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8:10 PM ET, July 9, 2009

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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Ensign's parents paid mistress $96k  —  Sen. John Ensign's parents shelled out big bucks to pay off their son's mistress, the latest twist in an unfolding scandal that has upended the political career of the one-time rising GOP star.  —  The scandal has also touched Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) …
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Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker:
Ensign Still Bringing Dirty Laundry Home To Be Washed  —  It looks like John Ensign's sexual dignity — which hasn't been high lately — has plunged to new depths.  His lawyer has just released a remarkable statement saying that Ensign's parents paid the Hamptons $96,000 after the 51-year-old senator told …
Manu Raju / The Politico:   Coburn: Ensign flap manipulated
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
Ensign paid $96,000 “gift” to Hamptons
Discussion: The Politico
Mike Murphy / NY Daily News:
To go forward, GOP must snap out of its Sarah Palin spell  —  Gov. Sarah Palin is the political train wreck that keeps on giving.  First, she was an awful choice last year as John McCain's running mate.  I came to this conclusion with regret - I am one of McCain's biggest admirers.  —  But facts are facts.
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Jay Newton-Small / Swampland:
A Final Palin Post  —  I'm back from the Last Frontier with this week's dead tree cover story on Sarah Palin, written with the very excellent editor-at-large David Von Drehle.  I don't think this will be the last we hear from the soon-to-be-former governor.
Claire Heininger / New Jersey Online:   Chris Christie says Sarah Palin won't stump for him, but Rudy Giuliani will
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Independents begin to edge away from President Obama  —  In a potentially alarming trend for the White House, independent voters are deserting President Barack Obama nationally and especially in key swing states, recent polls suggest.  —  Obama's job approval rating hit a — still healthy …
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Josh Kraushaar / Scorecard's Blog:
Republican recruiting successes
John Cook / Gawker:
White House Press Corps Spent the Fourth of July Hanging Out With Obama, Off the Record  —  Reporters from roughly 30 television networks, newspapers, magazines, and web sites celebrated the Fourth of July with Barack Obama at the White House last weekend.  Why didn't you know that?
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Jonathan Cohn / The Treatment:
Houston—er, Washington—We Have a Problem  —  On Wednesday, according to a Capitol Hill source, the Senate Finance Committee distributed to its members a list of about twenty ways to help pay for health care reform.  Everything you could imagine was on the list: Taxes on soda and cigarettes.
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:   Keeping the Spotlight on Lobbying Outrages and Economic Hard Times
David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
DeMint: America is ‘Where Germany Was Before World War II’  —  Last night, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) gave a short talk and Q&A at at the National Press Club about his book “Saving Freedom.”  DeMint told a room of around 100 people about a conversation he'd had with an Iranian immigrant …
Newsweek:
Watch Who You're Calling a Liar  —  Panetta orders internal probe of secret spy program after some members of Congress say CIA misled them.  —  CIA Director Leon Panetta has ordered an internal inquiry into the agency's handling of a contentious and still highly classified intelligence program …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:
[UPDATED] Six Seven Members of Congress Say Panetta Testified …
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Firefighters to testify about Sotomayor  —  Republicans will call two New Haven firefighters to testify in the confirmation hearings of Sonia Sotomayor next week, making clear the GOP's intent to place affirmative action at the center of Senate battle over Sotomayor's nomination.
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Michael Sneed / Chicago Sun Times:
Roland Burris won't run for Senate seat in 2010  —  Sneed has learned U.S. Sen. Roland Burris has decided NOT to seek election to the seat he fought the government to keep.  —  Sen. Burris is planning to announce his decision Friday by issuing a statement to the press.
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Lynn Sweet:
Roland Burris will not run for Senate in 2010
Discussion: Politics Daily
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NY Daily News:
White House denies manufacturer's boast that First Lady carried their $5,950 bag  —  Is First Lady Michelle Obama sporting a taste for ultra-expensive fashion pieces, or is she cementing her status as a savvy shopper?  —  Back in April she wore a pair of $540 Lanvin sneakers at a Washington food bank.
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
King's New Rationale For Voting Against Slave Labor Resolution: It Wasn't ‘A Balanced Depiction Of History’  —  Yesterday, a number of blogs reported that right-wing Rep. Steve King (R-IA) was the lone dissenter on a House vote to acknowledge the role that slave labor had in constructing the U.S. Capitol.
Phil Trexler / Akron Beacon Journal:
Akron police investigate teen mob attack on family  —  Akron police say they aren't ready to call it a hate crime or a gang initiation.  —  But to Marty Marshall, his wife and two kids, it seems pretty clear.  —  It came after a family night of celebrating America and freedom with a fireworks show at Firestone Stadium.
Alec Baldwin / The Huffington Post:
Man of the People  —  I was sorry to watch, live on CNN, Edward R. Murrow and Emmy Award-winning broadcaster and all around “Man of the People” Jack Cafferty spit on me on his broadcast today.  —  After decrying the notion of “actors and comedians” running for public office, Cafferty stated …
Greg Bensinger / Bloomberg:
New York Times Considers $5 Monthly Web-Access Fee  —  New York Times Co. said in a survey of print subscribers that it's considering a $5 monthly fee for access to its namesake newspaper's Web site.  —  Times Co. also asked whether subscribers would be willing to pay a discounted fee …
ABCNEWS:
Buffett Likens Economic Stimulus to Viagra  —  The Legendary Investor Is Critical of the First Stimulus Package, Comparing It to Viagra and Candy  —  As debate grows about a possible second stimulus package for the flagging American economy, at least one legendary investor is giving the idea his guarded approval.
CNN:
Protesters in Iran met with tear gas, batons  —  TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — Iranian pro-government Basij militia members dispersed crowds of protesters in Tehran Thursday — sometimes with force — according to a journalist on the scene.  —  The demonstration is taking place on the 10th anniversary …
Ben Rooney / CNNMoney.com:
Fewer than expected file for unemployment  —  Labor Department says first time jobless claims fell by 52,000 last week to 565,000.  But continuing claims rose to another record high.  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The number of Americans filing initial unemployment claims fell sharply last week …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and Hot Air
Brad Heath / USA Today:
Billions in aid go to areas that backed Obama in '08  —  WASHINGTON — Billions of dollars in federal aid delivered directly to the local level to help revive the economy have gone overwhelmingly to places that supported President Obama in last year's presidential election.
 
 
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