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12:10 PM ET, June 17, 2010

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David Weigel / Right Now:
Tea partyers push back against ‘The Rise of the New Right’ with boycott  —  Tea party groups are reacting strongly and negatively to MSNBC's documentary “The Rise of the New Right,” hosted by Chris Matthews.  Yesterday, FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey expressed personal disgust with Matthews …
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Matt Lewis / Politics Daily:
Chris Matthews' Documentary ‘Rise of the New Right’: A Curveball From the Left  —  If MSNBC was looking to officially become the cable channel of the far left, it may have finally succeeded Wednesday night with the airing of Chris Matthews' documentary, “The Rise of The New Right.”
Dana Loesch / thedanashow.wordpress.com:
The Playboy Article on the Tea Party  —  I can't wait to tell my Baptist mother that her daughter is in Playboy.  —  This month's issue of Playboy features an interesting article on the tea party movement and in particular, focuses on a particular group of activists, myself included.
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:   Chris Matthews: ‘Rise Of The New Right’ …
Keith Olbermann / Daily Kos:
Check, Please  —  I was checking in tonight to see what was new, came across a diary trashing first me and my colleague Rachel, and scrolled through it shaking my head, sadly, until I got to one comment that leaped off the page. … “Can't verify”... “haven't checked” …
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Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
Keith Olbermann Checks Out Of Daily Kos After Criticism From Left  —  After taking heat from some of his liberal fans on Twitter over his strong criticism of Pres. Barack Obama's Oval Office speech Tuesday, Keith Olbermann stopped into another of his new media stomping grounds to find more of the same.
Discussion: JammieWearingFool and TIME.com
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
BP chief faces Congress  —  After almost 60 days of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico and a critical White House meeting Wednesday, Tony Hayward, the embattled chief executive of BP, headed to Capitol Hill Thursday for what many expected to be a public flogging.  —  But instead he got an apology.
Discussion: CNN, The Swamp, The Note and ABCNEWS
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Great National Tragedy is ... The Escrow Account?  —  Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), ranking member of the House Energy committee, where BP's CEO is testifying today, just said: “It is a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterize as a shakedown …
Discussion: TPMDC, RSC and Washington Monthly
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Boehner distances himself from Barton's ‘shakedown’ comment  —  House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) broke with a top Republican on Thursday who suggested BP had suffered a “shakedown” by being forced to set up a $20 billion fund to pay out damages.  —  Boehner distanced himself …
Discussion: The Plum Line
CNN:
BP CEO Tony Hayward faces grilling as oil continues to spew
Discussion: This Just In
James Quinn / Telegraph:
BP oil spill: Tony Hayward ‘will be spliced and diced’ by US politicians
CNN:
Language guru: Obama speech too ‘professorial’  —  (CNN) — President Obama's speech on the gulf oil disaster may have gone over the heads of many in his audience, according to an analysis of the 18-minute talk released Wednesday.  —  Tuesday night's speech from the Oval Office of the White House …
David Gardner / Daily Mail:
Bullied into a £13bn cave-in: Obama forces BP to set up huge compensation fund for U.S. oil spill victims - and British pensioners will pick up the bill  —  The crisis engulfing BP plumbed new depths last night as President Obama bullied the company into depositing £13.5billion …
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Ann Gerhart / Washington Post:   BP chairman talks about the ‘small people,’ further angering gulf
James Kirkup / Telegraph:
Oil spill: David Cameron confronts Barack Obama in battle to protect BP
Anjeanette Damon / Las Vegas Sun:
Armed revolt part of Sharron Angle's rhetoric  —  Candidate says trouble is brewing, but she believes in ballot box  —  Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 15, 2010, as she leaves the Republican party policy luncheon.
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Reid Wilson / Hotline On Call:
Angle Raising $100K Per Day
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
CNBC:
More Than 90 Banks Miss TARP Payments  —  More than 90 U.S. banks and thrifts missed making a May 17 payment to the U.S. government under its main bank bailout program, signaling a rising number of lenders are struggling to meet their obligations.  —  The statistics, compiled by SNL Financial …
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Conn Carroll / The Foundry:
Morning Bell: An Offer BP Couldn't Refuse
Associated Press:
AP-GfK poll shows gains for health care overhaul  —  WASHINGTON - The patient is alive and kicking.  A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds public support for President Barack Obama's new health care law has risen to its highest point.  —  The nation remains divided, with 45 percent in favor …
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Washington Post:
Most Americans back new Arizona law, Washington Post-ABC News poll finds
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: Arkansas Senate  —  Arkansas Senate: Boozman (R) 61%, Lincoln (D) 32%  —  Republican John Boozman now holds a near two-to-one lead over Democratic incumbent Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas' U.S. Senate race, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state.
BBC:
Puppy thrown at German biker gang  —  A German student “mooned” a group of Hell's Angels and hurled a puppy at them before escaping on a stolen bulldozer, police have said.  —  The man drove up to a Hell's Angels clubhouse near Munich, wearing only a pair of shorts and carrying a puppy.
Discussion: Fausta's Blog
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Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Pollster Scott Rasmussen's numbers are firing up Republicans and Democrats  —  ASBURY PARK, N.J. — Here is a fun fact for those in the political polling orthodoxy who liken Scott Rasmussen to a conjurer of Republican-friendly numbers: He works above a paranormal bookstore crowded with Ouija boards and psychics on the Jersey Shore.
Quinnipiac University:
New Jersey Voters Split On Christie As Leader Or Bully, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Voters Oppose Many Budget-Cutting Ideas  —  New Jersey voters give Gov. Christopher Christie a split 44 - 43 percent job approval rating and 44 percent describe him as a “leader,” while 43 percent call him a …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
In U.S., Economy, Oil Spill Rank as Most Important Problems  —  Spike for “disaster response” mentions is second only to that for “terrorism” after 9/11  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has catapulted “natural disaster response and relief” …
Discussion: The Hill and Real Clear Politics
Washington Times:
Walpin-gate swings wide open  —  Two big new twists on anniversary of IG firing  —  One year to the day after illegally firing AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin, the Obama administration is scrambling to ward off further embarrassments related to the case.
Discussion: Liberty Pundits Blog
Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Can Republicans Take Back the House?  —  Editor's Note: These days the best D.C. parlor game is guessing November's House results.  We've recently made our own contribution, with a district-by-district analysis that projects—as of early June—a Republican net gain of 32 seats.
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Greene win clears one hurdle  —  The South Carolina State Election Commission will not investigate Democrat Alvin Greene's controversial victory in last week's Senate primary.  —  “The state election commission sees no reason to initiate an investigation into our voting system,” Chris Whitmire …
Jay Cost / HorseRaceBlog:
The Pulpit of a Bully  —  Mike Allen broke this astounding bit of news yesterday: … The 51st Congress (1889-91) was tagged as the Billion Dollar Congress, a profligate Republican-run legislature that raided the Treasury in an effort to pay off all its supporters.
 
 
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