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Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Rahm Emanuel takes heat over Dana Milbank column  —  The key paragraph contained high praise for Emanuel - at the expense of his boss: “Obama's first year fell apart in large part because he didn't follow his chief of staff's advice on crucial matters.  Arguably, Emanuel is the only person keeping Obama from becoming Jimmy Carter.”
Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
From Nearly Dead To Nearly Done: How The White House Refocused On Health Care To Finish It Off  —  Congressional Democrats say Thursday's health care summit is likely to clear the final hurdles to passing health care reform - and say that President Obama returning to the issue with a clear focus …
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Senate Dems warm to reconciliation  —  An idea that seemed toxic only weeks ago — using a parliamentary tactic to ram health reform through the Senate — is gaining acceptance among moderate Democrats who have resisted the strategy but now say GOP opposition may force their hands.
Jay Fitzgerald / Boston Herald:
Scott Brown fumes over health plan
Discussion: Washington Monthly
CNN:
Dems might bypass GOP on health care
Discussion: The Monkey Cage
Washington Post:
Republicans plan to stress private-sector alternatives to the president's plan
Discussion: The New Republic
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Robert Gibbs: Public Option Via Reconciliation Can't Pass Congress
New York Times:
G.O.P. Expects Little From Obama's Health Forum
Discussion: CBS News and The Reaction
Washington Post:
Wall Street shifting political contributions to Republicans  —  Commercial banks and high-flying investment firms have shifted their political contributions toward Republicans in recent months amid harsh rhetoric from Democrats about fat bank profits, generous bonuses and stingy lending policies on Wall Street.
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Think Progress:
ThinkFast: February 24, 2010  —  Van Jones is returning to the Center for American Progress as a Senior Fellow and leader of the new Green Opportunity Initiative.  Jones — the target of an ongoing Glenn-Beck led smear campaign — resigned as the White House adviser on green jobs last September.
CNN:
NAACP Image Award to be given to former WH ‘green czar’
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
R. H. Potfry / The Nose On Your Face:
Harry Reid Launches New “Vote For Me Or The Wife Gets It” Campaign  —  Just hours after revealing that unemployed men in Nevada “tend to be abusive” toward their wives and facing the prospect of joblessness himself with an election this fall, Harry Reid has launched a bold new …
RushLimbaugh.com:
Thoughts on Mitt Romney, Scott Brown and the State of the GOP  —  BEGIN TRANSCRIPT  —  RUSH: To the phones.  We go to Chicago.  This is Ed. Nice to have you with us, sir, hello.  —  CALLER: Hi how you doing, Rush?  —  RUSH: Very well thank you.  —  CALLER: I just called to make a quick comment about Glenn Beck.
Discussion: CNN and Hotline On Call
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
‘Suicide Tuesday’: Limbaugh blasts Romney
Discussion: Hot Air and The Page
CNN:
Poll: Americans place blame for partisanship  —  Washington (CNN) — Two-thirds of Americans think that the Republicans in Congress are not doing enough to cooperate with President Obama, according to a new national poll.  —  But a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey, released Wednesday …
Discussion: Riehl World View
John Yoo / Wall Street Journal:
My Gift to the Obama Presidency  —  Though the White House won't want to admit it, Bush lawyers were protecting the executive's power to fight a vigorous war on terror.  —  Barack Obama may not realize it, but I may have just helped save his presidency.  How?
Discussion: Commentary, BLACKFIVE and Althouse
Jonathan Darman / Newsweek:
The Quiet Dignity of Rielle Hunter  —  John Edwards's mistress has been surprisingly silent in public.  —  A small sampling of some of the things other people have said about Rielle Hunter in the two years since allegations first emerged that she was sleeping with married presidential candidate John Edwards.
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Fearing Obama Agenda, States Push to Loosen Gun Laws  —  When President Obama took office, gun rights advocates sounded the alarm, warning that he intended to strip them of their arms and ammunition.  —  And yet the opposite is happening.  Mr. Obama has been largely silent on the issue …
Michelle Malkin:
The old “coconut” smear: Another white liberal bigmouth with race issues  —  A few readers asked me why I hadn't commented on MSNBC's latest attack on the Tea Party as RAAAAACIST.  Been there, done that.  Over and over and over again.  (The Dallas Tea Party posted an excellent rejoinder video here.)
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Business Channel:
Here's Why Government Stimulus Does Not Work  —  Here's why the government stimulus worked: it kept hundreds of thousands of Americans at work, at least.  It added percentage points to GDP.  It sent billions of dollars to unemployed and low income Americans to prop up private demand as consumption was ready to fall off a cliff.
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
George Russell / Fox News:
Britain's Weather Office Proposes Climate-Gate Do-Over  —  At a meeting Monday of 150 climate scientists, representatives of Britain's weather office proposed that the world's climatologists start all over again and produce a new trove of global temperature data that is open to public scrutiny and “rigorous” peer review.
Catherine Philp / Times of London:
US diplomats add a moat to their expenses at $1bn London embassy  —  The United States has unveiled plans for its new $1 billion high-security embassy in London — the most expensive it has ever built.  —  The proposals were met with relief from both the present embassy's Mayfair neighbours …
Robert B. Reich / New York Times:
Bust the Health Care Trusts  —  MY health insurer here in California is Anthem Blue Cross.  So far, my group policy hasn't been affected by Anthem's planned rate increase of as much as 39 percent for its customers with individual policies — but the trend worries me, as it should everyone.
CNN:
Contractors outnumber full-time workers at DHS; lawmakers ‘astounded’  —  Sens. Joseph Lieberman and Susan Collins call the hiring situation at the Department of Homeland Security ‘unacceptable.’.  —  Washington (CNN) - The Department of Homeland Security has more contractors working …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
KING FEELS HEAT FOR SUICIDE BOMBER SYMPATHIZES.... There was no shortage of over-the-top rhetoric at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) over the weekend, but there was something about Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) comments that stood out.  —  Commenting on Joe Stack …
Julie Rovner / NPR:
Health Care No Stranger To Reconciliation Process … text sizeAAA  —  To reconcile or not to reconcile — when it comes to a health overhaul bill, that seems to be the biggest argument of the moment.  —  At issue is a process called budget reconciliation.
 
 
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Tina Tchen / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Make Your Voice Heard  —  On February 6, the White House Open …
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Elaine Beebe / Public Affairs and University Relations:
Survey: R.I. Voters Not Confident Leaders Can Get State on Right Track
Discussion: The Eye
Steven Pearlstein / Washington Post:
Senators, finally, near an attractive deal on financial regulation
Discussion: Sadly, No!
Reuters:
Home purchase loan demand at lowest since 1997
BBC:
Google bosses convicted in Italy
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