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9:25 PM ET, July 12, 2009

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Kbh / KeithHennessey.com:
Responding to the President's op-ed  —  I would like to respond to the President's Washington Post op-ed, “Rebuilding Something Better.”  All quotes in this post are from the President. … The President and his team use this language to lower the bar against which they are measured.
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Barack Obama / Washington Post:
Rebuilding Something Better  —  Nearly six months ago, my administration took office amid the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression.  At the time, we were losing, on average, 700,000 jobs a month.  And many feared that our financial system was on the verge of collapse.
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
McCain: Palin not a quitter  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) defended his former running mate Sarah Palin on Sunday, saying she wasn't a quitter and that her decision to resign as governor was consistent with his own leadership qualities.  —  McCain said Palin did not tell him she was resigning …
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Associated Press:
Palin: I'm Not Leaving Politics  —  McCain Says His Former Running Mate Simply “Changed Her Priorities” in Resigning as Alaska's Governor  —  (AP) Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she's not only staying involved in national politics, but she plans to jump back into the national scrum when she leaves office at the end of the month.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
John McCain says he was surprised Palin left, she didn't quit …
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Blogs and Stories
Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
FOLKS: O, FOR SHAME!  —  'GIRL'S NO SEX SYMBOL!'  —  The Secret Service might want to put a new threat on its watch list: the mad-as-hell mama of the 17-year-old Brazilian beauty ogled by President Obama and French leader Nicolas Sarkozy at the G8 summit last week.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Holder trial balloon: Abu Ghraib redux  —  (updated below - Update II - Update III)  —  Yesterday, I treated this new Newsweek report that Eric Holder is “leaning toward appointing a prosecutor to investigate the Bush administration's brutal interrogation practices” as something to celebrate.
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Scott Horton / The Daily Beast:
Torture Prosecution Turnaround?
Tim F. / Balloon Juice:
Splitting Waterboarding The Baby
Discussion: Unqualified Offerings
Carrie Johnson / Washington Post:
Probe of Alleged Torture Weighed
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Future of Conservative Ideas  —  Drake Bennett profiles four up-and-coming right-of-center thinkers: Luigi Zingales, Bradford Wilcox, Reihan Salam, and Megan McArdle.  I've never heard of Wilcox, but his ideas (family is good!) don't sound very interesting.
Discussion: Boston Globe and AmSpecBlog
New York Times:
Goldman Sachs Likely to Post Huge Profits, Analysts Say  —  Most of Wall Street, and America, is still waiting for an economic recovery.  Then there is Goldman Sachs.  —  Up and down Wall Street, analysts and traders are buzzing that Goldman, which only recently paid back its government bailout money …
Discussion: The Big Picture
Foreign Affairs:
How to Win in Afghanistan  —  Summary — The deployment of more U.S. troops to Afghanistan is necessary to tip the balance of power against the Taliban.  But this military “surge” must be accompanied with a political one designed to persuade insurgents to give up their fight.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
David Alexander / Reuters:
Lawmakers reject tax to pay for health reform  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Sunday criticized a plan to raise taxes on the wealthy to pay for a $1 trillion healthcare overhaul and warned Congress was unlikely to meet President Barack Obama's goal of passing the measure by August.
Discussion: Eschaton
WCBS-TV:
Teen Girl Falls In Open Manhole While Texting  —  Alexa Longueira Suffers Deep Cuts, Bruises After Landing In Raw Sewage, Blames DEP For Leaving Hole Unattended  —  NEW YORK (CBS) ― It was an accident waiting to happen — an open sewer and a 15-year-old girl who was texting while she walked.
Frank Rich / New York Times:
She Broke the G.O.P. and Now She Owns It  —  SARAH PALIN and Al Sharpton don't ordinarily have much in common, but they achieved a rare harmonic convergence at Michael Jackson's memorial service.  When Sharpton told the singer's children it was their daddy's adversaries, not their daddy …
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CNN:
Charge in Fla. slayings: Evidence tampering  —  PENSACOLA, Florida (CNN) — A Florida man has been arrested on evidence-tampering charges in connection to the killings of a Gulf Coast couple known for adopting special-needs children, a case that has become increasingly “multifaceted,” authorities said Sunday.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Will ObamaCare threaten medical innovation?  —  Glenn Reynolds argues that the wait lines for treatments in a single-payer system are not the biggest concern.  In a Washington Examiner column, Glenn relates personal stories of how his family members have benefited from innovation in medical treatments …
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Washington Examiner:
Glenn Reynolds on the hidden cost of national health care
 
 
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