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8:35 PM ET, July 1, 2009

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Fox hosts on Franken victory: “in denial”; Franken and nation crazy; Coleman originally won  —  SUMMARY: Several Fox News hosts have expressed bewilderment, disappointment, and denial about Al Franken's victory in the Minnesota Senate race.  —  After Norm Coleman conceded the 2008 Minnesota Senate race …
Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Absentee’ Senator  —  Franken wins by changing the rules.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  The Minnesota Supreme Court yesterday declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of last year's disputed Senate race, and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman's gracious concession at least spares the state any further legal combat.
Ncarlile / Think Progress:
Inhofe: No disrespect, but Franken's a ‘clown.’  —  On the same day the Minnesota Supreme Court declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of the state's U.S. Senate election, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) welcomed his newest colleague to the Senate by referring to him as a “clown.”
Discussion: Gawker and TPMDC
John Feehery / CNN:   Commentary: Franken victory is not funny
The State:
New sex revelations fuel calls for resignation  —  Latest details tip scales for many  —  Six of 27 members of the conservative Senate Republican Caucus Tuesday night issued a letter calling on Gov. Mark Sanford to resign.  —  Two additional senators considered among Sanford's staunchest allies …
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Call for Sanford resignation grows louder  —  COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) — South Carolina Republican Party Chairwoman Karen Floyd seemed to suggest Wednesday that the time had come for GOP Gov. Mark Sanford to consider resigning from office.  —  “For the past two days …
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Details of Sanford book deal to come this week
Discussion: The Palmetto Scoop and Wonkette
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
Bush's ‘Town Halls’ vs. Obama's Town Halls  —  The New York Times is covering President Obama's health care town hall-style meeting today in Northern Virginia rather credulously.  This is the orchestrated political event that will feature a hand-picked audience and pre-screened questions about Obama's health care plan for the nation.
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RealClearPolitics Video Log:
CBS, Helen Thomas Challenge Gibbs On “Controlled” Town Hall Meeting  —  CBS' Chip Reid and Helen Thomas double teamed Robert Gibbs today at the daily press briefing on the “tightly controlled” town hall meeting President Obama will hold on health care.  Gibbs kept saying lets have this discussion AFTER the meeting.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Blue on blue: Helen Thomas hammers Gibbs on Obama's phony town hall  —  Phony, that is, in the sense that the White House knows in advance the questions that'll be asked, which makes the questioners de facto plants of the most transparent administration evah.
Macon Phillips / WhiteHouse.gov Blog:
Annual Report to Congress on White House Staff
Discussion: Washington Post and TPMDC
CNN:
AMA open to government-funded health insurance  —  (CNN) — The new president of the American Medical Association, which represents the interests of the nation's doctors, said Wednesday the group is open to a government-funded health insurance option for people without coverage.
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Healthcare reform: ‘Defining moment’
Discussion: The Politico
Mark Hemingway / The Corner:
Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign?  —  The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign.  At issue is a question that was never resolved following McCain's loss in November: Who in the McCain campaign was secretly trashing Sarah Palin to the press?
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Moe Lane / Moe_Lane's blog:
A friendly suggestion to former McCain campaign staffers.  —  You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake.  —  Background: Hot Air (Allahpundit), Hot Air (Ed Morrissey), The Weekly Standard, ConsiderThisNews (Pat Hynes), The Politico  —  Since everybody else is piling on, let me add my own comment to the fray.
Patrick Hynes / ConsiderThisNews:
Morning Joe: Palin a “Circus Act,” “Joke”
David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Michael Scheuer on Fox: America's only hope is for another terrorist attack  —  You can view this video right here by getting the latest version of Flash Player!  —  DOWNLOADS: (909)  —  PLAYS: (3582)  —  Good God.  They really are wishing and hoping for a terrorist attack.
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Matt Walker / BBC:
Ant mega-colony takes over world  —  A queen and worker Argentine ant have many, many relatives  —  A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world, scientists have discovered.  —  Argentine ants living in vast numbers across Europe, the US and Japan belong to the same interrelated colony …
Discussion: Dependable Renegade and Pharyngula
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Just Go Be With Her!  —  In part two of his leave-no-rock-unturned interview with the Associated Press, Mark Sanford says that at least he will “be able to die knowing I had met my soul mate,” as David noted below.  And if that's not enough, he says that for all the grief his affair has caused …
Dan Savage / Slog | The Stranger:
Fort Worth Police Chief: That Faggot Had It Coming  —  Most residents of Fort Worth have never even seen the inside of a gay bar.  Fort Worth's police chief Jeff Halstead is counting on that fact—counting on the average person's ignorance about gay bars and certain stereotypes about gay men …
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Firefighter case shows seamy side of racial politics  —  The Supreme Court's decision in Ricci v. DeStefano, the case of the New Haven, Conn., firefighters, was a ringing endorsement of the Civil Rights Act of 1964's ban on racial discrimination and a repudiation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia …
Discussion: Commentary
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Rasmussen Reports:
Public Support for Sotomayor Falls After Supreme Court Reversal
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Joe the Plumber won't run for office: “You know, I talked to God about that and he was like, ‘No.’”  —  Last year at the height of his “fame,” Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher — aka “Joe the Plumber” — said that he was considering a run for public office.  “I'd be up for it,” he said.
Discussion: The Awl, Wonkette and MoJo Blog Posts
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Chelsea Schilling / WorldNetDaily:
He's back! Guess who's coming to tea parties
Michael Barone / AMERICAN.COM:
The GOP's Real Problems for 2012  —  The Ensign and Sanford scandals are beside the point.  The Republican Party is going to have a hard time coming up with a strong presidential nominee in 2012.  —  The conventional wisdom, as recorded in the New York Times, is that the Republican party …
Discussion: The Other McCain and The Corner
Rajiv Chandrasekaran / Washington Post:
U.S. Marines Launch Major Operation in Afghanistan  —  Thousands of U.S. Marines descended upon the volatile Helmand River valley in helicopters and armored convoys early Thursday morning, mounting an operation that represents the first large-scale test of the U.S. military's new counter-insurgency strategy in Afghanistan.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Page
Dennis McLellan / Los Angeles Times:
Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dies at 97  —  Malden starred in TV's ‘The Streets of San Francisco’ and made famous the American Express catchphrase 'Don't leave home without it.' He appeared in more than 50 films over his long career.  —  Karl Malden, one of Hollywood's strongest …
Discussion: Shakesville and ArtsBeat
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Lieberman: I Stand With The Small Minority Of Americans Who Oppose Public Option  —  The surfeit of polling data showing broad public support for the public option hasn't swayed Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, who's joining conservative Democrats and moderate Republicans in staunch opposition.
 
 
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NRCC blasting Perriello — and Obama
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Gatecrasher: McCain kin a Duff act to follow
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