memeorandum: Democrats ‘Say No’ in Symbolic Tax Vote (Janet Hook/Wall Street Journal)

8:45 PM ET, December 9, 2010

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Anna Palmer / Roll Call:

Profanity, Anger Spill Over in House Democratic Caucus Meeting — The frustration with President Barack Obama over his tax cut compromise was palpable and even profane at Thursday's House Democratic Caucus meeting. — One unidentified lawmaker went so far as to mutter “f— the president” …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Mediaite

Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:

Republicans Block U.S. Health Aid for 9/11 Workers — WASHINGTON — Republican senators blocked Democratic legislation on Thursday that sought to provide medical care to rescue workers and others who became ill as a result of breathing in toxic fumes, dust and smoke at the site of the 9/11 World Trade Center attack.

Discussion: Firedoglake, TPMDC, The Hill, The Democratic Daily, Guardian, Taylor Marsh, democracyarsenal.org, The New Republic, The Mahablog, Daily Kos, PointOfLaw Forum and Mother Jones

Lbentzterp / CNN:

House Democrats defy Obama on tax cut bill — (CNN) - Defying President Obama, House Democrats voted Thursday not to bring up the tax package that he negotiated with Republicans in its current form. — “This message today is very simple: That in the form that it was negotiated, it is not acceptable to the House Democratic caucus.

The Hill:

Pelosi pledges to win changes as House Dems reject tax deal — The House Democratic Caucus on Thursday rejected the tax deal negotiated between the White House and Senate Republicans. — The non-binding vote of the caucus held during a closed-door meeting puts tremendous pressure …

Discussion: CNN, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, The Nation, Wonkette, The Hill, Maggie's Farm and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

The Politico:

Obama ‘confident’ amid Dem tax revolt — The House Democratic Caucus voted Thursday to oppose President Barack Obama's tax plan, throwing into flux weeks of negotiations on an issue that has turned many congressional Democrats against the White House. — But in an interview with NPR Thursday …

Discussion: CNN, The Huffington Post, Open Congress, The Atlantic Online, The Hill, ABCNEWS, Sky Dancing, Daily Kos, Salon, Ben Smith's Blog, Minnesota Independent, AMERICAblog News, Scared Monkeys, Dennis the Peasant and The Nation

Publius / Big Government:

Dems Gone Wild: ‘F*%k the President’ — From Roll Call: — The frustration with President Barack Obama over his tax cut compromise was palpable and even profane at Thursday's House Democratic Caucus meeting. — One unidentified lawmaker went so far as to mutter “f— the president” …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and South Capitol Street

Will Rahn / The Daily Caller:

Gravel considering Obama primary challenge, calls for new 9/11 investigation — Former Alaska Senator and 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Mike Gravel told The Daily Caller in an exclusive interview that he is mulling a primary challenge to President Barack Obama in 2012.

Discussion: The Politico, Fox Nation and AmSpecBlog

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oh my: House Dem drops F-bomb on Obama at caucus meeting on tax cuts

Discussion: The Hill and Pajamas Media

The Hill:
Centrist, conservative Dems up in arms over liberals' tax deal backlash

Discussion: Wake up America and Hot Air

Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats ‘Say No’ in Symbolic Tax Vote

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, protein wisdom and Mother Jones

CNN:
Liberal group uses Obama's words against him

Discussion: The Politico, AMERICAblog News, theblogprof and Firedoglake

Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Holder: Drop ban on U.S. trials for Guantanamo prisoners

Discussion: Lawfare

The Hill:
Tax-cut deal can't be changed, Biden tells House Democrats

Discussion: The Politico, Washington Post, Top of the Ticket, Daily Kos, The Hill, Connecting.the.Dots, Wake up America and Hot Air

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:

Why Harry Reid decided to move foward with DADT vote — Earlier this afternoon, just before Harry Reid went onto the Senate floor and gave a speech calling for a vote on repeal of don't ask don't tell — which has now failed — he turned to a Senate aide and shrugged his shoulders.

Discussion: Ezra Klein, Wonk Room, Crooks and Liars, Federal Eye, A plain blog about politics, Close Read, The Daily Dish, AMERICAblog Gay, The New Republic, Towleroad News #gay and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Carrie Dann / msnbc.com:

Key vote on 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' repeal fails — *** UPDATE *** 4:45 PM ET: In a press conference after the vote, Sens. Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins announced that they will introduce a stand-alone bill to repeal “Don't Ask Don't Tell” and that Senate Majority Leader Reid has promised to support it.

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Daily Dish, Taegan Goddard's … and DownWithTyranny!

Roxana Tiron / The Hill:

Senate fails on repeal of 'Don't ask, don't tell' included in defense authorization bill — The Senate on Thursday dealt a severe blow to the repeal of the “Don't ask, don't tell” law, dimming the chances for the Clinton-era ban to be scrapped this year. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Caucus, Ben Smith's Blog, Washington Post, Wake up America, MyDD and Shakesville

Lymari Morales / Gallup:
In U.S., 67% Support Repealing “Don't Ask, Don't Tell”

Discussion: Politics Daily, Salon, CNN, BlogPost, Outside the Beltway and Towleroad News #gay

Jonathan Bernstein / A plain blog about politics:
DADT 2 — And How Information Flows Have Really Changed Things

Discussion: The Daily Dish

David Dayen / Firedoglake:
DADT Repeal Denied Cloture After Row over Time Agreement

Discussion: Wonkette and Zandar Versus The Stupid

Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Lieberman plans standalone repeal of 'Don't ask, don't tell'

Discussion: AMERICAblog Gay

Associated Press:
Ex-senator reverses opposition to gays in military

Discussion: Pam's House Blend, Feministing and Towleroad News #gay

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Crash and burn: DADT repeal fails, 57-40

Discussion: PoliPundit.com and National Review

Ben Dimiero / Media Matters for America:

LEAKED EMAIL: Fox boss caught slanting news reporting — At the height of the health care reform debate last fall, Bill Sammon, Fox News' controversial Washington managing editor, sent a memo directing his network's journalists not to use the phrase “public option.”

Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:

Fox News' Spin Game — As the debate over the health-care public option heated up, a Fox News executive told staffers to change the way they talked about it. Howard Kurtz on the memo that echoed a GOP talking point. — As the health-care debate was heating up in the summer of 2009 …

Discussion: NewsReal Blog, South Capitol Street, The Daily Caller and Roger Ailes, more at Mediagazer »

Jack Shafer / Slate:
If using the phrase government option is spinning the news …

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, Hot Air, Media Matters for America and The New Republic

Ezra Klein:

Why liberals don't like the tax cut deal — in graphs — CAP's Michael Linden produced a nice chart showing why the tax deal is tough for liberals to swallow: — The red and blue on the chart are a bit confusing, so read it closely: On the left, you're seeing the amount of money Obama …

Discussion: New York Times, Firedoglake, Blog For Arizona, The Impolitic and Hullabaloo

Paul Krugman:
December 2011 — On the straight economics, the tax deal is worth doing.

Discussion: Ezra Klein, The Daily Dish, Free exchange, economy.com, Firedoglake, Eunomia, Sky Dancing, Rortybomb, Economix and Macroadvisers

Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Tea Party Patriots Reject Tax Cut Deal, Call For It To Be Destroyed

Discussion: Firedoglake, Pundits Blog and Daily Kos

Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Hugh Hewitt Kill ‘the Deal’

Discussion: The Hill and Hot Air

Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org:

Barbara Walters Slams ‘Uninformed’ Sarah Palin: Many Find the Idea of You as President ‘Scary’ — Barbara Walters dismissed Sarah Palin as “uninformed” on Thursday, telling the former Republican governor, “...Many people find the thought of you as president a little scary.”

Discussion: Crooks and Liars

ABCNEWS:
‘Anything and Everything’: Palin's Reading List

Discussion: Balloon Juice

Jay Newton-Small / Time:
Palin in Progress: What Does She Want?

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Shushannah Walshe / The Daily Beast:

Sarah Palin Goes Abroad — The Daily Beast has learned exclusively that Sarah Palin is planning her first real foreign trip—a move that could burnish her foreign policy credentials in advance of a 2012 presidential run. — The Daily Beast has learned that Sarah Palin will be traveling overseas in the new year.

Discussion: The Politico, Cubachi, No More Mister Nice Blog, CNN, Hot Air, Israel Matzav and Liberty Pundits Blog

CNN:
TRENDING: Palin goes to Haiti

Discussion: The Politico and National Review

Wall Street Journal:

The Obama Stimulus Impact? Zero — Liberals are still arguing that the federal spending stimulus wasn't large enough. How many multiples of nothing—its result according to new evidence—would they like? — For the past two years, economists writing on these pages and elsewhere …

Discussion: EconLog, Fausta's Blog, Betsy's Page, AmSpecBlog, Hit & Run and National Review

Daily Mail:

Terrifying moment Charles and Camilla were surrounded by a baying mob and their car attacked in tuition fees riot — Anarchists protesting against the rise in student tuition fees attacked Prince Charles and Camilla's car outside the London Palladium tonight.

Discussion: Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, Joe. My. God., South Capitol Street and National Review

Jon Bershad / Mediaite:

Alabama Store Owner's Sign Reminds That BBQ Restaurants Are “Safest” Because Of Lack Of Muslims — And here's our offensive sign of the day. An Alabama store owner known for putting jokes up on the billboard outside of his electronics store has found that the response gets chillier when you decide to use racist jokes.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Left Coast Rebel, Wonkette and Weasel Zippers

Ezra Klein:

The tax deal in one graph — From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: — Or maybe you prefer bar graphs?

Discussion: White House.gov Blog Feed

Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:

Manchin votes against 'Don't ask' repeal, then apologizes — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) appeared to take a stand on the repeal of “Don't ask, don't tell” Thursday, becoming the only Senate Democrat to vote against a procedural motion to move the measure forward.

Sarah Palin / Wall Street Journal:

Why I Support the Ryan Roadmap — Let's not settle for the big-government status quo, which is what the president's deficit commission offers. — The publication of the findings of the president's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform was indeed, as the report was titled, “A Moment of Truth.”

Discussion: Hot Air