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9:20 AM ET, October 21, 2009

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Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Medicare for everyone  —  Say hello to “Medicare Part E” — as in, “Medicare for Everyone.”  —  House Democrats are looking at re-branding the public health insurance option as Medicare, an established government healthcare program that is better known than the public option.
Discussion: The Politico, Obsidian Wings and MyDD
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Pelosi Prepares To Move Ahead With Robust Public Option
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Democrats lock Republicans out of committee room  —  Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) locked Republicans out of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee room to keep them from meeting when Democrats aren't present.  —  Towns' action came after repeated public ridicule from the leading Republican …
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John / Power Line:
Dems Flee Countrywide Vote  —  Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee have been pressing for an investigation of Countrywide Mortgage's “VIP Program,” under which powerful Democrats like Kent Conrad and Chris Dodd received sweetheart mortgages, apparently as bribes.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
The real reason the White House is attacking Fox News: Containment  —  This seems so obviously correct that I feel embarrassed for not having figured it out sooner. … Allen and Gerstein: … Both Politico and Mediaite note that the expected righteous indignation at being lectured …
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Philip Boroff / Bloomberg:
Carnegie Hall Stagehand Moving Props Makes $530,044  —  Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) — After you practice for years and get to Carnegie Hall, it's almost better to move music stands than actually play the piano.  —  Depending on wattage, a star pianist can receive $20,000 a night at the 118-year-old hall …
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Andrew C. Revkin / Dot Earth:
Thought Experiments on Birth and Death
Louis Uchitelle / New York Times:
Volcker's Voice Fails to Sell a Bank Strategy  —  Listen to a top economist in the Obama administration describe Paul A. Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman who endorsed Mr. Obama early in his election campaign and who stood by his side during the financial crisis.
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Former rivals Plouffe, Schmidt team up  —  (CNN) - Nearly a year after Election Day 2008, the campaign managers for John McCain and Barack Obama, who spent last year at war, have joined forces.  —  McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt and David Plouffe, his counterpart on the Obama campaign …
WorldNetDaily:
Traditional Americans are losing their nation  —  In the brief age of Obama, we have had “truthers,” “birthers,” tea party activists and town-hall dissenters.  —  Comes now, the “Oath Keepers.”  And who might they be?  —  Writes Alan Maimon in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Oath Keepers …
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The Politico:
Clinton helps Deeds — sort of  —  It's doubtful that any of the few hundred people who turned up for Democrat Creigh Deeds at a Northern Virginia campaign office needed a reminder that their candidate is trailing badly in his race for governor.  —  They got one anyway …
Discussion: The Fix and George's Bottom Line
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WDBJ-TV:
News7 Poll: Republicans hold comfortable leads in statewide contests
Discussion: Commentary and Don Surber
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner on National …:
Voting Present Is Not an Option — By: Victor Davis Hanson  —  While our Narcissus-in-Chief is frozen gazing at his perfect image in his private pool, choices have to be made in Afghanistan.  Consider the following:  —  (a) We have a Democratically controlled Congress that by and large has supported …
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama urges GOP to ‘get a mop’ and clean up Bush administration mess  —  President Barack Obama urged Republicans to help clean up the mess the Bush administration left behind in comments at a Tuesday night fundraiser.  —  Obama, speaking to donors to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) …
Discussion: Truthdig
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
President Obama takes on Wall Street in New York City fundraiser
Discussion: Think Progress and The Politico
Bill Donohue / Washington Post:
America's secular saboteurs  —  There are many ways cultural nihilists are busy trying to sabotage America these days: multiculturalism is used as a club to beat down Western civilization in the classroom; sexual libertines seek to upend the cultural order by attacking religion …
Adam Sherwin / Times of London:
Senior broadcasters on cocaine ‘praised for creative genius’  —  Broadcasting executives addicted to cocaine are routinely praised by bosses for their “creative genius”, a former BBC producer told MPs.  —  Sarah Graham, who worked on children's programmes for the corporation and took cocaine for nine years …
Sandra Block / USA Today:
Latest bank fee is for paying off credit card on time every month  —  You floss regularly, yield to oncoming traffic and use your credit cards judiciously, dutifully paying off your balance every month.  —  You may believe that your exemplary behavior shields you from unexpected credit card fees.
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
John Stanton / Roll Call:
Grassley Warns HHS Web Site May Be ‘Propaganda’  —  Senate Finance ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is raising concerns that a Department of Health and Human Services Web site that urges visitors to send an e-mail to President Barack Obama praising his health care reform plan may violate rules against government-funded propaganda.
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Washington Post:
U.S. deeply split on troop increase for Afghan war  —  Majority says nation lacks clear strategy  —  As President Obama and his war cabinet deliberate a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, Americans are evenly and deeply divided over whether he should send 40,000 more troops there …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
NY-23: Can Doug Hoffman Win?  —  President Barack Obama heads to New York City later today to raise campaign cash for businessman Bill Owens, the party's nominee in the Nov. 3 special election in New York's 23rd district, but the emerging storyline in the race is whether Conservative party …
Eric Shawn / Fox News:
‘They Tried to Steal an Election,’ N.Y. Voter Fraud Case Heats Up  —  Thirty-eight forged or fraudulent ballots have been thrown out, according to records at the Rensselaer County Board of Elections in Troy, N.Y. Enough votes, an election official admits, to likely have tipped the November election to the Democrats.
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Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:   ACORN's Party Likely Stole NY Election- Fraud Investigation Turns Up Bogus Ballots
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Maddow Finally Apologizes for Saying Limbaugh Wanted MLK's Assassin to Get Medal of Honor  —  On June 3, Rachel Maddow said during her TV show that Rush Limbaugh is the “guy who says the assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. should get the Medal of Honor.”  —  On Saturday, Sunday, and again Monday …
Discussion: American Glob and 24Ahead
Michael Franzese / Big Government:
Rush or Reverend Al?... Will the Real Racist Please Stand Up?  —  Like everyone else who is a fan of the NFL, I have heard of the recent firestorm over Rush Limbaugh being ousted by Roger Goodell in his bid to become part owner of the St Louis Rams.  Apparently Limbaugh has been accused …
Wall Street Journal:
Kerry Emerges as a Broker for Obama  —  WASHINGTON — When Sen. John Kerry left Kabul on Sunday night after an intense series of weekend meetings with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other U.S. officials, he knew Mr. Karzai was still wavering over accepting an audit of election fraud …
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
In U.S., 39% Say View on Healthcare “Depends” on Details  —  Undecided group generally favors a “public option” component  —  PRINCETON, NJ — While the majority of Americans appear to have made up their minds on healthcare reform, 39% say their support for a final healthcare bill will depend …
Ben Frumin / TPM LiveWire:
Bush Headlining ‘Motivational Mega Show’ With ‘Inspirational Firepower’  —  Former President George W. Bush has got a whole new gang.  Goodbye, Condi, Cheney and Rumsfeld.  Hello, Terry Bradshaw, Zig Ziglar and Rudy Giuliani.  —  Bradshaw, Ziglar and Giuliani are among the other featured speakers …
 
 
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