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3:40 AM ET, February 18, 2010

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The Mount Vernon Statement:
Constitutional Conservatism: A Statement for the 21st Century  —  We recommit ourselves to the ideas of the American Founding.  Through the Constitution, the Founders created an enduring framework of limited government based on the rule of law.  They sought to secure national independence …
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Capitol Confidential / Big Government:
Clinton Plotting Tea Party Counterattack  —  Last week, former President Clinton was rushed to the hospital in New York for an emergency heart operation.  Medical experts said the procedure was “relatively routine” and predicted Clinton would make a full recovery and be back to his regular schedule soon.
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Scott Conroy / CBS News:
Palin: Tea Partiers “Have to Pick a Party”  —  In Arkansas, Former Alaska Governor Heaps Praise on Movement, But Says U.S. Has A Two-Party System  —  (CBS) In front of a crowd of Republican Party activists and the tea-party movement's rank and file here on Tuesday night …
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Inevitable “Tea Party” and “Amy Bishop” Link Attempt
Discussion: 'round the world we go and POWIP
The Huffington Post:
Tea Party Speaker: Hang Patty Murray
Hugh Tomlinson / Times of London:
Assassins had Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in sight as soon as he got to Dubai  —  Mahmoud al-Mabhouh took no notice of the two men who joined him in the lift of his hotel in Dubai during the short ride to the second floor on the afternoon of January 20.  —  One was short and portly with a moustache, the other tall.
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Hisham Wyne / The Huffington Post:
A Mossad Killing in Dubai  —  The Bustan Rotana Hotel, until a month ago, was known among Dubai residents as a destination for good sushi and old fashioned entertainment.  It was the quiet yet classy option; an old gem mingling with a plethora of newer glitzy caravanserais.
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Salem Communications buys Hot Air  —  The conservative blog Hot Air has been purchased by radio broadcaster Salem Communications, which adds the popular website to a stable that also includes Townhall.com and several right-leaning radio hosts.  —  In a statement obtained by POLITICO set …
Discussion: Townhall.com
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Max Fisher / The Atlantic Wire:
Sale of ‘Hot Air’ Shakes Up Conservative Blogosphere
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and TigerHawk
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Open thread: Hot Air acquisition
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ezra Klein:
Selling insurance across state lines: A terrible, no good, very bad health-care idea  —  The big Republican idea to bring down health-care costs is to “let families and businesses buy health insurance across state lines.”  Jon Chait has some commentary here, but I want to simplify a little bit.
The Onion:
U.S. Economy Grinds To Halt As Nation Realizes Money Just A Symbolic, Mutually Shared Illusion  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy ceased to function this week after unexpected existential remarks by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke shocked Americans into realizing that money is, in fact …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Endgame?  House, Senate Edge Towards Deal On Bill For Health Summit  —  Okay, contrary to what you've been hearing, House and Senate Dem leaders are in fact edging towards reaching a deal on a health care reform package to take to next week's big summit, leadership aides tell me, though it remains a steep uphill climb.
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Jon Ward / The Daily Caller:
Democrat Caddell rips White House for obeisance to organized labor  —  Longtime Democratic strategist Pat Caddell on Wednesday blasted the Obama White House for creating “a world in which there is no dissent,” following his banishment from Colorado Democrat Andrew Romanoff's campaign for Senate.
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Gibbs calls Cantor a ‘hypocrite’ on stimulus  —  White House spokesman Robert Gibbs called the number two House Republican a ‘hypocrite’ for criticizing the use of stimulus funds while at the same time requesting them for his district.  —  Democrats have been defending the $787 billion program Wednesday, its one-year anniversary.
Discussion: CNN
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Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
GOP wants televised jobs debate
Discussion: The Next Right and The Hill
Newsweek Blogs:
Exclusive: Another Taliban Leader Captured in Pakistan  —  By Sami Yousafzai and Mark Hosenball  —  Another leader of the Afghan Taliban has been captured by authorities in Pakistan working in partnership with U.S. intelligence officials.  Taliban sources in the region and a counterterrorism officials …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“May The Judgement Not Be Too Heavy Upon Us”  —  To have lived in an America where its former vice-president can boast of supporting the torture of human beings is tragic and terrifying enough.  For me and many others, this is not America.  As a former president said of the abuse and torture at Abu Ghraib,
Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell Rolls Back Non-Discrimination Protections For Gay State Workers  —  Gay and lesbian state workers in Virginia are no longer specifically protected against discrimination, thanks to a little-noticed change made by new Gov. Bob McDonnell.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Cheney's Washington Post  —  First Hiatt fired the only opinion writer who really held Cheney to account for war crimes, Dan Froomkin.  Then he hires a mediocre writer, and proud Catholic-for-torture, and Cheney's former speech-writer, Marc Thiessen, for a weekly column.
Ezra Klein:
The big story on the stimulus  —  The day-to-day stories on the stimulus are mostly very small and very political.  Republicans hypocritically attacking the bill while taking credit for the spending.  Conservatives charging that some mayor in some town spent an infinitesimal fraction …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Judging Stimulus by Job Data Reveals Success
US News:
Huckabee Gets Michelle Obama on Fox  —  Michelle Obama and Fox News are sort of going to break bread this weekend.  That's because former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has wooed the obesity-fighting first lady onto his weekend show to talk about food, fat, and kids.
Greg Mankiw / Greg Mankiw's Blog:
An Illogical Attack on the GOP  —  The Democratic Party is attacking some Republican congressmen for both opposing the stimulus bill and also helping direct some stimulus spending into their districts.  —  I don't know the facts of the case, but the logic of the Democratic position baffles me.
Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Positive Views of Israel, Brought to You by Israelis  —  JERUSALEM — The Israeli government, deeply worried about the country's declining international image, began a campaign on Wednesday to turn every Israeli — and ultimately every Jew — into a traveling public relations agent.
Discussion: The Majlis and Commentary
Michael Scherer / Swampland:
Gibbs: President Obama “Would Love” To Appear On Daily Show, But Not Colbert Report  —  On Tuesday afternoon, I caught up with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs in his office, and the conversation turned to President Obama's decision last year to appear on both The Tonight Show …
Kate Oczypok / The Hill:
Conservatives will take a ‘whack’ at Pelosi piñata  —  Attendees at a conservative conference in town this week will have the opportunity to whack a pinata of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).  —  Conservative Political Action Conference “CPAC” begins Thursday here in D.C. and will feature …
Adam Fogle / The Palmetto Scoop:
Bill would ban federal currency in SC  —  Legislation by SC Rep. Mike Pitts would replace paper money with gold and silver coinage  —  PITTS INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO REPLACE PAPER MONEY WITH GOLD, SILVER COINS  —  South Carolina will no longer recognize U.S. currency as legal tender, if State Rep. Mike Pitts has his way.
Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
No dip in earmarks despite White House push for transparency  —  Transparency requirements pushed for by the Obama administration have not changed the total spending on earmarks for 2010, according to a study by a group critical of the practice.  —  The amount of money directed by lawmakers …
Breitbart.tv:
DID AP COVER FOR BIDEN ON ‘20TH CENTURY’ MIX-UP?  —  “I refuse to accept the notion that the United States of America is not going to lead the world economically throughout the 20th Century.”  —  The AP article covering Vice President Joe Biden's remarks does not reflect the error:
Egb / Media Matters for America:
James O'Keefe and the myth of the ACORN pimp  —  Last September, when the ACORN scandal that his website helped launch was breaking in the press, Andrew Breitbart wrote a column for The Washington Times detailing the rollout of the undercover, right-wing gotcha.
 
 
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Obama on nuclear energy, before and after
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Taliban ‘lining up human shields’
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Mark Guarino / Christian Science Monitor:
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Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
8 jailed American missionaries leave Haiti for US
Discussion: Truthdig
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A History of Obama Feigning Interest in Mundane Things
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Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
Navy to review Murtha surgery for error
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 Earlier Items: 
Los Angeles Times:
New wave of foreclosures by end of 2010 is feared
Discussion: Politics Daily
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
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Sean J. Miller / The Hill:
Democrats must work to avoid '94 repeat