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4:00 PM ET, January 29, 2014

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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Bush speechwriter: Obama plagiarized Bush  —  President George W. Bush's former speech writer said that President Barack Obama plagiarized his former boss in Tuesday's State of the Union address.  —  Speaking to Fox News's Megyn Kelly, Marc Thiessen, the lead writer on Bush's 2007 State …
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Ted Cruz / Wall Street Journal:
Ted Cruz: The Imperial Presidency of Barack Obama  —  In the nation's history, there is simply no precedent for an American president so wantonly ignoring federal law.  —  Of all the troubling aspects of the Obama presidency, none is more dangerous than the president's persistent pattern of lawlessness …
Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Good Speech, Modest Agenda, Diminished Leader  —  Americans may have already tuned out Barack Obama.  —  Is that all there is?  —  In what may be his last, best chance to revive a presidency that has fallen far short of its promise, Barack Obama unveiled his 2014 agenda Tuesday night …
Washington Post:
FULL TRANSCRIPT: Obama's 2014 State of the Union address  —  President Obama delivered his 2014 State of the Union address on Jan. 28, 2014, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.  Here is the complete transcript of his remarks  —  PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you so much.
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
K Street wants less bashing of lobbyists
Discussion: Politico, The Democratic Daily and CNN
NY1:
Rep. Grimm Threatens NY1 Reporter Following State of the Union … Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm physically threatened NY1 political reporter Michael Scotto at the conclusion of an interview in the Capitol Rotunda following Tuesday night's State of the Union address.
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NY1:
Rep. Grimm Apologizes to NY1 Reporter For On-Camera Threat … Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm has apologized to NY1 political reporter Michael Scotto a day after physically threatening him at the conclusion of an interview in the Capitol Rotunda following the president's State of the Union address.
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Grimm Issues Statement To Apologize To Reporter For Threats
Discussion: Liberaland and The Raw Story
Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
New York GOP Congressman Apologizes To Reporter He Threatened To “Break In Half”
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
The State of the Union: Make it stop  —  Blame Woodrow Wilson, who broke a century-old presidential tradition of delivering the State of the Union message only in writing.  Blame Harry Truman, the first chief executive to make the address on television, or Lyndon Johnson, the first to do so in prime time.
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New York Times:
Text and Video of Obama's State of the Union Address
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
ANALYSIS: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers comes through for GOP in SOTU response  —  Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) had one of the more difficult tasks in politics on Tuesday, delivering the official Republican response to President Obama's State of the Union address.
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New York Times:
For Christie, Politics Team Kept a Focus on Two Races  —  His campaign called them “the Top 100,” the swing towns that Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey wanted to win as he prepared for a re-election campaign.  Capturing these towns, sometimes referred to as mini-Ohios or mini-Floridas …
Katherine Connell / National Review:
History Shows Dems Face Long Odds in Keeping Senate  —  Political observers were stunned on Tuesday by the “happy talk” on President Obama that came from Senator Harry Reid.  The majority leader actually said Senate Democrats should invite Obama into their states to campaign for them even if he is unpopular in them.
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Scott Bland / NationalJournal.com:
Obama's State Approval Ratings Spell Trouble for Senate Democrats
Discussion: Hot Air and Roll Call
Richard Alleyne / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Obama's high school pot dealer who he thanked for the ‘good times’ was beaten to death with a hammer by his gay lover after fights over flatulence and drugs  — Raymond Boyer was known as ‘Gay Ray’ to Obama and his marijuana smoking ‘Choom Gang’ of privately-educated kids at Hawaiian high school
David Gutman / Associated Press:
Marshall scientist found formaldehyde in Charleston water  —  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Marshall University environmental scientist and member of the state Environmental Quality Board said today that he has found formaldehyde in local water samples and that the continued lack of data on the chemical …
Politico:
GOP ready to surrender on debt ceiling  —  House Republicans are getting ready to surrender: There will be no serious fight over the debt limit.  —  The most senior figures in the House Republican Conference are privately acknowledging that they will almost certainly have to pass what's called …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Why Kerry Is Scary  —  TEL AVIV — It is pretty clear now that Secretary of State John Kerry will either be Israel's diplomatic salvation or the most dangerous diplomatic fanatic Israel has ever encountered.  But there isn't much room anymore for anything in between.
Discussion: Guardian, Mondoweiss and Israel Matzav
Ezekiel J. Emanuel / New York Times:
Comparing Obamacare to Its Alternative  —  FROM the moment the ink dried on March 23, 2010, Republicans said they intended to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act.  They have voted more than 40 times to wipe the law from the books.  But Republicans have never gotten around to describing …
Politico:
The Case Against Early Voting  —  To the delight of anyone who's ever waited in line to cast a vote, a bipartisan election commission convened by President Barack Obama concluded last week that states across the country should increase their use of early voting.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Not as Many U.S. States Lean Democratic in 2013  —  Parties now about equal in state party leanings, 17 to 14  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Blue states outnumbered red states in the U.S. last year, 17 to 14, according to Gallup Daily tracking of party preferences.  That three-state advantage …
Discussion: Hot Air and Politico
Glenn Blain / NY Daily News:
Donald Trump: I'm Ready To Run For NY Gov, But I Want Clear Path To GOP Nomination  —  The drama surrounding Donald Trump's potential campaign for governor appears headed for an extended run - at least until Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino makes a fiormal announcement about running.
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Eric Holder: Pot ‘can be harmful’  —  Asked about President Barack Obama's recent comment that smoking pot is “a bad habit, a vice,” Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday told the Senate Judiciary Committee he believes “the use of any drug is potentially harmful” and that one of the Department …
Discussion: CNN
 
 
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
How to understand the GOP predicament on immigration
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Capitalism vs. Democracy
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Justin Juozapavicius / Associated Press:
Shannon Enters Race for Oklahoma Seat in US Senate
Discussion: CNN and Talking Points Memo
Anthony Deutsch / Reuters:
Exclusive: Syria ships out less than 5 percent of chemical arms
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
CNN:
Atlanta mayor blames poor coordination for storm snafu
Discussion: Mashable
The Hill:
Rubio: Senate should challenge Obama's SOTU veto threat on Iran
Discussion: Politico and ThinkProgress
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Who You Calling a Lame Duck?
Discussion: The Plum Line and The Dish
 Earlier Items: 
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Dealing With Pot  —  DENVER — There's a lot of giggling in Colorado …
Discussion: The Spot
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Gridlock continues as unspeakably horrible commute home stretches into second day
Discussion: Hot Air
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Steve Stockman Says He Walked Out Of SOTU
Discussion: Trail Blazers Blog and Liberaland
NorthJersey.com:
Governor Christie's brother invested in houses near new PATH station in Harrison
Discussion: Hinterland Gazette and Liberaland
Josh Kraushaar / NationalJournal.com:
The GOP Presidential Contender Everyone's Overlooking
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
“Whatever, Guys ...”  —  I mentioned during the speech …
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