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4:10 PM ET, July 13, 2010

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Washington Post:
Confidence in Obama reaches new low, Washington Post-ABC News poll finds  —  Public confidence in President Obama has hit a new low, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll.  Four months before midterm elections that will define the second half of his term …
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CBS News:
Obama's Approval Rating on Economy Drops  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.  —  Economists have declared the economic recession over largely over, but most Americans don't share their optimism …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Americans ready to “look around” in the fall election
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Poll Shows Clearest Signs Yet of GOP Gains, Democratic Risks in 2010 Elections
Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Dems, AARP want to make IRA enrollment automatic  —  The White House and congressional Democrats, with the backing of the AARP, will soon put forth a plan to automatically enroll new private-sector employees in investment retirement accounts (IRAs).  —  The measure will apply to new workers …
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Obama strategy against Palin, or other GOP foes?  Run against Bush  —  White House spokesman Robert Gibbs didn't talk about Sarah Palin specifically yesterday, but he did address any Republican who is thinking about challenging President Obama in 2012.  —  The bottom line …
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Obama's crisis is GOP's opportunity
Sara Jerome / The Hill:
Issa wants answers on White House's Google ties
Discussion: Sunlight Foundation
First Read / msnbc.com:
First thoughts: Ch-ch-changes  —  We aren't living in ordinary times …
Discussion: The Politico
David Rogers / The Politico:
The Democrats' education debacle
Discussion: The Spot
Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
Tea party groups choose to stand mute on same-sex marriage ruling  —  While many conservative organizations immediately decried a federal judge's decision last week to invalidate the federal ban on recognizing gay marriages, tea party groups have been conspicuously silent on the issue.
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Fox News:
Tea Party Preempts ‘Racist’ Resolution, Condemns ‘Bigoted’ NAACP
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
John / Power Line:
A Congressman, Held Accountable  —  If you don't think voters are up in arms about the discriminatory policies of Barack Obama's Department of Justice, check out this video of a town hall meeting held by Democratic Congressman Brad Sherman, CA-27.  A constituent asks him about DOJ's dismissal …
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
A Clarification on the NBPP Case.
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Hullabaloo
Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
The NBPP Evidence Review.
Brian Riedl / Wall Street Journal:
The Bush Tax Cuts and the Deficit Myth  —  Runaway government spending, not declining tax revenues, is the reason the U.S. faces dramatic budget shortfalls for years to come.  —  President Obama and congressional Democrats are blaming their trillion-dollar budget deficits on the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003.
John Whitesides / Reuters:
Crist leads 3-way Senate race in Florida  —  (Reuters) - Florida Governor Charlie Crist holds a narrow edge over Republican Marco Rubio in a three-way Senate race dominated by economic worries, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday.  —  Crist, who left the Republican Party …
Dana Goldstein / The Daily Beast:
The Coming Birth Control Battle  —  Health-care reform raised the possibility that birth control could soon be free for most women.  But not if conservative activists have their way.  Dana Goldstein reports.  —  Could prescription birth control—whether the pill, an IUD, or a diaphragm …
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Beyond Guns: N.R.A. Expands Agenda  —  WASHINGTON — Fresh off a string of victories in the courts and Congress, the National Rifle Association is flexing political muscle outside its normal domain, with both Democrats and Republicans courting its favor and avoiding its wrath on issues that sometimes seem to have little to do with guns.
Judicial Crisis Network:
JCN Letter to Senate Judiciary Com.  On Kagan's Health Care Recusal Questions  —  Chairman, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary  —  Washington.  D.C. 20510  —  Hon. Jefferson B. Sessions  —  Ranking Member, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary  —  335 Russell Senate Office Building
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Wall Street Journal:
Kagan and ObamaCare  —  The Senate should press her to recuse herself …
Discussion: DISSENTING JUSTICE
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: Colorado Senate  —  Colorado Senate: GOP Hopefuls Remain Slightly Ahead  —  The top Republican contenders continue to hold modest leads in the race for the U.S. Senate in the toss-up state of Colorado, with county prosecutor Ken Buck now running slightly stronger …
Wall Street Journal:
Crash Data Suggest Driver Error in Toyota Accidents  —  The U.S. Department of Transportation has analyzed dozens of data recorders from Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles involved in accidents blamed on sudden acceleration and found that at the time of the crashes, throttles were wide open …
Discussion: Law Blog and JammieWearingFool
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
No extension of unemployment benefits in sight for the long-term jobless  —  TOMS RIVER, N.J. — Even before his unemployment checks ended, Dwight Michael Frazee's days were filled with the pursuit of any idea that could earn him a buck.  But few are working out, and now his nights are filled with dread.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Rush blasts Brown  —  Scott Brown gets a lecture from Rush Limbaugh for backing the financial regulatory overhaul:  —  The Republicans are only as strong as their weakest link.  Now, here's an illustration, and herein lies the problem with Republican governance because Republican governance is different from conservative governance.
Discussion: The Politico, The Hill and The Page
NBC Bay Area:
Suffer These Crimes in Oakland?  Don't Call the Cops  —  Dozens of layoffs effective at midnight, barring last minute deal  —  Oakland's police chief is making some dire claims about what his force will and will not respond to if layoffs go as planned.  —  Chief Anthony Batts listed …
Hank Stuever / Washington Post:
Kathy Griffin's ‘My Life on the D-List’ trip to Washington falls flat on humor  —  Kathy Griffin, a relentless publicity seeker who has built her comic persona around seeming less famous than she's actually become, brought her “My Life on the D-List” camera crew to Washington in March to show …
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Reader Thoughts: Why Pickup Artists Are Lame  —  Reader DavidBN explains some of the sadness of pickup artists: … Incidentally, I'm being accused in the comments of engaging in some sort of conspiracy to keep the Beta Man down.  More on primate theory later, but for now let me point …
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Erika Lovley / The Politico:
Abused staffers net nearly $1M a year  —  Taxpayers have paid out nearly $1 million per year in settlements to congressional employees who have been harassed or otherwise treated badly by their political bosses over the past 14 years, according to records from the Office of Compliance.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Zuckerman's contribution  —  Real Estate and media mogul Mort Zuckerman raised eyebrows all over yesterday with the claim on Fox that he “helped write one of [Obama's] speeches,” and his subsequent refusal to go into it right now.  —  Among those with reason to be puzzled …
Karen E. Crummy / Denver Post:
McInnis' articles for foundation lift ideas, words directly from 20-year-old essay  —  Although GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis presented his “Musings on Water” for publication as original works, portions are identical and nearly identical to an essay on water written 20 years earlier …
Michelle Cottle / The New Republic:
Media Maven  —  The strategic genius of Sarah Palin.  —  Like most great women of mystery, Sarah Palin is at once everywhere and nowhere.  On any given evening, you might see the former Alaska governor-turned-conservative- icon on Fox News, chatting up like-minded travelers about the political buzz du jour.
Daniel Pipes / National Review:
Farrakhan Demands Reparations from Jews  —  Louis Farrakhan recently sent a three-page letter along with two books to the heads of 16 Jewish organizations.  —  Dated June 24, 2010, the letter is resplendent with a crescent-and-moon flag and Farrakhan's impressive-sounding title …
Discussion: Moonbattery and Power Line
 
 
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Penny Starr / CNSNews:
Obama Administration Uses New ‘Restore the Gulf’ …
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Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
Paul draws backlash to comments about poverty
Flowertohide / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE AUDIO: Another Mel Gibson Slur Caught On Tape In Crazed …
Discussion: Mediaite and Hollywood Life
Ezra Klein:
Corporations not hoarding cash
Discussion: The Big Picture
Yves Smith / naked capitalism:
Strategic Defaulters as the New Welfare Queens
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Associated Press:
N.Y. Congressman Calls for Inquiry Into Funding of Mosque Near Ground Zero
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Daniel Emery / BBC:
Possible sale of gay teen database sparks privacy fears
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Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
George Steinbrenner, owner of New York Yankees, has died in Tampa at age of 80
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