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10:10 AM ET, January 21, 2011

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Jason Mattera / Human Events:
Are We In Bill Clinton's Third Term?  —  Jacob Lew was tapped by Barack Obama last July to lead the Office of Management & Budget.  Most recently, William Daley accepted a request to serve as BHO's chief of staff.  —  Both Lew and Daley also had prominent positions within the Clinton administration …
Discussion: CNN and GOP 12
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Rahm Emanuel has huge lead in Chicago mayor race  —  Boosted by a surge in support from African-Americans, Rahm Emanuel holds double-digit leads over his rivals in the Chicago mayoral race and is nearing the magic 50 percent mark, a new poll shows.  —  Emanuel has the support of 44 percent …
Discussion: CNN
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
President serving ‘third term’ of Clinton White House, says Gingrich
Discussion: The Politico
Hal Dardick / Chicago Tribune:
Poll: Emanuel closing in on majority vote
Discussion: Ballot Box and The Hill
Patterico's Pontifications:
No, Charles Johnson, Glenn Beck Did Not Tell His Viewers to Shoot Anyone in the Head  —  On Twitter, Charles Johnson excitedly says:  —  He links to a post, evidently written by an LGF user, which provides no context for the clip, but simply embeds it.  Here is a screenshot of the entire post:
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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,” …
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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Bloomberg:
Obama Taps GE's Immelt to Head Economic Advisor Panel
Discussion: Washington Post, Wonk Room and The Page
Russell Berman / The Hill:
After tension of tax rift, Obama to meet House Democrats at retreat
Discussion: TPMDC
Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
GE's Immelt to Head New White House Jobs Panel
Discussion: The Foundry
Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times:
Path Is Sought for States to Escape 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.
David Weigel / Slate:
House Conservatives Introduce Spending Cuts: $2.5 Trillion Over Ten Years  —  You can stop needling Republicans about what programs they want to cut now.  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)'s Republican Study Committee is introducing the Spending Reduction Act of 2011, to cut back …
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
G.O.P. Bloc Presses Leaders to Slash Even More
The Fix:
Mike Huckabee's mixed messages  —  Mike Huckabee would start the 2012 GOP president in a small group of early frontrunners — a far better position than four years ago.  That much we know.  —  What we don't know is whether he'll actually run.  —  More than any other top potential presidential candidate …
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ABCNEWS:
Republican Presidential Contenders for 2012
Discussion: The Politico, The Numbers and The Note
Jason Brudereck / Reading Eagle:
Woman who fell into fountain faces theft charges, has criminal record  —  The Reading woman who became an Internet sensation by falling into a fountain while sending a text on her cell phone was in Berks County Court on Thursday for a status hearing on theft-by-deception and related charges.
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 …
Nick Baumann / Mother Jones:
Breaking: FBI Interrogated Gulet Mohamed Without Counsel at DC Airport  —  UPDATE: Gulet Mohamed was released by the FBI over two hours after he was detained at Dulles airport by government agents.  He left Dulles for his home in Alexandria, Virginia, without saying much about the questioning (at his lawyer's suggestion).
Discussion: Emptywheel and The Agonist
Justin McCurry / Guardian:
Eight Somali pirates killed as South Korea rescues freighter crew  —  Navy commandos storm ship hijacked in Arabian Sea, and officials say all 21 crewmembers safe after operation  —  South Korean navy commandos today rescued the crew of a freighter hijacked in the Arabian Sea last week …
Discussion: AOL News
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David Parker / The Awl:
The Most Emailed ‘New York Times’ Article Ever  —  It's a week before the biggest day of her life, and Anna Williams is multitasking.  While waiting to hear back from the Ivy League colleges she's hoping to attend, the seventeen-year-old senior at one of Manhattan's most exclusive private schools …
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.
Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
None of the above  —  The WSJ pollsters asked Republicans and “strict” independents the following question: … The top 5 answers were:  — Mitt Romney  — Mike Huckabee  — Sarah Palin  — Newt Gingrich  — Ron Paul  —  I wouldn't vote for any of them.
The Huffington Post:
Dems Growing Convinced That GOP Will Try To Force Shutdown Over Health Care Funds … WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats expressed a rare touch of nonchalance Wednesday as House Republicans voted to repeal last year's health care overhaul, since the repeal has little chance of passing the Senate.
Discussion: FrumForum and AMERICAblog News
Carla Marinucci / SFGate:
Is Republican billionaire Meg Whitman planning a political comeback?  —  California Republican Meg Whitman's failed $150 million-plus drive to become California governor is barely in the rear view mirror — but her appearance in San Francisco today, the first public gig since the 2010 election …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Joe Coscarelli / Runnin' Scared:
The 20 Best Nicknames in the Big Mafia Bust  —  ​News came down this morning about the FBI's largest organized crime bust in New York history, in which raids resulted in the arrest of over 100 alleged mobsters from all five crime families including the Gambinos, Genoveses, Luccheses, Bonannos and Colombos.
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
It Sounds So Much Better Read Out Loud  —  A reading of We Just Witnessed The Media's Test Run To Re-Elect Barack Obama, by Rush Limbaugh today.  —  It sounds so much better when read out loud (video via The Right Scoop):  —  And thanks also to Mark Levin for the kind words about the post:
Discussion: Conservatives4Palin
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Giuliani ‘absolutely’ open to 2012 presidential run  —  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) said he is “absolutely” open to a run for president in 2012.  —  Giuliani, the mayor of New York during the 9/11 terrorist attacks who ran for president in 2008, hinted more strongly …
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
‘Mr. President, Say This on Tuesday Night’  —  President Obama delivers the State of the Union Speech in Jauary of 2010.  —  With four days until President Obama gives his State of the Union address, interest groups have buried the White House with a barrage of unsolicited advice about what they want him to say.
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
Freeman Klopott / Washington Examiner:
Group pickets pro-Walmart developer's D.C. home  —  A group of about 25 people protesting Walmart's imminent arrival in the District gathered Thursday night in Woodley Park by picketing the D.C. home of a developer who has publicly said he wants to open stores for the big-box giant in the city.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
China Goes to Nixon  —  With Hu Jintao, China's president, currently visiting the United States, stories about growing Chinese economic might are everywhere.  And those stories are entirely true: although China is still a poor country, it's growing fast, and given its sheer size it's …
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
Dave Wedge / Boston Herald:
Ted K's son may be eyeing Lieberman's seat in Conn.  —  The late U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's son, Ted Jr., is among the names being floated as potential candidates for Connecticut U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman's seat in 2012.  —  Kennedy, the middle child of the late senator and his former wife …
David Brooks / New York Times:
A Most Valuable Democrat  —  In the spring of 2008, John McCain asked Joe Lieberman to speak on his behalf at the Republican National Convention.  “If I look back, I wonder about it,” Lieberman now says.  But it seemed the natural way to help the man he deemed most qualified to be president.
 
 
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Lindsey Boerma / NationalJournal.com:
Paul Likely to Sit Out Senate Race
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Will Afghanistan Be a Forgotten War?
Discussion: Mudville Gazette and Right Turn
Eliza Krigman / The Politico:
Verizon sues FCC over Net neutrality
Discussion: Donklephant
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
FOX Poll: Only 42% Would Reelect Obama... 51% Would Vote For Someone Else
Louise Story / New York Times:
Banks Want Pieces of Fannie-Freddie Pie
Discussion: FrumForum
George Zornick / ThinkProgress:
Christie Attacked By Right-Wing Bloggers For Appointing Muslim Judge …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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Calif governor decries polarized political attacks
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