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11:40 AM ET, October 25, 2009

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The Huffington Post:
Leaderless: Senate Pushes For Public Option Without Obama's Support  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  President Barack Obama is actively discouraging Senate Democrats in their effort to include a public insurance option with a state opt-out clause as part of health care reform.
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Matthew Continetti / Weekly Standard:
The Inevitability Myth  —  Health care reform is not a fait accompli  —  Did the Democrats become Calvinists when we weren't looking?  Lately they've been talking an awful lot about predestination.  They want to claim that Obamacare's victory is foreordained, that the health care debate is over and …
Discussion: Commentary
JSOnline:
Making someone else pay
Discussion: JustOneMinute
The Hill:
Afghan candidate says ‘dramatic’ surge needed, backs McChrystal  —  Afghanistan's opposition candidate backed Gen. Stanley McChrystal's recommendations for more troops Sunday, saying “the future of the country is at risk” without a “dramatic increase” in troop levels.
Discussion: The Politico
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Washington Post:
Karzai rules out sharing power
Discussion: The Caucus and Prairie Weather
Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
The Great American Arm-Twist in Afghanistan
Discussion: Politics Daily and Newshoggers.com
Tyler Cowen / New York Times:
How an Insurance Mandate Could Leave Many Worse Off  —  AMERICANS seem to like the idea of broadening health insurance coverage, but they may not want to be forced to buy it.  With health care costs high and rising, such government mandates would make many people worse off.
Barry Rubin / RubinReports:
White House on Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing—Can't Remember Who Murdered 241 Americans  —  [Please subscribe.  There's too much news from the Middle East to miss a single article; and too little good analysis in the media to miss a single analysis.]  —  By Barry Rubin
Jomana Karadesh / CNN:
Death toll past 100 in Baghdad bombings  —  Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — At least 132 people were killed and 520 wounded in twin suicide car bombings in central Baghdad Sunday, officials said — the deadliest attack on civilians in Iraq this year.  —  Two car bombs detonated in quick succession …
Discussion: PoliBlog and Jihad Watch
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Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Over 100 Dead in Suicide Car Bombings in Baghdad
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Washington Post:
Obama declares H1N1 national emergency, easing rules for hospitals  —  Officials prepare for a surge in H1N1 cases  —  President Obama has declared H1N1 swine flu a national emergency, clearing the way for his health chief to give hospitals wider leeway in how they handle a possible surge of new patients …
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CNN:
Obama declares H1N1 emergency
Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
If Lenders Say ‘The Dog Ate Your Mortgage’  —  FOR decades, when troubled homeowners and banks battled over delinquent mortgages, it wasn't a contest.  Homes went into foreclosure, and lenders took control of the property.  —  On top of that, courts rubber-stamped the array of foreclosure charges …
Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Democratic Party encounters ‘Obama hangover’ in state, local elections  —  The president hits the campaign trail on behalf of Democrats, but the electricity of 2008 is tough to recapture.  —  Reporting from Kennett Square, Pa. - As he is quick to point out, President Obama is presiding over two wars …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Criticism by Obama aides exasperates Va. Democrats
Discussion: The Politico and The Conservatives
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Geraldo Rips Lou Dobbs For Latino-Bashing Rhetoric, Says He ‘Is Not Coming To Fox News’  —  Speaking at a luncheon sponsored by the Spanish newspaper El Diario La Prensa on Thursday, Fox News host Geraldo Rivera said, “One of the aspects of our reality in the United States now is the defamatory tone …
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Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Hatch bucks Cheney: ‘I would never want to call my president dithering.’  —  Despite his own failures in Afghanistan (namely turning valuable resources away from the war and invading Iraq), former Vice President Dick Cheney attacked President Obama this week, saying he is “afraid to make a decision” …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WILL PUTS ON LEATHER JACKET, DONS SKIS, EYES SHARK.... When my friend Mustang Bobby emailed yesterday to tell me George Will had written an entire column praising Rep. Michele Bachmann, I thought he was kidding.  Will may be conservative, but he considers himself something of an intellectual and serious thinker.
CNN:
Veteran reporter's 5 lessons for Obama  —  Editor's note: Columnist and author Helen Thomas, 89, was a United Press International correspondent for 57 years and covered every U.S. president since John F. Kennedy.  Craig Crawford is a TV commentator and political writer.
Discussion: The Confluence
Andrew C. Revkin / New York Times:
Campaign to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Picks a Number  —  Campaigners against global warming have drawn on an arsenal of visually startling tactics over the years, from posing nude on a Swiss glacier to scaling smokestacks at coal-fired power plants.  —  On Saturday, they tried something …
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Matthew Cooper / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Can They Cover 350 Like They Covered Teabaggers?
 
 
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