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9:55 AM ET, February 23, 2010

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Scott Brown joins Dems and votes to end debate on jobs bill  —  Newly-seated Republican Sen. Scott Brown (Mass.) on Monday joined Democrats in voting to end debate on their $15 billion jobs bill.  Brown crossed the aisle after Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) nixed an $85 billion …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
In Passage of Jobs Measure, a Glimpse of Bipartisanship  —  WASHINGTON — Five Republican senators broke ranks with their party on Monday to advance a $15 billion job-creation measure put forward by Democrats, a rare bipartisan breakthrough after months in which Republicans had held together …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Reid: 'Men, when they're out of work, tend to become abusive'  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) suggested Monday that domestic violence by men has increased due to U.S. joblessness.  —  Reid, speaking in the midst of a Senate debate over whether to pass a $15 billion package meant …
Marin Cogan / The Politico:   Harry Reid: Domestic abuse rises as jobs fall
Ben Pershing / Washington Post:
Senate advances job-creation bill with GOP help
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
From the bluest of states, a red senator of a different color
Discussion: brownbrigade.ning.com
Dan Pfeiffer / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Will the Republicans Post Their Health Plan... and When?  —  The President believes strongly that Thursday's bipartisan meeting on health insurance reform will be most productive if both sides come to the table with a unified plan to start discussion - and if the public has the opportunity …
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Douglas Elmendorf / Director's Blog:
The Obama Administration's Health Care Proposal  —  This morning the Obama Administration released a description of its health care proposal, and CBO has already received several requests to provide a cost estimate for that proposal.  We had not previously received the proposal …
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
Steele's spending spree angers donors  —  Republican National Chairman Michael Steele is spending twice as much as his recent predecessors on private planes and paying more for limousines, catering and flowers - expenses that are infuriating the party's major donors who say Republicans need every penny …
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Romney endorses McCain …
Discussion: CNN and Politics Daily
Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
As Crist poll numbers slide, staffers leave campaign  —  Speaking after a White House meeting with governors on Monday, Charlie Crist said he supported stimulus spending.  —  In the latest sign of turbulence for Charlie Crist's wounded U.S. Senate bid, key staffers are starting to leave the campaign.
Discussion: race42008.com
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Rubio heading to Palmetto state  —  Republican Marco Rubio gave Gov. Charlie Crist's Senate campaign some easy ammunition, confirming a report from CNN's Peter Hamby that the former Florida House speaker plans to travel to South Carolina next month to raise funds there with Sen. Jim DeMint.
Discussion: Left Coast Rebel, RedState and The Page
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Mark Levin Questions Glenn Beck's Behavior And Strategy  —  ‘STOP DIVIDING US’  —  Levin Challenges Beck To Behave Like An Adult  —  *** GLENN BECK EMBRACES LIBERAL PALS, BELIEVES IN GLOBAL WARMING ***  —  Is Mark Levin the only major figure on the right with the guts …
The Huffington Post:
Rockefeller Not Inclined To Support Reconciliation For The Public Plan  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) threw a wrench into Democratic efforts to get a public option passed through reconciliation, saying that he thought the maneuver was overly partisan and that he was inclined to oppose it.
New York Times:
Pakistani Reports Capture of a Taliban Leader  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In another blow to the Taliban senior leadership, Pakistani authorities have captured Mullah Abdul Kabir, a member of the group's inner circle and a leading military commander against American forces in eastern Afghanistan …
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MiamiHerald.com:
Gen. McChrystal apologizes for new Afghan civilian deaths
Discussion: The Huffington Post
msnbc.com:
Chest pains send ex-VP Cheney to hospital  —  Family member tells NBC News he is being evaluated  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks to attendees at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 18, in Washington, DC.  He was hospitalized with chest pains on Monday.
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Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Sen. John McCain: I was misled on bailout  —  Under growing pressure from conservatives and “tea party” activists, Sen. John McCain of Arizona is having to defend his record of supporting the government's massive bailout of the financial system.  —  In response to criticism from opponents seeking …
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Jonathan Tobin / Commentary:
WEB EXCLUSIVE: A World-Historic Find in Jerusalem  —  The greatest threat to the hopes of those who think parts of Jerusalem should be off-limits to Jews comes not when Jewish-owned buildings go up in the city, but rather when Jews start digging into the ground of East Jerusalem.
Jennifer Fermino / New York Post:
In-Justice!  Furor over O's ‘Gitmo’ appointees  —  The Justice Department's disclosure that nine of President Obama's appointees had either represented or advocated for Guantanamo detainees has touched off a firestorm of criticism.  —  The surprising admission came three months after Republican …
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
Ron Paul Victory Shows Ideological Hardening Ahead of 2010  —  Enthusiasm of Young Libertarians Was Surprise of CPAC  —  The news that Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) had won the 2010 CPAC presidential straw poll was leaked early, to soften the blow.  Before GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio had even begun …
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David Frum / CNN:
Ron Paul's money plan is far from golden
Zachary Roth / TPM LiveWire:
Steve King To Conservatives: ‘Implode’ IRS Offices  —  Rep. Steve King (R-IA) told a crowd at CPAC on Saturday that he could “empathize” with the suicide bomber who last week attacked an IRS office in Austin, and encouraged his listeners to “implode” other IRS offices, according to a witness.
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Richard Teitelbaum / Bloomberg:
Secret AIG Document Shows Goldman Sachs Minted Most Toxic CDOs  —  Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) — When a congressional panel convened a hearing on the government rescue of American International Group Inc. in January, the public scolding of Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner got the most attention.
Sharon Begley / Newsweek:
Book Review: The Lomborg Deception  —  Debunking the claims of the climate-change skeptic.  —  In naming roustabout, lumberjack, ironworker, and dairy farmer America's “worst jobs,” CareerCast.com omitted one whose awfulness is counterbalanced only by its public-spiritedness: fact-checking Bjørn Lomborg.
Discussion: Boing Boing and Mother Jones
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Iran and the crazy factor  —  A question relating to Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program: Is Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad crazy like Adolf Hitler, or is he crazy like, of all people, Richard Nixon?  —  Nixon had a term for his own sort of craziness: “I call it the Madman Theory …
Discussion: Commentary and Firedoglake
Lee Doren / Big Journalism:
How the World Works: Max Blumenthal and His Vicious Alinsky Tactics  —  While some people debate the merits of the current healthcare legislation in Congress, or attempt to expose corruption in our government, Max Blumenthal instead engages in character assassination using the most questionable sources.
Charlie Martin / Pajamas Media:
Climategate Meets the Law: Senator Inhofe To Ask for DOJ Investigation (Pajamas Media/PJTV Exclusive)  —  Inhofe intends to ask for a probe of the embattled climate scientists for possible criminal acts.  And he thinks Gore should be recalled to explain his prior congressional testimony.
Joseph B. White / Wall Street Journal:
Toyota: No Problem With Electronics  —  WASHINGTON—Toyota Motor Corp.'s U.S. sales chief, James Lentz, plans to tell members of a House panel investigating the auto maker's handling of sudden acceleration complaints that the company is “confident that no problems exist with the electronic throttle control system in our vehicles.”
 
 
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Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Newt Gingrich Bowls Over Bill O'Reilly: Obama Is a Socialist (Video)
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Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
Roberts denies giving green light
Discussion: Politics Daily
Kim Hart / The Hill:
White House invites Tea Party members to challenge it on transparency issues
Discussion: NPR and snooperreport.com
Wall Street Journal:
Brookfield to Battle for Mall Giant
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: Iowa Governor
Discussion: race42008.com
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Clive Crook / Financial Times:
Obama gets ready to risk it all
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Megan McArdle:
The Eye of the Beholder  —  Andrew Sullivan has been doing …
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