memeorandum: Joe Wilson's Dirty Health-Care Secret (Newsweek Blogs)

2:50 PM ET, September 11, 2009

Top Items:

Defiant Wilson raises more than $200,000 after outburst — (CNN) — Less than a day after Rep. Joe Wilson formally apologized to President Obama over his “you lie” outburst, a campaign aide confirms to CNN the South Carolina Republican has raised “more than $200,000″ in the wake of the now-infamous moment.

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, The Note, Washington Wire, The Hill, Scorecard's Blog, TPMDC, The Political Carnival, The Washington Independent, Taegan Goddard's …, msnbc.com, The Palmetto Scoop, Salon and The Raw Story

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

How one becomes “crazy” in Washington culture — (updated below) — Politico has an article on how certain mainstream Republican leaders are worried that “crackpots” are dominating their party's image (h/t reader jv): … While the Republican Party is absolutely dominated by people who are exactly that …

Discussion: TalkLeft, Washington Post, Unqualified Offerings, Washington Monthly and Eschaton

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Wilson in Trouble — In a matter of seconds Wednesday night Joe Wilson went from being pretty safe for reelection to one of the most vulnerable Republican incumbents in the country. — Wilson trails Democratic challenger Rob Miller 44-43 in a PPP survey conducted Thursday night and Friday morning.

Discussion: Real Clear Politics and MyDD

Newsweek Blogs:

Joe Wilson's Dirty Health-Care Secret — All in the Family: Rep. Joe Wilson (left) and his son, Alan Wilson, who is running for attorney general in South Carolina. Both men, and three of Rep. Wilson's other sons, get free military medical coverage. — By Adam Weinstein — Poor Joe Wilson.

Discussion: DISSENTING JUSTICE, Don Surber, Daily Kos, Outside The Beltway, Unqualified Offerings and Sister Toldjah

Jay Newton-Small / Time:

After Obama's Speech, It's Back to Wooing the Skeptics — No one in the nation's capital is naive enough to think that President Barack Obama's address before Congress Wednesday evening was somehow, in one fell swoop, going to overcome all the opposition to health-care reform …

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias, Ezra Klein, The Atlantic Politics Channel, The New Republic, TPMDC, Open Congress, TalkLeft, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Boston Globe and The Note

Fox News:

Rep. Wilson Outburst Leads Senate Dems to Close Loophole in Health Reform Bill — In the Senate, Democrats in the so called “Gang of Six,” began moving quickly to close the loophole Rep. Joe Wilson helped bring to light with his outburst during President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night.

Discussion: Glenn Thrush's Blog, JustOneMinute, Taylor Marsh, Wake up America and Gateway Pundit

John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News:

Baucus & Conrad cave again, toughen health care bill's anti-immigrant provisions to appease Joe “You lie!” Wilson — Yes, because that's the first thing a sane person would think after Wilson's bizarre, and boorish, and untrue outbreak during the joint session, an outburst that has the GOP reeling …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Politico, New York Times, Crooks and Liars, Firedoglake, Open Left, Shakesville, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Plum Line

Alexander Burns / The Politico:
What's the matter with South Carolina?

Discussion: Democratic Strategist, New York Times, Top of the Ticket, Newsweek Blogs, RADAMISTO, The Hill and Osborne Ink

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Wilson took caffeine pills in 2007

Discussion: Wonkette, Conservative Dallas, Another Black Conservative, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Sundries Shack, The Note, Hot Air, Fausta's Blog, Conservatives4Palin.com, JammieWearingFool and Riehl World View

Richard Simon / Los Angeles Times:
Outrage over Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst isn't dying down

Discussion: The Democratic Daily, LewRockwell.com Blog, PoliBlog and Taegan Goddard's …

Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Conrad Clarifies: No Federal Subsidies for Non-Citizens Under Health Care Bill

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias

Andie Coller / The Politico:
GOP ‘cranks’ dominating debate

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Erick's blog, Hot Air and The Note

The Hill:
Reid endorses healthcare co-ops as Speaker Pelosi signals flexibility

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Firedoglake and The Political Carnival

Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Washington Sketch: Republicans Are Mad, if Not Joe Wilson-Shouting-Mad

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Wonk Room, The Washington Independent, Think Progress and The Hill

Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
GOP Performance at Obama Speech Was Un-American

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Los Angeles Times, Stop The ACLU and Riehl World View

Elizabeth Shaw / MLive.com:

Anti-abortion activist shot in front of Owosso High School … OWOSSO, Michigan — State police at the Corunna post have confirmed a well-known anti-abortion activist was shot multiple times and killed this morning in front of Owosso High School. — The victim's identity has not yet …

Discussion: theblogprof, Townhall.com, The Jawa Report, Michelle Malkin, The Western Experience, Verum Serum, The Hinterland Gazette, American Power, Confederate Yankee, Gateway Pundit, JammieWearingFool, QandO and Redhot

Detroit Free Press:

Man in custody for 2 fatal Owosso shootings — OWOSSO - A 33-year-old man was in police custody for the fatal shootings this morning of a longtime local abortion protester and a gravel company owner found slain in his office. — James Pouillon, 63, was shot multiple times at around 7:30 …

Discussion: LifeNews.com Pro-Life …, TalkLeft, The Daily Dish and Hot Air

Fox News:
Anti-Abortion Activist Gunned Down Outside Michigan High School

Discussion: Megan McArdle, MLive.com and Outside The Beltway

Taebok / CBS News:

Poll: Obama's Speech Buoyed Public Support — President Obama attempt to explain his plans for health care reform to the American public Wednesday night appear to have been successful — to some extent. — A CBS News poll shows that Americans now give him the best marks of his presidency …

Discussion: The Hill, Salon, Washington Monthly, Real Clear Politics, TPMDC, Glenn Thrush's Blog, The Page, Taegan Goddard's …, A Conservative Shemale and The Political Carnival

Rasmussen Reports:

Following Speech, Support for Health Care Reform Up to 46% — President Obama's speech to Congress Wednesday night has provided at least a short-term boost in support for the health care reform plan that he and congressional Democrats have proposed. But the bounce is partisan in nature …

Discussion: FiveThirtyEight, Hot Air, Scared Monkeys and RedState

Steve Singiser / Daily Kos:
Daily Kos Weekly Tracking Poll: Game Changer

Discussion: The Daily Dish and Taegan Goddard's …

Noahs / The Docket:

Judge angered by special treatment for Andrew Sullivan — Political commentator, author and writer for The Atlantic magazine Andrew M. Sullivan won't have to face charges stemming from a recent pot bust at the Cape Cod National Seashore — but a federal judge isn't happy about it.

Discussion: Riehl World View, The Jawa Report, Reason, Wonkette, POWIP, The Other McCain, Daimnation! and JammieWearingFool

Jonathan V. Last / Galley Slaves:
Andrew Sullivan: Above the Law—Updated

Discussion: Outside The Beltway and Conventional Folly

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:

T-Paw Admits There Are No Death Panels — But Says You Should Be Afraid, Anyway! — I'm surprised this isn't getting more attention: Tim Pawlenty gave an extraordinary interview on Morning Joe today in which he repeatedly refused to say the “death panel” tale is false, and even said those who fear …

Discussion: Washington Monthly and TPMDC

Minnesota Public Radio: Pawlenty: State sovereignty to fight health care reform ‘a possibility’

Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Pawlenty: It's “A Viable Option” …

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias, TalkLeft and Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog!

Carol E. Lee / The Politico:

Says ‘checking would be good’ — White House press secretary Robert Gibbs chastised CNN Friday morning for its reporting on a Coast Guard training exercise on ... ... the Potomac River, which suggested a security incident was in progress in the nation's capital.

Discussion: Fox News, CNN and Weekly Standard

The Politico:
W.H. hits CNN for Coast Guard report

Discussion: Michael Calderone's Blog, Associated Press, The Swamp, Mediaite and Hot Air

Political Punch:
White House Blames Media, False Reports for Scare Resulting …

Discussion: Washington Post, DCist, Mediaite and AMERICAblog News

Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House criticizes CNN's reporting of Coast Guard training exercise

Discussion: The Political Carnival

Fox News:

Second Video Shows ACORN Officials Helping ‘Pimp,’ ‘Prostitute’ in Washington Office — One day after two ACORN officials in Baltimore were fired for offering to help a man and woman posing as a pimp and prostitute to engage in child prostitution and a series of tax crimes …

Discussion: Associated Press, Townhall.com, The Jawa Report, RBO, Stop The ACLU, Another Black Conservative, NO QUARTER, A Blog For All, Cafe Talk Aggregator, JammieWearingFool and Scared Monkeys

James O'Keefe / Big Government:
Washington, DC ACORN Video: Child Prostitution Investigation

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, Hot Air, AmSpecBlog, Nice Deb and Moe Lane

WhiteHouse.gov Blog:

PATRIOT DAY AND NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE, 2009 — BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — Through the twisted steel of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, the scarred walls of the Pentagon, and the smoky wreckage in a field in southwest Pennsylvania …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, The Sundries Shack, JustOneMinute, Top of the Ticket, Shakesville, Taylor Marsh, The Mahablog and Weasel Zippers

Doug Powers / The Powers That Be:
White House Whitewash: 9/11 Was No ‘Tragedy’

Discussion: RedState

Pamela Geller / American Thinker:
9-11: The Desecration — Add another Obama insult to injury on 9-11.

Discussion: Jihad Watch, Big Hollywood and Gateway Pundit

Kerry Eleveld / Advocate:

DOMA Repeal Bill Coming Next Week — Rep. Jerrold Nadler will introduce legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act next week. — The Advocate has learned that Democratic representatives Jerrold Nadler of New York, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, and Jared Polis of Colorado …

Discussion: The American Scene and The Washington Independent

David Brooks / New York Times:

The Dime Standard — On Wednesday night, Barack Obama delivered the finest speech of his presidency. The exposition of his health care views was clear and lively. The invocation of Teddy Kennedy was moving and effective. The rumination at the end about the American character and the role …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Daily Dish, The Glittering Eye, DailyHowler.com, Shot in the Dark, Wall Street Journal and msnbc.com

Looking at the Left:

Doctors Against Obamacare - Rally in D.C. — On September 10, 2009, doctors, nurses and other medical professionals came to Washington, D.C. from across the country to show their opposition to Obamacare. This rally exploded the government-created myth that there is unanimity amongst health …

Discussion: Bob McCarty Writes, Nice Deb, American Power and Gateway Pundit

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Democrats stifle Republican health care plans — Rep. Tom Price, the Georgia Republican who heads the House GOP Study Committee, came to President Obama's speech Wednesday night itching to make a point. Price, who also happens to be an orthopedic surgeon, has often heard the president accuse Republicans …