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4:35 PM ET, January 21, 2011

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Sen. Murkowski questions approach to health repeal  —  Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Thursday cast doubt on the manner in which Republicans have attempted to repeal the healthcare law.  —  Murkowski (Alaska) said that she would vote to repeal the law if a vote was held in the Senate …
Discussion: The Note, Weasel Zippers and Wonk Room
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
A rival SOTU response  —  The Tea Party Express emails supporters that Rep. Michelle Bachmann — passed over for a leadership spot, much less the response to the State of the Union — will deliver her own response:  —  Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has confirmed with us that she will broadcast …
Discussion: FrumForum
Chris Good / The Atlantic Online:   Michele Bachmann to Deliver SOTU Rebuttal, Too
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Paul Ryan to Deliver State of the Union Response
David Weigel / Weigel:
Paul Ryan is Your 2011 State of the Union Responder
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Page
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE NICER TO MURKOWSKI. …
Matt Viser / Boston Globe:
Romney keeps away from Tea Party  —  Possible presidential contender isn't courting activists  —  Tea Party activists in New Hampshire say the former Massachusetts governor has been largely inaccessible to them.  (Mary Schwalm/Associated Press)  —  WASHINGTON — New Hampshire Tea Party …
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
New Hampshire GOP faces Tea Party takeover
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Huckabee ahead nationally
Discussion: GOP 12
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Presidential buzz surrounds Bachmann
Discussion: Firedoglake
Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:
Glenn Beck in June 2010: 'You're Gonna Have to Shoot Them in the Head'  —  But, of course, “both sides do it!”...  sigh...  [via Stephen Webster at RAW STORY]...  The video above was from June 10, 2010.  —  “You need to go back to June —  June of this year, 2010,” …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Eschaton
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ccrjustice.org:
CCR Appeals to Fox News President for Help in Silencing Glenn Beck Misinformation Campaign Against Progressive Professor  —  Repeated Branding of 78-Year-Old Professor Frances Fox Piven as “Enemy of the Constitution” Incites Death Threats  —  Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights …
Patterico's Pontifications:
No, Charles Johnson, Glenn Beck Did Not Tell His Viewers to Shoot Anyone in the Head
Patterico's Pontifications:
Brad Friedman, Partner of Convicted Bomber, Is Very Concerned …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Abby Phillip / The Politico:
White House reboots on economic advice  —  Signaling a shift to a new phase of the administration's response to the nation's economic woes, President Barack Obama will sign an executive order Friday establishing a new Council on Jobs and Competitiveness that will be lead by General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt.
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Jeffrey R. Immelt / Washington Post:
A blueprint for keeping America competitive  —  President Obama has asked me to chair his new President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.  I have served for the past two years on the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, and I look forward to leading the next phase of this effort …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: Immelt to help guide economy on a ‘new mission’
Discussion: The Politico and Booman Tribune
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Everything starts with repeal  —  Suppose someone - say, the president of United States - proposed the following: We are drowning in debt.  More than $14 trillion right now.  I've got a great idea for deficit reduction.  It will yield a savings of $230 billion over the next 10 years …
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Ezra Klein:
Column: The Republican war on the CBO  —  It's the age of civility in American politics, but there's one institution that's been civil all along: the Congressional Budget Office (sorry, but sometimes civility is boring).  The nonpartisan agency, which calculates the official cost of legislation for Congress …
Political Correction RSS:
Rep. Broun: Mixed Seating At SOTU Is “A Trap” To “Silence Republicans” When “Barack Obama Spews Out All His Venom”  —  1 hour and 16 minutes ago — Matt Finkelstein  —  The tragic shootings in Tucson prompted calls for civility from politicians on both sides of the aisle, including Sen. Mark Udall's …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Mediaite
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Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times:
A Path Is Sought for States to Escape Their Debt Burdens  —  Policy makers are working behind the scenes to come up with a way to let states declare bankruptcy and get out from under crushing debts, including the pensions they have promised to retired public workers.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
I'm declaring February a Palin-free month.  Join me!  —  Though it is embarrassing to admit this in public, I can no longer hide the truth.  I have a Sarah Palin problem.  —  I have written about her in 42 columns since Sen. John McCain picked her as his presidential running mate in 2008.
Jeff Schogol / Stars & Stripes:
McChrystal denies claims of secret military crusade against Islam  —  WASHINGTON — Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal says he is not part of a religious order waging war on Islam despite recent assertions by acclaimed journalist Seymour Hersh.  —  Speaking in Qatar earlier this week …
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Raw Story
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Hersh rebuked on ‘crusaders’
Voice of America:
S. Korean Navy Frees Crew of Hijacked Chemical Tanker  —  South Koreans in Seoul watch TV news about South Korean navy military operation against Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, 21 Jan 2011  —  South Korean naval special forces stormed a hijacked ship early Friday and rescued 21 sailors …
Discussion: Hot Air and Shot in the Dark
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Justin McCurry / Guardian:
Eight Somali pirates killed as South Korea rescues freighter crew
Discussion: AOL News and The Jawa Report
CNN:
Giffords arrives in Houston  —  Tucson, Arizona (CNN) — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Friday left the Tucson hospital where she had been treated since being shot in the head January 8, traveling down streets lined with well-wishers before flying to the Houston, Texas, hospital where she will continue her recovery.
Discussion: The Hill, Hot Air, This Just In and Truthdig
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Giuliani vs. Palin in 2012?  —  (CNN) - Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said he's more likely to run for president if former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin runs.  —  In an interview on CNN's “Piers Morgan Tonight,” Giuliani, who dropped out of the 2008 Republican presidential primary …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Swampland
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Telegraph:
Brother of Harry Potter star jailed for attacking her  —  The brother of a Harry Potter star has been jailed for six months for a “prolonged and nasty” attack in which she was beaten and branded a “slag” for dating a non-Muslim.  —  Afshan Azad, 21, who played Padma Patil …
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Cubachi
New York Times:
Poll Finds Wariness About Cutting Entitlements  —  As President Obama and Congress brace to battle over how to reduce chronic annual budget deficits, Americans overwhelmingly say that in general they prefer cutting government spending to paying higher taxes, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
Tim Pawlenty / Washington Post:
Don't raise the debt limit - reform entitlement spending  —  Five years ago, a freshman senator made a case against allowing the federal government to go deeper into debt.  —  “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure,” he said.
Discussion: The Hill and The Page
Richard Dunham / Texas on the Potomac:
Promise kept: All Texas Republicans vote to repeal health reform; Democrats cry foul  —  In the end, it was a political exercise — predictable and orderly.  —  Every Texas Republican — indeed every House Republican — did what they promised to do in the campaign: They voted to repeal …
 
 
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