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11:05 PM ET, July 25, 2009

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Chris Frates / The Politico:
CBO deals new blow to health plan  —  For the second time this month, congressional budget analysts have dealt a blow to the Democrat's health reform efforts, this time by saying a plan touted by the White House as crucial to paying for the bill would actually save almost no money over 10 years.
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Thank God The CBO Works On Saturdays  —  The Congressional Budget Office once again has poked a massive hole in the Democratic health care “reform” bubble, in a report issued today.  —  One of the key elements of the Democratic proposals is to hand over the power to make cost cuts to an unelected …
Discussion: Weekly Standard and RedState
Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
Baucus in health driver's seat, destination unknown  —  Liberals malign him, the White House and his Senate leaders prod him and House Democrats blame him for their troubles.  But Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) just keeps on keeping on.  —  President Obama wanted him to be done by now.
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
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David Lawder / Reuters:
Black scholar agrees to beer with Obama, policeman  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A prominent black Harvard University scholar has accepted an invitation to have a beer with President Barack Obama and the white police officer who arrested him in a racially charged case.
Discussion: Townhall.com
Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
It's Miller time for parties in racially charged incident  —  Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. said he accepted an invitation to have a beer with the white police officer who arrested him this week.  —  Gates, a black scholar, in a statement posted late Friday at The Root …
CBS News:
Palin: “Bigger” Than Obama, or Quitter?  —  GOP Operatives in Heated Exchange, on “The Early Show Saturday Edition”  —  (CBS) Is Sarah Palin still a star, or a fading quitter?  What does the future hold for her?  —  If a three-way discussion among Republican pundits on …
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Dan / Riehl World View:
A Gatesgate At Henry Gates' “Bogus” Charity?  —  Henry Louis Gates, Jr controls a tax-exempt, non-profit charity, Inkwell Foundation, Inc, that managed to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in direct support in one year, yet only gave out $27,500 in grants, the bulk of which went to Gates' employees and Harvard colleagues.
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Know-Nothing-in-Chief  —  There's no evidence Obama has even a sketchy grasp of economics.  —  Is President Obama an economic illiterate?  Harsh as that sounds, there's growing evidence he understands little about economics and even less about economic growth or job creation.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:   FRED BARNES DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. …
Yochi J. Dreazen / Wall Street Journal:
A Class of Generals  —  The cadets of 1976 graduated from West Point at a low moment for the Army and its storied training ground.  But that year produced the generals running the nation's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as their key deputies.  What happened?  —  Printer  —  Friendly
Matthew / FishBowlDC:
Man Bites Dog: U.S. Navy Commander Files Sex Complaint Against Female Miami Herald Journo  —  FishbowlDC Exclusive: US Navy Commander Jeffrey D. Gordon has filed a sexual harassment complaint against the Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg.  —  FishbowlDC obtained a copy of the July 22 …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Rasmussen: Obama's presser backfired  —  Barack Obama obviously hoped to get a swell in support after his prime-time presser, both for his health-care initiative and for his own approval ratings.  Until now, the president has wrung temporary boosts in polling from his major media appearances.
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama: Health bill aids small businesses
Discussion: PERRspectives and The Swamp
The White House:
CBO and IMAC  —  This morning, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analyzed proposals to shift more decision-making out of politics and toward a body like the Independent Medicare Advisory Council (IMAC) put forward by the Administration.  CBO noted that this type of approach could lead …
BBC:
Colombia ‘bombs Farc jungle camp’  —  Colombian forces have bombed a rebel camp in the jungle, killing at least 16 suspected guerrillas, officials say.  —  The aerial bombing, south of the capital Bogota, was part of a hunt for the military chief of the Farc rebels, Jorge Briceno - known as “Mono Jojoy”.
Discussion: PrairiePundit
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
An Early-Warning System, Run by the Fed
Discussion: Economist's View
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Barofsky fires back at Treasury, says $24,000,000,000,000 estimate sound
Discussion: RedState and The Other McCain
Brigid Schulte / Washington Post:
Mail Volume Expected to Continue Decline; U.S. Postal Service Adapting Services
Discussion: Below The Beltway and BuzzMachine
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