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1:40 PM ET, February 10, 2009

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Wall Street Journal:
Details Scarce in Rescue Plan  —  WASHINGTON—The Obama administration Tuesday announced a wide-ranging financial sector rescue plan that could send $2 trillion coursing through the financial system.  —  The plan, which would ideally involve a mix of government and private capital …
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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.
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 …
Real Time Economics:
Geithner Remarks on Financial Stability Plan
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Treasury: Trillion-plus economic plan
Discussion: The Politico
DealBook:
Geithner's Speech: A Preview
David Brooks / New York Times:
Showing Some Discipline  —  It's no fun being a leader in a financial crisis.
Discussion: Firedoglake
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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Walter Shapiro / The New Republic:
Impressed Me Not  —  On Obama's first White House press conference.  —  Through most of his inaugural primetime press conference, Barack Obama seemed like he was channeling a particularly loquacious combination of Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, and the ghost of Hubert Humphrey.
Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
Obama snubs black press  —  After the first black president completed his first prime-time press conference, the black press was red hot.  —  “We were window dressing,” said Hazel Edney, a reporter with the National Newspaper Publishers Association, also known as the Black Press of America.
Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blogs:
Schultz gets front row seat
Discussion: The Foundry and The Seminal
David Rogers / The Politico:
$838B stimulus clears Senate  —  An $838 billion economic recovery bill cleared the Senate Tuesday, setting the stage for final negotiations with the House and President Barack Obama, who must step forward now and put his own stamp on the package.  —  The 61-37 roll call followed …
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:   Senate passes stimulus: ‘A good start’
Michael Grabell / ProPublica:
The Stimulus Bills: House vs. Senate
Discussion: The Caucus and The Huffington Post
Wall Street Journal:   Senate Passes Stimulus Bill
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 …
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Poll: Lieberman Would Lose 2012 Re-Election In Landslide
Discussion: Newshoggers.com and The Raw Story
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
How The World Almost Came To An End At 2PM On September 18  —  LiveLeak has caught a scary moment of previously undisclosed insight by Paul Kanjorski where he reveals some facts that have not been captured by the media previously.  At 2 minutes and 20 seconds in the video below …
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 …
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 The BLT
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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 …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The 180-degree reversal of Obama's State Secrets position  —  (updated below - Update II)  —  From the Obama/Biden campaign website, mybarackobama.com, here was what the Obama campaign was saying — back then — about the State Secrets privilege:  —  Apparently, the operative word …
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
DOUBTING THE POSSIBILITY OF TORTURE PROSECUTIONS.
Maria Recio / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Tom Schieffer may run for Texas governor  —  Having wrapped up his career as an ambassador under President Bush, Fort Worth's Tom Schieffer is back home and pondering a run for governor - as a Democrat.  —  “I've thought about it for a while,” Schieffer told the Star-Telegram.  “I have not made a decision.”
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Kelley Shannon / Associated Press:   Perry, Hutchison take swipes
www.dcexaminer.com:
Blue Dog nips Obama with a better stimulus idea  —  While President Barack Obama goes on the road to shore up slipping popular support for the $1 trillion stimulus porkfest that he ordered up from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Walt Minnick …
Discussion: Hot Air and RedState
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Charm Isn't Working Wonders Abroad  —  Policy does matter after all.  —  Barack Obama has now been president for 21 days, following an inauguration that was supposed to have pressed the reset button on America's relations with the wider world and ushered in a new period of global cooperation against common threats.
Jack Kuenzie / WIS-TV:
Eight arrested in Michael Phelps case  —  Updated:  —  COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - New details have emerged about a party where Olympic champion Michael Phelps was spotted.  —  On Feb. 2, a British tabloid published a picture of the 14-time Olympic gold medalist using a water pipe to smoke marijuana.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Gawker
James K. Glassman / Commentary:
SPECIAL PREVIEW Stimulus: A History of Folly  —  Before he was sworn in as President, Barack Obama began to lay out his plans for reviving an American economy that, it would later be discovered, had declined 3.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008, its worst performance in 26 years.
Discussion: Dr. Sanity
Gloria Galloway / Globe and Mail:
Unions demand Buy Canadian policy  —  OTTAWA — Two of Canada's largest unions are urging the federal government to adopt a Buy Canadian policy similar to the proposal that has been criticized in the United States.  —  At a joint press conference on Tuesday morning, the Canadian Auto Workers …
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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