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5:45 PM ET, August 11, 2010

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Telegraph:
Giant Mecca clock seeks to call time on Greenwich  —  For more than a century, a point on the top of a hill in south-east London has been recognised as the centre of world time and the official starting point of each new day.  —  But now the supremacy of Greenwich Mean Time is being challenged …
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Bryan Fischer / action.afa.net:
No more mosques, period  —  Permits should not be granted to build even one more mosque in the United States of America, let alone the monstrosity planned for Ground Zero.  This is for one simple reason: each Islamic mosque is dedicated to the overthrow of the American government.
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
State Department: Maybe We'll Publish Remarks of Ground Zero Mosque Opponents, Too  —  The State Department is finally explaining why it decided to publish on its affiliate website, www.america.gov, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg's speech, which endorsed the building of the Ground Zero mosque …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
NYT On The So-Called Ground Zero Mosque.  —  The New York Times has a new piece up on Faisal Rauf and Daisy Khan, the couple behind the proposed Islamic community center near Ground Zero that has brought rank Islamophobia into the Republican mainstream:
Andy McCarthy / National Review:
The Government Confiscates Your Money to Build Mosques
Howard LaFranchi / Christian Science Monitor:
Is ground zero mosque imam best choice for diplomatic mission to Mideast?
The Note:
Jane Hamsher: Obama in ‘Trouble Across the Board’ with Liberals  —  ABC News' Rick Klein reports: With White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs lashing out at President Obama's liberal critics, a card-carrying member of Gibbs' “professional left” joined us on ABC/Washington Post's “Top Line” today.
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The Huffington Post:
Gibbs Stands By His ‘Professional Left’ Critique, Expects Liberals To Vote In 2010  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Speaking publicly for the first time since he disparaged the “professional left,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said he stands by his comments, has no plans to resign …
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Gibbs returns to press podium after battle with ‘professional left’  —  White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, under fire from liberals, made it clear Wednesday he has no plans to resign.  —  Gibbs returned to the daily White House briefing on Wednesday a day after his criticism of the …
Discussion: The Politico, CNN and The Hill
The Huffington Post:
Michael Bennet Got Fewer Votes Than GOP Loser, Kaine Not Happy With Gibbs' Comments
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Depressed Democratic Turnout Portends Rotten November
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
The Point of No Return  —  For the Obama administration, the prospect of a nuclearized Iran is dismal to contemplate— it would create major new national-security challenges and crush the president's dream of ending nuclear proliferation.  But the view from Jerusalem is still more dire …
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Matt Duss / Think Progress:
Bush mockingly referred to Kristol and Krauthammer as ‘the bomber boys.’
Discussion: Mondoweiss
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Exclusive: Rand Paul's accuser clarifies “kidnapping”  —  The woman who sparked a national firestorm by recounting Rand Paul's  —  youthful indiscretions to GQ magazine is now clarifying her account: She says she was not kidnapped nor forced to do drugs by Paul.
John F. Harris / The Politico:
Primary night yields good news for President Obama and Democrats  —  The headline victory of the primaries belonged to Sen. Michael Bennet, who gallops to a surprisingly wide nine-point victory over challenger Andrew Romanoff.  AP  —  President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party …
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
A Primary Victory Boosts White House — for Now
Discussion: Commentary
Associated Press:
Bennet hedges on Obama role in election campaign
First Read / msnbc.com:
First thoughts: Tea Party wins again
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Sen. Harry Reid doubles down on Hispanic comment  —  Harry Reid's campaign is not shying away from the Senate Majority Leader's questioning of why “anyone with Hispanic heritage could be a Republican,” instead using it to attack GOP Senate nominee Sharron Angle's relationships with the Hispanic community.
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The Hill:
Senate will reconvene to pass border security
Discussion: The Swamp, The Politico and TPMDC
Rasmussen Reports:
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll  —  The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 26% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president.  Forty-five percent (45%) Strongly Disapprove …
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Fhardingj / CNN:
Americans split evenly on gay marriage  —  Americans are split on the issue of same-sex marriage, according to a new CNN poll.  —  (CNN) - Nearly half of all Americans think the Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll.
Discussion: LGBT POV, Hot Air and AMERICAblog Gay
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Fhardingj / CNN:
Overwhelming majority oppose mosque near Ground Zero
Jonathan Rauch / NY Daily News:
The radical gay rights ruling: Leading supporter of same-sex …
Discussion: Commentary
Aaron Gould Sheinin / Georgia Elections News:
Handel concedes GOP nomination for governor to Deal  —  Update 2:49 p.m.: Gov. Sonny Perdue has now weighed in as well.  While it was long rumored that he would support Karen Handel for the nomination, the outgoing governor stayed cautiously on the sidelines in the primary and the runoff.
Neil Steinberg / Chicago Sun Times:
Former U.S. Representative Dan Rostenkowsi has died  —  Dan Rostenkowski was the most important congressman ever to represent Chicago, “Mr. Chairman” of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, confidante of presidents, pride of the Polish community and bringer of millions upon millions …
Discussion: Politics Daily, The Hill and Lynn Sweet
Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Why the GOP really wants to alter the 14th Amendment  —  As Lindsey Graham and his fellow Republicans explain it, their sudden turn against conferring citizenship on anyone born in the United States was prompted by the mortal threat of “anchor babies” — the children of foreigners who scurry …
NY Daily News:
JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater emerges from jail, basks in new status as celebrity  —  Fired-up flight attendant Steven Slater was walking on air as he emerged from jail Tuesday night as a folk hero.  —  “I knew there was a brouhaha about this, but while I was on the inside …
Pew Hispanic Center:
Unauthorized Immigrants and Their U.S.-Born Children  —  An estimated 340,000 of the 4.3 million babies born in the United States in 2008 were the offspring of unauthorized immigrants, according to a new analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
On the Issues, Obama Finds Majority Approval Elusive  —  Scores best on race relations, education  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Barack Obama's 52% approval rating for handling race relations is the only issue among 13 tested in two recent Gallup polls for which the president receives majority-level approval.
Discussion: Politics Daily and AmSpecBlog
Fouad Ajami / Wall Street Journal:
The Obsolescence of Barack Obama  —  The magic of 2008 can't be recreated, and good riddance to it.  —  Not long ago Barack Obama, for those who were spellbound by him, had the stylishness of JFK and the historic mission of FDR riding to the nation's rescue.
Discussion: Nice Deb
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Study Looks at Tax Cut Lapse for Rich  —  WASHINGTON — As debate heats up over President Obama's proposal to let the Bush tax cuts expire for the wealthy but to extend them for everyone else, a nonpartisan Congressional analysis circulated on Capitol Hill on Tuesday provides a look at the impact …
Tracy Alloway / FT Alphaville:
Hamp - it's worse than we thought  —  So the US Treasury's centrepiece mortgage modification programme — Hamp — is something of a failure.  That much we knew already.  —  But Laurie Goodman over at Amherst Securities brings up another point.  —  The programme actually has a lower success rate …
Mike Morris / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Crowd waiting for housing vouchers gets rowdy  —  A crowd of people hoping to get federal housing assistance became unruly Wednesday morning with reports of fights breaking out in the crowd.  —  Thousands of people were lined up at the Tri-Cities Plaza shopping center …
 
 
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Fhardingj / CNN:
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New York Times:
U.S. Military to Press for Slower Afghan Drawdown
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
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