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1:00 PM ET, August 26, 2010

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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Bush Campaign Chief and Former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman: I'm Gay  —  Ken Mehlman, President Bush's campaign manager in 2004 and a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, has told family and associates that he is gay.  —  Mehlman arrived at this conclusion about his identity fairly recently, he said in an interview.
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Michael Luo / New York Times:
Former G.O.P. Leader Says He Is Gay  —  Ken Mehlman, President George W. Bush's campaign manager in 2004 and a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, has revealed to family and friends over the last few months that he is gay, he said in an interview Wednesday.
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Hotline On Call:
Why Democrats Will Keep The House  —  House Republicans are measuring the drapes in preparation for big gains in the lower chamber, convinced that Minority Leader John Boehner is going to become the next Speaker of the House.  On a macro level, that wouldn't be a bad guess …
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Dark outlook for Midwestern Dems - AFP drops half-mil in Ariz. - Trumka: Palin ‘like McCarthy’ - Scott Brown raising for Kirk - Crist coy on gov race - Could Murkowski go rogue?  —  By Alexander Burns (@aburnspolitico, aburns@politico.com)  —  FIRST IN SCORE - THE SKY DARKENS: House Democrats …
Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Miller's lead slims; Murkowski awaits absentees  —  Joe Miller's lead over U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski slightly narrowed to 1,668 votes with all the election precincts counted Wednesday.  A stunned Murkowski said she is not giving up hope until absentee ballots are counted starting next week.
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Tuesday's tutorial: a GOP too far right  —  Republicans are in the midst of an insurrection.  Democrats are not.  This vast gulf between the situations of the two parties — not some grand revolt against “the establishment” or “incumbents” — explains the year's primary results …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Republican lawyer heads to Alaska for Lisa Murkowski
Discussion: Hot Air
New York Post:
MSNBC's Ed Schultz goes bonkers  —  MSNBC talk show screamer Ed Schultz had a meltdown in the network's 30 Rock newsroom, shouting at staff, “I'm going to torch this [bleep]ing place.”  —  The hot-tempered anchor of “The Ed Show” lost it during a phone call in the packed studio and slammed down the phone before exploding.
South Union Street:
Eggs and Issues: Bright's Comments about Pelosi Draw Laughter  —  U.S. Congressman Bobby Bright was heard having a little fun at U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's expense during his recent participation in the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce's Eggs and Issues.
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Far From Ground Zero, Obscure Pastor Is Ignored No Longer  —  GAINESVILLE, Fla. — If building an Islamic center near ground zero amounts to the epitome of Muslim insensitivity, as critics of the project have claimed, what should the world make of Terry Jones, the evangelical pastor here who plans …
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Townhall.com:
For the Left, Opponents Cannot Have Decent Motives: The Ground Zero Example
Discussion: Firedoglake
N. R. Kleinfield / New York Times:
Rider Asks if Cabby Is Muslim, Then Stabs Him  —  It was the first fare of the cabdriver's shift.  A young man hailed him at the corner of Second Avenue and East 24th Street, wanting to go to 42nd and Second.  It was 6 p.m. on Tuesday; the traffic was dense.
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New York Post:
‘Bigot’ slashes Muslim cabby
The Politico:
Party-less Charlie Crist faces harsh reality  —  WEST MIAMI, Fla. — First, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist was supposed to be the Republican nominee for Senate.  Then he seemed on track to be the de facto Democratic candidate.  Now, following Rep. Kendrick Meek's victory in Tuesday's Democratic primary …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Glenn Beck rally will be a measure of the tea party's strength  —  When Fox News and talk radio host Glenn Beck comes to Washington this weekend to headline a rally intended to “restore honor” to America, he will test the strength - and potentially expose the weaknesses …
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Union leader will blast Sarah Palin, calling her rhetoric ‘poisonous’  —  In a speech Thursday, a prominent labor official will blast former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) for recent anti-union rhetoric.  —  AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, in a speech from Anchorage, Alaska …
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CNN:   Union president slams Palin on her home turf
Paul Bedard / US News:
Tea Party Group Hit With Death Threats  —  One of Washington's principal supporters of the Tea Party movement, former GOP Majority Leader Dick Armey's FreedomWorks, has been receiving death threats and profanity-laced phone calls as it gets involved in the fall elections.
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Jason Pinter / The Huffington Post:
Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Weiner Speak Out On Franzen Feud: HuffPost Exclusive  —  What's Your Reaction:  —  With the publication of Jonathan Franzen's fourth novel, Freedom, which was extensively covered in the New York Times while Franzen himself appeared on the cover of TIME magazine …
Discussion: Politics Daily and Gawker
Stephen Prothero / CNN:
TRENDING: New York's Bloomberg: We are all Muslims  —  Editor's Note: Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of “God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World,” is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor.  —  By Stephen Prothero, Special to CNN
Timothy Egan / Opinionator:
Building a Nation of Know-Nothings  —  Having shed much of his dignity, core convictions and reputation for straight talk, Senator John McCain won his primary on Tuesday against the flat-earth wing of his party.  Now McCain can go search for his lost character, which was last on display late in his 2008 campaign for president.
Ted Mann / The Day newspaper:
Dead wrestler's father blasts McMahon, WWE  —  ‘Lance Cade’ saga underscores issue of wrestling empire  —  Harley McNaught was planning to stay silent and grieve.  Then he saw what Linda McMahon said about his dead son.  —  McMahon, the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment …
New York Times:
Key Karzai Aide in Corruption Inquiry Is Linked to C.I.A.  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — The aide to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan at the center of a politically sensitive corruption investigation is being paid by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to Afghan and American officials.
Todd Starnes:
Is “Happy Birthday” Song Insensitive?  —  A ban on singing “Happy Birthday” lasted all of four days at Chesterfield Elementary School in Missouri after angry parents bombarded the school with complaints.  —  “Singing is not permitted due to the sensitivity of all student beliefs,” …
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
LA GOPer: November A Choice Between An Atheist Society And A Christian Nation  —  Appearing before the Republican Women of Bossier with Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) cast the November elections as a choice between godlessness and Christianity.  He also called bipartisanship impossible.
Frederic J. Frommer / Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Stimulus assessments overly optimistic  —  WASHINGTON - The Obama administration claimed this week that $100 billion invested in innovative technologies under the economic stimulus law is “transforming the American economy” by putting the nation on track for technological breakthroughs …
Michael Weiss / Weekly Standard:
Will Obama Try to Save Iranian Shiva Nazar Ahari?  —  Iranian authorities first arrested Shiva Nazar Ahari in 2001, when she was seventeen.  Her ‘crime’ was attending a candlelight vigil in Tehran that commemorated the victims of 9/11.  Since then, she's taught Iranian homeless children and Afghan refugees' children.
Discussion: Commentary
The Huffington Post:
Gulf Oil Spill: Rick Steiner Got BP Disaster Right From The Beginning, Warns Crisis Is Far From Over  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  I first spoke to Rick Steiner more than three months ago — about two weeks into the Deepwater Horizon disaster — after a source recommended I talk to him for a story …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
 
 
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Irshad Manji / Wall Street Journal:
A Muslim Reformer on the Mosque
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Barbara Hollingsworth / Washington Examiner:
California rejects even modest pension reform
Discussion: protein wisdom
Michelle Malkin:
Obama jobs death toll watch: More health care layoffs
Dave Blumberg / Market Wire:
Credit Card Delinquencies Continue to Fall in 2Q; Average Consumer …
Discussion: Angry Bear and The Atlantic Online
Eddie Jimenez / Fresno Bee:
Vandalism at Madera Islamic center called hate crime
Discussion: TPMMuckraker and Think Progress
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
New England fishermen flotilla protests today off Obama's vacation …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
George F. Will / Washington Post:
In the Mideast, the peace process is only a mirage
Discussion: Commentary
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Dionne Searcey / Law Blog:
Weight Discrimination Suit at Hooters Proceeds
New York Times:
Kim Jong-il Reportedly Absent During Carter Visit
Duke Helfand / Los Angeles Times:
Anthem Blue Cross is allowed to move ahead with rate hikes
Discussion: NPR Topics and AMERICAblog News
Tom Murse / LancasterOnline.com:
Corbett, Toomey leading, poll says
Discussion: The Page
 

 
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