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4:00 AM ET, March 2, 2009

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Rod Dreher / Crunchy Con:
CPAC: White kids on dope  —  Ah, to be an anthropologist at CPAC, where the kids was smokin' th' political crack.  From the WaPo: … Verily, that's the way to bring the party back: blame the media.  I talked to a conservative the other day who assured me that Obama's success is entirely …
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Andrew Breitbart / Washington Times:
Rush to judgment: A media hopelessly divided  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  The mood at the Omni Shoreham Hotel late Saturday afternoon was off the electrical meter when Rush Limbaugh took center stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).  —  Hundreds of revelers packed …
Discussion: Hot Air and Balloon Juice
New York Times:
U.S. Is Said to Offer $30 Billion More to Help A.I.G.  —  The federal government agreed Sunday night to provide an additional $30 billion in taxpayer money to the American International Group and loosen the terms of its huge loan to the insurer, which is preparing to report a $62 billion loss on Monday …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Revamps Bailout of AIG  —  Taxpayers Exposed to Greater Risk in New Plan; $30 Billion More From TARP Funds  —  The federal government is overhauling its $150 billion bailout of American International Group Inc. in a bid to bolster the battered insurer, but its plan will expose U.S. taxpayers to more financial risk.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Culture of conspiracy: The Birthers  —  Bill Clinton had the Vince Foster “murder.”  George W. Bush had 9/11 Truth.  And the new administration has brought with it a new culture of conspiracy: The Birthers.  —  Out of the gaze of the mainstream and even the conservative media …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Brownback backs Sebelius  —  A setback to the attempt to rally conservative Catholics against Kathleen Sebelius at HHS: Conservative Catholic Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas voices his support, in a joint statement with fellow Kansas Republican Pat Roberts:
Discussion: The Treatment and MyDD
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Kevin Sack / New York Times:
For Obama Pick, 2nd Chance for Progress on Health
Discussion: Corrente
John / Power Line:
VOTERS SKEPTICAL OF DEMS' LEFTWARD LURCH  —  Inside the Beltway and the media bubble, Barack Obama is still the man of the hour.  On CNN, his speeches are even compared to sex.  (Someone needs to have a talk with that commentator.  I don't think he's doing it right.)
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Gordon Brown / Times of London:
The special relationship is going global  —  Historians will look back and say this was no ordinary time but a defining moment: an unprecedented period of global change, and a time when one chapter ended and another began.  —  The scale and the speed of the global banking crisis has at times …
Discussion: TIME.com and Don Surber
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Tapscott's Copy Desk:
Limbaugh, Tea Party Protests show Obama's Star Trek shield has big cracks  —  Two extraordinarily important political developments took place this week right under the noses of the Obama-worshippers in the Mainstream Media and, as so often happens with the real news, most of them barely knew about it, if at all.
Jim Snyder / The Hill:
Obama may use 50-vote tactic on energy, healthcare  —  President Obama's budget director said the White House would consider using a Senate procedural tactic so that only 50 votes would be rquired to pass major healthcare and energy reforms.  —  Peter Orszag, the director of the Office …
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
In Obama, Labor Finds the Support It Expected  —  John J. Sweeney, the nation's top union official, often complains that he was invited just once to the White House during George W. Bush's eight years in office — and even that was at the Vatican's behest during a visit by Pope Benedict.
Discussion: MyDD
NY Daily News:
Buildings sprang up as donations rained down on Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion  —  The man who is President Obama's newly minted urban czar pocketed thousands of dollars in campaign cash from city developers whose projects he approved or funded with taxpayers' money, a Daily News probe found.
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Bloggers Can't Fill the Gap Left by Shrinking Press Corps  —  Packs of lobbyists fill two rooms outside the House and Senate chambers in Richmond every afternoon, watching the proceedings on big video screens, zapping legislators with e-mails the instant the lobbyists sense that one of their bills might be in trouble.
Discussion: BuzzMachine
CBS News:
Bobby Jindal: The GOP's Rising Star?  —  Morley Safer Profiles Louisiana's Gov., Who Some Think May Run For The White House One Day  —  Page 1 of 4  —  (CBS) If you watched the Republican response to President Obama's address to Congress last Tuesday, you saw a rather awkward young man taking …
Discussion: Clips & Comment
David Bernstein / The Volokh Conspiracy:
New Chairman of the National Council of Intelligence: It's a fellow named Chas.  Freeman who, among other things, is the former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and the president of a Saudi government-funded “public relations” organization, the Middle East Policy Council.
The Huffington Post:
Exclusive: Dean Talks About Not Getting HHS And Post-DNC Plans  —  Having been bypassed for a cabinet post after leaving the DNC, former Gov. Howard Dean has chosen to pursue a multi-faceted career in health care advocacy, progressive political strategy, speeches, education and energy, and even election monitoring.
Discussion: The Politico
Jen DiMascio / The Politico:
Gates and Mullen disagree on Iran  —  Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff aren't on the same page regarding Iran's nuclear capabilities.  —  Iran may have enough nuclear material to make a bomb, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told CNN's State of the Union Sunday morning.
Discussion: TaylorMarsh.com and The Swamp
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Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:   Mullen: Iran has fissile materials for bomb
 
 
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CNN:
Wife of missing NFL player: 'It doesn't feel real'
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Greg Miller / Los Angeles Times:
Serbian spy's trial lifts cloak on his CIA alliance
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Dina Cappiello / Associated Press:
Capitol power plant dims clean energy hopes
Chris Lefkow / Agence France Presse:
Twitter takes Washington by storm
Joe Holley / Washington Post:
Broadcaster Delivered ‘The Rest of the Story’
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Allison Klein / Washington Post:
Frustrated Building Owner Allows Sex Shop to Open in Old Town Alexandria
Discussion: The Corner and Balloon Juice
Ali Frick / Think Progress:
‘Fair and Balanced’ Fox News allows only Republicans to debate Obama's budget.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Under Weight of Its Mistakes, Newspaper Industry Staggers
Mickey Kaus / Kausfiles:
“Card Check” Not as Bad as Thought! It's Worse.
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BBC:
Chavez sends army to rice plants
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The Revolution Devours Its Children
 

 
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