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10:30 PM ET, July 23, 2009

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ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Obama Stands By Criticism of Cambridge Police  —  ABC EXCLUSIVE: Obama Says ‘Cooler Heads Should Have Prevailed’  —  President Obama today stood by his comments that the Cambridge, Mass., police department acted “stupidly” in its arrest of Henry Louis Gates …
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Jimmy Orr / Christian Science Monitor:
Bill Cosby ‘shocked’ at Obama's statement on Harvard prof's arrest  —  On a Boston radio program this morning, Bill Cosby suggested that President Obama spoke too soon on the controversial arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates.  —  “I've heard about five different reports …
Denise Lavoie / Associated Press:
Cop who arrested black scholar is profiling expert … CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - The white police sergeant criticized by President Barack Obama for arresting black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his Massachusetts home is a police academy expert on racial profiling.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Bias, Racism, Being a Jerk, and Abuse of Power  —  Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (wikimedia)  —  One of the biggest reasons why it's extremely difficult to have a real conversation about race in the United States is that every imputation of a racial dynamic immediately becomes a defensive spat …
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
GOP seizes on Obama cops remark
Discussion: democracyarsenal.org
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama on Gates arrest: No regrets
Discussion: Boston Weather …
New York Times:
As Health Bill Is Delayed, White House Negotiates  —  WASHINGTON — White House officials negotiated furiously on Thursday to keep major health care legislation on track after the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, said his chamber would not vote on a health measure until after Congress returned from its summer recess.
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
HELP + Finance = Harry Reid's Recess
Discussion: HotMES and Michelle Malkin
Pew Global Attitudes Project:
Confidence in Obama Lifts U.S. Image Around the World  —  Most Muslim Publics Not So Easily Moved  —  Overview  —  View Slideshow (w/Andrew Kohut commentary)  —  The image of the United States has improved markedly in most parts of the world, reflecting global confidence in Barack Obama.
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Daily Show Videos:
The Born Identity  —  Barack Obama is not only the United States' first black president — he's also the first not-American president.
Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
Global Views of U.S. Helped by Obama, Survey Says
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Time:
Inside Bush and Cheney's Final Days  —  Hours before they were to leave office after eight troubled years, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney had one final and painful piece of business to conclude.  For over a month Cheney had been pleading, cajoling, even pestering Bush to pardon …
Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker:
Conservative Activist Forwards Racist Pic Showing Obama As Witch Doctor  —  The election of our first black president has brought with it a strange proliferation of online racism among conservatives.  —  And we've got the latest example.  —  On Sunday night, Dr. David McKalip forwarded …
Melanie Mason / The Politico:
Thumbs down from pundits on presser  —  Pundits who are often wowed by President Barack Obama's oratorical skills are delivering a decidedly negative verdict on his performance at his health care-dominated press conference Wednesday night.  —  The major newspapers and cable networks dinged …
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Kleinheider / Post Politics:
Stanley's First Wife Swore Out A Restraining Order In 1994  —  While Sen. Paul Stanley tries desperately to hang on to his current marriage amid reports of a TBI confirmed admission of an extramarital affair with an intern and subsequent blackmailing by her boyfriend, allow Post Politics to take you on a trip down memory lane.
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“The guy forgot his keys, jimmied his way to get into the house... if I was trying to jigger into...”  —  I've already written about what Obama said about racism, Skip Gates, and the “stupidity” of the police.  You can find the context of the issue there, including the whole text of Obama's remarks.
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
Public option “dead,” Scott predicts  —  Rick Scott, the former hospital exec who has been leading a conservative counterattack on health care reform is emailing supporters to predict that the Democrats' public option will die if no bill is passed before recess.  —  The blast [h/t Marty Kady]:
New York Times:
Experts Dispute Some Points in Health Talk  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama showed great fluency in the intricate details of health policy at his news conference on Wednesday night, but experts said some of his points were debatable.  —  Mr. Obama said doctors, nurses, hospitals …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Jonathan Cohn / The Treatment:
Yup, Obama Opening Door on Exclusion  —  From his interview with Fred Hiatt, in the Washington Post: … There are two newsworthy items here.  First, Obama says he is “confident” that both the House and Senate bills will iinclude his ideas to create an independent board to set Medicare payment policy …
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Matthew Yglesias and D-Day
Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Inhofe: If GOP Can ‘Stall’ Or ‘Block’ Health Care Reform, It Will Be ‘A Huge Gain’ For The 2010 Elections  —  Last week, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) set off a political storm when he said that if Republicans can defeat health care reform it would be President Obama's “Waterloo” because it would “break him.”
Business Wire:
Nation's ENT Surgeons Respond to President Obama's Press Briefing Remarks on Tonsillectomy Procedures  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), which represents 12,000 ear, nose, and throat surgeons in the U.S. …
Discussion: Hot Air
Media Matters for America:
Mainstreaming the fringe: Lou Dobbs fuels birther bonfire  —  If James von Brunn weren't in a locked security ward at Southeast General Hospital in Washington, D.C., and awaiting trial for the murder of a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the 88-year-old racist and neo-Nazi might …
 
 
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Pawlenty blasts Obama plan
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William Nottingham / L.A. Now:
L.A. transportation officials approve letting solo drivers pay …
Booman Tribune:
Tired of the Stupid  —  The Village's desire, almost a demand really …
Discussion: D-Day
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans Concerned About Gov't. Spending, Expansion
Discussion: The Plum Line and RedState
Cathy Arnst / Money & Politics:
Study Links Rise in Health Care Costs to Job Losses
Discussion: CNN, Liberal Values and The Plum Line
Seth Blomeley / NWAnews.com:
Domestic ‘enemies’ worry GOP hopeful
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
This is not going to end well for CBS
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McCaskill Makes Gay Marriage Gaffe
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The Politico:
Dems raise concerns about Boxer
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Democrats Block GOP Health Care Mailing
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