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8:55 PM ET, August 3, 2009

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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Blue-State Blues  —  We know because he said so, in the first of many famous speeches, that Barack Obama doesn't see Red America or Blue America — he only sees the United States of America.  But as the president contemplates his faltering poll numbers and his stalling health-care push …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Political Party Affiliation: 30 States Blue, 4 Red in '09 So Far  —  PRINCETON, NJ — An analysis of Gallup Poll Daily tracking data from the first six months of 2009 finds Massachusetts to be the most Democratic state in the nation, along with the District of Columbia.
Ezra Klein:
Should We Envy Texas?  —  Ross Douthat has a strange column today arguing that Texas — yes, Texas — represents the sort of “model” economy that Barack Obama promised but can't quite seem to achieve.  “The president wants to govern America like a blue state,” writes Douthat.
Discussion: Economix, Free exchange and The Plank
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The scope — and dangers — of GE's control of NBC and MSNBC  —  (updated below - Update II)  —  I want to return to the subject of GE's silencing of Keith Olbermann both because there are new facts I've obtained that shed light on what happened here and because this is one of the most blatant examples yet …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
The Prez, The Press, The Pressure  —  Networks Grouse About Obama in Prime Time  —  In the days before President Obama's last news conference, as the networks weighed whether to give up a chunk of their precious prime time, Rahm Emanuel went straight to the top.
Jennifer Senior / New York Magazine:
The Message Is the Message  —  Barack Obama's ubiquitous appearances as professor-in-chief, preacher-in-chief, father-in-chief, may turn out to be the most salient feature of his presidency.  —  Photo-illustration by James Porto  —  Since occupying the White House, Barack Obama …
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Postcards:
Doggett says he's more resolved than ever to pass a health-care plan
Discussion: The Caucus and The New Editor
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Tea Party Town Hall Strategy: “Rattle Them,” “Stand Up And Shout”
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Tea Shirts  —  When members of Congress hold ‘town hall’ meetings …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Are Democrats In For An August Slaughter?  —  Democrats know the rulebook.  The tactics being used against them by Republican and conservative groups were perfected by the party when it set out to defeat President Bush's Social Security privatization proposals.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Ambinder  —  Marc Ambinder seems to think the tea-bagger effort to shut down Democratic town hall meetings is just working from the Dems 2005 anti-Social Security privatization playbook.  —  Really?  —  I watched those events unfold pretty closely.  And what the Dems did in 2005 consisted …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Michelle makes new friend on “The View”
David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
Is This the Source of the Forged ‘Kenyan Birth Certificate?’  —  One of my friends in the small community of Obama “birther"-debunkers passes on quite the discovery: a 1964 “certified copy of registration of birth” from Australia, easily available on Bomford.net, a genealogy site.
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Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
Sen. Enzi: No deadline for healthcare talks  —  One of the three Republican senators working on a bipartisan agreement on healthcare reform legislation flatly denied Monday the Democratic claims that negotiators had set a mid-September deadline to complete their work.
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James Rowley / Bloomberg:   Schumer Threatens Democrats-Only Health-Care Measure
Hideaki Tailor / Weekly World News:
OBAMA JOKER POSTER  —  LOS ANGELES, CA - A poster depicting President Obama as Batman's The Joker has begun appearing around Los Angeles.  —  Someone has been creating posters of President Obama in the famous face paint of The Dark Knight's Joker, famously depicted by Heath Ledger.
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Juan Cole / Salon:
Sarah Palin, meet Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  —  You two right-wing populists have a surprising amount in common  —  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech in Mashhad, Iran, on Friday; Gov. Sarah Palin gives her resignation speech in Fairbanks, Alaska, on July 26.  —  Is Sarah Palin America's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
5 things to watch during recess  —  House Minority Leader John Boehner has predicted a “very, very hot summer.”  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is bracing for what she calls “the fight of our lives.”  —  Sleepy, sweltering August, typically a month for congressional beach getaways …
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Interview With AHIP's Karen Ignagni: We Won't Take Bait
Discussion: The Page
Paul Krugman:
In defense of Michelle Malkin  —  No, really.  She's been getting a lot of grief from progressive bloggers for saying that extended unemployment benefits cause higher unemployment, and attributing that view to Larry Katz, who has gone to some pains to say that he believes no such thing.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
CROWD EXPLODES when Arlen Specter says “do it fast.”  This kind of thing just keeps happening....  CROWD EXPLODES when Arlen Specter says “do it fast.”  —  This kind of thing just keeps happening.  And it's happening all over.  —  Plus, planning to eliminate private insurance?
Hotline On Call:
McCain To Vote “No” On Sotomayor  —  Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) announced today that he will vote against Sonia Sotomayor, Pres. Obama's nominee to become the first Hispanic SCOTUS justice.  —  McCain, in a Senate floor speech: … McCain voted against Sotomayor's nomination to the 2nd Circuit Court …
Discussion: Hot Air and Wonkette
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Just 32% of Virginia Republicans Think Obama is a Citizen  —  Here's an advance look at a new Public Policy Polling survey in Virginia completed over the weekend: An astonishing 41% of the state's Republicans think President Obama was not born in the United States while just 32% think he was and 27% are still not sure.
Wall Street Journal:
Cash From Clunkers  —  Let's have a $4,500 subsidy for everything.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  Americans are streaming back into auto showrooms, and one reason is the “cash for clunkers” subsidy.  Democrats are naturally claiming this is a great success, while Republicans are claiming …
David Paul Kuhn / Real Clear Politics:
Both Parties Have Their Fanatics  —  Fully 35 percent of Democrats believe George W. Bush had advance knowledge of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.  Fully 28 percent of Republicans believe Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States.  —  Meet the fanatical third.
Siobhan Gorman / Wall Street Journal:
White House Cybersecurity Chief Quits  —  WASHINGTON — The White House's acting cybersecurity czar announced her resignation Monday, in a setback to the Obama administration's efforts to better protect the computer networks critical to national security and the global economy.
Discussion: Danger Room and Emptywheel
Daily Mail:
Three policewomen spend full day dressed in Muslim burkhas in controversial ‘In Your Shoes’ exercise  —  A police exercise which saw female officers spending a day dressed in full Muslim dress has been blasted ‘a complete waste of time’.  —  Two sergeants and a community support officer dressed …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
David Corn / Politics Daily:
Obama's Anger Problem?  —  If President Obama is mad, who's he so mad at?  —  Let me explain.  On Friday afternoon, at the daily White House press briefing, press secretary Robert Gibbs was explaining why his boss this week will be making his second trip as president to hard-hit Elkhart …
Discussion: MoJo Blog Posts
Rasmussen Reports:
Confidence in U.S. Health Care System Has Grown in Recent Months  —  Forty-eight percent (48%) of U.S. voters now rate the U.S. health care system as good or excellent.  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 19% rate it as poor.
Dion Lefler / Kansas City Star:
Kansas casino partner linked to son's sex scandal  —  A Washington sex scandal involving a Nevada senator could become a problem for a Sumner County casino.  —  Kansas Lottery officials and state legislators say they're concerned about casino proponent Michael Ensign's role in making $96,000 …
 
 
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Chris Good / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
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New York Times:
As ‘Clunker’ Rebates Help Ford, Aid May Be Extended
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Andy Vineberg / phillyBurbs.com:
Murphy hears it from both sides of issue
Discussion: D-Day
The Note:
‘Top Line’ — Liberals Pressed on Public Option
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Al Kamen / Washington Post:
With a Colleague's Book Due Out, Ex-Bushies Play Out the Ritual of Anxiety
Discussion: Think Progress
Forbes:
Why Was Biden There?  —  A racial parsing of the “beer summit.”
Discussion: NO QUARTER and Althouse
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Politico Only Knows Conservative Experts
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
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