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12:00 PM ET, July 27, 2011

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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
A Time for Choosing  —  To govern is to choose.  To vote is to choose.  To vote against John Boehner on the House floor this week in the biggest showdown of the current Congress is to choose to vote with Nancy Pelosi.  To vote against Boehner is to choose to support Barack Obama.
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David Rogers / The Politico:
Reid plan's savings trump Boehner's  —  In the battle of budget scores, the Senate Democrats' deficit reduction bill is the clear leader thus far over an alternative by Speaker John Boehner, which had to be pulled back from the floor Tuesday night for retooling.
Wall Street Journal:
The GOP's Reality Test  —  Republicans who oppose Boehner's debt deal are playing into Obama's hands.  —  The debt-limit debate is heading toward a culmination, with President Obama reduced to pleading for the public to support a tax increase and Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority …
The Politico:
Boehner: ‘Get your ass in line’  —  Scrambling for votes on his troubled deficit package, Speaker John Boehner told GOP lawmakers Wednesday morning to “get your ass in line” behind his debt ceiling bill, saying the Senate will fold and pass it.  —  “This is the bill,' Boehner …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Cat To Emerge from Bag?  —  There's an interesting possibility, even a likelihood, we may see unfold over the coming days.  And if it happens, we might find out quickly whether there's a limit past which consensus opinion, the Wall Street/business interests who hold such a sway over national politics …
Washington Post:
House Republicans delay vote on Boehner debt plan  —  Responding to Obama's appeal in a speech Monday night for Americans to contact their members of Congress to urge them to adopt his “balanced approach” to deficit reduction, callers flooded Capitol telephone circuits Tuesday morning …
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
House Republicans Psyche Themselves Up By Watching Ben Affleck Prepare To Beat Some Guys Up  —  For some reason the Washington Post's reporters decided to sanitize the anecdote, but apparently House GOP leaders are trying to garner support for John Boehner's debt ceiling plan by comparing …
The Note:
Debt Debate Continues: What to Expect Wednesday  —  ABC News' John Parkinson (@JRPabcDC) and Sunlen Miller (@SunlenMiller) report:  —  Less than six days to an historic U.S. government default and the different legs of power in Washington are each working on their own plans with no clear path to a breakthrough.
Discussion: The Politico and CNN
Marin Cogan / The Politico:
Conservative frosh go opposite ways
Discussion: The Page, The Note and Hullabaloo
David Rogers / The Politico:
CBO: John Boehner's debt bill comes up short
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Boehner, Reid scramble to build support for rival debt-limit plans
Paul Krugman:
The Cult That Is Destroying America  —  Watching our system deal with the debt ceiling crisis — a wholly self-inflicted crisis, which may nonetheless have disastrous consequences — it's increasingly obvious that what we're looking at is the destructive influence of a cult that has really poisoned our political system.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Romney Leads Field of Announced GOP Candidates  —  Perry would be more competitive with Romney than Palin, Giuliani  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Mitt Romney is the leader for the GOP nomination among the current field of official candidates, supported by 27% of Republicans, compared with 18% for Michele Bachmann.
The Politico:
Credit hit worries Obama, Congress more than default  —  It's not the default that strikes the most fear in the White House and Congress these days.  It's the downgrade.  —  Even Republican leaders say the country can't go into default, and they'll do everything possible to raise the debt limit by Aug. 2.
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Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Krauthammer: Bachmann is “unbelievably irresponsible” on debt ceiling  —  Charles Krauthammer, after being asked about Michele Bachmann's opposition to any plan that raises the debt ceiling.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Daily Caller
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Can't We Do This Right?  —  There is only one thing worse than Republicans and Democrats failing to agree to lift the debt ceiling, and that is lifting the debt ceiling without a well-thought-out plan and with hasty cuts totaling trillions of dollars over a decade.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
New Tone: NY Times Columnist Says Tea Party Is Hezbollah Faction of GOP
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Weasel Zippers
Richard A. Serrano / Los Angeles Times:
FBI report at odds with ATF claim on weapons  —  A copy of the FBI document shows ballistics tests did not rule out the Fast and Furious guns in the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry.  —  Reporting from Washington— The claim by senior ATF officials that none of the weapons lost …
Discussion: The Jawa Report
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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
ATF Manager says he shared Fast and Furious Info with White House
Discussion: Hot Air and Nice Deb
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
U.S. officials believe al-Qaeda on brink of collapse  —  U.S. counterterrorism officials are increasingly convinced that the killing of Osama bin Laden and the toll of seven years of CIA drone strikes have pushed al-Qaeda to the brink of collapse.  —  The assessment reflects a widespread view …
Ahmad Nadeem / Reuters:
Suicide blast kills mayor of Afghanistan's Kandahar  —  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed the mayor of Afghanistan's Kandahar Wednesday, a further blow to stability in the southern city still reeling from the assassination two weeks ago of President Hamid Karzai's powerbroker half-brother.
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Jon Boone / Guardian:
Kandahar mayor killed by suicide bomb
Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Peter King: 40 Americans joined terror group  —  More than 40 Americans have been recruited to join the Islamic terror network in Somalia, according to Rep. Peter King.  —  King (R-N.Y.), the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, is to make the statement during his opening statement …
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Patrick Poole / Pajamas Media:
Indicted Al-Shabaab Recruiter Continues Jihad on Facebook
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Paul Krugman:
The Guilty Parties  —  There's actually a simple way to resolve the debt ceiling crisis: non-crazy Republican leaders could support something like the Reid plan — which is, let's be clear, a huge victory for the right and defeat for progressives — and pass it with limited GOP support and overwhelming Democratic support.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Balloon Juice
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
The next meltdown: Gas tax renewal  —  Looking beyond the horizon of the current insoluble legislative meltdown, a nervous Democrat pointed me yesterday to the next one: Most of the gas tax is set to expire on September 30.  —  An accountant's memo lists the taxes expiring that day, including:
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Adam Serwer:
Captain America's Faux Integration, Ctd  —  Alyssa Rosenberg argues that Captain America: The First Avenger lacks any acknowledgement of Armed Forces segregation because The Avengers is about “institutional optimism.”  —  I'm not buying it.  Not just because these kinds of issues …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
New York Times:
Sen. Manchin Maintains Lucrative Ties to Family-Owned Coal Company  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is more than just a supporter of his state's influential coal producers — he's a full-fledged industry insider.  —  On his financial disclosures for 2009 and 2010, Manchin reported significant earnings …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Banks Clash Over Foreclosure Tab
Discussion: Firedoglake and naked capitalism
Al Kamen / Washington Post:
Religious groups: Debt ceiling is a moral issue
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Bearing Drift
David Wessel / Wall Street Journal:
What's Wrong With America's Job Engine?
Discussion: ParaPundit
Ian Macdougall / Associated Press:
Norway PM: Attacks response to be ‘more democracy’
Discussion: The Reaction
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Appropriators release bill slashing State Dept.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Bloomberg:
U.S. Downgrade May Cost $100B a Year: JPMorgan
Discussion: Global Public Square
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Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Where Politics Are Complex, Simple Joys at the Beach
Discussion: Mondoweiss and American Power
Mark Steyn / National Review:
The Debt Mountain Labored and Brought Forth a Mouse
O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
Santorum swipes at Perry over state's rights
Todd Starnes / FOX News Radio:
Congressman: Obama Admin Still Banning Prayers
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Weasel Zippers