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12:25 PM ET, October 5, 2009

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Alex Spillius / Telegraph:

Barack Obama furious at General Stanley McChrystal speech on Afghanistan — The relationship between President Barack Obama and the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan has been put under severe strain by Gen Stanley McChrystal's comments on strategy for the war.

Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:

Clear Voice of Bush's Pentagon Becomes Harder to Hear — WASHINGTON — Gen. David H. Petraeus, the face of the Iraq troop surge and a favorite of former President George W. Bush, spoke up or was called upon by President Obama “several times” during the big Afghanistan strategy session …

Discussion: msnbc.com, Gateway Pundit, Connecting.the.Dots, The Confluence, Weasel Zippers, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, ATTACKERMAN and AMERICAblog Gay

Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
National Security Adviser Chides McChrystal

Discussion: Weekly Standard, The Huffington Post, Salon, The Hill, ATTACKERMAN, democracyarsenal.org, The Washington Independent, ABCNEWS, ThreatsWatch, BernardFinel.com, USA Today, msnbc.com, Associated Press and New York Times

E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Obama Right to Weigh Afghanistan Options

Discussion: Erick's blog and Commentary

Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
It's a Change, Certainly

Discussion: Sister Toldjah, Pundit & Pundette, The Politico and The Page

Los Angeles Times:

Obama quietly tries to shore up Senate support for public option — The president has backed off from vocally supporting the idea of government-run healthcare, but he's working to build a coalition of supporters. The challenge: Find a version that can pass.

Discussion: TalkLeft, The Note, Taylor Marsh, Conservative Dallas, Politics Daily, The Swamp, The Caucus, Salon, Prescriptions, Washington Post and Truthdig

Ceci Connolly / Washington Post:
2 Democratic Senators Withhold Support of Health Bill

Discussion: Ezra Klein, The Politico, Commentary, The New Republic and The Washington Independent

J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Reid, Baucus ready to split on public option as vote nears

Discussion: Firedoglake, Washington Post, The Politico, Wonk Room, msnbc.com and Blog entry

Karen Tumulty / Time:
Health-Care Reform: Democrats Brace for Next Challenge

Discussion: Politics Daily, NY Daily News, Don Surber, The Page and Moe Lane

Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Schumer says centrists are ‘very open’ to public option

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Ben Cohen / The Huffington Post:

Why Rupert Murdoch Will Fire Glenn Beck — Rupert Murdoch is a smart man. In the U.K, Murdoch aligns his newspapers with the popular political party and helps them enact their policies by giving them favorable coverage. For the past 12 years, he supported the Labour Party.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and JammieWearingFool

Sam Jones / Guardian:

Waitrose dumps Fox after Obama attack — His last-minute Olympic sprint to back Chicago may have come to nothing, the Afghan quagmire may be bubbling away and Sarah Palin may be topping the bestseller list, but Barack Obama can at least take comfort from the fact that Britain's most upmarket supermarket chain is on his side.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Raw Story

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

The Politics of Spite — There was what President Obama likes to call a teachable moment last week, when the International Olympic Committee rejected Chicago's bid to be host of the 2016 Summer Games. — “Cheers erupted” at the headquarters of the conservative Weekly Standard …

Discussion: THE WEEK News & Opinion, QandO, The Politico, Jules Crittenden, Raw Story and Greg Mankiw's Blog

Joan Biskupic / USA Today:

Sandra Day O'Connor says rulings are being ‘dismantled’ — WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Retired Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor says she regrets that some of her decisions “are being dismantled” by the current Supreme Court. — O'Connor, who generally has avoided questions on the substance …

Discussion: Associated Press and Raw Story

Adam Liptak / New York Times:
New Court Term Hints at Views on Regulating Business

Discussion: BBC, Concurring Opinions, Washington Post, The BLT, Law Blog, Lawyers, Guns and Money and Washington Wire

The Politico:

GOP leaders to Steele: Back off — GOP leaders, in a private meeting last month, delivered a blunt and at times heated message to RNC Chairman Michael Steele: quit meddling in policy. — The plea was made during what was supposed to be a routine discussion about polling matters …

Discussion: Think Progress, Washington Monthly, Salon, AMERICAblog News and Wonkette

Bobby Jindal / Washington Post:

Some Republican Ideas for Health Care Reform — A majority of so-called Republican strategists believe that health care is a Democratic issue. They are wrong; health care is an American issue, and the Republican Party has an opportunity to demonstrate that conservative principles work when applied to real-world problems.

Discussion: The Atlantic Politics Channel, The Politico, The Hill, The Foundry, Commentary, msnbc.com and Townhall.com

Ann Althouse / Althouse:

Some thoughts on seeing “Capitalism: A Love Story.” — Here's the scene in the lobby at the Sundance Theater as we arrived for the 4:35 showing of Michael Moore's new movie: — “Dump ¢apitali$m/Join the Socialists.” And, indeed, the movie was a big promotion of socialism.

Discussion: Moe Lane and Left Coast Rebel

Associated Press:

Obama's Copenhagen trip wasn't cheap — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's failed bid to bring the 2016 Olympic Games to Chicago cost more than a bruised ego. — Taxpayers shelled out probably $1 million or more for the president, his wife and others to fly to Copenhagen and back to woo members …

Discussion: NewsBusters.org, Michelle Malkin and Althouse

Marty Peretz / The New Republic:
Rio, 1 — Chicago, 0. The Politics of Narcissism and General McChrystal

Discussion: Swampland, AmSpecBlog, Financial Times and NewsBusters.org

Louise Story / New York Times:

Report on Bailouts Says Treasury Misled Public — WASHINGTON — The inspector general who oversees the government's bailout of the banking system is criticizing the Treasury Department for some misleading public statements last fall and raising the possibility that it had unfairly disbursed money to the biggest banks.

Discussion: The Big Picture, Sunlight Foundation and Prairie Weather

Sean Lengell / Washington Times:
Study: Bernanke, Paulson misled public on bailouts

Discussion: Townhall.com and Politics Daily

Washington Post:

Hard-Core Free-Marketeer — A Conversation With Peter Schiff: Investor, Critic, Candidate … About 5,000 people contributed to this Web site that was set up by a few kids in California. And then I set up my own exploratory site and said: “Well, you know, I'm thinking about running.

Discussion: The Hill, Economy Watch and TPMDC

Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:

He's Back, Hat in Hand — Chastened by Reaction To His Rutgers Women's Basketball Team Comments, an ‘Older And Wiser’ Don Imus Returns to TV on the Fox Business Network — After holding forth for hours behind the mike on everything from Roman Polanski to Afghanistan …

Discussion: Michael Calderone's Blog, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Althouse

John Pomfret / Washington Post:

Obama's Meeting With the Dalai Lama Is Delayed — In an attempt to gain favor with China, the United States pressured Tibetan representatives to postpone a meeting between the Dalai Lama and President Obama until after Obama's summit with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, scheduled for next month …

Discussion: Pajamas Media, The Corner on National …, Commentary, msnbc.com, RedState, Below The Beltway, Gawker and AmSpecBlog

Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:

'Hamas may put Gazans on Strip's border' — The IDF is concerned that Hamas is planning to resettle thousands of displaced Gazans in caravans and temporary homes along the border with Israel, defense officials said on Sunday. — The army learned recently of the plan …

Discussion: Weekly Standard and Israel Matzav

Dean Baker / American Prospect:

New Yorker Rewrites Economic History — People following the financial meltdown would be surprised to read in the New Yorker's profile of National Economic Council Chairman Larry Summers that: “the banks with combined commercial and investment operations fared the best.” Yeah, Citigroup is doing just great.

Discussion: New Yorker and Felix Salmon

Bloomberg:

Roubini Says Stocks Have Risen ‘Too Soon, Too Fast’ — Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) — New York University Professor Nouriel Roubini, who predicted the financial crisis, said stock and commodity markets may drop in coming months as the gradual pace of the economic recovery disappoints investors.

Discussion: DailyFinance

Ross Douthat / New York Times:

Inequality as Usual — Not long ago, liberals were insisting that income inequality was America's most serious economic problem. — Now there are more immediate crises: A 9.8 percent unemployment rate, a yawning budget deficit. But the inequality issue hasn't gone away.

Discussion: EconLog and TBogg