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5:00 PM ET, September 22, 2010

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Steve Luxenberg / Washington Post:
Bob Woodward book details Obama battles with advisers over exit plan for Afghan war  —  President Obama urgently looked for a way out of the war in Afghanistan last year, repeatedly pressing his top military advisers for an exit plan that they never gave him, according to secret meeting notes …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Woodward Book Says Afghanistan Divided White House  —  WASHINGTON — Some of the critical players in President Obama's national security team doubt his strategy in Afghanistan will succeed and have spent much of the last 20 months quarreling with one another over policy, personalities and turf, according to a new book.
The Politico:   W.H. embraces Woodward book
Quinnipiac University:
Paladino Trails Cuomo By 6 Points In New York Gov Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Small Tea Party Movement Backs Republican 4-1  —  Republican Carl Paladino, aided by a 4 -1 margin among Tea Partiers, trails New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic candidate for Governor …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Cuomo leads Paladino by six just points  —  Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Cuomo, who had led the GOP field by thirty points for most of the year, is now leading Republican rival Carl Paladino by just six points among likely voters, an astonishing new Quinnipiac University poll shows.
Quinnipiac University:
Toomey Up 7 Points In Pennsylvania Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Voters, Especially Independents, Disapprove Of Obama  —  Republican Pat Toomey has hit the magic 50 percent mark as he leads Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak 50 - 43 percent in the race for Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat …
Charles Winecoff / Big Government:
Andrew Breitbart Caught in Gay Scandal!  —  On September 19th, Andrew Breitbart and Glenn Beck headlined the Right Nation 2010 event in Hoffman Estates, IL.  Outside, protesters from Organizing for America, Obama's sheep-herding initiative, gathered to scream at attendees - and spit on Breitbart.
Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com and Joe. My. God.
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Newsweek:
Andrew Breitbart ‘Pissed’ at Glenn Beck?  —  Kausfiles Buries the Lede: Andrew Breitbart, a friend of mine,* gave a talk last night to a Republican club in Malibu.  His brand-new right-wing media empire is coming off a string of minor victories—exposing the sordid reality of a politician …
CNN:
Murkowski not stripped of committee leadership position  —  Senate Republicans have decided not to strip Sen. Lisa Murkowski of her leadership position on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.  —  Washington (CNN) - In a surprise move, Senate Republicans decided not to remove …
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Andrew Leonard / Salon:
The awesome stupidity of replacing Larry Summers with a CEO  —  If Obama's advisors think the president has an “anti-business” problem, they should be fired  —  If the Obama administration appoints a corporate executive to replace Larry Summers as National Economic Council director …
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Greg Mankiw / Greg Mankiw's Blog:
Larry and Harvard  —  A reader asks the following about Larry Summers:
Discussion: Ezra Klein and Ben Smith's Blog
WTOV-TV:
Ohio Democrat Chair Fires ‘F-Word’ At Tea Party  —  Chris Redfern Makes Emotional Speech Before Steel Workers  —  CLARINGTON, Ohio — In the midst of a heated general election cycle, Ohio's Democratic Party chairman is admitting he used some “colorful language” during a political event in Monroe County Monday night.
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David Catanese / The Politico:
Ohio Dem chair drops F-bomb
Discussion: CNN, Rough Sketch and Michelle Malkin
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
O'Donnell vows no more national media appearances  —  Delaware GOP Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell said Tuesday night that she would not make any more national media appearances between now and Election Day.  —  In an interview on Fox News's “Hannity” show, O'Donnell, who canceled spots on CBS's …
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Fhardingj / CNN:
CNN/Time poll: Coons up 16 over O'Donnell
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Democrat Lincoln far behind in Arkansas Senate race  —  (Reuters) - Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, a key player in U.S. financial regulation legislation, remains far behind in an uphill battle for re-election on November 2, a Reuters-Ipsos poll found on Wednesday.
Discussion: The Page
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Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Republicans send message on spending
Bruce Ackerman / Wall Street Journal:
Obama, Warren and The Imperial Presidency
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Angle: I made $236,000 off Rush Limbaugh, and Hannity was profitable, too  —  Remember those comments Sharron Angle made about how FOX interviews were different because she could use the network to raise money.  She wasn't kidding.  —  Here's some audio of Angle at a house party this month, bragging about how profitable FOX can be:
Jason Zengerle / GQ:
Did Somebody Say “Fringe”?  —  Not so long ago, Rand Paul—son of Ron, “modern-day revolutionary,” and practicing ophthalmologist—would have been written off as a harmless political extremist.  For believing that the Federal Reserve should be gutted.  Or that the Civil Rights Act was unconstitutional.
Mark Clayton / Christian Science Monitor:
Stuxnet malware is ‘weapon’ out to destroy ... Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant?  —  Cyber security experts say they have identified the world's first known cyber super weapon designed specifically to destroy a real-world target - a factory, a refinery, or just maybe a nuclear power plant.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Kendra Marr / The Politico:
President Obama gets personal on health care  —  President Barack Obama, in a highly personal way, defended his health care reforms to a backyard audience in suburban Virginia, part of a strategy to remind voters of new benefits taking effect this week under the landmark law he signed six months ago.
Discussion: CNN
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Sarah Kliff / The Politico:
Barack Obama seeks divine intervention on health care reform
Discussion: ABCNEWS, CNN and The American Pundit
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Moderates privately urge Dem leaders: No vote on middle class tax cuts!  —  A number of “moderate” House Dems have privately given Nancy Pelosi and other Dem leaders an earful in recent days, urging them not to hold a vote on whether to extend just the middle class tax cuts and not the high end ones …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE ADS OF THE CYCLE.... In a year filled with odd statewide candidates, I still have a hard time figuring out what California's Carly Fiorina is thinking.  —  The Republican Senate nominee is best known for her tenure as HP's chief executive, during which the company lost …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE DRIVE TO BREAK FROM FORCED NEUTRALITY.... Peter Goodman, who's been a rising star at the New York Times, covering the economy and business news, agreed this week to leave the paper and sign on with the Huffington Post.  Goodman's move, a coup for the online outlet, is a reminder …
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Howard Kurtz:
Huffington snags N.Y. Times star
Robbie Brown / New York Times:
Lawsuits Accuse Megachurch Leader of Sexual Misconduct  —  ATLANTA — Two young men in Georgia said Tuesday that the pastor of a 33,000-person Baptist megachurch, Bishop Eddie L. Long, had repeatedly coerced them into having sex with him.  —  In two lawsuits filed in DeKalb County …
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Obama: “Mexicans” Were Here “Long Before America Was Even An Idea”  —  “Long before America was even an idea, this land of plenty was home to many peoples.  The British and French, the Dutch and Spanish, to Mexicans, to countless Indian tribes.  We all shared the same land.”
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Chris Christie ‘not ready’ for 2012 run  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who's captured the imagination of conservatives enthralled by his fiscal maneuvers to cut spending, said on Wednesday that any talk of him seeking the Republican presidential nomination is premature because he's “not ready.”
Discussion: The Page
Aharding / CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: Could be split decision in Colorado  —  (CNN) - Earlier this year Republicans were hoping to win back both a Senate seat and the governor's office in Colorado, but thanks to divisions in the GOP, a new poll suggests that the governor's office may be out of reach.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Bill Clinton: Russian immigrants and settlers obstacles to Mideast peace  —  Russian immigrants to Israel have emerged as a central obstacle to achieving a Middle East peace deal, according to former President Bill Clinton.  He voiced fears that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) …
 
 
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CNN:
Senator's office investigating anti-gay blog comment
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Paul Ryan: GOP Must Continue Fighting for the Right to Life
Jon Walker / Firedoglake:
Prop 19, Initiative to Legalize Marijuana in California …
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Washington struggling to rein in increasing homegrown terrorism
Discussion: ABCNEWS and The Note
Mark Levin / Facebook:
Those who oppose Tea Party Movement would have opposed Reagan Revolution.
Amy Coopes / Agence France Presse:
Australian 17-year-old takes blame for Twitter chaos
 Earlier Items: 
Jason Mattera / Human Events:
Medicare Czar Flees ‘Rationing’ Query
Discussion: Hot Air, FishbowlDC and Michelle Malkin
Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
Paladino board botch
Randy E. Barnett / SSRN:
Commandeering the People: Why the Individual Health Insurance Mandate …
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Democrats lag badly in outside spending
Gil Ronen / Arutz Sheva:
Arabs Harass Female ‘Peace’ Activists; Left Silences Victims
Discussion: NewsReal Blog and Lean Left
Paul Krugman:
Who You Gonna Believe?  —  I went through my mail today …
Discussion: The Mahablog and The Impolitic
 

 
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