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7:05 PM ET, October 7, 2009

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Igor / Wonk Room:
CBO: New Baucus Deficit Neutral Bill Costs $829B, Will Reduce Deficit By $81 Billion Over Next Decade  —  The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the new version of the Senate Finance Committee's health bill “will result in a net reduction in federal budget deficits of $81 billion over the 2010-2019 period.”
Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
CBO: Baucus bill costs $829 billion, reduces deficit by $81 billion  —  The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a cost estimate of the healthcare reform bill under consideration by the Senate Finance Committee, concluding it would increase federal spending by $829 billion over 10 years …
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Baucus bill would reduce deficit by $81 billion over the next decade.
Discussion: msnbc.com
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
A new “mommy tax” in ObamaCare shows pitfalls; Update: Device list linked
Amanda Carpenter / Washington Times:
A new mommy tax  —  When Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max …
Discussion: Moe Lane
Lori Montgomery / Capitol Briefing:
CBO Says Senate Health Bill Would Expand Coverage, Reduce Deficit
Discussion: QandO
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:   The Baucus Bill Cuts The Deficit
Tony Romm / The Hill:
150 Dems to Pelosi: No tax on health insurance
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Franken Wins Bipartisan Support For Legislation Reining In KBR's Treatment Of Rape  —  In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her co-workers while she was working for Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad.  She was detained in a shipping container for at least 24 hours without food, water …
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Cynthia Dizikes / MinnPost:   Senate passes Franken amendment aimed at defense contractors
Associated Press:
Senate OKs Measure Related to Rape Claim
Discussion: Facing South
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner on National Review Online:
Ayers Dreams of Obama — By: Jonah Goldberg  —  I am not sure what to make of the story that Ayers has now admitted to writing Obama's autobiography.  If it pans out, that is to my mind a very big story.  Stay tuned.  But I do think I should revise my earlier pooh-poohing of Jack Cashill's effort to prove the Ayers-Obama connection.
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Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Ayers: I wrote Obama's book!  —  Ever since the heat of the 2008 campaign, a handful of conspiracy theorists have circulated the rumor that Bill Ayers ghostwrote Barack Obama's first book, “Dreams from my Father.”  —  Now Ayers is coming forward to confirm the rumor, and he's demanding royalties!
Examiner:
Bill Ayers admits writing ‘Dreams’ to conservative blogger  —  Last Friday we posted an article on these pages asserting Bill Ayers' authorship of President Barack Obama's ‘Dreams From My Father,’ based on claims made by Obama biographer Christopher Andersen.
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner on National …:
This, Apparently, Is Not a Joke — By: Kathryn Jean Lopez  —  Barack Obama has this hanging in the White House:  —  It proves a gift to Nick Schulz.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
ABC: Pentagon places “urgent” order for four massive bunker-busting bombs
Discussion: Riehl World View
Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Is the U.S. Preparing to Bomb Iran?
Discussion: TheDailyBanter.com and BLACKFIVE
Aunohita Mojumdar / Christian Science Monitor:
‘Code Pink’ rethinks its call for Afghanistan pullout  —  In Afghanistan, the US women's activist group finds that their Afghan counterparts want US troop presence - as well as more reconstruction.  —  KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -  —  When Medea Benjamin stood up in a Kabul meeting hall this weekend …
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New York Times:
Obama Rules Out Large Reduction in Afghan Force
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:   Why The White House Remains Skeptical Of A New Troop Surge
carter.house.gov:
Carter Joins New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Buffalo News, Minneapolis Star-Tribune in Calling for Chairman to Step Down  —  (WASHINGTON, DC) - House Members Wednesday will have to cast a recorded vote on whether it is acceptable …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Rep. Waters: ‘Many members’ suffer from disclosure problems like Rep. Rangel  —  “Many members” of Congress suffer from the same disclosure issues as the embattled Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), one of his congressional allies suggested Wednesday.  —  Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) …
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
Rangel retains Ways and Means gavel
Discussion: Gothamist
Barb Shelly / Midwest Voices:
Bob Dole outs naysayer Mitch McConnell  —  Bob Dole supports health care reform.  —  “This is one of the most important measures members of Congress will vote on in their lifetimes,” the former Republican Senate majority leader and presidential candidate told an audience in Kansas City today.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
McCaughey And Me  —  I said my piece about this on this blog a while back.  I do not think it's professional to air the specifics of internal battles after the fact, and I take full responsibility for being the editor of the magazine that published the piece.  I accepted an award for it.
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The Atlantic Online:   Andrew's Bio  —  Andrew Sullivan was born in August 1963 …
Michael B. Oren / The New Republic:
Deep Denial  —  Toughened by their frontier ethos, steeled by serial wars, Israelis are not prone to flattery.  Most, in fact, eschew using the closest equivalent to the Hebrew word for flattery—chanupa— in favor of the derisive Yiddish-derivative, firgun.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Israeli Ambassador Says Richard Goldstone is Worse than Ahmadenijad
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
Gary Grado / East Valley Tribune:
Feds strip Arpaio of immigration authority  —  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has stripped Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio of his authority to arrest suspected illegal immigrants based solely on their immigration status.  —  But Arpaio said Tuesday he plans to continue his controversial …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
TIME FOR A WAKE-UP CALL, NOT FOR PANIC.... A new Gallup poll shows Democrats losing their edge on the generic-ballot question.  Asked which party's congressional candidate they'd support if the election were held today, 46% preferred the Democratic candidate, while 44% sided with Republicans.
Discussion: Hot Air, The Fix and Poll Tracker
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Parties Nearly Tied for Congress in 2010
Patterico's Pontifications:
Tom Shales: I'm Shocked to Be Told I Minimized Polanski's Crime!!  Here, Let Me Do It Again!  —  From a Washington Post chat with Tom Shales today (thanks to several readers): … I'm sure it was you, Tom Shales.  Evidently you need the citation, so here it is, from a column of yours dated June 9, 2008:
Michael R. Bloomberg / The Huffington Post:
Gun Show Undercover  —  Ever wonder how criminals are able to get guns so easily?  It's depressingly simple.  On any given weekend, at dozens of gun shows held in states across the country — criminals can buy guns from “private sellers” who are not required to perform background checks.
Tankerbabelc / From Cow Pastures to Kosovo:
Survivors in Afghanistan Need Immediate Help - 56 Soldiers Lost EVERYTHING  —  UPDATE as of 7 OCT 1430 hrs  —  We do NOT need fleece blankets, wash clothes or towels.  Still need everything else on the list below  —  UPDATE as of 7 OCT 09 1300 hrs  —  STILL NEED
 
 
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
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