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10:00 AM ET, January 13, 2011

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Richard PéRez-PeñA / The Caucus:
Christie Says Palin Needs to Go Unscripted to Contend for 2012  —  Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey says it's way too early to handicap the field of his fellow Republicans who might run for president in 2012, but on Wednesday he voiced a few sharp words about the most famous one.
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Michael Shear / The Caucus:
Obama and Palin, a Tale of Two Speeches  —  President Obama gives his speech honoring the January 8 shooting victims at McKale Memorial Center.  —  Wednesday was bookended by two remarkable — and remarkably different — political performances that demonstrated the vast expanse of America's political landscape.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Barack Obama takes opportunity Sarah Palin missed  —  In the span of a single news cycle, Republicans got a jarring reminder of two forces that could prevent them from retaking the presidency next year.  —  At sunrise in the east on Wednesday, Sarah Palin demonstrated that she has little interest …
New York Post:
Prez perfect - but the crowd was appalling  —  Never before in the annals of national moments of mourning have the words spoken been so wildly mismatched by the spirit in which they were received.  —  The sentences and paragraphs of President Obama's speech last night were beautiful and moving and powerful.
Michelle Malkin:
Branding the Tucson massacre: “Together We Thrive” in white and blue; Updated: Liveblogging the bizarre pep rally; Gov. Brewer booed; in sum: right speech, too late, boneheaded venue (WOOT!)  —  President Obama used to preach that there was no “Red America” and no “Blue America,” just one America.
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The White House:
Remarks by the President at a Memorial Service for the Victims of the Shooting in Tucson, Arizona  —  McKale Memorial Center University of Arizona  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you very much.  Please, please be seated.  (Applause.)
New York Times:
Obama's Remarks in Tucson  —  Following is a text of President Obama's prepared address on Wednesday to honor those killed and wounded in a shooting on Jan. 8, as released by the White House.  —  To the families of those we've lost; to all who called them friends; to the students of this university …
Byron Tau / Ben Smith's Blog:
Obama in Tucson  —  Here's the speech: … Rest of the speech after the jump.
Discussion: FrumForum
The Politico:
Pelosi is there as Giffords opens eyes  —  TUCSON, Ariz. — Simple sentiments, spoken by family and some of her closest friends in Congress, inspired the “miracle” of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' open eyes Wednesday evening.  —  Surrounded in her hospital room by her husband, her parents …
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New York Times:
Obama Calls for a New Era of Civility in U.S. Politics  —  TUCSON — President Obama offered the nation's condolences on Wednesday to the victims of the shootings here, calling on Americans to draw a lesson from the lives of the fallen and the actions of the heroes, and to usher in a new era of civility in their honor.
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
John Boehner turns down Air Force One ride to Tucson  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) turned down an offer by President Barack Obama to travel on Air Force One to Arizona for a memorial service on behalf of the victims of Saturday's shooting, a decision that has upset some Democrats.
Discussion: CNN, Outside the Beltway and The Hill
New York Times:
As We Mourn  —  It is a president's responsibility to salve a national wound.
Discussion: The Caucus and Daily Kos
Jewish Americans for Sarah Palin:
Sarah Palin is right about a ‘blood libel’  —  Statement of Jewish American for Sarah Palin  —  regarding Gov. Palin's use of term ‘blood libel’  —  .  —  Sarah Palin got it right.  —  Falsely accusing someone of shedding blood is the definition of a blood libel …
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Publius / Big Government:
Exclusive: Alan Dershowitz Defends Sarah Palin's Use of Term ‘Blood Libel’
David Gibson / Politics Daily:
‘Blood Libel’ and Sarah Palin: Christian Conservatives' Infatuation with Judaism
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Person Tweeting Death Wish For Palin Now Wants Privacy  —  I linked earlier to a YouTube video montage [video removed, see update below] of death wishes tweeted about Sarah Palin after various bloggers maliciously linked Palin's electoral target map to the Tucson shooting.
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Wall Street Journal:
S&P, Moody's Warn On U.S. Credit Rating  —  LONDON—Two leading credit rating agencies on Thursday cautioned the U.S. on its credit rating, expressing concern over a deteriorating fiscal situation that they say needs correction.  —  Moody's Investors Service said in a report Thursday …
Wall Street Journal:
Suspect's Downward Spiral  —  Police Records Show Accused Killer Growing More Erratic Before College Suspension  —  TUCSON, Ariz.—Students and faculty at Pima Community College feared for their safety as Jared Lee Loughner's increasingly erratic behavior led to a series of encounters …
Wall Street Journal:
A Fifth Star for David Petraeus  —  The general clearly deserves to join the rank held by MacArthur, Marshall and Nimitz.  His promotion would also honor our troops and their mission in the war on terror.  —  On a cold December evening in 1783, at Fraunces Tavern in lower Manhattan …
Discussion: Swampland
Michael C. Moynihan / Hit & Run:
The Assassin Who Would Save America from the Extreme Right  —  If political rhetoric can inspire murder, then it follows that those issuing warnings about the current “tone” in American discourse—those breathless invocations of “eliminationists” acting like “Brownshirts” and “fascists,” …
Discussion: Pirate's Cove and Hot Air
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Gun-control advocates disappointed with White House silence  —  The White House has disappointed gun-control advocates on and off Capitol Hill with its silence on the issue.  —  Although President Obama ran on campaign vows of reinstating the assault-weapons ban and closing the gun-show loophole …
Discussion: TPMDC
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A New Way Forward:
Afghanistan Study Group - Survey Results of Conservatives  —  The following is an analysis of a poll taken of conservative voters nationwide.  Drawn from a sample of randomly selected phone numbers, this poll contains 1,000 registered voters who describe their political ideology as conservative.
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Max Boot / Commentary:
The True ‘Cost’ of Defeat in Afghanistan
Discussion: Foreign Policy and Politics Daily
Robert Lenzner / StreetTalk:
US Banks Reporting Phantom Income on $1.4 Trillion Delinquent Mortgages  —  The giant US banks have been bailed out again from huge potential writeoffs by loosey-goosey accounting accepted by the accounting profession and the regulators.  —  They are allowed to accrue interest on non-performing mortgages …
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Foreclosureblues
 
 
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David Frum / FrumForum:
The Uneasiness of Talk Radio
Eric Marrapodi / CNN:
Monks make, donate casket for youngest victim in Arizona shooting
Associated Press:
Haley takes oath as SC's first female governor
Discussion: WCSC-TV, AOL News and RedState
David Harsanyi / Denver Post:
This “conversation” is a set-up
Discussion: protein wisdom
Lawrence D. Jones / ChristianPost.com:
Legal Group Seeks Injunction to Halt Mosque Near Ground Zero
Rich Lowry / National Review:
The Non-Accusatory Case for Civility
Greta Van Susteren / Gretawire:
The cable networks (CNN and Fox) …
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Lee Smith / Tablet Magazine:
Assisted Suicide  —  Israel's enemies are waging a relentless …
Discussion: Elder of Ziyon
Simmi Aujla / The Politico:
Gohmert drafts bill to allow guns on House floor
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Can Europe Be Saved?  —  THERE'S SOMETHING peculiarly apt …
Discussion: European Tribune and Clusterstock