memeorandum: Did Schumer call Boehner's bluff on immigration? (Mary Grace Lucas/CNN)

8:45 PM ET, February 9, 2014

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Mary Grace Lucas / CNN:

Did Schumer call Boehner's bluff on immigration? — Washington (CNN) - When House Speaker John Boehner abruptly announced Thursday that he didn't see a way forward on immigration reform this year, he said President Obama was part of the reason. — “There's widespread doubt about whether …

Discussion: Politico

Brendan Bordelon / The Daily Caller:

Laura Ingraham battles George Will as conservative civil war over immigration intensifies [VIDEO] — Conservative commentators Laura Ingraham and George Will can usually be counted on to agree on most issues, but on “Fox News Sunday,” the two sparred over immigration reform …

Discussion: Mediaite, The PJ Tatler and ParaPundit

Laura Meckler / Washington Wire:

House Republicans Cool to Schumer Immigration Proposal — Sen. Charles Schumer tried to break the impasse over immigration Sunday, suggesting that Congress pass a law that wouldn't take effect until after President Barack Obama leaves office. There was no indication, however, that House Republicans would accept the proposal.

Charles M. Blow / New York Times: A Pen, a Phone and a Meme

Tom Moran:

Chris Christie endorsement is regrettable: Moran — Gov. Chris Christie takes the oath of office in January. Even before he was embroiled in scandals, The Star-Ledger's endorsement of the governor was a close call. (Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger) — During the fall campaign …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Moderate Voice, Mashable, CNN, Talking Points Memo, Gothamist, Mediaite, The Reaction, Fox News, The Fix, New Jersey 101.5 and The Huffington Post, more at Mediagazer »

Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:

They quit their jobs, thanks to health-care law — Count Polly Lower among those who quit their jobs because of the health-care law. — It happened in September, when her boss abruptly changed her job description. She went from doing payroll, which she liked, to working on her boss's schedule, which she loathed.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Doug Ross, The Gateway Pundit, Liberal Values, protein wisdom and Off the Kuff

Katie Glueck / Politico:

Rand Paul warns Texas could turn blue — HOUSTON — Sen. Rand Paul on Saturday predicted that Texas would turn blue within a decade if the Republican Party doesn't become more inclusive. — “What I do believe is Texas is going to be a Democrat state within 10 years if we don't change,” …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Booman Tribune

Tom Abrahams / KTRK-TV:
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul talks about key U.S. issues, political future

Discussion: CNN

Ashley Killough / CNN: Rand Paul warns his former home state, Texas, could turn blue

Ross Douthat / New York Times:

Leaving Work Behind — IN 1930, in the darkening valley of the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes wrote an essay on “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren,” which foresaw a much happier future — one of growth, abundance and the steady decline of full-time work.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Crooked Timber, JustOneMinute and Balloon Juice

Paul Campos / Salon:

Crybabies of the 1 percent: Spoiled rich kids, Tom Perkins and the real affluenza — The rich's real “disease” is failing to get that their privileges come at a price: our contempt — More than half a century ago, “West Side Story” satirized the idea that what was then known as juvenile delinquency …

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:

Bill Keller, Former Editor of The Times, Is Leaving for News Nonprofit — Bill Keller, a columnist at The New York Times and its former executive editor, will leave the paper to become editor in chief of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit journalism start-up focused on the American criminal justice system.

Discussion: Politico and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »

Deanna Fei / Slate:

That “distressed baby” who Tim Armstrong blamed for benefit cuts? She's my daughter. — Late last week, Tim Armstrong, the chief executive officer of AOL, landed himself in a media firestorm when he held a town hall with employees to explain why he was paring their retirement benefits.

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Mediaite, Gawker, CNN and TechCrunch, more at Mediagazer »

Mike Lillis / The Hill:

Book: Hillary rejected Bill's edits to speech — Hillary Clinton refused to allow her husband, former President Bill Clinton, to alter her 2008 Democratic Convention speech with his own “poetic flourishes,” according to a new book on the former secretary of State.

Discussion: Politico

Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:

Is McConnell the new underdog? — Republicans are buoyant they can capture the Senate this year - but will Mitch McConnell still be there as majority leader? — A surprising survey out of Kentucky this week underscores that the Senate minority leader is truly running the race of his life …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice