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1:00 PM ET, August 4, 2009

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Evan Perez / Wall Street Journal:
White House Counsel's Job Is at Stake  —  WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials are holding discussions that could result in White House counsel Gregory Craig leaving his post, following a rocky tenure, people familiar with the matter said.  —  Mr. Craig, the top lawyer at the White House …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama vs. Drudge  —  The White House on Tuesday posted a three-minute video punching back at an old clip of President Barack Obama that was featured on the Drudge Report with the headline, “Uncovered Video: Obama Explains How His Health Care Plan Will ‘Eliminate’ Private Insurance.”
Macon Phillips / WhiteHouse.gov Blog:
Facts Are Stubborn Things  —  Opponents of health insurance reform may find the truth a little inconvenient, but as our second president famously said, “facts are stubborn things.”  —  Scary chain emails and videos are starting to percolate on the internet, breathlessly claiming, for example …
Henry J. Pulizzi / Wall Street Journal:
White House Isn't Concerned by Health-Care Protests  —  WASHINGTON — The White House isn't concerned that increasingly vocal protests around the country are frustrating its push for health-care legislation.  —  Briefing reporters Tuesday, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs suggested …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
White House: ObamaCare opponents lying by ... using Obama's own words
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Sister Toldjah
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
White House Attacks Drudge for Exposing Obama's Goal to Eliminate …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit, Macsmind and Swampland
Wall Street Journal:
Geithner Vents as Overhaul Stumbles  —  WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner blasted top U.S. financial regulators in an expletive-laced critique last Friday as frustration grows over the Obama administration's faltering plan to overhaul U.S. financial regulation, according to people familiar with the meeting.
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Yves Smith / naked capitalism:
Geithner Bullies Financial Regulators to Accept Fed as Top Dog
KTLA:
Obama ‘Joker’ Poster Causing a Stir in L.A.  —  Obama “Joker” Poster  —  What do you think?  —  When you're taking flak... ÃÂyou know you're over the target,and the person who made this poster is shining the light of truth on the Obama administration.
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Michelle Malkin:
How quickly they forget
Daily Mail:
Spoof poster of Obama's face painted as The Joker branded 'dangerous …
WorldNetDaily:
Why I doubt Kenyan birth document  —  I bet that got your attention.  —  For 24 hours, I have been deluged with e-mail - about 6,000 more than usual - that essentially fall into three categories:  — Thank you for getting the goods on Barack Obama - I knew he was born in Kenya.
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Koyaan / PolitiJab.com:
Kenyan Birth Certificate: PWNED!
Gateway Pundit:
Lib “Blue Dog” Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-OH) Booed, Mocked & Laughed At During Town Hall (Video)  —  Another Day— Another Blue Dog Mocked at Obamacare Town Hall  —  Representative Steve Driehaus (D-OH) held a town hall on health care reform.  While Driehaus campaigned as a fiscal conservative …
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Cincinnati.com:
Health-care forum draws big crowd
New York Times:
Health Plan Opponents Make Voices Heard  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Arlen Specter and the health and human services secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, were heckled and booed in Philadelphia on Sunday.  —  In Austin on Saturday, a throng of protesters enveloped Representative Lloyd Doggett …
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Wall Street Journal:
Teeing Up the Middle Class  —  Joe the Plumber's tax vindication is nigh.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  Few of President Obama's 2008 campaign pledges were more definitive than his vow that anyone making less than $250,000 a year “will not see their taxes increase by a single dime” if he was elected.
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James Pethokoukis:
5 reasons why Obama will hike middle-class taxes
Discussion: Fausta's Blog and PrairiePundit
Pat Toomey / Philly.com:
Sotomayor: Qualified, mainstream  —  Judicial confirmation hearings weren't always ideological witch hunts.  —  When John Roberts and Samuel Alito were nominated to the Supreme Court, Republicans argued that they should be confirmed based on their impeccable qualifications and mainstream jurisprudence.
New York Post:
HONORING AN AMERICA-HATER  —  THE Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor.  Past recipients include John Wayne, Norman Rockwell and Vaclav Havel.  This year, one of the 16 recipients President Obama selected (along with such worthies as Sen. Edward Kennedy and the late Jack Kemp) …
New York Times:
Bill Clinton Meeting North Korea Leader, Media Reports  —  SEOUL, South Korea — Former President Bill Clinton met on Tuesday with Kim Jong-il, the reclusive and ailing leader of North Korea, while on a visit to negotiate the release of two imprisoned American television journalists, North Korean state media reported.
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New York Times:
Bill Clinton in North Korea to Seek Release of U.S. Reporters
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
And for the Blue Team?  —  We spent most of Monday reporting on these tea-bagging crowds going to Democratic health care town hall meetings to shout down the hosts and shut the events down.  It's classic agitprop, very akin to the ‘Brooks Brothers riot’ down in Florida during the recount.
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Gwen Ottinger / Washington Post:
When ‘Clunkers’ Are Greener  —  Want to be green?  Consider keeping your “clunker.”  —  The wildly popular “Cash for Clunkers” program is one of a number of policies funded by this year's stimulus package that encourage consumers to make major purchases in the name of the environment.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
McDonnell leads by 14  —  Bob McDonnell has opened up a 51-37 lead over Creigh Deeds in the race to be Virginia's next Governor, up from a 49-43 advantage four weeks ago.  —  The movement in the race likely has more to do with national trends than anything actually going on in Virginia.
Rasmussen Reports:
54% Oppose More Money for ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Program  —  Fifty-four percent (54%) of Americans oppose any further funding for the federal “cash for clunkers” program which encourages the owners of older cars to trade them in for newer, more fuel-efficient ones.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: JUNE 2009 REVISED ESTIMATES: 1929 THROUGH MAY 2009  —  Personal income decreased $159.8 billion, or 1.3 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) decreased $143.8 billion, or 1.3 percent, in June, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
 
 
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Press Releases from the Committee on Oversight …:
Issa to Emanuel: Back Off!
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and Weasel Zippers
Kathleen Sebelius / Washington Post:
Health-Care Reform's Many Benefits Include Peace of Mind
Discussion: Reason and The Foundry
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
‘Lost’ Obama Interview Provides Portrait of Aspiring Politician
Discussion: The Swamp
Mark Decambre / New York Post:
GOLDMAN PRINCES TOLD: SPEND LIKE PAUPERS
Discussion: Salon and Clusterstock
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Dallas-Houston HSR  —  Via Steve Teles, Ed Glaeser …
Discussion: The RBC, Economix and Eschaton
 Earlier Items: 
Barbara F. Walter / Los Angeles Times:
Too soon to leave Iraq
Discussion: The Plank and democracyarsenal.org
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
At Walter Reed, ‘The Healing Power of Death Metal’
Discussion: PrairiePundit
Timothy Williams / New York Times:
Iraq Censorship Laws Move Ahead
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Reason
The Hill:
Left is miffed at Pelosi over her comment
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
Long Island Tea Party!
Kevin Helliker / Wall Street Journal:
Killer App for Clunkers Spurs Market
Discussion: Clusterstock
Weekly Standard:
And That's the Way It Wasn't
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
 

 
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
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