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10:00 AM ET, February 9, 2009

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Washington Post:
Republicans See Long-Term Victory in Defeat on Stimulus Plan  —  Three months after their Election Day drubbing, Republican leaders see glimmers of rebirth in the party's liberation from an unpopular president, its selection of its first African American chairman and, most of all …
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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
The Politico:
Big stimulus risks for both sides  —  In the gauzy days of bipartisan good feeling before his Inauguration, there was talk of President Barack Obama linking arms with Republicans to pass a massive stimulus bill, with a big bipartisan Senate majority as proof the parties could come together in a time of national distress.
Discussion: TIME.com
Toby Harnden / Telegraph:
Barack Obama is a novice - and it shows  —  After a rocky start, the new President knows he has to seize back the political agenda, says Toby Harnden.  —  During last year's epic election campaign, Hillary Clinton said that in the White House “there is no time for on-the-job training”.
Discussion: RedState
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Already Back on the Trail, Now to Sell a Stimulus Plan  —  WASHINGTON — The presidential campaign trail often loved Barack Obama more than he loved it back.  When he was sworn in last month, he told friends he was eager to tackle the rigors of the Oval Office without the drudgery of shuttling …
Barbara Starr / CNN:
Sources: Iraq, Afghanistan troop moves delayed  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Decisions about withdrawing troops from Iraq and sending more troops to Afghanistan have been delayed until the Pentagon provides President Barack Obama with more detail about the risks and implications of the issues confronting him …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Destructive Center  —  What do you call someone who eliminates hundreds of thousands of American jobs, deprives millions of adequate health care and nutrition, undermines schools, but offers a $15,000 bonus to affluent people who flip their houses?  —  A proud centrist.
Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
‘Doom’ talk scored as ‘not presidential’  —  Poses risk for ‘Yes, we can’ candidate  —  From crisis to catastrophe.  Off a cliff.  Dark, darker, darkest.  Mortal danger of absolute collapse.  Armageddon.  —  President Obama and top Democrats on Capitol Hill are deploying …
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Bloomberg:
U.S. Taxpayers Risk $9.7 Trillion on Bailouts as Senate Votes  —  Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — The stimulus package the U.S. Congress is completing would raise the government's commitment to solving the financial crisis to $9.7 trillion, enough to pay off more than 90 percent of the nation's home mortgages.
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Byron York / www.dcexaminer.com:
The Happy Party  —  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) They took a beating in November, but now, in the stimulus fight, Republicans are smiling again.  —  You see it all over Capitol Hill, in the hallways, the hearing rooms, the gathering spots.  Republicans, coming off a devastating, across-the-board electoral defeat, are ... happy.
Discussion: TIME.com
Ian Traynor / Guardian:
US outlines new plan for Afghanistan  —  Ian Traynor Munich  —  The Obama administration today today outlined a new campaign strategy for the war in Afghanistan, scaling back the ambitions of George Bush in a shift which senior officials and diplomats described as a “new realism”.
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Silla Brush / The Hill:
Sanders backs Dean for HHS post  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is the latest lawmaker to back Howard Dean, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, for secretary of Health and Human Services.  —  In a letter to President Obama that was released on Sunday, Sanders backed Dean …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
The Politico:
Obama wields the Oval invite  —  With Arlen Specter, the president was “crisp” and “professional” and threw in some talk about judges.  —  With Olympia Snowe, he was more casual, warming up with memories of the late Paul Simon, a mutual friend.  —  With Ben Nelson — a conservative Democrat …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A MIND LIKE A STEELE TRAP.... Michael Steele, the newly-elected Republican National Committee chairman, recently told a national television audience, “Let's get this notion out of our heads that the government create jobs.  Not in the history of mankind has the government ever created a job.”
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Arlen Specter / Washington Post:
Why I Support the Stimulus  —  I am supporting the economic stimulus package for one simple reason: The country cannot afford not to take action.  —  The unemployment figures announced Friday, the latest earnings reports and the continuing crisis in banking make it clear that failure to act …
Directorblue / Doug Ross:
Smoking gun: caller explains Stimulus as Obama plan to fund permanent Democratic patronage system  —  “Chicago Bob”, calling into a radio talk show, explains the need to rush on the Stimulus package before anyone gets a good chance to review its sordid details.  The transcript:
Will Higgins / Indianapolis Star:
Hard-hit Elkhart eager for aid from Obama, stimulus plan  —  Follow President Barack Obama's visit to Elkhart at IndyStar.com.  Watch live video of the town hall at noon.  Politics columnist Mathew Tully will cover the visit via his Twitter account.  Follow http://twitter.com/matthewltully
Discussion: USA Today
William Booth / Washington Post:
Warrior in Drug Fight Soon Becomes a Victim  —  Mexican General Seized, Slain in Cancun  —  CANCUN, Mexico — The general didn't get much time.  After a long, controversial career, Brig. Gen. Mauro Enrique Tello Quiñones retired from active duty last month and moved to this Caribbean playground …
Discussion: Associated Press
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Wake Up Call: Facebook Isn't A Safe Haven  —  Facebook just turned 5 years old.  But a week that should have been filled with reflection and good times was instead marred by a series of breaking news reports detailing sex scandals, phishing, and other malicious activity on the world's largest social network.
CNN:
Stimulus will lead to ‘financial disaster,’ Republicans warn  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Leading Republicans warned Sunday that the Obama administration's $800 billion-plus economic stimulus effort will lead to what one called a “financial disaster.”  —  “Everybody on the street in America understands that …
 
 
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