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7:11 PM ET, February 26, 2011

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Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
The Real Political Math In Wisconsin … WASHINGTON — The real political math in Wisconsin isn't about the state budget or the collective-bargaining rights of public employees there.  It is about which party controls governorships and, with them, the balance of power on the ground in the 2012 elections.
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Michelle Nichols / Reuters:
Labor protests draw thousands across U.S.  —  (Reuters) - Thousands of people rallied in cities across the United States on Saturday against a Wisconsin plan to curb the power of public sector unions that has sparked similar government efforts in other states.
Ben Jones / USA Today:
Protesters plan biggest rally at Wisconsin Capitol  —  MADISON, Wis. — Opposition to Gov. Scott Walker's plan to strip public unions of bargaining powers has been burning at the Capitol for two weeks.  But today, demonstrators are turning up the heat.  —  Union organizers are hoping to top …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Labor secretary: GOP govs asking workers to give up their rights  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) is trying to force workers in his state to give up their rights, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said Saturday.  —  Solis, speaking at the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) Winter Meeting …
Rick Ungar / The Policy Page:
The Wisconsin Lie Exposed - Taxpayers Actually Contribute Nothing To Public Employee Pensions
John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
Wisconsin's Newest Progressive
Discussion: The Daily Caller and AmSpecBlog
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Protesters at the Wisconsin Capitol disrespectfully have taped signs on and piled junk against the Veterans Memorial.  —  Meade and I confront them, and we're told we're the first people who've had a problem with it.  I try to explain how that attempted defense of the behavior is only going to make it look worse.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Long Bread Lines and Barricades in Libya's Capital  —  TRIPOLI, Libya — A bold play by Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to prove that he was firmly in control of Libya appeared to backfire Saturday as foreign journalists he invited to the capital discovered blocks of the city in open revolt.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Budget Battles Without Earmarks  —  WASHINGTON — The fact that Congress remains a spending disagreement or two away from shutting down the government no doubt strikes some as remarkable.  But there is another extraordinary aspect to the fiscal clash unfolding on Capitol Hill: earmarks have disappeared from the budgetary landscape.
Discussion: GayPatriot
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Tom Diemer / Politics Daily:
Obama: Government Shutdown Must Be Avoided For ‘Sake of Our People’
Tom Diemer / Politics Daily:
Ireland's Ruling Party Crushed at Polls in Fallout From Failed Economy … No luck for Ireland's ruling party.  The government in power paid a price Friday for presiding over an economy that went through the floor when a housing bubble burst, strapping the banks that made the loans and forcing …
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Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Ireland's Ruling Party Headed for Crushing Defeat, Early Poll Shows
Chicago Tribune:
First blow to Emanuel team  —  Transition aide quits after ethics violation revealed  —  A veteran politician Rahm Emanuel named to his mayoral transition team resigned her high-level state job last summer and paid a fine for conducting political business on state time, according to a newly filed ethics report.
James Marson / Wall Street Journal:
Gadhafi's Nurse Says She's Going Home  —  KIEV, Ukraine—Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is set to be deserted by another close ally after his Ukrainian nurse said she was heading home.  —  Galyna Kolotnytska, described in a diplomatic cable published by Wikileaks as a “voluptuous blond” …
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
To Tea Party, Pawlenty on Obama: ‘What planet is he from?’  —  Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty accused President Obama and Democrats of “coddling” unions and applauded the Tea Party movement as “modern-day Paul Reveres.”  —  Speaking to a convention of Tea Party activists in Phoenix on Saturday …
Discussion: The Politico
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
Biggest Fish Face Little Risk of Being Caught  —  So much for Angelo Mozilo taking the fall for the financial crisis.  —  Late last week, word leaked out that Mr. Mozilo, who had co-founded Countrywide Financial in 1969 — and, for nearly 40 years, presided over its astonishing rise …
Discussion: naked capitalism
New York Times:
Iran Reports a Major Setback at a Nuclear Power Plant  —  Iran told atomic inspectors this week that it had run into a serious problem at a newly completed nuclear reactor that was supposed to start feeding electricity into the national grid this month, raising questions about whether the trouble …
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
The “Ventriloquist Journalism” Beat  —  Kudos to John for staying after Eric Lipton's fast one, which is a classic in the genre of what I call “ventriloquist journalism”—the highly refined technique by which “news” reporters seek out a source to confirm their preconceived story line with a specific quote.
Discussion: HazZzMat
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
New Rockford, Illinois tourism ad: Come hide away — like you're a state senator from Wisconsin  —  Cheeky link bait aimed at conservative blogs or earnest ad campaign targeting progressives?  It's the former for the moment, but let's face it — if the fleebaggers succeed in waiting Scott Walker …
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Michelle Malkin:
Best tourism video ever: Rockford IL woos Fleebaggers
Discussion: protein wisdom
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
DNC chairman: 'We're going to play for the big win' in 2012 election  —  President Obama isn't playing for a narrow victory in his 2012 reelection effort, Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tim Kaine promised Saturday.  —  Kaine, speaking to party members in Washington at the DNC's Winter Meeting …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Mike Elk / The Atlantic Online:
The View From Inside the Wisconsin State Capitol
Discussion: Firedoglake, Hullabaloo and Gawker
Adrian Blomfield / Telegraph:
Libya: protesters vow to march on Gaddafi's palace
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A PARTISAN WAR ON TWO FRONTS.... To pay even passing attention …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Ezra Klein and Balloon Juice
Aaron Carroll / The Incidental Economist:
Enough with the wait times, already
Discussion: Yglesias and Mother Jones
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
Egyptian Military Cracks Down on New Protest
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The G.O.P.'s Abandoned Babies
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Governors meeting to stress China ties
Discussion: The Politico
The Hill:
Libyan turmoil, $100 per barrel oil fuel Republican drilling push
Discussion: Reuters and Prairie Weather
David Harsanyi / Denver Post:
Paul Krugman's Third World fantasy
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
MORE UNION THUGGERY... Violent Leftists Threaten Citizen Journalist “A$$hole White Boy” …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
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