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3:55 PM ET, October 13, 2009

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sens: Snowe's healthcare vote puts her top Commerce perch at risk  —  Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine) is risking a shot at becoming the top Republican on an influential Senate committee by backing Democratic healthcare legislation, according to senators on the panel.
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Chris Frates / The Politico:
PWC statement — Not so helpful for AHIP  —  PricewaterhouseCoopers, the authors of AHIP's report, put out a statement last night that basically said, “Hey, we weren't paid to evaluate the effects of the entire bill, but rather a small slice of it.”  The statement only seems to reinforce critics' view …
Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Echoing Insurance Industry, Lieberman Says He Doesn't Support Baucus Bill  —  In August, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) told CNN that he believed it was the wrong time for President Obama and Congress to attempt health care reform.  “I'm afraid we've got to think about putting a lot of that off until …
Washington Post:
As Panel Votes Today, Democrats Look Ahead  —  The Senate Finance Committee will hold a landmark vote on health-care reform legislation Tuesday that is expected to underscore the deep partisan divisions that have emerged and hardened over five months of debate.
Katharine Q. Seelye / Prescriptions:
Live Blogging the Finance Panel Vote on Health Care Bill  —  After a five-hour hearing, the Senate Finance Committee voted 14-9 in favor of a bill overhauling the health care system.  The only Republican on the panel to vote in support of the proposal was Senator Olympia Snowe …
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Senate Panel Is Set for Vote on Health Care Bill  —  The Senate Finance Committee is to meet on Tuesday for final debate and a vote on its long-gestating health care bill.  —  Because Democrats hold a 13-to-10 majority on the panel, there is no question that the bill is headed to the Senate floor.
Hilary Moss / The Huffington Post:
Olympia Snowe's Suits: Matronly Or Magnificent? (PHOTOS, POLL)
Discussion: The Politico and Weekly Standard
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
LIVEBLOG: Senate Finance Committee Votes On Health Care Reform Bill
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Grassley suggests Snowe will vote against Baucus healthcare reform bill
Discussion: Weekly Standard
The Hill:
BREAKING: Snowe to vote ‘yes’ on Finance Committee healthcare bill
Discussion: Ezra Klein and Washington Monthly
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Olympia Snowe's Vote: Thanks But No Thanks.
MSteele / GOP.com:
Let me ask you  —  The Internet has been around a while, now.  But, I still find it an amazing platform for innovation, not just in technology, but in life.  Beyond admiring the way it powers so many inventions and businesses, it has become a personal thing for me.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Missing from GOP.com: Future  —  This is, a youngish Republican points out to me this morning, a bit of an unfortunate place for an empty page on the Republican National Committee's nifty new website.  —  That would be the “Future Leaders” page.  —  Post Comment  —  Pages  —  HILARIOUS!
GOP.com:
Future Leaders  —  Who are the future leaders of the Republican Party?
Discussion: The Swamp and TPMDC
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Liz Cheney takes on ‘radical’ W.H.  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney's eldest daughter Liz will launch a new group aimed at rallying opposition to the “radical” foreign policy of the Obama administration which it says has succeeded only in undermining the nation's security.
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Liz Cheney takes on Obama's foreign policy
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
GOP Tweets clip of Hitler praising Pelosi UPDATE  —  Hitler hearts Pelosi?  —  That seems to be a view the National Republican Congressional Committee [which brought you the put-Pelosi-in-her-place statement last week] seems to be endorsing, judging from what the committee posts on their Twitter account.
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The Politico:
Dem leaders brush off the left
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
Orly Taitz Sanctioned for $20,000  —  The “Birther queen” has been slapped with a five-figure fine for “wasting the judicial resources” of the Middle District of Georgia, where she'd filed one of her numerous lawsuits demanding that President Obama prove his citizenship before deploying soldiers to Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Booman Tribune:
Can I Vent?  —  Yesterday was probably the most embarrassing day yet for the progressive blogosphere during the short reign of the Obama administration.  So, now is probably a good time to just let loose and register my disgust with the movement I've been a part of for the last five years.
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Number of U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Overlooks Thousands of Support Troops  —  Additional Deployments Not Announced and Rarely Noted  —  President Obama announced in March that he would be sending 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan.  But in an unannounced move, the White House has also authorized …
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Cable Effect  —  I got to the office a bit before 9AM today and within 20 minutes I felt incredibly agitated.  I was pissed off.  I also had a feeling of despair about the prospects for health reform.  I was mad, and I also felt helpless.  What was wrong?  Was it just a bad case of the Mondays?
Discussion: MoJo Blog Posts and Liberal Values
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Matthews: 'Someone's Going To Jam a CO2 Pellet Into Rush's Head'  —  What some guys won't say to get attention . . .  Analogizing Rush Limbaugh to a James Bond villain, Chris Matthews today fantasized: “at some point somebody's going to jam a CO2 pellet into his head and he's going to explode like a giant blimp.”
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Second Thoughts in Battle for Virginia  —  WASHINGTON — When State Senator R. Creigh Deeds defeated Terry McAuliffe, the former Democratic Party chairman and confidante of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, to be the Democratic nominee for governor of Virginia, the argument among many Democrats …
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
OBAMA 15TH HOTTEST HEAD OF STATE  —  President Barack Obama may have been granted a Nobel Peace Prize, but that doesn't mean that every top honor comes to him easily.  The new website “Hottest Heads of State” has ranked the attractiveness of 172 world leaders, and Obama comes in 15th behind …
Discussion: JustOneMinute
The Politico:
BRUCE JENNER: BARACK OBAMA UNDESERVING OF NOBEL AWARD  —  TMZ has a video of former Olympian and “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” reality star Bruce Jenner weighing in on President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win.  —  “He's done nothing,” Jenner said.  “He's done absolutely nothing.”
Discussion: Balloon Juice and TMZ.com
D. Aristophanes / Sadly, No!:
Racism Is The New Black  —  Did I miss something?  Some Rubicon crossed, some tipping point?  When did it become okay for mainstream* wingnuts to be straight-up, unapologetic racists?  —  It's not that this sort of thing hasn't been seen before — fr'example this — but for the most part …
 
 
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Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
GQ'S CHANGING OF THE GUARD
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Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
Meeting Between Clinton, Russian Officials Fails to Produce Plan …
Discussion: Commentary
Dennis Overbye / New York Times:
The Collider, the Particle and a Theory About Fate
Discussion: Below The Beltway and Moe Lane
Michael Ledeen / Pajamas Media:
Khamenei Said to be in Coma  —  This story has been floating around …
Christa Marshall / New York Times:
EPA Document Creates Crossfire Between Midwestern Utilities and Enviros
Discussion: Hot Air
The Huffington Post:
AHIP Million-Dollar Ad Campaign Targets Seniors
Pam Spaulding / Pam's House Blend:
HRC's Solmonese: dinner attendees ‘more politically aware’ …
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Telegraph:
Dutch rightwinger Geert Wilders wins challenge against British ban
Reason:
The Unknown War  —  The defeat of communism 20 years ago …
Discussion: Dean's World
Aman Batheja / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Hutchison hints at pushing back Senate resignation
Discussion: The Hill
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Dems undermine free speech in hate crimes ploy
Brendan Murray / Bloomberg:
Obama Dollar Retreats Most Against Commodities in Wealth Shift
Discussion: The Foundry and NPR Blogs