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11:25 AM ET, July 21, 2011

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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
DCCC uses Reagan to press GOP on debt limit  —  The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is going on offense to remind Republican lawmakers that former President Ronald Reagan supported raising the debt-ceiling.  —  The DCCC is sending out press releases in 50 Republican districts Thursday asking …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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CNN:
President calls debt crisis ‘self-created’
Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
Opposition to a deal with Obama creates problems for GOP
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Push Intensifies for Larger Deal on Debt Impasse
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
As debt talks intensify, Obama opens door to short-term hike in debt ceiling
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Pawlenty clarifies Bachmann jab  —  (CNN) - Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty walked back earlier criticism of rival Michele Bachmann's migraines on Wednesday, calling the attention over her headaches “a sideshow.”  —  “I think it's mostly a sideshow,” Pawlenty said on Fox News.
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Jon Cohen / Washington Post:
Poll: Romney still ahead, but with big vulnerabilities in quest for GOP nod  —  View Photo Gallery — Campaign 2012: Who's in and who's out?:   Republicans are beginning to announce who will pursue a bid for the presidency.  —  Mitt Romney leads the wide-open contest for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Tim Pawlenty's unlikely Iowa ally: Michele Bachmann
Discussion: GOP 12 and Ben Smith's Blog
Louise Storyand Julie Creswell / New York Times:
Wall St. Makes Fallback Plans for Debt Crisis  —  Lawmakers in Washington are racing to reach a deal to save the country from defaulting on its debt, but on Wall Street, financial players are devising doomsday plans in case the clock runs out.  —  These companies are taking steps to reduce …
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John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Home Depot Co-Founder: Obama Is Choking Recovery  —  Bernie Marcus co-founded Home Depot (HD) in 1978 and brought it public in 1981 as the U.S. was suffering from the worst recession and unemployment in 40 years.  The company thrived, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs and redefining home improvement retailing.
Discussion: Wizbang and Cold Fury
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JammieWearingFool:
Home Depot Co-Founder: 'I'm Not Sure Obama Would Understand Anything That I'd Say'
Discussion: BizzyBlog
E. J. Graff / The Atlantic Online:
15 Years After DOMA, Hearing Reveals a Nation Transformed  —  It's hard to remember that now-foreign country, which was almost unrecognizably hostile to lesbians and gay men  —  To the cynical, the staged political theater of Senate committee hearings can seem tedious and predictable.
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Sharpton Appears to Win Anchor Spot on MSNBC  —  After giving a nearly six-month tryout for the Internet talk show host Cenk Uygur, the cable news channel MSNBC is preparing to instead hand its 6 p.m. time slot to the Rev. Al Sharpton.  —  Mr. Sharpton's imminent hiring …
Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
The Shuttle Ends Its Final Voyage and an Era in Space  —  The last space shuttle flight rolled to a stop at 5:58 a.m. on Thursday, closing an era of the nation's space program.  —  It was the 19th night landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to end the 135th space shuttle mission.
Kbh / Keith Hennessey:
Understanding the Gang of Six plan  —  In this post I will try to describe and explain the Gang of Six plan.  In a separate post (coming soon) I will describe my views on the plan.  I can't explain the plan without incorporating some judgment, but I'll try to separate most of my personal policy views into the follow-up post.
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The Politico:
Barack Obama's 2008 bundlers flee political ‘machine’  —  When Senator Barack Obama began running for president in 2007, a small handful of determined, inspired supporters found a new political calling.  A new group of professionals - from a San Juan jewelry story owner to a West Coast biotech executive …
Joseph Straw / NY Daily News:
Al Qaeda magazine pokes fun at fall of sexting pol Anthony Weiner  —  WASHINGTON - Even terrorists are making Weiner jokes.  —  In Al Qaeda's latest edition of its chilling e-magazine, “Inspire,” the terror network's Arabian Peninsula syndicate settles a score with former Queens Rep. Anthony Weiner …
Washington Post:
Out from under the anti-tax pledge  —  WITH A HANDFUL of exceptions, every Republican member of Congress has signed a pledge against increasing taxes.  Would allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire as scheduled in 2012 violate this vow?  We posed this question to Grover Norquist …
Jonathan Turley / New York Times:
One Big, Happy Polygamous Family  —  SINCE the Supreme Court's 2003 decision in Lawrence v. Texas, Americans have enjoyed unprecedented freedom in their lifestyles and private relationships.  The decision held that states could no longer use the criminal code for social engineering …
Discussion: Althouse
Bloomberg:
U.S. Consumers Relying on Credit for Basic Necessities  —  Consumers in the U.S. are increasingly using credit cards to pay for basic necessities as income gains fail to keep pace with rising food and fuel prices.  —  The dollar volume of purchases charged grew 10.7 percent in June from a year ago …
Discussion: JustOneMinute
New York Post:
Cathie Black smashes car into trees after Hamptons bash  —  Ousted Schools Chancellor Cathie Black found a Hampton's driveway tougher to navigate than the city's education system — she smashed her brand-new SUV into tree after tree following a boozy Bastille Day bash.
Reuters:
Jobless claims rise above expectations  —  (Reuters) - New claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, a government report showed on Thursday, pointing to a labor market that is struggling to regain momentum after job growth faltered in the last two months.
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Politico reporter who covered Palin quits for Democratic Party job  —  A Politico reporter who often penned stories about Sarah Palin and other Republicans has quit journalism to work with the Democratic Party in Arizona, sources tell The Daily Caller.  —  That reporter, Andy Barr …
Mickey Edwards / The Atlantic Online:
How to Turn Republicans and Democrats Into Americans  —  An insider's six-step plan to fix Congress  —  ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED, American voters went to the polls in November 2010 to “take back” their country.  Just as they had done in 2008.  And 2006.  And repeatedly for decades …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Washington Post
Conor Dougherty / Wall Street Journal:
Layoffs Pick Up as Recovery Hopes Ebb  —  Companies are laying off employees at a level not seen in nearly a year, hobbling the job market and intensifying fears about the pace of the economic recovery.  —  Cisco Systems Inc., Lockheed Martin Corp. and troubled bookstore chain Borders Group Inc …
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama Maintains Sub-50% Job Approval in 10th Quarter  —  Too soon to say what 46.8% average approval portends for re-election  —  PRINCETON, NJ — President Barack Obama earned a 46.8% average approval rating in his 10th quarter in office ending July 19, essentially unchanged from the 9th quarter …
Felix Salmon:
Rent vs buy datapoint of the day  —  It's never possible to know for sure, at any given time, whether it's a better idea to rent or to buy.  If rents and prices both go up in the future, then buying's likely to have been a good idea.  And if they both go down, then renting is sure to have been the better idea.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Hit & Run
 
 
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The Onion:
Congress Continues Debate Over Whether Or Not Nation Should Be Economically Ruined
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Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Michael Eric Dyson: GOP Refuse Raising Debt Ceiling ‘Because The Economy Is In The Hands Of The Black’
Ashley Halsey III / Washington Post:
FAA funding stalemate dogged by minor issues
Investor's Business Daily:
Wynn's Rant: One Among Many
Stephen Castle / New York Times:
Greek Rescue Plan May Allow for Default on Some Debt
The Hill:
Washington's long debt-ceiling debate hits K Street in the wallet
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Michelle Lancaster / Big Government:
My Country 'Tis Of Thee, Sweet Land of...Removing the Pledge of Allegiance?!
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Atlas Shrugs
Brian Winter / Reuters:
Role reversal: Latin America taunts US on debt woes