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11:15 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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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
The Night Beat: Putting Lipstick on a Bad Jobs Number  —  Good evening.  —  JOBS: The White House is girding itself for the release of June employment figures, which will show a relative paucity of private sector jobs created.  In a way, the impact of this number has been blunted …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Sen. Graham predicts Tea Party movement will eventually ‘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  —  A new poll of leading presidential scholars ranks Barack Obama as the 15th best president of the United States, just below Bill Clinton but ahead of Ronald Reagan.  —  The Siena College poll, which surveyed 238 presidential scholars at U.S. colleges and universities …
Discussion: The Confluence
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 …
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 Tomasky / Guardian:
The America John Boehner grew up in
Michael Memoli / The Swamp:
Boehner fires back at ‘whining’ White House
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.
Chris Frates / The Politico:
Cantwell a ‘yes’ on Wall St. reform  —  Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington announced Thursday that she'll support a sweeping Wall Street reform bill, bringing Democrats one vote closer to securing Senate passage.  —  Cantwell, who voted against similar legislation on the Senate floor …
Discussion: The Note
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Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Gaffetastic.  Obama Blows Line From Statue of Liberty in Immigration Address — It's Even Wrong on the White House Website!  —  Your huddled masses yearning to be free..." … Umm... It's “yearning to breathe free”, Barack.  —  Barack Obama blew a line from Emma Lazarus' poem …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama tries to put Republicans on immigration hot seat
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
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.
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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 …
Rasmussen Reports:
Partisan Trends  —  Partisan Trends: 35.4% Democrat 33.0% Republican  —  During the month of June, the number of Republicans across the nation inched up by a full percentage point while the number of Democrats increased fractionally.  It is normal for the number unaffiliated with each party …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: Pennsylvania Senate
Discussion: Ballot Box and Real Clear Politics
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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Pat Archbold / The Daily Register:
Praying For Christopher Hitchens  —  I know he doesn't want me to and I know he thinks it is useless but, Christopher Hitchens, I am praying for you.  —  Christopher Hitchens can be smart, acerbic, funny, mean, insightful, and thick.  He defends Western Civilization while, via his outspoken atheism …
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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 …
 
 
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LeMieux to Obama: You're getting failure all over our shores …
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