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7:10 PM ET, March 23, 2011

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Ron Johnson / Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare and Carey's Heart  —  My daughter probably wouldn't have survived in a system where bureaucrats stifle innovation and ration care.  —  Today is the first anniversary of the greatest single assault on our freedom in my lifetime: the signing of ObamaCare.
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
CNN Poll: Time doesn't change views on health care law  —  (CNN) - One year after President Barack Obama signed the health care reform bill into law, a new national poll indicates that attitudes toward the plan have not budged.  —  According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday …
Mitt Romney / National Review:
If I Were President: Obamacare, One Year In  —  If I were president, on Day One I would issue an executive order paving the way for Obamacare waivers to all 50 states.  The executive order would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services and all relevant federal officials to return …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
RON JOHNSON'S WRONG — AND OFFENSIVE — HEALTH CARE ATTACK.... It stood to reason that the Wall Street Journal op-ed page would run something scathing about the Affordable Care Act on its first anniversary, but I'd hoped the paper could do better than this nonsense.
Kate Nocera / The Politico:   Anthony Weiner: Waiver might work for New York
David Weigel / Weigel:
Poll: One Year On, Most Favor Health Care Law or Wish It Was More Liberal
Aaron Carroll / The Incidental Economist:
Senator Johnson's odd dislike of the PPACA
Discussion: Paul Krugman
George Zornick / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich Criticized Obama For Not Intervening In Libya, But Now Criticizes Him For Intervening In Libya  —  Earlier this month, former Speaker of the House and current presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich was hammering President Obama for not intervening in Libya.  Asked, “what would you do about Libya?”
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Newt Gingrich / Facebook:
My position on Libya  —  It is deeply troubling that there is so much confusion, lack of foresight, and little resolve coming from the President and his administration about what our mission and goals must be in the Libya engagement.  —  On March 3rd, President Obama said publicly that “it's time for Gadaffi to go.”
David Weigel / Weigel:
Newt Gingrich Completely Changes Position on Libya in 16 Days  —  A pretty direct hit from ThinkProgress, if you ask me.  Here's Newt Gingrich on March 7, on what he would do in Libya. … Here's Newt Gingrich from March 23. … Anyone want to try and reconcile these two interviews?
George Zornick / ThinkProgress:
Caught In Libya Flip-Flop, Newt Gingrich Offers Incoherent And Contradictory Defense
Discussion: Pajamas Media
People-Press.org:
Obama Tests Well at Start of Reelection Run  —  No Frontrunner in Slow-Starting GOP Race  —  Barack Obama currently fares as well against a generic opponent in the upcoming presidential election as George W. Bush did in April 2003, a time when Bush's job approval rating was much higher than Obama's is today.
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Fhardingj / CNN:
CNN Poll: Trump at 10 percent in hypothetical GOP battle  —  Washington (CNN) - If Donald Trump decides to run for the White House, he would just barely crack double digits in the crowded field of potential GOP candidates, but his entry into the race could hurt former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, according to a new national poll.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Pew poll: Obama would deliver shellacking to generic Republican
Steve Mistler / The Sun Journal:
LePage orders removal of labor mural, sparking outcry  —  AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has ordered the removal of a 36-foot mural depicting Maine's labor history from the lobby of the Department of Labor.  —  Worker advocates described the move as a “mean-spirited” provocation amid …
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Portland Press-Herald:   AFL-CIO: LePage plan to remove
Gerald Weinand / Dirigo Blue:
Acting head of Dept. of Labor orders murals in lobby removed, changes in names of meeting rooms
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
WMTW-TV:
Gov. LePage Orders Removal Of Labor Mural
Discussion: ECHIDNE of the snakes
Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
LePage's Office: People Complained Labor Mural Resembled “North Korea”
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Sheila Marikar / ABCNEWS:
Hollywood Icon Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79  —  Elizabeth Taylor Dies Following Hospitalization for Congestive Heart Failure  —  Oscar winning actress Elizabeth Taylor died today at Los Angeles, Calif.'s Cedars-Sinai Hospital.  She was 79-years-old.  —  “She was surrounded by her children …
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Mel Gussow / New York Times:
Elizabeth Taylor, Lifelong Screen Star, Dies at 79
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Kristol: Palin probably won't, shouldn't be nominee  —  Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol was among Sarah Palin's earliest Washington admirers, and helped bring her to the national stage, but he said this week that while he still admires her, he questions her choices and doesn't think she …
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Matt Latimer / The Daily Beast:
The New GOP Warmongers  —  The Republican Party blasted Obama …
Discussion: driftglass
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Former top economist: Economic inaction ‘shameful’  —  President Obama's former top economic advisor sharply criticized the federal government for failing to take more aggressive action against unemployment.  —  “I frankly don't understand why policy makers aren't more worried about the suffering …
Discussion: Yglesias and Taylor Marsh
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Telegraph:
Libya: Gaddafi's air force ‘has been destroyed’
Daily Mail:
Who's in charge?  Germans pull forces out of NATO as Libyan coalition falls apart  — Tensions with Britain as Gates rebukes UK government over suggestion Gaddafi could be assassinated  — No-fly zone called into question after first wave of strikes ‘neutralises’ Libyan military machine
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Fight of the Valkyries  —  They are called the Amazon Warriors, the Lady Hawks, the Valkyries, the Durgas.  —  There is something positively mythological about a group of strong women swooping down to shake the president out of his delicate sensibilities and show him the way to war.
Dana Vachon / The Awl:
Arms So Freezy: Rebecca Black's “Friday” As Radical Text  —  Rebecca Black wakes somewhat too perfectly in the early scenes of her viral video, “Friday.”  Her eyes open exactly as the clock beside her bed flashes seven.  She wears full make-up.  Rare for a teen, she isn't tired, longs not for any receding dreams.
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Cantor hits administration's handling of Israel after Jerusalem bomb attack  —  The second-ranking House Republican on Wednesday accused the Obama administration of being too tough with Israel hours after a bombing in Jerusalem injured dozens.  —  Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Va.) …
Boehner:
Speaker Boehner Letter to President Obama on Military Action in Libya  —  House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today sent the following letter to President Obama regarding U.S. military action taking place in Libya.  A PDF of the letter can be found here.
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Glenn Beck Contemplates Starting Own Channel  —  The possibility that Glenn Beck will exit the Fox News Channel at the end of the year has prompted a big question in media circles: if he leaves, how will he bring his considerable audience with him?  —  Two of the options Mr. Beck has contemplated …
Front Page Magazine:
Why I Am Not a Neo-Conservative  —  Posted by David Horowitz on Mar 23rd, 2011 and filed under Daily Mailer, FrontPage.  You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0.  You can skip to the end and leave a response.  Pinging is currently not allowed.
Discussion: AmSpecBlog
Associated Press:
AP Interview: Kiss bassist Gene Simmons says boycotters of Israel are ‘fools’  —  JERUSALEM — Kiss' Israeli-born singer-musician Gene Simmons is shouting out loud at the string of musicians who refuse to perform in his homeland.  —  “They're fools,” the legendary bassist told The Associated Press …
Sally Kohn / American Prospect:
McCain, Lieberman, and Gadhafi Walk Into a Bar ...  I wrote yesterday about how President Obama may be wrong to believe that he has “no permanent enemies” — especially when it comes to the Republican leadership hell-bent on destroying him.  Well, once he figures that out …
Discussion: Salon, National Review and The Nation
 
 
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
HE'S PROBABLY UNDERSELLING THE STATE.... The fine folks …
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Chris Moody / The Daily Caller:
If you're one of the millions of Americans still looking for a job …
Adam Garfinkle / The Middle East:
Down the Rabbit Hole  —  To all appearances, U.S. foreign policy …
Discussion: Eunomia and National Review
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Paul: Ed Dept. ‘indoctrinates’
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Dem lawmaker says Supreme Court may nix individual mandate
Bill Rankin / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Lawyers ask for review of ex-judge Camp's rulings, sentences
Discussion: TalkLeft and Law Blog
KPHO-TV:
Steven Seagal, Sheriff Raid Valley Home In Tank
Discussion: Democracy in America
Ianthe Jeanne Dugan / Wall Street Journal:
Public Employees Rush to Retire
Washington Post:
Dana Milbank  —  Obama's quick trip from tyrant to weakling
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