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11:45 PM ET, October 23, 2009

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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Sources: White House Pushing Back Against Senate Public Option Opt Out Compromise  —  Multiple sources tell TPMDC that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is very close to rounding up 60 members in support of a public option with an opt out clause, and are continuing to push skeptical members.
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Ezra Klein:
White House to Reid: We hope you know what you're doing  —  Things have gotten real complicated, real quick, on the public option.  This roundup of contrasting quotes and statements, for instance, has a Keystone Kops quality to it.  —  I've spent a fair bit of the day trying to figure …
The Huffington Post:
Reid Is Only One Or Two Votes Shy On Opt-Out Public Option  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is just one or two Senate votes shy of having a filibuster-proof majority in favor of a public option for health insurance coverage with a provision allowing states to opt-out …
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Democrat blasts White House for anonymous sniping  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - A well-known Democratic strategist in Virginia is blasting the White House for placing anonymous quotes in the Washington Post in a pre-emptive effort to blame Creigh Deeds for what might be a loss in the state's upcoming gubernatorial election.
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
White House Denies Report That It Wants To Weaken Public Plan
Discussion: TalkLeft, Daily Kos, Blue Virginia and TPMDC
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Liberal groups take on Rahm
Discussion: The Politico and TPMDC
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Pelosi lacks votes for ‘robust public option’
Joe Klein / Swampland:
OutFoxed?  —  Let me be precise here: Fox News peddles a fair amount of hateful crap.  Some of it borders on sedition.  Much of it is flat out untrue.  —  But I don't understand why the White House would give such poisonous helium balloons as Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity the opportunity …
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Mike Allen / Reuters:
FRIENDS PUSH AILES FOR PRESIDENT  —  Friends and associates are encouraging Fox News chief Roger Ailes to jump into the political arena for real by running for president in 2012, top sources tell POLITICO.  —  “Ailes knows how to frame an issue better than anybody, and that's what we need now …
Fox News:
Administration Loses Bid to Exclude Fox News From Pay Czar Interview  —  The Obama administration on Thursday tried to make “pay czar” Kenneth Feinberg available for interviews to every member of the White House pool except Fox News.  But the Washington bureau chiefs of the five TV networks decided …
Jeff Greenfield / CBS News:
President Obama's Feud with FOX News  —  After Months of Taking Heat from FOX News Stars, the White House is Firing Back  —  (CBS) After months of taking incoming fire from the prime-time stars of Fox News, the Obama White House is firing back, charging that FOX News is different from all other news.
Discussion: Media Research Center
CNN:
CNN Poll: GOP favorable rating lowest in a decade  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - The Republican Party's favorable rating among Americans is at lowest level in at least a decade, according to a new national poll.  —  Thirty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday …
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Kara Dunford / media.www.gwhatchet.com:
Former governor calls for party reform  —  Jeb Bush argues Republicans need to be more welcoming  —  Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida, unveiled a six-point plan to help strengthen the Republican Party Wednesday night - including shedding the image of being the “old white guy party” and advocating for limited government.
Sam Theodosopoulos / The New Majority:
Jeb Bush to GOP: Stop Being the “Party of No”
Discussion: 24Ahead
Matt Cover / CNSNews:
When Asked Where the Constitution Authorizes Congress to Order Americans To Buy Health Insurance, Pelosi Says: ‘Are You Serious?’  —  (CNSNews.com) - When CNSNews.com asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday where the Constitution authorized Congress to order Americans to buy health insurance …
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The Huffington Post:
AHIP Pollster Interrupted By Singing Troupe Of Protesters  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Republican pollster Bill McInturff was the keynote speaker on the final day of the America's Health Insurance Plans's state issues conference on Friday morning.  —  But his speech on how the health care reform debate …
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans' Views on Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize  —  Majority say it is not deserved, although about half are glad Obama received it  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The majority of Americans do not believe President Barack Obama deserved to win the Nobel Peace Prize (61%), but the public is split in its personal reaction to the announcement.
Michelle Malkin:
The bogus death statistic that won't die  —  Creators Syndicate  —  Democrat Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida has found his calling: Death demagogue.  First, he accused Republicans of wanting sick patients to “DIE QUICKLY.”  Next, he likened health insurance problems to a “Holocaust in America.”
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden Dismisses Cheney's Criticisms Over Afghanistan  —  PRAGUE — Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had a blunt response on Friday to the latest broadsides from former Vice President Dick Cheney: “Who cares?”  —  In the latest exchange between old and new administrations …
Discussion: Wonkette and New York Times
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
Scozzafava Declares Herself Part of Abramoff Wing of GOP: Funnels Campaign Cash to Family  —  Jack Abramoff, present jailbird, was convicted of all sorts of crooked schemes.  One of his favorites was to funnel money through various organizations into the hands of other people.
Discussion: Townhall.com
Wall Street Journal:
It's His Rubble Now  —  And the American people want him to fix it.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  At a certain point, a president must own a presidency.  For George W. Bush that point came eight months in, when 9/11 happened.  From that point on, the presidency—all his decisions, all the credit and blame for them—was his.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Former Sen. Hagel: GOP being ‘irresponsible’ on healthcare  —  Republican senators trying to kill healthcare reform have acted irresponsibly, one of their former colleagues asserted.  —  Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) chided some of his former colleagues who have suggested …
Karen Schuberg / CNSNews:
Abortion Kills More Black Americans Than the Seven Leading Causes of Death Combined, Says CDC Data  —  (CNSNews.com) - Abortion kills more black Americans than the seven leading causes of death combined, according to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2005 …
Discussion: Townhall.com and Weasel Zippers
Luke Rosiak / Real Time Investigations …:
Entering digital age an expensive proposition for GOP  —  The Republican National Committee shelled out $1.4 million dollars over the last six months for Web sites and services, much of which was spent on GOP.com, the party's major Web presence that was unveiled this month, new Federal Election Commission expense reports show.
Rasmussen Reports:
Trust on Issues  —  Voters Trust Republicans More On 10 Top Issues  —  For the first time in recent years, voters trust Republicans more than Democrats on all 10 key electoral issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports.  The GOP holds double-digit advantages on five of them.
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Bush: I regret standing in front of the ‘Mission Impossible’ banner.  —  President Bush was in Canada yesterday to speak at a luncheon of the Montreal Board of Trade.  Approximately 300 protesters gathered outside the venue, blowing plastic horns, throwing shoes, and burning the former president in effigy.
Discussion: Raw Story and Truthdig
Mark Trumbull / Christian Science Monitor:
Stimulus' big boost to the economy?  It already happened.  —  White House economist Christina Romer said Thursday that the stimulus package's impact on the economy will weaken from here on.  —  Americans hoping for a big economic boost from President Obama's economic stimulus programs got …
The Note:
Pawlenty ‘Concerned’ About NY GOP Candidate; Plans Endorsement Soon  —  ABC News' Rick Klein reports:  —  With the Republican Party splintering over a House race in upstate New York, Gov. Tim Pawlenty said on ABCNews.com's “Top Line” today that he has significant concerns …
 
 
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BBC:
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Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Oversight panel launching probe into mortgage lenders
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David Brooks / New York Times:
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Annie Leibovitz takes first family photo …
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