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4:40 PM ET, January 17, 2011

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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
CNN Poll: Blame game in Arizona shootings  —  Washington (CNN) - Americans feel sadness, anger and shock in the wake of the tragic events in Tucson, Arizona, according to a new national poll.  A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday also indicates there's plenty of blame …
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CNN/Opinion Research Poll - January 14-16 - Arizona Shootings  —  Interesting to see that 30% didn't think mental illness didn't play a role in this.  These people are either ignorant of the facts or as delusional as the gunman.  It is scary that that many people could think this insane delusional person had no mental illness.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
George Allen launches early campaign - Loughner trial in San Diego — JDA Frontline grows — West Wing stars come out for Marissa Hopkins — First lady b'day  —  EXCLUSIVE: George Allen, the former U.S. senator and Virginia governor, plans to tell supporters within a week that he is mounting …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Federal authorities plan to move trial of Tucson shooting suspect  —  Federal authorities are planning to move the trial of the alleged gunman in the Jan. 8 mass shooting in Tucson to San Diego because of extensive pretrial publicity in Arizona, federal law enforcement sources said Sunday night.
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Giffords's condition upgraded
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The War on Logic  —  My wife and I were thinking of going out for an inexpensive dinner tonight.  But John Boehner, the speaker of the House, says that no matter how cheap the meal may seem, it will cost thousands of dollars once you take our monthly mortgage payments into account.
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Lbentzterp / CNN:
Boehner's new word choice  —  Washington (CNN) - As evidence of a slight rhetorical shift, House Speaker John Boehner abandoned labeling the current health care law as “job killing,” and instead called it “job crushing” and “job destroying” in a new message posted on his webpage.
Discussion: Boehner, Gawker and Ben Smith's Blog
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:   GOP test: A civil and honest health-care discussion
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Scenes From a Marriage  —  In every twisted, wretched, ruinous relationship, there are moments so grim, flare-ups so appalling, that they offer both parties a chance to step back, take inventory, and realize that it's time — far past time, in fact — to go their separate ways.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Deutsch, Sharpton claim Arizona “has seceded” for not recognizing MLK Day  —  Ah, those layers of fact-checkers and editors in the mainstream media come in handy, don't they?  Thank goodness NBC imposes news standards for its cable channel; otherwise, MSNBC would just spew misinformation and smears to advance a political agenda.
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ABCNEWS:
ABC News Exclusive: Capt. Mark Kelly Talks to Diane Sawyer About Wife Gabrielle Giffords' Recovery; Says She Is Still Looking Out for Others  —  Rep. Gabrielle Giffords smiles at her husband and has even given him back rubs, her doctors said today.  —  The tracheotomy tube in the throat …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Could This Be the End?  —  The end of the Israeli Labor Party has been a slow motion story going back perhaps decades now and in a particularly acute form over the last decade.  But this might really be the beginning of the end.  After the last election Labor, which arguably founded the country …
Discussion: Commentary and The Daily Dish
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Roni Sofer / Ynetnews:
Ehud Barak splits from Labor Party
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
NYT: Say, maybe we should have waited for the facts before blaming the Right  —  Don't worry, though, because the New York Times' public editor (their term for ombudsman) “shares the view to an extent” (emphasis mine) that the Times and the media rushed to put the Tucson shootings in a political context.
Jonathan Weisman / Wall Street Journal:
New Call Not to Raise Debt Cap  —  WASHINGTON—Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a likely GOP White House hopeful, called on congressional Republicans to block an increase in the limit on federal borrowing, and he proposed legislation that he said would prevent a U.S. default on its loans.
Donald Sensing / Sense of Events:
Seahawks fall to climate of hate in Chicago  —  You should have known something like this was going to happen.  The vitriol and anger in our nation's sports talk has never been harsher - and we may as well face it: most of it is coming from Chicago Bears Fans.
Discussion: theblogprof
Randal C. Archibold / New York Times:
A Former Dictator Reappears in Haiti  —  MEXICO CITY — Haiti's exiled former dictator, Jean-Claude Duvalier, returned unexpectedly to his homeland Sunday for the first time since he was deposed in a coup in 1986.  —  Although the reason was not immediately clear, his return …
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Tim Padgett / Time:
Who Let ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier Back into Haiti?
Discussion: Hot Air and Outside the Beltway
Michael Shedlock / Mish's Global Economic …:
Utah's “Quiet Title Law” Bypasses MERS, Awards Homes Free and Clear; One Homeowner Had $417,000 Debt Erased  —  The Salt Lake Tribune has an interesting article on Utah's “Quiet Title Laws”, MERS, clouded titles, and record keeping.  Several people won titles free and clear to their houses …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Salt Lake Tribune
Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Lugar pushes to renew assault weapons ban  —  Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) this weekend called on Congress to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004.  —  Lugar is the first GOP senator to call for increased gun control following the Tucson tragedy that killed six people and wounded 13 others …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and National Review
New York Times:
Ex-Swiss Banker Gives Data to WikiLeaks  —  LONDON — A former senior Swiss bank executive said on Monday that he had given the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, details of more than 2,000 prominent individuals and companies that he contends engaged in tax evasion and other possible criminal activity.
Associated Press:
Grand jury probes what Edwards knew about spending  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal criminal investigation targeting John Edwards is examining how much the two-time presidential candidate knew about money used to cover up his extramarital affair and out-of-wedlock child and whether …
msnbc.com:
No. 2 bank overcharged troops on mortgages  —  NBC News exclusive: JPMorgan Chase also improperly foreclosed on homes  —  Below:  —  on TODAYshow.com -  — More from: - TODAY - Nightly News - Meet the Press - Dateline - Morning Joe - Hardball - Countdown - Rachel Maddow - msnbc tv
Discussion: Daily Kos and The New Republic
Nathan Diebenow / Raw Story:
Progressives to ‘uncloak’ the secret financers behind the Tea party  —  Progressive and liberal activists are planning at the end of the month to confront the secretive billionaire family that finances the so-called Tea party movement and a host of other right-wing causes and institutions.
Peter Singer / Time:
Are We Becoming An Uncivil Society?  —  The debate about charged political rhetoric preceded the tragedy in Tucson — and then was revived by it.  TIME posed the question above to leaders and thinkers on the right and left.  Here are their responses  —  Professor of bioethics, Princeton
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Budget Worries Push Governors to Same Mind-Set  —  CHICAGO — The dismal fiscal situation in many states is forcing governors, despite their party affiliation, toward a consensus on what medicine is needed going forward.  —  The prescription?  Slash spending.  Avoid tax increases.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Hullabaloo
 
 
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Kerry Lauerman / Salon:
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Jason Millman / The Hill:
House GOP lawmaker targets key healthcare reform provision
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