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11:50 AM ET, September 18, 2009

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Baucus and the Threshold  —  So Senator Max Baucus, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has released his “mark” on proposed legislation — which would normally be the basis for the bill that eventually emerges from his committee.  And serious supporters of health care reform will soon face their long-dreaded moment of truth.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
FOX News Poll: Americans Prefer Current System to Obama's Health Care Plan  —  Most Americans see no upside for their family in the health care reforms being considered in Washington and don't believe President Obama when he says his plan won't add “one dime” to the federal deficit.
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
What Baucus Got Right
Discussion: Emptywheel
Wall Street Journal:   Congress Veers Left on Health Care
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama: Legalize illegals to get them health care  —  Republicans see a backdoor move toward ‘amnesty’  —  President Obama said this week that his health care plan won't cover illegal immigrants, but argued that's all the more reason to legalize them and ensure they eventually do get coverage.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senior Democrat turns healthcare debate into fight over immigration  —  Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) is putting Democrats in a bind by seeking to let illegal immigrants benefit from the healthcare overhaul.  —  Menendez, the only Hispanic senator, has considerable leverage with Democrats …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Obama, Too Subtle to Lie, Misleads on Health Reform
Discussion: Associated Press and Betsy's Page
National Review:
Indefensible  —  President Obama knows how to put a smile on faces in Tehran and Moscow: This morning, he announced the abandonment of plans to develop a small missile-defense system in Eastern Europe.  —  This overturns one of the major diplomatic and national-security achievements of the Bush years.
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Snowe: I Haven't Changed, My Party Has  —  It would be easy to over-interpret this statement from Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), but it would be a mistake to dismiss it.  —  “I've always been a Republican for the traditional principles that have been associated with the Republican party since …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
SNOWE: ‘MY PARTY HAS CHANGED’.... It seems unlikely that Sen …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Washington Sketch: Michelle Obama Gets Her Farmers Market  —  Let's say you're preparing dinner and you realize with dismay that you don't have any certified organic Tuscan kale.  What to do?  —  Here's how Michelle Obama handled this very predicament Thursday afternoon:
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Associated Press:
Analysis: ‘Racist’ claims defuse word's power  —  With the word being used so often, it's harder to define its meaning  —  Everybody's racist, it seems.  —  Republican Rep. Joe Wilson?  Racist, because he shouted “You lie!” at the first black president.  Health care protesters, affirmative action supporters?
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Wall Street Journal:
Mandatory Insurance Is Unconstitutional  —  Why an individual mandate could be struck down by the courts.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  Federal legislation requiring that every American have health insurance is part of all the major health-care reform plans now being considered in Washington.
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Wall Street Journal:
Bankers Face Sweeping Curbs on Pay  —  Fed Plans to Limit How Lenders Can Structure Compensation for Executives, Traders, Loan Officers; 5,000 Firms Affected  —  Policies that set the pay for tens of thousands of bank employees nationwide would require approval from the Federal Reserve …
Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Amid Protests, Iran Leader Calls Holocaust a Myth  —  LONDON — Courting renewed international criticism, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran on Friday called the Holocaust a myth as his country marked an annual pro-Palestinian demonstration amid reports of clashes between his supporters and opposition protesters.
Discussion: The Lede and Guardian
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Most Americans Still Credit Obama for Bipartisan Efforts  —  Six in 10 say he is making a sincere effort to work with Republicans  —  PRINCETON, NJ — President Barack Obama may have failed to achieve much bipartisan agreement on his major policies since he took office, but Americans give him credit for trying.
Discussion: Politics Daily, The Swamp and The Hill
Liv Osby / Greenville News:
Andre Bauer to Mark Sanford: Offer to resign won't last  —  If governor doesn't step down, he says he'll start campaigning next month  —  Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer met with seniors in Greer on Thursday to talk about health-care reform, but the event soon turned to politics when Bauer said his offer …
Discussion: The Hill and Taegan Goddard's …
Jimmy Z / Washington Examiner:
ACORN=SEIU  —  Same Physical Address 1024 Elysian Fields, New Orleans  —  SEIU President on ACORN Advisory Board (Andrew Stern)  —  anys12799  —  Maybe we'll see some of the SEIU-ACORN ties in response to the Louisiana Subpoena that requests ACORN and ALL affiliates turn over books and records, and ties to the Rathke guys.
Michael Silence / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Memo to the DNC: What were you thinking?  —  The add essentially takes a non-issue for a vast majority of people and reminds the world how many czars Obama has.  Geez.  Talk about keeping a story alive.  The RNC should list the ad as an in-kind contribution.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and RedState
Captain Steve / Washington Examiner:
CALLASHWAC  —  Such audacious payback to Immelt is stunning.  Typical.  We are going down the tubes, America.  —  GE own NBC too. . .the National Barack Channel.  —  Huge bailout dollars went to GE, and Immelt is on Obummer's financial advisory board.  Very corrupt!  —  Sep 17, 2009
Washington Post:
Duo in ACORN Videos Say Effort Was Independent  —  Duo in Sting Video Say Their Effort Was Independent  —  The proposition was outrageous, outlandish, and right up James E. O'Keefe III's alley.  Hannah Giles was on the phone from the District, and she was asking him to dress like her pimp …
Wall Street Journal:
The Acorn 75  —  The only way they'd defund the outfit is if it endorsed the war in Iraq or Afghanistan.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  Yesterday the House voted 345-75 to ban all federal funding for the scandal-plagued advocacy group Acorn.  Coming on the heels of the Census Bureau's dissociation …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Tell Mike Ross and Blanche Lincoln to Act Like Democrats - Or We'll Find Someone Who Will  —  Blanche Lincoln says she opposes a public option because it's “too expensive.”  She doesn't mention that it will save individuals $2000 a year in medical costs.  —  Mike Ross says he opposes …
Walter Mitty / Breitbart.tv:
OBAMA '07 REVELATION: HEALTH CARE REFORM REQUIRES TAX HIKES — SAVINGS JUST A THEORY  —  “I've pushed people on the idea of paying higher taxes in order to implement the system.”
 
 
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Evan Bayh / Wall Street Journal:
Why Democrats Must Restrain Spending
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Palin, Gingrich skip values event
Discussion: The Note and MoJo Blog Posts
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
New poll finds Americans not buying Obama's light-at-the-end-of-the-recession talk
Discussion: Don Surber and CNN
Rachel E. Stassen-Berger / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Pawlenty takes a right turn
Discussion: msnbc.com
Dennis Cauchon / USA Today:
Incomes of young in 8-year nose dive
 Earlier Items: 
Katherine Mangu-Ward / Reason:
“If We Can't Stop It, We Can't Stop Anything”
Discussion: Big Government
Dina ElBoghdady / Washington Post:
Housing Agency's Cash Reserves Will Drop Below Requirement
Discussion: Hot Air and Calculated Risk
Brian M. Rafferty / Queens Tribune:
Pagan ‘King’ Has Council GOP Nod
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Moe Lane
Matthew Vadum / Big Government:
Once Upon an ACORN: Why ACORN's Internal Audit is a Sham
Discussion: A Blog For All and ACORN
Will Sentell / WBRZ-TV:
Procedure crafted for handling evolution-materials complaints
Discussion: Below The Beltway
 

 
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