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10:05 AM ET, August 12, 2009

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Michelle Malkin:
Little girl at Obama town hall has not-so-random political connections  —  As we always like to point out: There are no coincidences in Obama world.  —  Via the Boston Globe: Surprise! … Tons of readers point to this AR15.com post tracking Hall's political footprint, including this Facebook page and photo:
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Michelle Malkin:
The illustrated guide to Obamacare human props  —  Little Julia Hall is just the latest in-the-tank questioner with Obama campaign/Democrat ties to turn up “randomly” at presidential health care forums.  —  Here's your illustrated guide to Obamacare human props.
Travis Andersen / Boston Globe:
Malden girl to Obama: what about those “mean things” people say about your health plan??  —  A girl from Malden asked President Obama a question at Tuesday's town hall meeting in New Hampshire about the signs outside “saying mean things” about his health care proposal.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Matthews to Obama protester: Why'd you bring a loaded gun to a town hall with the president?  —  Good question, especially given the sign this guy was carrying.  Considering the lengths to which the Secret Service normally goes to investigate threats against the president …
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Portsmouth Herald:
Police: Man arrested before Obama event had loaded gun … By Staff reports  —  news@seacoastonline.com  —  PORTSMOUTH — Police said a man arrested at the scene of President Barack Obama's visit to the city Tuesday was found to be in possession of an unlicensed loaded gun.
Discussion: Raw Story, Blue Hampshire and Wonkette
Camille Paglia / Salon:
Obama's healthcare horror  —  Buyer's remorse?  Not me.  At the North American summit in Guadalajara this week, President Obama resumed the role he is best at — representing the U.S. with dignity and authority abroad.  This is why I, for one, voted for Obama and continue to support him.
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Edward John Craig / The Corner:
Camille Paglia, Dissident
Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker:
Email: Rich Lowry Offered To Help White House Spin Firings  —  Here's a fun nugget from the U.S. attorney documents (h/t reader B.M.):  —  It looks like Rick Lowry of National Review offered the White House his services in doing some positive P.R. on behalf of Rove protege Tim Griffin …
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Evan Perez / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats: Documents Link Rove to Firings
Discussion: Law Blog
Political Punch:
President Obama's “Senior” Moment?  —  Rachel Martin and Jake Tapper report:  —  President Obama today suggested that the health care reform legislation for which he's pushing has been endorsed by the American Association of Retired Person.  —  “We have the AARP on board …
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The Politico:
The Democrats' senior problem
Discussion: The Treatment and Washington Post
Scott / Power Line:
Back in the USPS  —  At his dog-and-pony show on health care — excuse me, health insurance — reform in Portsmouth yesterday, President Obama denied that adding a government plan to “compete” with private insurance plans would drive insurers out of business, creating a single payer system by indirection.
Discussion: Federal Eye
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Rory Cooper / The Foundry:
Obamacare: The “Post Office” of Health Care Plans
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Wizbang
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Santorum dips toes in 2012 Iowa waters  —  Add former Sen. Rick Santorum to the list of potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates.  —  POLITICO has learned Santorum will visit first-in-the-nation Iowa this fall for a series of appearances before the sort of conservative activists …
Phil Izzo / Wall Street Journal:
Economists Call for Bernanke to Stay, Say Recession Is Over  —  Economists are nearly unanimous that Ben Bernanke should be reappointed to another term as Federal Reserve chairman, and they said there is a 71% chance that President Barack Obama will ask him to stay on, according to a survey.
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Annys Shin / Washington Post:
‘A Recovery Only a Statistician Can Love’
Discussion: Politics Daily
Scott Shane / New York Times:
2 U.S. Architects of Harsh Tactics in 9/11's Wake  —  WASHINGTON — Jim Mitchell and Bruce Jessen were military retirees and psychologists, on the lookout for business opportunities.  They found an excellent customer in the Central Intelligence Agency, where in 2002 they became the architects …
Peter Daou / ConsiderThisNews:
“Send Them Home With a Bullet in the Head”  —  I've gone on the record disagreeing with the term ‘Teabaggers’ and with the use of the word ‘un-American’ - I've done so because despite the astroturfing and the faux-grassroots opposition to health care reform, I place a premium on citizen activism …
John Mackey / Wall Street Journal:
The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare  —  Eight things we can do to improve health care without adding to the deficit.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  “The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out  —  of other people's money.  —Margaret Thatcher
Discussion: Sweetness & Light and Cafe Hayek
John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
Air Congress Hits Turbulence  —  The Gulfstream jet scandal is over.  Next: unreturned per-diems.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  Congressional scandals form a pattern.  First, there is the revelation that some members have acted in a high-handed, spendthrift or unethical manner.
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The ObamaCare Quagmire  —  Comparisons to Iraq sell President Bush short.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  President Obama's disastrous campaign to transmogrify American medicine has sent commentators and other observers in search of an equally dismal political failure to use as an analogy.
Discussion: Cold Fury
Tom Blumer / NewsBusters.org:
Can't Make It Up: Dem Rep Who Opposes Photo ID To Vote Requiring Photo ID For Town Halls  —  This is Congressman Eugene Green (HT to an e-mailer), Democrat from Texas, telling the world that if you're not from his District, you're not welcome at his future town hall meetings — oh, and how he'll enforce his new rule (bold is his):
Discussion: HotAirPundit and TigerHawk
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Dem healthcare talking points: Change over status quo  —  Senate Democratic leaders are driving home a handful of key points during this month's town hall forums on healthcare: Reform will be fully funded, will not jeopardize current doctor-patient relationships, and is the only alternative to the current, broken system.
Discussion: TPMDC and msnbc.com
Wall Street Journal:
A President as Micromanager  —  WASHINGTON — In briefing President Barack Obama one day this spring, White House economist Jared Bernstein delved into such arcana as the yields on different forms of credit relative to the risk.  Later, Paul Volcker pulled Mr. Bernstein aside.
BBC:
Japanese prices in record decline  —  Japanese wholesale prices were down by a record 8.5% in July compared with a year earlier, highlighting the growing deflationary pressure in the economy.  —  Weak demand during the downturn and the fall in the price of oil have put downward pressure on prices.
Wall Street Journal:
The Truth About Health Insurance  —  Only nine states have the costly rules that Obama wants to impose nationwide.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  The White House is priming the defibrillator paddles to revive ObamaCare, and its new strategy is to talk about “health-insurance reform,” rather than “health-care reform.”
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
John H. Richardson / Esquire:
What Really Happens When You Demand the President Produce His Birth Certificate?  —  You get a bunch of outrageous people — very nice people, mind you, but frustrated enough to believe anything about Obama — storming the offices of the attorney general, the secretary of state, and the FBI.
 
 
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