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12:15 PM ET, October 2, 2009

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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Wizard of Beck  —  Let us take a trip back into history.  Not ancient history.  Recent history.  It is the winter of 2007.  The presidential primaries are approaching.  The talk jocks like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and the rest are over the moon about Fred Thompson.
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Steve Schmidt: Palin Would Be “Catastrophic” For GOPers in 2012  —  Steve Schmidt, John McCain's former chief campaign strategist, said today that if former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin were to be the Republican nominee, it would be “catastrophic” for the Republican Party.
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
McCain's mission: A GOP makeover  —  Fresh from a humbling loss in last year's presidential election, Sen. John McCain is working behind-the-scenes to reshape the Republican Party in his own center-right image.  —  McCain is recruiting candidates, raising money for them and hitting the campaign trail on their behalf.
Sam Lyon / BBC:
Live - 2016 Olympics decision day  —  (Not all contributions can be used; UK mobiles only; network rates apply)  —  1635: We have a winner, people.  No need for IOC president Jacque Rogge to use his vote and that means everyone - well, everyone except the Madrid and Rio delegates of course - can relax.
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New York Times:
Chicago Loses Bid for 2016 Olympic Games  —  COPENHAGEN — The International Olympic Committee delivered a stunning blow to Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics, knocking it out of the voting in the first round Friday, leaving Rio de Janeiro and Madrid waiting for the announcement which city will host the Games.
CNN:
Chicago-Rio Olympic battle ‘close as hell’
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Obama, enroute to Denmark, hails Mahatma Gandhi
Discussion: Erick's blog
NY Daily News:
David Letterman reveals $2M extortion plot; CBS News producer busted in scheme to reveal sex secrets  —  A top CBS News producer was busted Thursday for trying to shake down David Letterman - threatening to expose the late-night funnyman's affairs with several female staffers in a movie and book.
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Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
Letterman creates brilliant hour of TV from woes  —  It was business as usual for David Letterman and CBS'"Late Show."  The band played.  The host, dapper as always in a well-tailored suit, recited his monologue; some jokes hit, some missed.  —  Then Letterman proceeded to take viewers …
Washington Post:
White House Considers Narrower War Effort in Afghanistan  —  Top Officials Challenge General's Assessment  —  Senior White House officials have begun to make the case for a policy shift in Afghanistan that would send few, if any, new combat troops to the country and instead focus …
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CBS News:
Obama, McChrystal Chat on Air Force One
CNN:
Sources: Gates favors more Afghan war troops
Discussion: The Hill
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama, McChrystal meet in Copenhagen
Discussion: The Swamp
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Meets With McChrystal
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama, Afghanistan commander meet
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, The Hill and marbury
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Mission Not Accomplished  —  Stocks are up.  Ben Bernanke says that the recession is over.  And I sense a growing willingness among movers and shakers to declare “Mission Accomplished” when it comes to fighting the slump.  It's time, I keep hearing, to shift our focus from economic stimulus to the budget deficit.
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Jack Healy / New York Times:
Jobless Report Is Worse Than Expected; Rate Rises to 9.8%  —  The American economy lost 263,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent, the government reported on Friday, dimming the prospect of any meaningful job growth by the end of the year.
Conn Carroll / The Foundry:
The Vapor Bill - Congress' Secret Plan to Pass Obamacare - Update  —  President Barack Obama's push for a sweeping health care overhaul edged closer to a major victory in the Senate Finance Committee.  Early next week, the Senate Finance Committee will vote on final passage on the “Vapor Bill” being debated and marked up in Committee.
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and RedState
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New York Times:
Panel Finishes Work on Health Bill Amendments
Discussion: Prescriptions
Steven F. Hayward / Washington Post:
Is Conservatism Brain-Dead?  —  Over his decades as a columnist, lecturer, TV host and debater, William F. Buckley Jr. lost his cool in public only once — when he threatened to sock Gore Vidal “in your goddamn face” on the third night of their joint appearances on ABC during the ill-fated 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Discussion: PoliBlog, race42008.com and Hot Air
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Kerry blocks DeMint trip to Honduras  —  Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has blocked Sen. Jim DeMint's (R-S.C.) trip to Honduras slated to begin Friday, according to DeMint's office.  —  DeMint's office informed The Hill of Kerry's decision Thursday afternoon.
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Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
Kerry-DeMint Clash Over Honduras Trip Highlights Policy Feud
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Washington Sketch  —  Helen Thomas is 89 years old and requires some assistance to get to and from the daily White House briefing.  Yet her backbone has proved stronger than that of the president she covers.  —  On Thursday afternoon, Thomas gave a clinic in fortitude to President Obama's spokesman, Robert Gibbs, during the briefing.
New York Times:
Senator's Aid After Affair Raises Flags Over Ethics  —  WASHINGTON — Early last year, Senator John Ensign contacted a small circle of political and corporate supporters back home in Nevada — a casino designer, an airline executive, the head of a utility and several political consultants …
David Letterman / New York Post:
Union teaches Michael Moore a lesson  —  Michael Moore, champion of the working class, used non-union stagehands to film “Capitalism: A Love Story.”  The porcine provocateur is promoting his anti-Wall Street jeremiad by giving free tickets to unions, but the American Federation of Teachers …
Firstread / msnbc.com:
FIRST THOUGHTS: POWER OF PRESIDENCY  —  From Chuck Todd, Domenico Montanaro, Ali Weinberg and Kelly Paice  —  *** Power Of The Presidency: Two moments that have already taken place, only serve to underscore the power of the office.  While most of America slept, the president was in Copenhagen making …
 
 
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Publishers Like Time Inc.'s “Hulu for Magazines” …
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Doomed To Repeat It  —  Ok, my head just exploded.  I apologize for the mess.
Nathaniel Vinton / NY Daily News:
Staff at Arizona cryogenics lab Alcor used Ted Williams' frozen head …
Neal Gabler / Los Angeles Times:
Politics as religion in America
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Hit & Run
David Corn / Politics Daily:
The New Right-Wing Hit Job: Kevin Jennings
 Earlier Items: 
Steve Hayward / The Corner on National Review Online:
What About Mark!?! — By: Steve Hayward
Discussion: Power Line and The American Scene
A. O. Scott / New York Times:
Calls to God: Always a Busy Signal
Discussion: Awards Daily
Jamie Shreeve / National Geographic:
Oldest “Human” Skeleton Found—Disproves “Missing Link”
Jonah Goldberg / Commentary:
How Politics Destroyed a Great TV Show
Benjamin Spillman / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Reid: Final health bill will have a ‘public option’