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10:50 AM ET, December 28, 2010

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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Palin takes hit from the right for picking food fight with first lady  —  Sarah Palin has come under fire from the right for her attacks on the first lady's anti-obesity campaign.  —  The conservative opinion page of The Wall Street Journal, which frequently criticizes the White House …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
For Palin there's no place like home...in a bad way  —  It's a well known fact that Sarah Palin is the most unpopular major political figure in the country...one thing that may be less well known is that one of the states where voters have the dimmest view of her is her own home state of Alaska.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and The Hill
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney sinks in Florida
Discussion: GOP 12, Hot Air and Conservatives4Palin
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Obama weighs in on Michael Vick, and other cultural issues  —  HONOLULU - President Obama doesn't seem to shy away from the divisive social and cultural topics that Americans are debating in their living rooms, gyms and workplaces.  —  He has spoken out about the responsibility of fathers …
Discussion: Booman Tribune, Althouse and TalkLeft
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The Huffington Post:   White House Confirms Obama's Michael Vick Phone Call, But Says He Condemns The Crime
Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
White House confirms Barack Obama discussed Michael Vick
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
CNN:
President Obama supportive of second chance for Michael Vick
Newsweek:
Obama and Income Inequality: No New Brazils!  —  We're going to be hearing a lot about income inequality over the next few years.  It may be an abstract concept, but it gets hits like Sarah Palin and attracts grant money like Cory Booker.  Tim Noah's series on the subject was (rightly) so popular he got a book contract out of it.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The merger of journalists and government officials  —  The video of the CNN debate I did last night about WikiLeaks with former Bush Homeland Security Adviser (and CNN contributor) Fran Townsend and CNN anchor Jessica Yellin is posted below.  The way it proceeded was quite instructive …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Eschaton
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
GOP Turns To K Street Veterans To Help Unravel Health Care Law  —  House Republicans are turning to old friends on K Street to lead their legislative attempts to repeal the new health care law.  —  Three recently hired Republican aides — two set to work in senior positions on the powerful Energy …
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Marilyn Serafini / Washington Post:
Does the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act need title reform?
Myglesias / Yglesias:
The Median Voter Supports The Affordable Care Act
Discussion: Grasping Reality …
Ron Nixon / New York Times:
Lawmakers Fund Pet Projects Without Earmarks  —  WASHINGTON — No one was more critical than Representative Mark Steven Kirk when President Obama and the Democratic majority in the Congress sought passage last year of a $787 billion spending bill intended to stimulate the economy.
Accounting Today:
GAO Sees Problems in Government's Financial Management  —  Like what you see?  Click here to sign up for Accounting Today's daily newsletter to get the latest news and behind the scenes commentary you won't find anywhere else.  —  “Even though significant progress has been made since …
Discussion: Commentary
John O'Connor / The State:
Greene returns to politics  —  Surprise U.S. Senate primary winner enters S.C. House race  —  Former Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Alvin Greene is running for office again, this time an open S.C. House seat in Clarendon County.  —  Greene, an unemployed U.S. Army veteran …
Discussion: Wonkette
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Agence France Presse:
London is home to Hamas hub, says Israel  —  JERUSALEM — Israel's defence ministry has accused a London-based Palestinian centre of “terror-affiliated activities” and being the organisational arm of the militant Islamic Hamas movement in Europe.  —  Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Optimism for Obama Should Come With Caution  —  For as poorly as President Obama's Democrats performed on Nov. 2, you can find several assessments of his re-election chances that seem doggone optimistic.  —  The Washington Examiner's Michael Barone, in a careful analysis, suggests that Mr. Obama won't be easy to defeat.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Tests of ‘Roe’ more frequent since justices upheld late-term abortion ban in '07  —  LINCOLN, NEB. - Mike Flood, the 35-year-old speaker of Nebraska's legislature, had a problem: He wanted to stop the state's well-known abortion provider from offering late-term abortions.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Matt Friedman / New Jersey Online:
N.J. senator criticizes Gov. Christie, Lt. Gov. Guadagno for being out of state during blizzard  —  TRENTON — A Democratic lawmaker is questioning why both Gov. Chris Christie and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno are out of state at the same time, leaving Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) …
Ryan J. Reilly / TPMMuckraker:
Group Opposed To DADT Repeal To Fight On Against Shower Policy  —  Since 1993, the Center for Military Readiness has been fighting to keep gay men and lesbians from infiltrating the United States military.  So now that “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” has been repealed, what's next for the group …
Sam Dagher / Wall Street Journal:
Iraq Wants the U.S. Out  —  Prime Minister, in Interview, Says Troops Must Leave Next Year as Planned  —  BAGHDAD—Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ruled out the presence of any U.S. troops in Iraq after the end of 2011, saying his new government and the country's security forces were capable …
Discussion: The Hill
Jonathan Weisman / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Budget Delayed a Week  —  WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama's budget proposal for fiscal 2012 will be released in mid-February, a little more than a week after its planned release date.  The administration is scrambling to assemble what could be a pivotal document following …
Discussion: The Page
Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
Gitmo Is Not Al Qaeda's ‘Number One Recruitment Tool’  —  During a press conference on December 22, President Obama was asked about the difficulties his administration has encountered in trying to close Guantanamo.  The president explained (emphasis added):
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The 2010 Daily Dish Awards: An Update  —  Malkin Award: In what has traditionally been our most competitive award, Roger Ailes has an early lead for calling NPR executives Nazis, but South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer is currently in second for comparing government aid recipients to stray animals.
The Politico:
Obama eyes Chicago campaign HQ  —  Never in modern history has a U.S. president attempted to win reelection with a campaign operation based beyond the Potomac.  —  But that's what President Barack Obama is apparently proposing to do.  It's a daring move that strategists hope will enable him to recapture some of his 2008 magic.
Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
Tea Party Organizer Jumps Into Va. Senate Race  —  The 2012 Senate campaign has its first tea party candidate.  —  Jamie Radtke, head of the Virginia Federation of Tea Party Patriots, has filed federal papers to run for the Republican nomination for the Senate seat now held by Virginia Democrat James Webb.
Discussion: The Hill
 
 
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