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10:20 AM ET, February 10, 2009

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New York Times:
Geithner Said to Have Prevailed on the Bailout  —  WASHINGTON— The Obama administration's new plan to bail out the nation's banks was fashioned after a spirited internal debate that pitted the Treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, against some of the president's top political hands.
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Washington Post:
New Bailout May Top $1.5 Trillion  —  Plan Aims to Aid Banks, Spur Lending, Push Private Investors to Buy Toxic Assets  —  The gravity of the financial crisis confronting the Obama administration will come into stark focus today when officials unveil a three-pronged rescue program that may commit …
New York Times:
Calls for Clarity in New Bailout for U.S. Banks
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
At His First Prime-Time News Conference, Obama Is Serious and Expansive  —  In a prime-time debut for the new Oval Office occupant and a press corps often accused of being too enamored of him, President Obama faced journalistic skepticism from the opening question.
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
HHS Candidate Draws Fire, Fights Back
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Taking on Critics, Obama Puts Aside Talk of Unity  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama has made a show of reaching across the aisle since taking office, inviting three Republicans into his cabinet and wining and dining other opposition leaders.  But by Monday, he sounded like a candidate back on the trail …
Discussion: Commentary, The Agonist and MSNBC
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Obama warns GOP he's no pushover  —  Yes, there will be time to change the politics of Washington and to give people wondrous examples of bipartisanship.  —  But, no, not now, President Barack Obama made clear at his first White House news conference—not if it gets in the way of passing …
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.
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Evan Perez / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Backs Rendition in Case
Discussion: The Corner and Law Blog
Darren Lenard Hutchinson / DISSENTING JUSTICE:
Just As I Predicted: Obama Administration Invokes State Secrets …
Discussion: Political Machine and Moe Lane
CNN:
Transcript: Obama takes questions on economy  —  (CNN) — President Obama held the first evening press conference of his presidency Monday, with the financial crisis as the main topic.  Before taking questions, he gave a brief speech.  Here is a transcript of the speech and news conference:
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Ynetnews:
Amnesty accuses Hamas of eliminating opponents  —  ‘Islamist group forces in Gaza engaged in campaign of abductions, deliberate and unlawful killings, torture and death threats against those they accuse of collaborating with Israel,’ human rights group says  —  The human rights group …
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Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israelis Vote in Volatile Contest for New Leader
Discussion: Truthdig
Damien McElroy / Telegraph:
Hamas leader ready for truce with Israel
Discussion: The Muqata and Jihad Watch
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Harvard Dean, Chosen as Solicitor General, Goes Before Senators  —  When Harvard Law School hosted a huge dinner a few years ago for the conservative Federalist Society, the school's dean, Elena Kagan, received such long and enthusiastic applause that she felt compelled to hold up her arms in mock protest.
Discussion: TIME.com and SCOTUSblog
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John Bresnahan / The Politico:   Is solicitor hearing a trial balloon?
Nazila Fathi / New York Times:
Iran Offers ‘Dialogue With Respect’ With U.S.  —  TEHRAN — After the icy mutual hostility of the Bush era, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran on Tuesday made a conditional offer of dialogue to the Obama administration, saying Tehran was ready for “talks based on mutual respect and in a fair atmosphere.”
Discussion: Guardian, Swampland and Stop The ACLU
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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
The Chess Master  —  It was just a week ago that the bad-mouthing of Barack Obama seemed to be reaching a fever pitch.  —  The president was taking heat for the tax problems of Tom Daschle, Timothy Geithner and other appointees and nominees.  Liberal supporters of the president were upset …
Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blogs:
Schultz gets front row seat  —  What if Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh were up front at Bush's press conferences in the East Room?  —  Well, as network correspondents sat in the second row, liberal radio host Ed Schultz managed to snag a seat up front, right next to Helen Thomas.
Discussion: The Seminal
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Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
Obama snubs black press
Quinnipiac University:
Connecticut's Rell Is Queen Of The Hill At Midterm, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Dodd Has Worst Approval Ever  —  Halfway through her first elected term as Connecticut Governor and one week after a grim budget message, Jodi Rell has a 75 - 19 percent approval rating and tops …
Discussion: TPMDC, Newshoggers.com and MSNBC
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Bush Faithful Rewarded With Jobs  —  On the Way Out, He Placed Aides and Big-Money GOP Donors  —  Fred F. Fielding, Emmet T. Flood, William A. Burck and Daniel M. Price worked together at the White House under George W. Bush.  Less than two weeks before leaving office …
Discussion: The Raw Story and Prairie Weather
Del Quentin Wilber / Washington Post:
Prosecutors Want Barry Jailed Over Tax Returns  —  For the second time in two years, frustrated federal prosecutors took aim at Marion Barry's chronic failure to file his tax returns and urged a judge to put him in jail.  —  The move by authorities is the latest act in a long-running tug …
Discussion: AmSpecBlog
John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
Why Obama Wants Control of the Census  —  Counting citizens is a powerful political tool.  —  President Obama said in his inaugural address that he planned to “restore science to its rightful place” in government.  That's a worthy goal.  But statisticians at the Commerce Department …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and Betsy's Page
Solomon Moore / New York Times:
Court Orders California to Cut Prison Population  —  The California prison system must reduce overcrowding by as many as 55,000 inmates within three years to provide a constitutional level of medical and mental health care, a federal three-judge panel tentatively ruled Monday.
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Roll Over the Republicans  —  Bipartisanship is safe and effective when used as directed.  In the present circumstance, however — dire economic crisis, hardheaded Republicans, time running out — bipartisanship is doing more harm than good.  President Obama and the Democratic majorities …
Discussion: Commentary and The Campaign Spot
Wall Street Journal:
There's No Stimulus Free Lunch  —  It's hard to spend wise and spend fast.  —  How much will the stimulus package moving in Congress really stimulate the economy?  —  The evaluations to date have been incomplete, so we looked at the likely stimulative effect from the spending parts …
Discussion: Grasping Reality …
 
 
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Javier Blas / Financial Times:
Bullion sales hit record in rush to safety
Aussie Dave / Israellycool:
Liveblogging The Israeli Elections 2009
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Menzie Chinn / Econbrowser:
House and Senate Stimulus Bills in Perspective
Discussion: Center on Budget …
Jerusalem Post:
Voters turn out en masse despite forecast of apathy
Los Angeles Times:
Suspect leads police on low-speed pursuit in a Bentley, kills self during standoff
Discussion: Scripting News and On Deadline
Rachel Donadio / New York Times:
Bishop Who Denied Holocaust Ousted
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Left silent on Social Security, Medicare
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Obama On Lessons Learned: I Should Have Started With No Tax Cuts …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Obama Aides Rip Cable News, D.C. Media And Political Elite
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