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2:50 PM ET, March 6, 2010

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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Karl Rove sets the record straight — sort of  —  As a White House reporter during the Bush presidency, I often worried that I wasn't getting the whole story.  Now, Karl Rove has finally given it to me.  —  His new book, “Courage and Consequence,” promises to “pull back the curtain …
Discussion: Raw Story and Prairie Weather
BREITBART.COM:
Obama calls ‘entrepreneurship summit’ with Muslims  —  The White House on Friday announced a “summit on entrepreneurship” to build economic ties with the Islamic world, part of President Barack Obama's outreach to Muslims.  —  The White House said it has invited participants from more than 40 countries …
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Congressional estimates show grim deficit picture  —  WASHINGTON - A new congressional report released Friday says the United States' long-term fiscal woes are even worse than predicted by President Barack Obama's grim budget submission last month.  —  The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicts …
Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
CBO: Huge deficits to average $1 trillion per year over the next decade
John / Power Line:
Who's A Terrorist Now?  —  One of the key arguments of Barack Obama's Presidential campaign was that he would improve America's image around the world.  This idea was based on the false assumption that anti-Americanism was due to factors peculiar to the Bush administration …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
‘STUPAK HAPPENS TO BE WRONG’.... Arguably the single biggest threat to health care reform is Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) and his dozen Democratic allies, who are threatening to kill the legislation over indirect, circuitous funding of abortion.  —  Efforts to work with Stupak are ongoing …
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Mother Jones and Hot Air
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
If The Founders Had Wanted a Supermajority Requirement for the Senate, They Could Have Put One in the Constitution  —  Here's some abject nonsense from Judd Gregg as he tries to foster the misperception that the de facto supermajority created by routine filibustering is part of the Framer's vision of the constitution:
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Andrew Romano / Newsweek:
Majority Rules  —  Seven arguments Republicans should not be making …
Discussion: Liberal Values
Judd Gregg:
Senator Gregg's Senate Floor Remarks on the Democrats' Health …
Discussion: Don Surber and Think Progress
Heather / Crooks and Liars:
David Gregory: “Bush was courageous too on Iraq”  —  On Morning Joe, Karl Rove's ex-dancing partner David Gregory is asked whether President Obama will be seen as courageous for sticking to his guns if the health care bill passes.  There are so many things wrong with his response it's hard …
Laura Berman / Detroit News:
Does DPS leader's writing send wrong message?  —  The president of the Detroit school board, Otis Mathis, is waging a legal battle to steer the academic future of 90,000 children, in the nation's lowest-achieving big city district.  —  He also acknowledges he has difficulty composing a coherent English sentence.
Discussion: Joanne Jacobs and CARPE DIEM
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theblogprof:
Another symptom of the problem: Detroit school board President …
Reuters:
Iran's Ahmadinejad calls Sept 11 “big fabrication”  —  (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the September 11 attacks on the United States a “big fabrication” that was used to justify the U.S. war on terrorism, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Tony Romm / The Hill:
Dem-turned-GOP cites healthcare debate as reason for switch in party's address  —  Rep. Parker Griffith (Ala.) on Saturday stressed he joined the ranks of the Republicans last December because the Democratic Party had “lost its way” in the healthcare debate.
Macon Phillips / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Weekly Address: What Health Reform Will Deliver - This Year  —  In this week's address, President Obama describes how American families will have more control over their health care this year, after health reform passes.  —  Click here to see the video.  —  Here are a few more points …
Discussion: Associated Press
Susan Saulny / New York Times:
Seeking a Future for a Symbol of a Grander Past  —  DETROIT — The last train pulled away more than 20 years ago from Michigan Central Station, one of thousands of “see-through” buildings here, empty shells from more auspicious times.  —  Many of the blighted buildings stay up simply because they are too expensive to tear down.
Discussion: FrumForum
 
 
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US Department of State:
TRANSCRIPT:  —  MR. CROWLEY: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Department of State.
Discussion: Commentary
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Real Talk on Health Care and Abortion
Discussion: Suburban Guerrilla and TPMCafe
Los Angeles Times:
White House reconsiders holding terror trials in civilian court
Michael Muskal / D.C. Now:
Obama administration encouraged by steady unemployment rate [Updated]
Discussion: Hot Air
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BBC:
US will not adopt ‘genocide’ bill
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Poizner described self as ‘pro-choice’
Discussion: GOP 12 and Capitol Alert