-nominee tax problems and the seismic battle over a nearly trillion-dollar economic rescue bill, President Obama made a little-noticed appointment that is now generating intrigue.
Discussion: Don Surber and JustOneMinute
CNN:
Obama: This isn't run-of-the-mill recession  —  (CNN) — President Obama appeared before a national audience Monday night to make the case for his economic stimulus plan, saying this is not your “run-of-the-mill recession.”  —  “My bottom line is to make sure that we are saving or creating 4 million jobs …
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Gitmo Detainee's ‘Genitals Were Sliced With A Scalpel,’ Waterboarding ‘Far Down The List Of Things They Did’  —  Last week, two British High Court judges ruled against releasing documents describing the treatment of Binyam Mohamed, a British resident who is currently being held at Guantanamo Bay.
 
 
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Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
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Discussion: Sacramento Bee and The Caucus
Walter Shapiro / The New Republic:
Meet the Press  —  What were JFK's fabled press conferences really like?
Discussion: MoJoBlog and Taegan Goddard's …
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A letter to Rush Limbaugh
Daily Mail:
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Discussion: Commentary and Daled Amos
Jerry Seper / Washington Times:
16 illegals sue Arizona rancher