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10:35 AM ET, July 3, 2011

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Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Rick Scott: You bet I want a second term  —  Imagine you're Gov. Rick Scott.  After spending $73 million of your own money to win office, you face protesters constantly, you have little privacy and you are America's most unpopular governor.  —  Maybe you'd think of calling it quits after one term?
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Prof. Chemerinsky says Justice Ginsburg “has in her power the ability to prevent a real shift in the balance of power on the court.”  —  “On the other hand, there's the personal.  How do you decide to leave the United States Supreme Court?”  —  Wow!  How much of this kind of moral pressure is being applied to the venerable Justice?
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
It's Reagan's party no more  —  It should cause no shortage of frustration for congressional Republicans that President Obama is in line with the Reagan legacy — and they're actively rejecting it.  Politico's David Rogers had a fine piece of reporting touching on this point yesterday.
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Washington Examiner:
Sunday Reflection: Three things you can do for liberty  —  Though many call it the “Fourth Of July,” July 4 is properly known as Independence Day.  It celebrates the independence of the United States from Great Britain — or, more accurately, the declaration of that independence …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Tim Arango / New York Times:
Taking Lead, Iraqis Hope U.S. Special Operations Commandos Stay  —  BAGHDAD — In darkness and dressed in black, the American and Iraqi Special Operations commandos navigated the dense urban neighborhood here in the capital and approached a house they believed to be a hide-out for two brothers suspected …
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Big Banks Easing Terms on Loans Deemed as Risks  —  As millions of Americans struggle in foreclosure with little hope of relief, big banks are going to borrowers who are not even in default and cutting their debt or easing the mortgage terms, sometimes with no questions asked.
Discussion: Calculated Risk and FrumForum
Nick Paumgarten / New Yorker:
LOOKING FOR SOMEONE … - POLITICS - PROFILES - THE TALK OF THE TOWN - COMMENT - THIS WEEK'S ISSUE - THE FINANCIAL PAGE - NEWS DESK - THE POLITICAL SCENE
New York Times:
Strauss-Kahn Case Adds to Doubts on Prosecutor  —  Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, seemed preoccupied when he sat down with two reporters last Monday.  He already knew what the world would soon learn: his marquee prosecution, the sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was falling apart.
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
The Failure of Al Gore Part Three: Singing the Climate Blues  —  Some readers are wondering why I am spending so much time analyzing the political problems of a former vice president.  It is not out of any personal animus toward Mr. Gore.  Though I'm not expecting any invitations …
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Senate finishes 25-second session  —  The Senate completed a 25-second pro forma session just after 11 a.m. on Friday.  —  Most senators have left for the Independence Day recess but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) ordered the unusual pro forma session in order to keep the clock running.
Associated Press:
Europe Agrees to Give Billions to Greece  —  BRUSSELS — Greece will get a vital loan installment by July 15 while work continues on a second bailout for the struggling country, euro zone finance ministers said Saturday.  —  The ministers agreed to their portion of the 12 billion euro …
Discussion: FrumForum
David Gambacorta / Philly.com:
On Obama's visit, presidential seal blew off his limo on I-76; it later was recovered  —  There's nothing quite like that feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you just know that you've lost something important.  —  It happens to people all the time - especially travelers.
Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Netanyahu's big fat Greek Wedding  —  Netanyahu has invested in his relationship with Greece over the course of the past year-and-a-half, and his gamble has finally paid off as Greece blocks Gaza-flotilla-bound departures from its ports.  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sometimes seems almost …
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Burning down the house  —  “The louder he talked of his honor …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
Pete Griffin / Fox News:
Biden to Union Members: If You Vote Republican, Don't Ask Me For Any Help
Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
With Drunk Driving Charge, Voter ID Bill Sponsor Might Not Have A License Anymore
Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
Here's The Legal Complaint WikiLeaks Is Threatening To File Against Visa, MasterCard
Discussion: Mediaite and The Nation
Mark Steyn / National Review:
Obama's Declaration of Dependence
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