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12:40 PM ET, September 22, 2009

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Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:
McChrystal to resign if not given resources for Afghanistan  —  Within 24 hours of the leak of the Afghanistan assessment to The Washington Post, General Stanley McChrystal's team fired its second shot across the bow of the Obama administration.  According to McClatchy …
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Leslie H. Gelb / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Befuddling Afghan Policy  —  Why is the president hesitating on more troops to fight his ‘war of necessity’?  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  I'm lost on President Barack Obama's Afghanistan policy—along with most of Congress and the U.S. military.
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner on National …:
Two-Front Wars — Theirs and Ours — By: Victor Davis Hanson  —  Something is not quite right about the conventional wisdom about the Afghanistan war.  For nearly eight years, yearly casualties in Afghanistan sometimes were less than a month's losses in the dire days in Iraq (e.g. …
Giles Whittell / Times of London:   World Agenda: Is Afghan surge Obama's Cuba moment?
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
McChrystal's Review Creates Divide on War in Afghanistan
David Corn / MoJo Sections:
Clinton on Gore: “I Thought He Was in Neverland”  —  On Monday, USA Today ran a front-page article on the soon-to-be-released book chronicling a series of secret interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch held with President Bill Clinton throughout the Clinton presidency.
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Jim Meyers / NewsMax.com:   Bill Clinton Tells Newsmax: Carter Wrong on Race; Obama Plan to Pass
CNN:
Bill Clinton: Health debate not racial at core
Karen Travers / Political Punch:
Biden on 2010: If GOP Succeeds, It's ‘The End of the Road for What Barack and I Are Trying to Do’  —  ABC News' Karen Travers reports:  —  Vice President Joe Biden said today that if Democrats were to lose 35 House seats they currently hold in traditionally Republican districts, it would mean doomsday for President Obama's agenda.
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Washington Post:
Sen. Baucus's Health-Care Bill Would Ease Financial Burden on Middle Class  —  Seeking to lock down votes before Tuesday's meeting of the Senate Finance Committee, Chairman Max Baucus began reworking his health-care overhaul to ease the financial burden on middle-class Americans who would be required …
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Emily Pierce / Roll Call:
Reid: Reform on Right Path
Discussion: TPMDC
Wall Street Journal:
Baucus Bludgeons Humana
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Wall Street Journal:
When Speechwriters Kiss and Tell  —  A man I hired was not the star he thought he was.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  When the sun rises over our capital city this morning, its denizens will awake to a truly novel tale: The aggrieved ex-staffer—wait for it!—disillusioned by Washington.
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
F.D.I.C. May Borrow Funds From Banks  —  WASHINGTON — Tired of the government bailing out banks?  Get ready for this: officials may soon ask banks to bail out the government.  —  Senior regulators say they are seriously considering a plan to have the nation's healthy banks lend billions …
Manu Raju / The Politico:
Ambulances race to Byrd's home  —  Ambulances and fire trucks were dispatched to the Northern Virginia home of Sen. Robert Byrd Tuesday morning.  —  A neighbor of the 91-year-old West Virginia Democrat said several ambulances were outside his residence in McLean, Va., and a Byrd spokesman said the senator suffered a fall in his home.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Walpin scandal update: Grassley blocks nomination, accuses administration of stonewalling  —  Republican Sen. Charles Grassley has blocked the ambassadorial nomination of Alan Solomont, currently chairman of the board of the government agency that oversees AmeriCorps, in retaliation …
Radley Balko / Reason:
The “Tenther” Smear  —  The American Prospect, The New Republic, and other left-of-center outlets are pushing the “Tenther” smear, aimed at lumping those who, horrors!, still take seriously the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in with the Obama birth certificate deniers and 9/11 truthers.
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Ian Talley / Environmental Capital:
Steven Chu: Americans Are Like ‘Teenage Kids’ When It Comes to Energy  —  This post was updated Monday evening.  —  When it comes to greenhouse-gas emissions, Energy Secretary Steven Chu sees Americans as unruly teenagers and the Administration as the parent that will have to teach them a few lessons.
John Tierney / New York Times:
To Explain Longevity Gap, Look Past Health System  —  If you're not rich and you get sick, in which industrialized country are you likely to get the best treatment?  —  The conventional answer to this question has been: anywhere but the United States.  With its many uninsured citizens …
Discussion: JustOneMinute and The New Republic
Marcus Stern / ProPublica:
Mike Ross Raises Eyebrows With Healthy Haul  —  Arkansas Rep. Mike Ross — a Blue Dog Democrat playing a key role in the health care debate — sold a piece of commercial property in 2007 for substantially more than a county assessment (PDF) and an independent appraisal (PDF) say it was worth.
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Meet the Lawmaker: Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa)  —  What are the best and worst things about Washington, D.C.?  —  Rep. King: I'd say one of the best things is that the cream of the crop — and it isn't all of the cream of the crop, but it's some of the cream of the crop — comes to Washington, D.C., and that's a very good thing.
New York Times:
The Rights of Corporations  —  The question at the heart of one of the biggest Supreme Court cases this year is simple: What constitutional rights should corporations have?  To us, as well as many legal scholars, former justices and, indeed, drafters of the Constitution …
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Joe Wilson passes $2 million mark  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - South Carolina Republican congressman Joe Wilson has now raised over $2 million in campaign contributions since he shouted “You lie!” at the president earlier this month.  —  A campaign aide confirmed that Wilson surpassed the $2 million mark on Monday.
Discussion: Shakesville and Wake up America
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Waning Demographics of Suburbia  —  I'm not sure how much success Fayetteville, Georgia will have in “retrofitting suburbia” but this point about demographics is dead-on: … Insofar as the great appeal of suburbia is that people like to raise children in suburbs, then it makes sense …
Discussion: Eschaton
Funny or Die:
Protect Insurance Companies PSA  —  Credits: Will Ferrell, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, Masi Oka, Jordana Spiro, Linda Cardellini, Donald Faison  —  Produced by Chris Bruss, Lauren Palmigiano & MoveOn.org
Discussion: Cogitamus
Examiner:
Ohio SOS Brunner rules State Sen. Husted is not a resident of his elected district  —  Columbus, Ohio: Waiting until late in the evening on Monday to release a decision that will surely ignite a political firestorm, the consequences of which may not be known for some time, Ohio's chief election officer …
Discussion: The Hill
CBS News:
Obama Tells Letterman: I Was Black Before the Election  —  Posted by Brian Montopoli Addressing suggestions that recent criticism of his health care reform efforts has been grounded in racism, President Obama this afternoon quipped, “I think it's important to realize that I was actually black before the election.”
City Journal:
The Art of Corruption  —  There are all kinds of corruption.  Some are pretty easy to identify.  You can't miss it when a congressman sells the public's vote for money, say, or a husband sets his personal promises at nothing in order to score some extracurricular sex.
Chet Chat with Chet:
TUESDAY  —  This happened last night...  - Esquire sponsors the premiere of ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’.  Michael Moore's new shocking and inspirational doc about hard times in America and the evils of capitalism.  — Following the Premiere, Esquire shuttles many of the attendees straight …
Andrew Pierce / Telegraph:
Prince Charles urges people to abandon car in favour of walking and public transport  —  The Prince of Wales is urging people to give up their cars in favour of walking and public transport to try to reduce carbon emissions.  —  The Prince, who has two Jaguars, two Audis …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Los Angeles Times:
Immigrant population in California declines  —  Survey data point to a dramatic shift in the nation and show the recession's effect on foreign-born residents.  —  Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington - More than three decades of rapid growth in the country's foreign-born population came …
 
 
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Michelle Malkin:
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Exclusive: CBO predicts Social Security cash deficits in 2010-11 …
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Miranda Leitsinger / CNN:
Palin to speak before investors in Hong Kong
Discussion: The New Republic
Igor / Wonk Room:
GOP Senators Offer At Least 27 Amendments To Weaken Affordability …
Discussion: The New Republic
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Washington Sketch: Eric Cantor Tries a Civil Approach to the Health-Care Debate
Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Hill
Scarecrow / Firedoglake:
Did You Get the Memo? Howard Dean is Shrill
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Boston Globe:
Dukakis is the best choice to fill Senate vacancy
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Michelle Malkin:
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
House Liberals To Pelosi: Stick With Us, And Ditch The Blue Dogs
Discussion: Crooks and Liars, D-Day and The Hill
Matt Viser / Boston Globe:
Debate due on naming Senate fill-in
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jeffrey Goldberg:
The Lucrative Business of Israel-Bashing
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