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1:20 PM ET, July 23, 2009

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William Kristol / PostPartisan:
Obama Attacks Docs and Cops  —  President Obama spent most of his press conference tonight denying what President Kennedy famously affirmed — that to govern is to choose.  Obama promised us health care this is at once better and cheaper, with both more regulation and more freedom to choose …
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Boston Herald:
Officer in Henry Gates flap tried to save Reggie Lewis  —  Denies he's a racist, won't apologize  —  The Cambridge cop prominent Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. claims is a racist gave a dying Reggie Lewis mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in a desperate bid to save the Celtics …
ABCNEWS:
Obama's Comments on Gates Arrest Stir Reaction  —  The Cop Who Arrested The Harvard Professor Says He Will Not Apologize  —  President Obama's comments about the arrest of prominent Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates has added fuel to the story that has dominated national headlines …
Tom Shales / Washington Post:
Obama Goes Off-Topic, Clearly  —  When a politician says “Let me be clear,” what follows is often anything but.  It's a tradition in obfuscation that probably got a big boost from Richard Nixon's “Let me make this perfectly clear,” one of that president's signature phrases.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Obama: Cambridge police acted ‘stupidly’  —  After spending most of an hour patiently reiterating his arguments for changing the health insurance system, President Barack Obama turned his press conference sharply toward an iconic moment in American race relations: The arrest …
Boston Globe:
Sergeant at eye of storm says he won't apologize
Discussion: Politics Daily, Raw Story and msnbc.com
Dan / Riehl World View:
Obama Destroyed His Post-Racial Theme
Discussion: ABCNEWS, Reason and Right Wing News
MyFox Boston:
Obama: Cambridge police acted stupidly
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Townhall.com
P.J. Gladnick / NewsBusters.org:
Boston Globe Scrubs Henry Louis Gates Arrest Report From Website
MyFox Boston:
Cop who arrested Gates not sorry
Discussion: Townhall.com and Debbie Schlussel
New York Times:
Obama's Fifth News Conference  —  Following is a transcript of President Obama's fifth news conference, the fourth given in prime-time, as provided by Federal News Service.  —  PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good evening.  Please be seated.  —  Before I take your questions, I want to talk for a few minutes …
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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 …
Joe Klein / Swampland:
Obama's Press Conference
Discussion: The Daily Dish and The Treatment
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CNN:
Mayors, rabbis arrested in corruption probe  —  (CNN) — About 30 people, including some New Jersey mayors and several rabbis, were arrested Thursday in a federal investigation of public corruption, the U.S. attorney's office in Newark, New Jersey, said.  —  The probe also involves a …
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 …
CNN:
North Korea launches attack on Clinton  —  BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) — North Korea launched a scathing personal attack on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday after she likened the leadership in Pyongyang to “small children and unruly teenagers and people who are demanding attention.”
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
N. Korea Escalates War of Words, Calls Clinton Vulgar, Unintelligent
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Clinton Discusses Relationship With Obama
Discussion: msnbc.com
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 …
Quinnipiac University:
Dodd In Slump In Connecticut Reelection Bid, Quinnipiac University Connecticut Poll Finds; Obama Approval Down 8 Points  —  Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd trails former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons, a likely Republican challenger 48 - 39 percent in the 2010 Senate race, but he is inching …
Roll Call:
Democrats Tire of Baucus Talks  —  Members Feel Out of the Loop  —  Senate Democrats are increasingly frustrated by the secrecy and duration of Finance Chairman Max Baucus' (D-Mont.) bipartisan talks on health care reform, with some saying it could undermine Democratic support for the bill.
Discussion: TPMDC
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Jackie Kucinich / Roll Call:
Democrats Block GOP Health Care Mailing  —  Democrats are preventing Republican House Members from sending their constituents a mailing that is critical of the majority's health care reform plan, blocking the mailing by alleging that it is inaccurate.  —  House Republicans are crying foul …
The Politico:
Blue Dogs fill campaign-cash bowls  —  Whether the subject is health care reform, climate change or pay-as-you-go budgeting rules, almost everyone, it seems, suddenly wants to talk with the Blue Dogs.  —  And they're willing to pay handsomely for the opportunity.
 
 
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