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3:20 PM ET, February 9, 2010

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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Top House Republicans throw cold water on health-care summit  —  Leading House Republicans raised the prospect Monday night that they might refuse to participate in President Obama's proposed health care summit if the White House chooses not to scrap the existing reform bills and start over.
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gopleader.gov:
Boehner, Cantor Question White House on Proposed Health Care Summit  —  GOP Leaders: “Assuming the President is sincere about moving forward on health care in a bipartisan way, does that mean he will agree to start over so that we can develop a bill that is truly worthy of the support and confidence of the American people?”
New York Times:
On Health Bill, G.O.P.'s Road Is a New Map  —  WASHINGTON — When Republicans take President Obama up on his invitation to hash out their differences over health care this month, they will carry with them a fairly well-developed set of ideas intended to make health insurance more widely available …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Congressional Democrats point finger of blame at Rahm Emanuel  —  Democrats in Congress are holding White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel accountable for his part in the collapse of healthcare reform.  —  The emerging consensus among critics in both chambers is that Emanuel's lack …
ABCNEWS:
Michelle Obama Responds to Palin Pokes  —  First Lady: 'Change... Certainly Doesn't Happen in a Year'  —  Michelle Obama defended her husband against some of his most vocal critics, saying President Obama did a “phenomenal” job this year and that change is a long-term process.
Jesse Lee / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Gibbs Responds to Boehner, Cantor
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama on meeting with GOP
Discussion: CNN
John Brennan / USA Today:
Opposing view: ‘We need no lectures’  —  Administration disrupts terrorists' plots, takes fight to them abroad.  —  Politics should never get in the way of national security.  But too many in Washington are now misrepresenting the facts to score political points, instead of coming together to keep us safe.
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Wall Street Journal:
Bush Was Right, Says Obama  —  'We're not handling any of these cases any different from the Bush administration.'  —  This weekend, Americans were treated to something new: Barack Obama defending his war policies by suggesting they merely continue his predecessor's practices.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:   Specter: Christmas bombing suspect shouldn't have been read his rights
USA Today:
Our view on war on terror: National security team fails to inspire confidence
Discussion: Hot Air and National Review Online
Leon Wieseltier / The New Republic:
Something Much Darker  —  Andrew Sullivan has a serious problem.  —  I.  —  “Trying to explain the doctrine of the Trinity to readers of The New Republic is not easy.”  On June 2, 1944, W.H. Auden penned that sentence in a letter to Ursula Niebuhr.  On January 26, 2010 …
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Getting Sarah Palin's Paradigm  —  “If the primaries were this year, I suspect she'd be nominated,” a senior adviser to one of Sarah Palin's potential rivals confides.  It's easy to see why: no one who's thinking of running beats the enthusiasm she generates among Republican activists.
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:   Palin Puts Together A ... Campaign?
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Sarah Palin's soundbite strategy
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and GOP 12
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Michael Steele Suggests Criticism Of His Tenure Motivated By Racism  —  It's been awhile since Michael Steele has landed himself in the news, but this might stir things up again: In a new interview, Steele bluntly suggests criticism of his tenure — and all the media coverage it's garnered — may be motivated by racism.
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Matt Finkelstein / Media Matters Action Network:
After Saying “I Don't Play The Race Card,” …
Discussion: theGrio
Mark Memmott / NPR Blogs:
‘Miss Me Yet?’  Billboard With Photo Of Bush Is Real; Not An Internet Trick  —  Internet chatter had led to speculation that it might be an urban myth — nothing more than clever digital trickery spreading via the Web.  —  But our friend Bob Collins at Minnesota Public Radio assures us he's seen it with his own eyes:
Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Pamela Geller Destroys Ron Reagan Jr. on Joy Behar Show (Video)  —  The great Pamela Geller from Atlas Shrugs destroyed Ron Reagan Jr., Joy Behar and her other hateful liberal guest on the Behar Show last night.  Geller gave Ron Jr. the spanking he never had, but needed.
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St. Petersburg Times:
Secret contract, lavish spending push Republican Party of Florida to crisis  —  As a volatile election season gets under way, the Republican Party of Florida is facing its biggest crisis of confidence in decades.  —  Donors and party activists are livid over newly revealed records …
Jeff Sheng / The Bilerico Project:
Exclusive Pics: Lt. Dan Choi back in service?  —  This past weekend at the NGLTF Creating Change conference, there was a notable absence that many have already tweeted and remarked about.  Lt. Dan Choi was supposed to lead a Knights Out sponsored workshop on Friday morning about ending …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Republicans — Not Obama — More Often on Wrong Side of Public Opinion  —  One of the more commonplace assertions among pundits on the center-right — made rather carelessly by Victor Davis Hanson and more thoughtfully by Jay Cost, is that agenda put forward by Obama and the Democrats …
Vince Haley / Big Government:
Drillgate: Internal Emails Shows Obama Team Lying to Public  —  If you're the President of the United States or one of his political appointees and you're ideologically opposed to new oil and natural gas development offshore, what do you do when the public registers its overwhelming support for new drilling in public opinion polls?
Elisabeth Rosenthal / New York Times:
Skeptics Find Fault With U.N. Climate Panel  —  Just over two years ago, Rajendra K. Pachauri seemed destined for a scientist's version of sainthood: A vegetarian economist-engineer who leads the United Nations' climate change panel, he accepted the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the panel …
Michael Slackman / New York Times:
Iran Unleashes Wave of Arrests of Dissidents, Analysts Say  —  CAIRO — In recent weeks, Iranian security officials have unleashed a wave of arrests across the country in an effort to neutralize the political opposition, silence critical voices and head off widespread protests when the nation marks …
Ed Carson / Investor's Business Daily:
Americans Losing Hope, Looking For Change  —  Voters are souring on the economy and the government's remedies, according to February's IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index.  It fell 4.1% to 46.8, matching December's level and the weakest since July.  —  “Persisting high unemployment …
Discussion: Hot Air
Michael van der Galien / NewsReal Blog:
Report: Attempted Terrorist Attack in The Netherlands, Bomb Found in Train - Police Say Prank  —  Dutch Omroep Brabant now reports that police say no bomb has been found.  A man was arrested, but he it's likely he's an insane loser with too much time on his hands and not a terrorist.
Discussion: Fausta's Blog
John Tierney / New York Times:
Will You Be E-Mailing This Column?  It's Awesome  —  Sociologists have developed elaborate theories of who spreads gossip and news — who tells whom, who matters most in social networks — but they've had less success measuring what kind of information travels fastest.  Do people prefer to spread good news or bad news?
Discussion: Epicenter and Gawker
 
 
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
House votes canceled this week
Discussion: Newsweek Blogs
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: Iran sanctions can still be avoided, but are the next step for U.N.
Discussion: CNN
Michael Peck / Danger Room:
Why the Army Doesn't Train on Xboxes
Jay Heflin / The Hill:
Reid to offer jobs bill
Discussion: The Politico and Open Left
Erick Stakelbeck / CBN.com:
London's Islamic Radicals Speak Out
Discussion: The Jawa Report and AmSpecBlog
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Ala. poll: Huck is 2012 front-runner
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and GOP 12
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Nelson will back GOP filibuster
Jack Shafer / Slate:
More Posner Plagiarism  —  Veteran reporter Gerald Posner is a repeat offender.
Jim Treacher / The DC Trawler:
Your 2/9/10 Treacher update  —  Right after I posted that yesterday …
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
 

 
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