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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Schumer Takes Credit For Getting Chas Freeman Ousted  —  Chuck Schumer's office sends over a statement from the Senator himself, saying he's the one who got Chas Freeman dumped from the post of National Intelligence Council chief: … As I reported the other day, Schumer had privately communicated …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Controversial intelligence pick withdraws  —  Charles Freeman, the Obama administration's choice to head the National Intelligence Council, has withdrawn from consideration after facing strong opposition from Senate Republicans.  —  Freeman is the latest in a string of Obama administration appointees …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Freeman hits ‘Israel lobby’ on way out  —  President Barack Obama's controversial pick for a top intelligence post blasted the “Israel lobby” on his way out the door Tuesday, intensifying a debate on the role Israel's allies played in the latest failed Obama appointment.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Freeman Precedent  —  There are a couple of things worth noting about this minor, yet major, Washington spat.  The first is that the MSM has barely covered it as a news story, and the entire debate occurred in the blogosphere.  I don't know why.  But that would be a very useful line of inquiry for a media journalist.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Freeman's withdrawal  —  My first take, with Rep. Mark Kirk and Ambassador Nicholas Veliotes weighing in:
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Charles Freeman fails the loyalty test  —  Obviously, John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt are rabid, hateful paranoids — total bigots and anti-Semites — for having suggested that there are powerful domestic political forces in the U.S. which enforce Israel-centric orthodoxies …
Thomas Omestad / US News:
Embattled Ex-diplomat Chas Freeman Gives Up Top Intelligence Analyst Post
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
The Most Dishonest Freeman Defense
Martin Kramer / Sandbox:   Chas Freeman's Saudi fable
Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:
Chas Freeman's Out  —  Just released from Director …
Siobhan Gorman / Wall Street Journal:
Intelligence Pick Derailed by Critics
Discussion: Gates of Vienna
Ira Forman / The Huffington Post:
Questioning the Patriotism of Freeman's Critics
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Freeman's out  —  A statement from ODNI just now:
Discussion: Hot Air and Yourish.com
Fox News:
Pelosi Made Repeated Requests for Military Aircraft, Documents Show  —  Representatives for Judicial Watch, which obtained e-mails and other documents showing the requests, say House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has treated the Air Force as her “personal airline.”  —  FOXNews.com
Discussion: Townhall.com and WillCollier.com
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Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Uncovers Documents Detailing Pelosi's Repeated Requests for Military Travel  —  House Speaker Issued Unprecedented Demands for Military Aircraft and Wasted Taxpayer Resources with Last Minute Cancellations  —  Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates …
Josh Rogin / CQ Politics:
Obama Seeks to Delay Tanker, Cancel Bomber  —  The White House has given the Pentagon guidance to delay procurement of aerial refueling tankers by five years and cancel plans for a new long-range bomber, according to three sources close to the discussions.  —  No final decisions have been made …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
The new left-wing conspiracy  —  The vast new left-wing conspiracy sets its tone every morning at 8:45 a.m., when officials from more than 20 labor, environmental and other Democratic-leaning groups dial into a private conference call hosted by two left-leaning Washington organizations.
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Ali Frick / Think Progress:
Specter on Steele: 'I wouldn't pay a whole lot of attention to him.'
Discussion: Salon
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Obama Creates White House Women's Council
Discussion: RHRealityCheck.org and Corrente
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Politico: 20+ lefty groups holding daily calls to coordinate messages
Discussion: Wizbang and JammieWearingFool
Wall Street Journal:
Labor Bill Faces Threat in Senate  —  WASHINGTON — Key Senate Democrats are wavering in their support of legislation that would give more power to labor unions, dealing a setback to labor's top priority as businesses warn of the damage the bill would cause.
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Jonathan Tasini / The Huffington Post:   Democratic Senators: Mess With EFCA, Face A Primary
Holly Rosenkrantz / Bloomberg:
Wal-Mart May Win Democrats Unions Need on Card-Check
Discussion: Commentary and DownWithTyranny!
Paul Krugman:
Can America be saved?  —  So I read this: … and I wonder if this country can handle the crisis we're in.  Remember, John Boehner is, in effect, the second-most influential member of the GDP (after Rush Limbaugh).  And while Democrats hold a majority, it's not enough of a majority to make the minority party irrelevant.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Chamber Mobilizes  —  I'm probably not breaking any news …
Discussion: Washington Post
The Huffington Post:
McCain Prepping ‘Contract With America’ Style Economic Plan  —  Sen. John McCain is putting together a major economic plan that will be structured, in some ways, off of Newt Gingrich's famous Contract With America.  —  In an email obtained by the Huffington Post, the Arizona Republican's chief of staff …
Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Ann Coulter and Bill Maher spar at Radio City Politico - 1 hour, 52 minutes ago  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  NEW YORK — Bill Maher couldn't have asked for a better act to follow.  —  Maher took the stage at the Radio City Music Hall Monday after Ann Coulter …
Discussion: New York Post and Weekly Standard
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Cantor: Obama losing focus on economy  —  House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) seized on the opportunity to criticize the president Tuesday for over-reaching in his first 50 days on the job.  —  Following the GOP's weekly conference meeting, the second-ranking House Republican told reporters …
Will Collier:
Tea Party Conservatives vs. Dinner Party Conservatives  —  Forget the “liberalterian” or “moderates vs. conservatives” manamana being bantered about recently.  What we have today is a scism, and it's between the Tea Party Conservatives and Dinner Party Conservatives.
Discussion: Power Line, The Corner and Fact-esque
Roger Kimball / Pajamas Media:
The Idiot's Guide to Destroying the Economy: a 12-Step Program  —  Think destroying the mighty economy of the United States is too big a job for you?  Relax.  Anyone can do it.  A friend sent me a handy-dandy no-fuss 12-step program for wreaking financial havoc among even the world's most advanced economies.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
S.C. Rep. Brown to get big-name primary challenger  —  Rep. Henry Brown Jr. (R-S.C.) will face one of his state's biggest family names in next year's Republican primary — an announcement that came just months after Brown's surprisingly narrow win over a tough Democratic challenger.
Discussion: Scorecard's Blogs
Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Conrad: Obama budget lacks votes  —  Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said Tuesday that President Obama's budget plan doesn't have enough support from lawmakers right now to win approval.  —  Conrad said that he has spoken to enough colleagues with reservations …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and Open Left
Rasmussen Reports:
53% Say It's Likely the U.S. Will Enter a Depression Similar to 1930's  —  Most Americans (53%) now think the United States is at least somewhat likely to enter a 1930's-like depression within the next few years.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 39% think this outcome is unlikely.
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Robert Ballinger / Maryland Department …:
The Maryland Department of the Evironment Continues to Investigate Fly Ash Spill to North Branch Potomac River In West Virginia  —  MDE Monitoring Clean up and Repair Activities, Investigation is Ongoing  —  On March 9, 2009, New Page Corp. at the pulp and paper mill located in the Town of Luke …
The Huffington Post:
LaHood Hits Back Hard Against Charges Of “Socialism,” “Obama Recession”  —  Secretary of Transportation Ray Lahood hit back hard on Monday to charges from White House critics that President Barack Obama's economic policies — focused on leveraging government spending to stimulate demand …
Discussion: Big Hollywood, Salon and MyDD
 
 
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Catholic Church Hearing Canceled Wednesday By Judiciary Committee …
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