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2:20 PM ET, March 10, 2009

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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Citi Downgrades Stock Rating on Wal-Mart, Panics Market Over Employee Free Choice
Jonathan Tasini / The Huffington Post:
Democratic Senators: Mess With EFCA, Face A Primary
Discussion: The Politico and Think Progress
The Hill:
A Vote for Cloture is a vote against the Secret Ballot
Discussion: The Politico
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Senate Dems say they have omnibus votes
Discussion: Flopping Aces
Jazz Shaw / The Moderate Voice:
A Quick Question on Card Check
Discussion: Hot Air and DownWithTyranny!
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
MAYBE THEY WEREN'T PAYING ATTENTION.... I can appreciate why the right is angry that President Obama disagrees with conservative activists about culture-war issues.  What I don't understand is why they're so surprised. … Fidelis president Brian Burch said, “It has really been a disappointment.”
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Bob McCarty Writes:
Heroic Name Given to Photo of President Obama  —  Soon after President Barack Obama signed an executive order lifting the ban on the use federal funding of embryonic stem cells in medical research, the wizards behind the White House web site posted the photo above.
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Stem cell decision ignites right's ire  —  He called for reducing abortions and seeking common ground on one of the nation's most divisive issues — promises that led some on the right to think maybe, just maybe, Barack Obama was a different kind of Democrat.  —  But no more.
William Saletan / Slate:
You just won the stem-cell war.  Don't lose your soul.  —  Today, President Obama lifted the ban on federal funding of stem-cell research using destroyed human embryos.  If you support this research, congratulations: You won.  Now for your next challenge: Don't lose your soul.
Washington Post:
Some Friends  —  SECRETARY OF STATE Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to devalue and undermine the U.S. diplomatic tradition of human rights advocacy.  On her first foreign trip, to Asia, she was dismissive about raising human rights concerns with China's communist government, saying …
Discussion: TalkLeft, AmSpecBlog and Gateway Pundit
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
New U.N. human rights report and America's lectures to other countries
Discussion: A Tiny Revolution
David Brooks / New York Times:
Taking a Depression Seriously  —  The Democratic response to the economic crisis has its problems, but let's face it, the current Republican response is totally misguided.  The House minority leader, John Boehner, has called for a federal spending freeze for the rest of the year.
Mike Faher / The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA:
Luksik to oppose Specter  —  Westmont woman plans run for GOP nod in 2010  —  After a nine-year absence from politics, Westmont resident Peg Luksik made a few waves by managing Republican William Russell's surprisingly strong 2008 congressional campaign.  —  Her next venture, though, is likely to make a much bigger splash.
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David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
Conservatives Bet on Ousting Specter in 2010
Discussion: Firedoglake and Hot Air
Michael Spencer / Christian Science Monitor:
The coming evangelical collapse  —  An anti-Christian chapter in Western history is about to begin.  But out of the ruins, a new vitality and integrity will rise.  —  ONEIDA, KY. -  —  We are on the verge - within 10 years - of a major collapse of evangelical Christianity.
Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Pushes Merit Pay for Teachers  —  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama laid out his “cradle to career” agenda for education Tuesday, including a controversial plan to boost pay for teachers who excel.  —  In a speech to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Obama said he backs …
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Time:
Coleman and Franken Still Battle, as Minnesota Awaits a Senator  —  When Minnesota's Senate recount trial began in January, the state's lone U.S. Senator, Democrat Amy Klobuchar, made a prediction: either Republican incumbent Norm Coleman or Democratic challenger Al Franken would be seated …
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Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Smaller vote pool may hurt Coleman
Dennis Overbye / New York Times:
They Tried to Outsmart Wall Street  —  Emanuel Derman expected to feel a letdown when he left particle physics for a job on Wall Street in 1985.  —  After all, for almost 20 years, as a graduate student at Columbia and a postdoctoral fellow at institutions like Oxford and the University of Colorado …
Wall Street Journal:
The Charity Revolt  —  Liberals oppose a tax hike on rich donors.  —  Among those shocked by President Obama's 2010 budget, the most surprising are the true-blue liberals who run most of America's nonprofits, universities and charities.  How dare he limit tax deductions for charitable giving!
Saul Hansell / Bits:
The Broadband Gap: Why Is Theirs Faster?  —  This is the first in a series of three posts looking at the lessons for the United States from broadband deployment in other countries.  —  Bits readers have a serious case of broadband envy.  I've been writing about the debate …
Christopher Keating / Capitol Watch:
Catholic Church Hearing Canceled Wednesday  —  Following the biggest political firestorm of the 2009 legislative session, a public hearing scheduled for Wednesday on the financial and administrative management of the Catholic Church has been canceled.  The bill is dead for the rest of the legislative session.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Blair defends Freeman from Lieberman  —  National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair strongly defended Chas Freeman this morning in response to a question from Senator Joe Lieberman about statements suggesting Freeman is “inclined to lean against Israel or too much in favor of China.”
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
RNCdispute over $4 million  —  Republican infighting escalated Monday with allegations and denials over $4 million once destined for the party's congressional campaign committees.  —  Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele sought to placate critics by giving $1 million …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
NOT EVEN CLOSE.... The LA Times' Andrew Malcolm played a little fast and loose yesterday, commenting on President Obama's directive on Bush's signing statements.  (thanks to reader J.R. for the heads-up) … No, this wasn't written by the Republican National Committee to be read on-air by Fox News personalities; it just seems like it.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Financial Reform to Address Systemic Risk  —  The world is suffering through the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, a crisis that has precipitated a sharp downturn in the global economy.  Its fundamental causes remain in dispute.  In my view, however, it is impossible to understand …
Walter F. Mondale / Washington Post:
A Key Legal Right at Risk  —  More than 45 years ago, as attorney general of Minnesota, I joined with the attorneys general of 21 states in asking the Supreme Court to ensure that counsel would be appointed for all people facing criminal charges who could not afford it.  The court answered our plea.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Law Blog
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
DISSING ON LYNDON.  —  Obama's speech on education this morning — on which I'll have a more specific post in a moment — began with a sharp jab at those questioning the scale of the administration's ambitions: … I get why Obama didn't liken his administration to the Johnson White House.
Laura Rozen / The Cable:
Flournoy's Pentagon policy shop  —  Since her confirmation as under secretary of defense for policy last month, Michèle Flournoy - the highest-ranking woman in Pentagon civilian history — has become one of the most active and influential national security figures in the Obama administration.
Discussion: ATTACKERMAN
Ira Forman / The Huffington Post:
Questioning the Patriotism of Freeman's Critics  —  For 60 years, liberals have had the unenviable task of defending our loyalty and patriotism from right-wing attack dogs who claim that we hate America.  In the Jewish community, we have witnessed a parallel phenomenon.
Discussion: Capital J | JTA
 
 
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Card Check Bill Moves Forward As Lobbying Battle Heats Up
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Rove lunches at Texas Capitol with Katharine Armstrong
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China says U.S. naval ship broke the law
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