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3:20 PM ET, November 12, 2010

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Hijacked Commission  —  Count me among those who always believed that President Obama made a big mistake when he created the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform — a supposedly bipartisan panel charged with coming up with solutions to the nation's long-run fiscal problems.
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Ed Henry / CNN:
Obama says he's not caving on tax cuts  —  Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — President Barack Obama declared Friday that his “number one priority” is preserving tax cuts for the middle class, and sharply denied that comments by his senior adviser David Axelrod suggest that his administration …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Pelosi won't budge on Bush tax cuts  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) signaled Friday she is not softening her opposition to extending the Bush-era tax cuts for high income earners.  —  Asked whether or not she would accept even a temporary extension of all the cuts like some Democrats want …
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Deficit Reduction Plan Draws Scorn From Left and Right  —  WASHINGTON — By putting deep spending cuts and substantial tax increases on the table, President Obama's bipartisan debt-reduction commission has exposed fissures in both parties, underscoring the volatile nature and long odds …
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Liberals plan to push Obama not to compromise with GOP
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Jonathan Strong / The Daily Caller:
Steele's race talk to fall on ‘deaf ears’
Seam Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Murkowski confident as write-in tally grows  —  WRITE-INS: Miller camp steps up challenges, threatens new lawsuit.  —  scockerham@adn.com  —  The Division of Elections has reviewed write-in ballots for almost half the precincts in Alaska and is counting nearly 98 percent of them for Lisa Murkowski.
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Richard Mauer / Anchorage Daily News:
Miller challenged in wrong court, state says
William Yardley / New York Times:
In Alaska Voters' Spelling Bee, She's the Queen
Discussion: Anchorage Daily News
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog Gay:
Cindy McCain does video opposing DADT, accuses ‘our government’ of sending signal that bullying is okay - her hubbie is the lead defender of DADT  —  John McCain is leading the filibuster against the “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” “repeal” legislation in the Senate (it's not an actual repeal, but we'll leave that for another time).
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Cindy v. John McCain on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Social Security reforms could be bombshell for House GOP  —  Republicans who took over the House on pledges to reduce federal spending and get the nation's budget in order are running into the third rail of U.S. politics.  —  A draft proposal from the co-chairman of President Obama's fiscal commission …
Discussion: Oliver Willis
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Myglesias / Yglesias:
Unexplored Revenues
Charles Blahous / Economics Policies …:
Fairly Understanding the Simpson-Bowles Social Security Proposal
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Supreme Court lets 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy remain in place  —  The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Friday to pause enforcement of the military's ban on openly gay and lesbian service members while that policy faces a legal challenge.  —  The high court sided against the Log Cabin Republicans …
Discussion: The Note and FrumForum
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
51 p.m.: Military gay ban intact
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Patrick O'Connor / Washington Wire:
Pelosi: 'We Didn't Lose Because of Me'  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she has the “overwhelming support” of fellow Democrats in her bid to become minority leader in the next Congress, and says she's not to blame for the Democrats' mid-term debacle.  —  “We didn't lose the election because of me …
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Tina Brown / The Daily Beast:
Daily Beast, Newsweek to Wed!  —  Some weddings take longer to plan than others.  The union of The Daily Beast and Newsweek magazine finally took place with a coffee-mug toast between all parties Tuesday evening, in a conference room atop Beast headquarters, the IAC building on Manhattan's West 18th Street.
Elissa Harrington / KTXL FOX40:
School Makes Boy Take American Flag Off Bike  —  DENAIR -  —  13-year-old Cody Alicea rides with an American flag on the back of his bike.  He says he does this to be patriotic and to honor veterans, like his own grandfather, Robert.  He's had the flag on his bike for two months but Monday, was told to take it down.
Justin Elliott / Salon:
Top Palin aide is on Soros' payroll  —  Glenn Beck spent the past week denouncing the liberal billionaire and philanthropist George Soros as a “puppet master” who is orchestrating a coup “to bring America to her knees.”  —  Given Soros' alleged role plotting to destroy the United States …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Bobby Jindal hammers Barack Obama in new book  —  NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal uses a new book to portray President Obama as disconnected from the Gulf oil spill, charging that he was more focused on the political aftermath than the actual impact of the crisis.
David Brooks / New York Times:
National Greatness Agenda  —  Elections come and go, but the United States is still careening toward bankruptcy.  By 2020, the U.S. will be spending $1 trillion a year just to pay the interest on the national debt.  Sometime between now and then the catastrophe will come.  —  It will come with amazing swiftness.
Discussion: Eunomia and The Other McCain
Chris Stirewalt / Fox News:
Bush Cuts Loose With Administration Alumni  —  In a closed-door speech to alumni of his administrations, George W. Bush was in a freewheeling and reflective mood.  —  A Bush insider who was at the Thursday night event tells FOX News that the lengthy speech and question and answer session …
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Amanda Ripley / The Atlantic Online:
Your Child Left Behind  —  For years, poor performance by students in America relative to those in other countries has been explained away as a consequence of our nationwide diversity.  But what if you looked more closely, breaking down our results by state and searching not for an average, but for excellence?
Discussion: Mother Jones and Joanne Jacobs
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Obama's Glow Dims on Trip to Asia  —  SEOUL, South Korea — Foreign leaders could not seem to get enough of President Obama when he arrived on the world stage two years ago.  They brought copies of his memoir to global conferences seeking his autograph.  They angled for handshakes and …
Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Sarah Palin E-mail Hacker Sentenced to 1 Year in Custody  —  David Kernell, the former Tennessee student convicted of hacking into Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account, was sentenced on Friday to one year in custody.  —  Kernell, 22, was convicted earlier this year of misdemeanor computer intrusion …
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
In An ‘Unusual’ Meeting, Cantor Tells Netanyahu The GOP Majority ‘Will Serve As A Check’ On Obama's Israel Policy  —  Earlier this week, President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sharply criticized the Israeli government after it announced plans to build more than 1,000 Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem.
Wall Street Journal:
The 8,011-Person Crisis  —  ObamaCare's pre-existing condition program is a bust.  —  Democrats think they know how to run the insurance industry better than the insurance industry, and they're getting the chance to prove it under ObamaCare.  Consider the early returns on its plan …
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Rush: Clyburn could be ‘driving Miss Nancy’  —  Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on Thursday suggested that Rep. Jim Clyburn — the highest-ranking African American in Congress — serve as chauffeur to Nancy Pelosi in the event he fails to win the race for House minority whip.
Discussion: CNN, RushLimbaugh.com and FrumForum
Urban Cowgirl / texasobserver.org:
DNA Tests Undermine Evidence in Texas Execution  —  New results show Claude Jones was put to death on flawed evidence.  —  Claude Jones always claimed that he wasn't the man who walked into an East Texas liquor store in 1989 and shot the owner.  He professed his innocence right up until …
The Note:
Conservative Leaders Threaten Critics Of Sen. Jim DeMint  —  ABC News' Michael Falcone reports:  —  Prominent conservative leaders are putting critics of Sen. Jim DeMint on notice: Stop blaming the South Carolina Republican for the GOP's failure to take back the majority in the Senate — or else.
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
 
 
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Emily Goodin / Ballot Box:
Palin book tour includes stops in Iowa and South Carolina
Discussion: freerepublic.com and FrumForum
Rahm Emanuel / CBS Chicago:
Moseley Braun Sharpens Anti-Rahm Strategy
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and FrumForum
Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
A bad news week for AGW proponents
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Reid asked Bennet to lead DSCC
Discussion: The Page
Steve Hargreaves / CNNMoney.com:
New deepwater drilling permits: Zilch
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and HotAirPundit
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago: Front line in war on terror
WTOP.com:
You live in nation's richest counties
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
TPM Turns 10  —  Today we're kicking off our celebration of TPM's 10th anniversary.
Discussion: The Impolitic and Althouse
Jeremy Pelofsky / Reuters:
Pilots and passengers rail at new airport patdowns
Wall Street Journal:
Top Earners May Face Big Hit
Discussion: Felix Salmon
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Gingrich's plan  —  (CNN) - Newt Gingrich has a 10-year plan …
Discussion: The Politico
Michael Martinez / CNN:
San Francisco mayor to veto city's ban on Happy Meals