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Pleading Sanity  —  At his Rally to Restore Sanity, Jon Stewart complained about the shrieking tone of cable news.  Were you watching when a montage juxtaposed footage from your news show with that of Glenn Beck's?  —  I saw that.  I was sitting at home, with my notebooks for the election …
Rachel Maddow / The Maddow Blog:
On cable news and cable not-news  —  As you may have heard today, Keith Olbermann has been temporarily suspended from his job hosting Countdown on this network, because he made three personal political donations to candidates in this last election cycle.  The reason for Keith's suspension …
John Cook / Gawker:
Olbermann 'Doesn't Answer' to NBC News Standards
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Keep Keith!  —  On Olbermann's unjust suspension.
Jillian Rayfield / TPMDC:
Scarborough, Buchanan Also Made Political Contributions
Discussion: Daily Kos, Salon, Eschaton and TPM LiveWire
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Centrist Dems rip ‘tone-deaf’ White House  —  In the wake of the party's worst election drubbing since 1994, the deep frustration felt by many centrist Democrats toward the White House and the national party is now out in the open.  And it's being aired in the battleground state that's the biggest prize in presidential politics.
Discussion: CNN, Florida Times Union and Hot Air
Kevin Cullum / The Hill:
Obama calls for compromise, won't budge on tax cuts  —  Days after Democrats received a self-described “shellacking” at the polls, President Obama called for an end to campaigning and an embrace of compromise.  —  But he signaled no willingness to bend on the first challenge likely to face …
Discussion: TigerHawk, CNN and The Politico
Asma Uddin / The Huffington Post:
Caliphate on the Range?  The Shariah Precedent in American Courts  —  What's Your Reaction:  —  Judging by how Oklahoma voted in the recent election, one might conclude that despite its tiny Muslim population, Oklahoma was on the verge of becoming an Islamic caliphate in Middle America.
Discussion: Jihad Watch
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Rachel Slajda / TPMMuckraker:
CAIR Member Sues Oklahoma Over Sharia Ban
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Black and Republican and Back in Congress  —  WASHINGTON — For the first time in over a decade, the incoming class of Congress will include two black Republicans, both of whom rode the Tea Party wave to victory while playing down their race.  —  One of them, Allen West …
Discussion: The Hill and American Power
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Marin Cogan / The Politico:
Allen West, Tim Scott split on joining CBC
Discussion: protein wisdom and Gateway Pundit
Phoenix Woman / Firedoglake:
Come Saturday Morning: Thanks, Teabaggers!  —  To quote Bill Clinton: “It's the economy, stupid.”  And if Barack Obama had pushed for the original stimulus plan using reconciliation, instead of stupidly seeking bipartisanship with Republicans determined to wreck America for political gain …
Ace of Spades HQ:
O'Donnell, Who Lost By 17 Points, Still Sending Out Press Releases Attacking People  —  O'Donnell didn't cost us one seat; she cost us three.  Chalk Rossi's and Buck's loss up to her as well.  —  But here's O'Donnell saying it wasn't her “standing up for principle” that cost her the election, but shady machinations against her.
Discussion: protein wisdom and Pajamas Media
Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
What's So Great About America  —  Marco Rubio will have to write a new speech sooner or later, but he shouldn't hurry up on our account.  We still enjoy the one he's been giving all year.  He delivered it again to a national television audience on Election Night, after walloping …
Discussion: Eunomia and Power Line
David Weigel / Weigel:
Joe McGinniss Wants to Be Taken Out of “Sarah Palin's Alaska”  —  The premiere episode of “Sarah Palin's Alaska” began with the former governor's piqued version of a minor scandal of the summer — author Joe McGinniss renting the house next to hers as he researched his biography of Palin.
Discussion: Don Surber and GOP 12
Jonathon M. Seidl / The Blaze:
MSNBC'S LAWRENCE O'DONNELL ADMITS ON-AIR: ‘I AM A SOCIALIST’  —  On Friday's “Morning Joe” MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell made a startling admission: “I am a socialist.”  —  The statement from the regular host of “The Last Word” came as he was chiding contributor Glenn Greenwald from Salon.com …
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Why Pelosi is running for House minority leader  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calmly assessing the political cyclone that routed her Democratic majority and will, at least temporarily, force her to vacate one of the best offices in the city, with its inspirational view of the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.
Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Jill Clayburgh Dies at 66; Starred in Feminist Roles  —  Jill Clayburgh, an Oscar-nominated actress known for portraying strong, independent women, died on Friday at her home in Lakeville, Conn. She was 66.  —  The cause was chronic leukemia, with which she had lived for 21 years, her husband, the playwright David Rabe, said.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Murdoch: Bloomberg called Obama ‘arrogant’  —  New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was taken aback by President Obama's arrogance, Rupert Murdoch said in an interview with an Australian outlet.  —  Bloomberg described his conversation with Obama as “verbal ping-pong,” Murdoch told …
Discussion: Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
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Mark Davis / The Age:
Murdoch reveals ‘arrogant’ Obama
 
 
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