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1:40 PM ET, September 14, 2009

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Washington Post:
Opposition to Obama's Health-Reform Plan Is High, but Easing  —  President Obama continues to face significant public resistance to his drive to initiate far-reaching changes to the country's health-care system, with widespread skepticism about central tenets of his plan, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
When You Assume, You Make a Mess Out of Your Poll  —  It's a bit difficult to reconcile the results of three questions from the new Washington Post/ABC News poll on health care reform: … This is the Washington Post's attempt at interpreting these results: … This, I suppose, is the Occam's Razor interpretation.
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Does Health Care Reform Debate Carry Risks For The GOP, Too?
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Warning Signs for GOP in Health Care Poll
Discussion: TalkLeft and The American Scene
Tony Romm / The Hill:
GOP posts small gains in latest WaPo-ABC poll
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Obama to Address Wall Street as Health Care Support Slides
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Exclusive Poll: Right Down the Middle - Challenges for Health Care Reform
Rasmussen Reports:
Health Care Reform
James O'Keefe / Big Government:
ACORN Video: Prostitution Scandal in New York, NY … So, we headed up to New York...  [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed.  Visit the blog entry to see the video.]  —  [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed.  Visit the blog entry to see the video.]
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Jeremy Olshan / New York Post:
‘Pimp & hooker’ catch B'klyn staff  —  The scandal surrounding the left-wing activist organization ACORN has spread to New York, with employees at its Brooklyn office caught on video helping supposed ladies of the night get loans for their dream houses of ill repute.
Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
Some fear GOP is being carried to the extreme  —  The Republican establishment hopes cooler heads will prevail over strongly anti-Obama parts of the conservative base.  —  Reporting from Washington - Amid a rebirth of conservative activism that could help Republicans win elections next year …
Gateway Pundit:
CLEAN Conservatives vs FILTHY Liberals— A Photographic Essay  —  After the 2 million strong conservative freedom rally on 9-12:  —  And, here is the filth left for someone else to clean up after the Inauguration of Barack Obama:  —  Via Prisca  —  The democrats were obviously waiting for Big Government to clean up for them.
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People-Press.org:
Press Accuracy Rating Hits Two Decade Low  —  Public Evaluations of the News Media: 1985-2009  —  The public's assessment of the accuracy of news stories is now at its lowest level in more than two decades of Pew Research surveys, and Americans' views of media bias and independence now match previous lows.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Unamplified, Beck's Voice Still Carries  —  Establishment Outlets Missed Van Jones Story  —  It has become a familiar chain reaction: Talk-show hosts whip up a noisy controversy, which hits higher decibels as it spreads to the establishment media, which costs some unfortunate soul his job.
News24:
Media barred from Palin speech  —  Hong Kong - The first keynote speech outside North America by former US vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will be closed to the media, organisers of the Hong Kong event said on Monday.  —  Palin, mocked during last year's presidential campaign for her lack …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Palin speech to be closed press
Simon Parry / Daily Mail:
Revealed: The ghost fleet of the recession  —  The biggest and most secretive gathering of ships in maritime history lies at anchor east of Singapore.  Never before photographed, it is bigger than the U.S. and British navies combined but has no crew, no cargo and no destination …
Discussion: The Big Picture
Daniel W. Drezner:
I'm setting the protectionist threat level to safety orange  —  When the Obama administraton announced the decision to slap a 35% tariff on Chinese tire imports, I was pretty sure that free traders would be incensed.  And I haven't been disappointed — even the markets are freaking out over this one.
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Robbie Brown / New York Times:
Ex-Mayor of Memphis Starts Bid for Congress, Invoking Race in Campaign  —  MEMPHIS — A Congressional race in Tennessee has become freighted with racial overtones almost a year before the election, with a prominent black politician saying the white incumbent cannot properly represent black voters.
Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone:
Kanye West Storms the VMAs Stage During Taylor Swift's Speech  —  Leave it to Kanye West to produce one of the most infamous moments in VMAs history before the 2009 show was even an hour old.  It happened after Taylor Swift's victory in the Best Female Video category for “You Belong With Me …
Maggie Haberman / New York Post:
Lazio to announce run for governor  —  Rick Lazio, the former Long Island congressman who tried to take on Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2000 for US Senate, will formally declare he's running for governor next Monday, The Post has learned.  —  Lazio's announcement, set for Albany next Monday …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and The Page
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Tim Jones / Breitbart.tv:
CNN:
Key Senate Dem: There will be a public option  —  INDIANOLA, Iowa (CNN) — Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, a Democrat who recently filled the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's seat as chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said Sunday that a Senate health-care reform bill would include a …
CNN:
CNN Poll: Slight majority approve of Obama on economy  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - As President Barack Obama gives a speech on the economy Monday in New York City, a new national poll indicates that a slight majority of Americans approve of the way the president is handling the issue.
Discussion: The Page and LiveWire
Michael Kinsley / Washington Post:
Democrats Need to Stop the Umbrage Game on Rep. Joe Wilson  —  Rep. Joe Wilson, the Republican from South Carolina who shouted “You lie” during President Obama's health-care address to Congress, has already apologized at least twice: once in a statement issued by his office and once in a phone call to the White House.
Mark McDonald / New York Times:
New Message Reported From bin Laden  —  Two days after the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington, Osama bin Laden apparently released a new audiotape, entitled “An Address to the American People,” news agencies reported Monday.
Forbes:
The Price Of A Scoop: Two Dead  —  The moral of Stephen Farrell's story.  —  What should one make of the tale of Stephen Farrell—the seemingly reckless New York Times reporter who was rescued by British soldiers on Sept. 9 after spending four days as a captive of the Taliban?
Discussion: Wizbang
 
 
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Treasury sees indefinite support for financial sector
Discussion: LiveWire
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Are Obama's judges really liberals?
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BBC:
Aceh passes adultery stoning law
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
K Street welcomes Lincoln as the new head of Ag committee
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Silver Lining Of The Right's Apoplexy
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Jim Shelby / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Federal health care will mimic IRS
Discussion: EconoPundit
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Dissent Of The Day  —  A reader writes: … Well, count me in, then.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
WaPost Op-Ed Page Once Again Misleading Its Readers