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3:05 PM ET, March 15, 2010

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Lisa Depaulo / GQ Magazine: GQ:
Hello, America, My Name Is Rielle Hunter  —  We've heard from former senator John Edwards, we've heard from his soon-to-be-ex-wife, Saint Elizabeth, and we've heard (bleh) from Andrew Young, the former Edwards aide and faux father.  But through it all—the affair and the cancer-stricken spouse …
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Art Beast / The Daily Beast:
Edwards Sex Tape Details  —  Hungry Beast Giving Beast Women in the World  —  Blogs and Stories  —  Andrew Young tells The Daily Beast he's going on the offensive against his old boss, John Edwards.  Diane Dimond reveals how the sex tape imperils the ex-candidate-and what exactly is on it.
Reliable Source:
Rielle Hunter speaks for the first time in GQ interview about John and Elizabeth Edwards, Andrew Young, and the big-money donors  —  Rielle Hunter at her home in Charlotte, N.C. (Photo by Mark Seliger / Courtesy of GQ)  —  For more than two years after Rielle Hunter emerged at the center …
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Millions Spent to Sway Democrats on Health Care  —  WASHINGTON — The yearlong legislative fight over health care is drawing to a frenzied close as a multimillion-dollar wave of advertising that rivals the ferocity of a presidential campaign takes aim at about 40 House Democrats whose votes …
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Laura Meckler / Washington Wire:
Getting Onboard? Obama Travels to Ohio With Kucinich
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Democratic leaders say health bill will pass
Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
Obama to Congress: Pass reform now
Discussion: CNN
David M. Herszenhorn / Prescriptions:
Ohio Democrat to Skip Health Care Rally
Dennis Kucinich / Plain Dealer:
Latest health care reform bill leaves Americans vulnerable …
Discussion: TPMDC, The Hill, msnbc.com and PostPartisan
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
The Beck Factor at Fox: Staffers say comments taint their work  —  In just over a year, Glenn Beck's blinding burst of stardom has often seemed to overshadow the rest of Fox News.  —  And that may not be a good thing for the top-rated cable news channel, as many of its staffers are acutely aware.
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Pelosi: ‘I Have No Intention Of Not Passing This Bill’  —  At a roundtable meeting with several health care reporters and bloggers this morning, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi once again predicted final passage of a far-reaching heath care bill by week's end—but she insisted that success …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Pelosi: Passing Health Reform Will Set Stage For Great Debate With GOP  —  In her most expansive case yet for health reform, Nancy Pelosi argued in a small roundtable with bloggers today that passing it into law would set the stage for a great, long-term debate with the GOP over the proper role …
John Feehery / Pundits Blog:
Pelosi to deploy a wide variety of tactics to win vote
Discussion: The Politico
Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
Move on student loans could win healthcare votes, House Dems say
The Huffington Post:
J.D. Hayworth: Gay Marriage Law Could Produce Man-Horse Nuptials  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) primary challenger, former Arizona congressman J.D. Hayworth, warned this past weekend that the same-sex marriage decision handed down by the Massachusetts Supreme Court …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Hayworth: ‘Could marry your horse’  —  Former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that the expansion of state laws allowing gay marriage could lead to people marrying horses.  —  Hayworth, during an interview with an Orlando, Fla., radio station explained: “You see, the Massachusetts Supreme Court …
Paul Ryan / Washington Post:
Rep. Paul Ryan on what real health reform should look like  —  Today, the House Budget Committee is to mark up a “reconciliation” vehicle, initiating the greatest expansion in government and entitlement spending in a generation through a partisan process to push “health-care reform” across the finish line.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
House Democrats release bill for Budget markup Monday
Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Turn Against Israel  —  The U.S. makes a diplomatic crisis out of a blunder.  —  In recent weeks, the Obama Administration has endorsed “healthy relations” between Iran and Syria, mildly rebuked Syrian President Bashar Assad for accusing the U.S. of “colonialism,” …
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
What will the Supreme Court be like without its liberal leader?  —  Supreme Court Justices are remembered for their opinions, but they are revealed by their questions.  For many years, Sandra Day O'Connor chose to open the questioning in most cases, and thus show the lawyers—and her colleagues …
Not Larry Sabato:
COOCH GONE WILD  —  Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has been in the news a lot recently for his lawsuit against the EPA, his letter to colleges telling them to change their non-discrimination policies and his efforts to defund Planned Parenthood.  But he's not done making news yet!
James Oliphant / Los Angeles Times:
Obama losing chance to reshape judiciary  —  Liberals had hoped he would counter a slew of conservative appointments in federal courts made by his Republican predecessors.  But that hasn't happened.  —  President Obama's appointment of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court is one high-profile success.
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Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Obama's focus on financial rules, Supreme Court opinion could aid Democrats
Discussion: The BLT, Wonk Room, The Hill and The Page
Wall Street Journal:
Gitmo's Indefensible Lawyers  —  Legal counsel to some of the detainees went far beyond vigorous representation of their clients.  Doesn't the public have a right to know?  —  On the evening of Jan. 26, 2006, military guards at Guantanamo Bay made an alarming discovery during a routine cell check.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Taking On China  —  Tensions are rising over Chinese economic policy, and rightly so: China's policy of keeping its currency, the renminbi, undervalued has become a significant drag on global economic recovery.  Something must be done.  —  To give you a sense of the problem …
William Saletan / Slate:
Your vote on health care is more important than your re-election. … - Why Are Humans Ticklish?  Are Animals Ticklish, Too?  - Wines Under $10 That Are Actually Pretty Good- Could You Go To Prison for Causing a Fatal NASCAR Crash?  - Jeffrey Gettleman: Why Africa's Bloodiest Wars Never Seem …
New York Times:
Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — Under the cover of a benign government information-gathering program, a Defense Department official set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants …
 
 
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Another billboard mystery in Minnesota?
Discussion: The Jawa Report and City Pages
Jim Romenesko / Romenesko:
NYT reminds freelancers of its ethics policies
Discussion: Mediaite and Suburban Guerrilla
Frank Ahrens / Washington Post:
Tests fail to duplicate acceleration problem in Prius
GOP.com:
The Buck-Oy State  —  Ohio Dems Are All Verklempt Thanks …
Manu Raju / The Politico:
Senate Dems consider jobs all-nighter
Discussion: CNN and MLive.com
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Social Security starts cashing in US debt
Michelle Oddis / Human Events:
No Support for Graham to Cut Deal on GITMO Says Inhofe
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
 Earlier Items: 
Bloomberg:
Goldman Sachs Demands Derivatives Collateral It Won't Dish Out
Discussion: Financial Times and DealBook
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Report Is Critical of Obama's Efforts at Transparency
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
Bachmann: Obama is first “post-American” president
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Two Pictures Tell the Story on Health Care Debate
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Hollywood's Political Fictions
Art Beast / The Daily Beast:
Democrats, Forever Changed