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11:40 AM ET, February 21, 2011

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Wall Street Journal:
Moderate Wisconsin Republicans Offer Compromise  —  With Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker maintaining a hard line on his budget bill and Democratic senators refusing to return to Madison to vote, attention is turning to a group of moderate Republican senators to negotiate a compromise to the stalemate …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Wisconsin Power Play  —  Last week, in the face of protest demonstrations against Wisconsin's new union-busting governor, Scott Walker — demonstrations that continued through the weekend, with huge crowds on Saturday — Representative Paul Ryan made an unintentionally apt comparison: “It's like Cairo has moved to Madison.”
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Wisconsin Puts Obama Between Competing Desires  —  WASHINGTON — The battle in Wisconsin over public employee unions has left President Obama facing a tricky balance between showing solidarity with longtime political supporters and projecting a message in favor of deep spending cuts to reduce the debt.
New York Times:
As Republicans See a Mandate on Budget Cuts, Others See Risk  —  WASHINGTON — In Congress and in statehouses, Republican lawmakers and governors are claiming a broad mandate from last year's elections as they embark on an aggressive campaign of cutting government spending and taking on public unions.
The Note:
The Note: Threading The Needle: How Far Is Too Far On Spending Cuts?
Discussion: ABCNEWS, CNN and George's Bottom Line
Directorblue / Doug Ross:
Oops: White House, DNC disavow involvement with #WIunion protests but Twitter busts 'em cold @ByronYork
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and NewsReal Blog
The Politico:
Labor faces a moment of truth
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Reuters
Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
After Wisconsin, How Do Democrats Argue Against a GOP Government Shutdown?
Discussion: The Greenroom and The Hill
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Feds Gave $669.6 Million to Wisconsin Public Schools—More Than 20 Times What Proposed State Cuts Would Save
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Protesters in Wisconsin Say They Are Staying Put
Tina Korbe / The Foundry:
VIDEO: Myths vs. Facts of the Wisconsin Union Protest
Discussion: Big Government and The Awl
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BBC:
Libya protests: Col Gaddafi under mounting pressure  —  Col Muammar Gaddafi's regime is under pressure amid unprecedented protests in the Libyan capital and defections by senior diplomats.  —  Protesters out on the streets of Tripoli late on Sunday were met by security forces using live ammunition and tear gas.
hrw.org:
Death Toll Up to At Least 233  —  The estimated death toll from four days of protests in cities across Libya has risen to at least 233 according to information from hospital sources in Libya, Human Rights Watch said today.  From Benghazi, staff at Al Jalaa hospital said they recorded 50 dead on February 20 …
Miguel Marquez / ABCNEWS:
Libya Anti-Government Protests Spreading as Death Toll Rises
Discussion: Hot Air
New York Times:   Qaddafi's Son Warns of Civil War as Libyan Protests Widen
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Huckabee throws a Mitt fit  —  Mike Huckabee may be especially tempted to run in 2012 by a lingering feud between him and Mitt Romney, a severe hangover from the 2008 campaign that has created a lasting and bitter rift between the two, Republicans who know both men say.
Discussion: Conservatives4Palin and The Page
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Does Mike Huckabee still want to be president?  —  IN NEW YORK — Anyone who thinks presidential ambition is an incurable condition hasn't spent much time lately with Mike Huckabee.  —  The man who came in second in the 2008 GOP primary isn't exactly ruling out another run in 2012.
Discussion: GOP 12, The Caucus and The Raw Story
Michael Moore:
‘We Stand With You as You Stood With Us’: Statement to Workers of Wisconsin by Kamal Abbas of Egypt's Centre for Trade Unions and Workers Services  —  About Kamal Abbas and the Centre for Trade Unions and Workers Services:  —  Kamal Abbas is General Coordinator of the CTUWS …
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Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Leader Of Egyptian Unions To Wisconsin Protesters: ‘We Stand With You As You Stood With Us’
Discussion: Firedoglake and National Review
Andy Stern / The Daily Beast:
Wisconsin Union Fight Is Really a 15-State GOP Power Grab
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David Gardner / Daily Mail:
Obama accused of ‘double standards’ as family are pictured skiing... just days after telling Americans to sacrifice their own holidays  —  President Obama has been accused of having double standards after appealing for Americans to sacrifice their holidays just days before his wife and children went on a costly skiing trip.
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The Tea Party is winning  —  Take five steps back and consider the nature of the political conversation in our nation's capital.  You would never know that it's taking place at a moment when unemployment is still at 9 percent, when wages for so many people are stagnating at best …
Discussion: TalkLeft, Power Line and Balloon Juice
Glenn Blain / NY Daily News:
Gov. Cuomo speech drowned out with City Councilman Charles Barron-led yells of ‘Tax the rich!’  —  ALBANY - Gov. Cuomo's speech on Sunday night to the Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators was interrupted with chants of “Tax the rich!” led by City Councilman Charles Barron.
 
 
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Newsweek:
Sale of the Century  —  The deficit debate remains fixed …
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Jeremy Page / Wall Street Journal:
Call for Protests Unnerves China
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Helen Pidd / Guardian:
Hamburg defeat for Merkel's CDU
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