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5:10 PM ET, August 15, 2009

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Rick Perlstein / Washington Post:
In America, Crazy Is a Preexisting Condition  —  Birthers, Town Hall Hecklers and the Return of Right-Wing Rage  —  In Pennsylvania last week, a citizen, burly, crew-cut and trembling with rage, went nose to nose with his baffled senator: “One day God's going to stand before you …
Daily Mail:
‘We were duped’: Two British women tricked into becoming stars of campaign to sabotage Obama's healthcare reforms  —  Two British women have claimed they were duped into becoming the stars of a campaign to sabotage Barack Obama's healthcare reforms.  —  Furious Kate Spall and Katie Brickell claim …
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Jim Pickard / Financial Times:
UK defends its healthcare
Discussion: NO QUARTER and naked capitalism
Rasmussen Reports:
54% Say Passing No Healthcare Reform Better Than Passing Congressional Plan  —  Thirty-five percent (35%) of American voters say passage of the bill currently working its way through Congress would be better than not passing any health care reform legislation this year.
Associated Press:
Shopkeeper 'didn't want to shoot' robbers  —  2 suspects dead, 2 injured after 72-year-old opens fire in New York City  —  NEW YORK - The sidewalk outside the Harlem store still was smeared with blood Friday, and the glass on the door still was blown out.  —  Above the entrance …
The Moderate Voice:
Whole Foods Boycott Picks Up Steam (Guest Voice)  —  EDITOR'S NOTE: In the past we ran a line about Guest Voice posts not necessarily representing the opinion of TMV or its writers.  But after we ran many Guest Voice columns by conservative talk show host Michael Reagan …
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Health Debate Fails to Ignite Obama's Grass Roots  —  MUSCATINE, Iowa — At her home on Tom Sawyer Road here the other night, Bonnie Adkins agreed to begin spreading the word that President Obama's embattled health care plan needed help.  —  Ms. Adkins, who for the past two years devoted hundreds …
JSOnline:
Dealers wait for ‘cash for clunkers’ payments  —  Some consider dropping out of program  —  By Joe Taschler of the Journal Sentinel  —  A growing number of auto dealers say the process of getting paid under the government's “cash for clunkers” plan increasingly resembles some of the wrecks accumulating …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
THIS ROBERT REICH COLUMN ON THE HEALTH CARE DEBATE is supposed to make you feel bad about the “right wing hate machine,” but instead it's a stunning admission of incompetence: … Hmm.  So it's like this: … Remember how Bush was supposed to be the idiot who went into Iraq without a plan …
New York Times:
Emanuel Wields Power Freely, and Faces the Risks  —  WASHINGTON — As White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel was the one to bring the hammer down on Sidney Blumenthal.  —  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton wanted to hire Mr. Blumenthal, a loyal confidant who had helped her promote the idea of a …
Los Angeles Times:
The feud between Bill O'Reilly and Keith Olbermann keeps viewers tuning in  —  Their corporate bosses may have called for a cease-fire, but Fox's Bill O'Reilly and MSNBC's Keith Olbermann keep on sparring.  —  By Matea Gold reporting from new york >>>  —  Two weeks of vitriolic exchanges …
The Politico:
Kenneth Bacon dies at 64  —  Kenneth H. Bacon, a former Wall Street Journal reporter who became chief Pentagon spokesman under President Bill Clinton, died Saturday at age 64.  —  Bacon had been battling melanoama, and was on leave was his job as president of Refugees International, a Washington-based group he joined in early 2001.
Discussion: The Page
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Kennedy absences raise concern for health vote  —  Sen. Edward Kennedy's absence from two high-profile public events is raising worries that the country's longest congressional champion for health reform may not be available to shepherd it through the Senate this fall.
Gila Courier and AZ 8th:
Jesse Kelly town hall a great success  —  Rep. Giffords canceled her town hall in Sahuarita/Green Valley and Jesse Kelly scheduled an appearance in the same venue at the same time and place.  From the looks of the video below it was very successful.  Both sides were allowed to speak for two hours and with no problems.
Anthony Colarossi / Orlando Sentinel:
Clermont police interview suspect in Obama ‘Joker’ posters  —  (TOM BENITEZ, ORLANDO SENTINEL / August 12, 2009)  —  CLERMONT - Clermont police have interviewed one suspect who is admitting to putting up the dozens of posters pasted around the city depicting President Obama as the Joker character …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE PENANCE HAS NOT BEEN PAID.... Following up on this item from yesterday, I had an interesting conversation via email yesterday with Bruce Bartlett, a veteran of the Reagan and H.W. Bush administrations.  Bruce made a point that really resonated with me, and he was gracious enough to allow me to republish it here.
 
 
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Gov. Jim Doyle won't seek re-election
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
BBC:
‘Colombia-US base accord reached’
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Drug Firms Cost Lobbyist His Position
Discussion: Political Insider and AmSpecBlog
CNN:
Murtha differs from Obama on health care timeline
Discussion: RedState
Charles Mahtesian / The Politico:
Sestak big winner in Netroots straw poll
Discussion: Hot Air
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Matt Glazer / Burnt Orange Report:
Kirk Watson's Statement on Running for Re-Election
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WhiteHouse.gov Blog:
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN TOWN HALL ON HEALTH CARE
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Senators use Twitter to argue about ‘death panels’
Discussion: The Reaction
William Spain / MarketWatch:
Advertisers deserting Fox News' Glenn Beck
Scot Lehigh / Boston Globe:
When the kooks take the stage  —  IT'S HARD TO SAY what's …
 

 
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