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12:15 PM ET, November 30, 2010

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Joe Scarborough / The Politico:
GOP should take on Palin  —  Republicans have a problem.  The most-talked-about figure in the GOP is a reality show star who cannot be elected.  And yet the same leaders who fret that Sarah Palin could devastate their party in 2012 are too scared to say in public what they all complain about in private.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads all Republicans  —  Americans are pretty evenly divided on whether they'd rather have four more years of Barack Obama or replace him with a Republican in 2012, with 48% going for Obama and 47% with a generic Republican.  But with the exception of Mitt Romney none …
Patrick O'Connor / Washington Wire:
Palin: Latest WikiLeak Is Obama's Fault
Washington Post:
Where we and Democrats can work together  —  When congressional leaders of both parties meet at the White House today, all of us will have an opportunity to show the American people that we got the message of the elections earlier this month.  —  Republicans heard the voters loud and clear.
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David Rogers / The Politico:
Strong showing in anti-earmark vote  —  Thirty-nine senators voted Tuesday in support of a three year moratorium on appropriations earmarks, the strongest showing ever by opponents of the current process and a potential game changer in the year-end budget debate.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Tax fight pits Bush vs. Obama
The Politico:
GOP leaders finally meet Obama
Discussion: The Note, Guardian and Federal Eye
Ezra Klein:
Wonkbook: Dem compromise would extend 90% of Bush tax cuts; food-safety bill comes to vote; federal-pay freeze  —  President Obama is meeting with the Republican congressional leadership today, but it's hard to imagine much progress being made at the powwow: Obama has already embraced …
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The Politico:
GOP pushed pay freeze months ago
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Everyone Hates Obama's Pay Freeze Plan... Except Republicans
The Politico:
Some see triangulation in pay freeze
Discussion: Hot Air and Brilliant at Breakfast
Washington Post:
WikiLeaks founder could be charged under Espionage Act  —  Federal authorities are investigating whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange violated criminal laws in the group's release of government documents, including possible charges under the Espionage Act, sources familiar with the inquiry said Monday.
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Jack Shafer / Slate:
The leaked cables make it impossible for Hillary Clinton to continue as secretary of state. … Like This Story Follow Slate's Press Box … - How Post-9/11 Information Sharing Has Made Leaking Government Secrets Easier- What Happened to All That Republican In-Fighting the Tea Party Was Supposed To Cause?
Tim Johnson / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Clinton probed Argentine leader's ‘nerves,’ ‘anxiety,’ ‘stress’
Discussion: Babalú Blog, Don Surber and NPR
blogs.forbes.com:
Andy Greenberg  —  When will WikiLeaks return to its older model of more frequent leaks of smaller amounts of material?  —  If you look at the average number of documents we're releasing, we're vastly exceeding what we did last year.  These are huge datasets.  So it's actually very efficient for us to do that.
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Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Wants To Spill Your Corporate Secrets
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Serious Questions about the Obama Administration's Incompetence …
New York Times:
WikiLeaks and the Diplomats  —  The business of diplomacy is often messy and when private communications become public, it can also be highly embarrassing.  —  But what struck us, and reassured us, about the latest trove of classified documents released by WikiLeaks was the absence of any real skullduggery.
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Directorblue / Doug Ross:
Say, About That Old ‘Bush Lied’ …
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Heather Hurlburt / The New Republic:
Why Wikileaks Is Bad for Progressive Foreign Policy
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Tea Party Nation President Says It ‘Makes A Lot Of Sense’ To Restrict Voting Only To Property Owners  —  Every week, the Tea Party Nation hosts a weekly radio program, calling itself a “home for conservatives.”  Two weeks ago, Tea Party Nation President Judson Phillips hosted the program …
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Tea Party Nationalism:
Tea Party Leaders Attack Constitution
Chris Lawrence / CNN:
Source: 'Don't ask' repeal OK for most  —  Washington (CNN) — A majority of U.S. service members surveyed do not care if the law banning openly gay and lesbian troops from serving is repealed, according to a source knowledgeable with the results of the Pentagon study.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Steve Kornacki / Capital New York:
Steve Solarz (1940-2010) and the making of Senator Schumer  —  Photo by LIFE magazine.  —  The initial obituaries for Stephen Solarz, the former nine-term congressman from Brooklyn who died of esophageal cancer at the age of 70 on Monday, do not even mention the name Chuck Schumer.
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Douglas Martin / New York Times:
Solarz, Ex-Congressman, Dies at 70
Discussion: Tablet Magazine and Mondoweiss
Jason Kottke / kottke.org:
Has NASA discovered extraterrestrial life?  —  Here's a curious press release from NASA: … I did a little research on the news conference participants and found:  —  1. Pamela Conrad (a geobiologist) was the primary author of a 2009 paper on geology and life on Mars
Discussion: Gawker and Suburban Guerrilla
Pat Doyle / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Suspect in sex assault case won pardon in 2008  —  Cleared by a panel that included Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Jeremy Giefer is now accused of assaulting a second girl hundreds of times before and after he received his pardon.  —  Two years ago, Gov. Tim Pawlenty and two other officials pardoned Jeremy Giefer …
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Agence France Presse:
China ‘scared to death’ of Pelosi: leaked cable  —  WASHINGTON (AFP) - China was “scared to death” over a visit by US Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is outspoken on human rights, and rejected her request to visit to Tibet, according to files leaked Monday.  —  A top diplomat at the US embassy …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
With friends like these —  When the only people who defend you are the Villagers, you know you're on the wong track  —  With Friends Like These ...  I'm watching an exasperated John King on CNN right now visibly stunned that the liberals don't see the savvy genius of Obama's move to freeze Federal Workers' pay.
Julie Zhuo / New York Times:
Where Anonymity Breeds Contempt  —  THERE you are, peacefully reading an article or watching a video on the Internet.  You finish, find it thought-provoking, and scroll down to the comments section to see what other people thought.  And there, lurking among dozens of well-intentioned opinions, is a troll.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Arkansas Blog
Al Kamen / Washington Post:
In slideshow, Rep. Joe Barton declares war on the Obama administration  —  If the Obama administration was hoping to see hints of bipartisanship from the Hill, it might want to skip over the House Energy and Commerce Committee.  —  The committee's ranking Republican, Rep. Joe L. Barton …
Discussion: Politics Daily and Raw Story
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Celebrating Secession Without the Slaves  —  ATLANTA — The Civil War, the most wrenching and bloody episode in American history, may not seem like much of a cause for celebration, especially in the South.  —  And yet, as the 150th anniversary of the four-year conflict gets under way …
aina.org:
Egyptian Security Used Live Ammunition on Christian Coptic Protesters, 4 Killed  —  (AINA) — Christian Copts worldwide were shocked and enraged at the use of live ammunition by Egyptian state security forces against unarmed Coptic protesters, causing the death of three Coptic young men.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Atlas Shrugs
 
 
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Goldblog's Straw Man, Ctd
New York Post:
Saudi King takes up the entire VIP wing at New York hospital
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Climate change experts adjust strategy
Discussion: Pirate's Cove and The Daily Caller
Mark Whitehouse / Wall Street Journal:
Economists' Grail: A Post-Crash Model
Discussion: Paul Krugman and naked capitalism
Guardian:
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Discussion: normblog
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Vitamin D - Just Hype?  —  The NY Times covers some pushback …
Discussion: New York Times
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
With Kirk's swearing-in, GOP formally claims Obama's old seat
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Debra J. Saunders / Townhall.com:
You Can Stop Paying for Al Gore's Mistake
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A Witness Lies, the Court Shrugs and Veterans Are Outraged