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9:55 PM ET, July 1, 2010

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Robert Draper / New York Times:
This Year's Maverick  —  Lindsey Graham was sitting in a sedan early one morning and contentedly discussing the various fellow South Carolina conservatives who dislike him — Tea Partiers, Constitutionalists, immigration hardliners — when Van Cato, his upstate regional director …
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People-Press.org:
Voting Intentions Even, Turnout Indicators Favor GOP  —  Older Americans Eager to Vote... Republican, That Is  —  With four months to go before Election Day, voting intentions for the House remain closely divided, and neither party has gained or lost much ground over the course of 2010.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Independent Voters Favor GOP in 2010 Election Tracking  —  Prefer Republican candidate to Democrat by an average of 45% to 35%  —  PRINCETON, NJ — By an average 10 percentage-point margin since March, 45% to 35%, independent registered voters have consistently preferred the Republican …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Sen. Graham predicts Tea Party movement will eventually ‘die out’  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who has earned the ire of Tea Party groups for his penchant for negotiating with Democrats, predicted this week the movement will “die out.”  —  Graham, who has partnered with Democrats …
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: Pennsylvania Senate
Discussion: Ballot Box and Real Clear Politics
Andy Barr / Reuters:
Graham: Tea party will ‘die out’
Corky Siemaszko / NY Daily News:
Barack Obama is among best presidents ever - George W. Bush not so much, say scholars in Siena poll  —  George W. Bush was no FDR, but Barack Obama could be.  —  That's the verdict of 238 of the nation's leading presidential scholars, who - for a fifth time - rated Franklin Delano Roosevelt …
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Emily Schultheis / The Politico:
Profs rank Obama 15th best president
Discussion: The Confluence
Fox News:
Pelosi: Unemployment Checks Fastest Way to Create Jobs  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill June 24.  (AP Photo)  —  Unemployment benefits are creating jobs faster than practically any other program, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday.
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Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:
1.3 million unemployed won't get benefits restored  —  WASHINGTON - More than 1.3 million laid-off workers won't get their unemployment benefits reinstated before Congress goes on a weeklong vacation for Independence Day.  —  And hundreds of thousands more will lose their benefits in the coming weeks.
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
House passes unemployment benefits but it is stalled until after recess  —  The House easily passed a bill Thursday to extend unemployment benefits through November but the vote didn't mean much because the Senate has already adjourned for the July 4 recess.
Discussion: The Politico and Think Progress
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Boehner doesn't refute the notion that he's drinking at bars every night.  —  During a press conference earlier today, House Republican leader John Boehner was asked about MSNBC host Joe Scarborough's accusation that “every Republican I talk to says John Boehner, by 5 or 6 o'clock at night, you can see him at bars.”
Discussion: Balloon Juice and First Draft
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Michael Memoli / The Swamp:
Boehner fires back at ‘whining’ White House  —  House Minority Leader John Boehner today escalated a growing battle with Congressional Democrats and the White House, accusing the latter of “childish partisanship” after President Obama criticized him for remarks about the financial crisis.
Michael Tomasky / Guardian:
The America John Boehner grew up in
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
First look at Daily Kos's lawsuit: Charges Research 2000 with “fraudulently manufacturing phony results”  —  I've obtained a copy of the lawsuit that Daily Kos just filed against Research 2000, and this going to get nastier than you thought.  —  The suit contains striking new details …
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Patrick Ruffini / The Next Right:
Another R2K Smoking Gun: Bargain Basement Pricing  —  In my previous post on Kos and Research 2000 I noted how weird it was that Kos could afford to commission dozens of campaign polls given that by (his own admission) he runs a low seven-figure operation and the polls are likely far …
The White House:
Remarks by the President on Comprehensive Immigration Reform American University School of International Service, Washington, D.C.  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much.  Thank you.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Everyone please have a seat.  Thank you very much.
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Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Gaffetastic. …
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama tries to put Republicans on immigration hot seat
LoriC / RADAR:
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Mel Gibson's Racist Rant Caught On Tape - Tells Oksana She Would Get ‘Raped By N***ers’  —  In one of the most explosive, racist and vile outbursts by a celebrity ever caught on tape, Mel Gibson told the mother of his love child that the way she was dressed would get her …
Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
House Democrats pass ‘budget enforcement resolution’ by 215-210  —  House Democrats passed a budget document Thursday that sets discretionary spending at levels below those proposed by President Barack Obama but doesn't address how Congress should cut deficits.
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Obama and the Fiscal ‘Road to Hell’
Discussion: HotAirPundit
Tara Siegel Bernard / New York Times:
Google to Add Pay to Cover a Tax for Same-Sex Benefits  —  Working for a company as rich as Google comes with an incredible number of fringe benefits: the free food, the free laundry, the doctor on duty at company headquarters and the impressive five months of maternity leave with full pay and benefits, to mention a few.
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Jessica Greene / NBC Bay Area:
Google to Pay Tax for Gay Employee Benefits
New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Objectivity of spill probe panel is questioned  —  WASHINGTON — On the same day the White House commission investigating the Gulf oil spill announced its first meetings — July 12-13 in New Orleans — a Senate committee cast what amounted to a no-confidence vote on the commission's objectivity.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
NRA Now Leans Toward Endorsing Harry Reid  —  Multiple sources tell me the National Rifle Association is planning to endorse liberal Harry Reid against pro-gun champion Sharron Angle.  —  Two weeks ago, I told you about the carveout the NRA received in exchange for their support for the DISCLOSE ACT deal.
Austin Frakt / The Incidental Economist:
Short-term insurance buyers in Massachusetts  —  Kay Lazar reports on the increase in part-year insurance buyers described in a new Massachusetts Division of Insurance report in today's Boston Globe. … Part of the problem is that individuals can jump in and out of coverage anytime during the year.
The Politico:
Gov. Chris Christie calls for Republican Party rebranding  —  At the heart of Christie's appeal, both within the state and outside its border, is an unfiltered, straightforward approach that is startlingly different from many of his gubernatorial colleagues.
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
BREAKING: Pelosi Sneaked Approval of Vote on Debt Commission Recommendations into Rule Regarding War Funding, Vote Happening Tonight  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (photo by Orin)  —  FDL has learned that in a last minute move, Nancy Pelosi sneaked language into the rule that the House is voting on tonight regarding war funding.
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Huckabee Trying Out a Daily Show for News Corp.  —  Mike Huckabee, the weekend Fox News Channel host and possible 2012 presidential candidate, is getting a six-week tryout as a daily talk show host.  —  Called “The Huckabee Show,” it will have a preview run on weekdays for six weeks …
Washington Post:
Pentagon recommends Medal of Honor for a living soldier  —  The Pentagon has recommended that the White House consider awarding the Medal of Honor to a living soldier for the first time since the Vietnam War, according to U.S. officials.  —  The soldier, whose nomination must be reviewed by the White House …
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Breitbart, Sullivan in JournoList spat  —  Andrew Breitbart's $100,000 offer for the full archives of the now-defunct liberal listserve JournoList has prompted a fight between Breitbart and Atlantic blogger Andrew Sullivan.  —  Breitbart has not yet had any takers for the offer …
William Douglas / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
GOP's false talking point: Jones Act blocks Gulf help  —  WASHINGTON — From former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to Arizona Sen. John McCain to junior members of the House of Representatives, conservative Republicans have accused President Barack Obama of failing to do all he can to help clean …
Ezra Klein:
Don't just sit there.  Do nothing.  —  Due to the nature of the U.S. Senate, doing nothing is always and everywhere easier than doing something.  After all, doing nothing takes only 41 votes.  Doing something takes 60 votes.  So when you hear Bob Bixby of the Concord Coalition say that …
 
 
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Rasmussen Reports:
Partisan Trends  —  Partisan Trends: 35.4% Democrat 33.0% Republican
Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
PELOSI: UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS FASTEST WAY TO CREATE JOBS
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Presses Congress to Adopt an Immigration Overhaul
Discussion: Truthdig
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
LeMieux to Obama: You're getting failure all over our shores …
Discussion: Wizbang and RedState
Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
In Which I Describe, But Do Not Knock, The Hustle.
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Giannoulias fires back, Kirk touts 2nd quarter cash (updated)
Discussion: CNN
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Gun control group endorses Kagan
Discussion: The Politico, CNN and Weasel Zippers
 Earlier Items: 
Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
Climate Craziness of the Week: The AGU peddles a mammoth climate change theory
Discussion: Right Wing News
Marc Thiessen / The Enterprise Blog:
Soccer Is a Socialist Sport
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Guardian
Jonathan Storm / Philly.com:
Story behind WHYY's airing of ‘The Surge’
Erika Lovley / The Politico:
Senate denies C-SPAN coverage