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8:45 AM ET, March 4, 2014

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Michael Cohen / Guardian:
Don't listen to Obama's Ukraine critics: he's not ‘losing’ - and it's not his fight  —  The ‘do something’ pundits rear their heads.  Just like they did on Iraq, Afghanistan and every other crisis of US ‘credibility’  —  The armchair class is certain that Putin is winning and Obama is losing.
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Simon Shuster / TIME:
4 Reasons Putin Is Already Losing in Ukraine  —  As Russia's Ukraine power play reaches boiling point in Crimea, there are clear signs a Russian invasion may be a disaster for its architect, President Vladimir Putin  —  Even a week ago, the idea of a Russian military intervention in Ukraine seemed farfetched if not totally alarmist.
Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
Stephens: Anatomy of a Feckless Presidency  —  Gone are the days when the American president was capable of articulating the American interest.  —  V ladimir Putin seized Ukraine's Crimean peninsula on Thursday, and Barack Obama delivered a short statement about it on Friday.
John Judis / The New Republic:
“We Are Speaking Very Loudly.  We Are Carrying a Small Stick.”  —  Dmitri K. Simes on why Russia isn't taking the U.S. seriously  —  Dmitri K. Simes is the president of The Center for the National Interest and publisher of the foreign policy journal The National Interest.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
GOP Congressman Thinks Putin Is Being “Demonized” In The U.S.  —  California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher said he doesn't support Russia taking military action in Ukraine, but “that doesn't mean Putin and pro-Russia forces in Ukraine are in the wrong.”  —  Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher …
Discussion: Althouse
Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed:
14 Insane Moments From RT's Coverage Of The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
Discussion: TheBlaze.com and RedState
Zbigniew Brzezinski / Washington Post:
What is to be done? Putin's aggression in Ukraine needs a response
Discussion: CNN and National Review
USA Today:
Putin's power grab gets lame response: Our view
Discussion: Right Turn
The / Los Angeles Times:
Putin plays with fire in Ukraine
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Fox News
Louis Charbonneau / Reuters:
Russia: Yanukovich asks Putin for Russian military in Ukraine
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
New ObamaCare delay to help midterm Dems  —  The Obama administration is set to announce another major delay in implementing the Affordable Care Act, easing election pressure on Democrats.  —  As early as this week, according to two sources, the White House will announce a new directive allowing insurers …
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Brian Beutler / Salon:
GOP finally goes too far on Obamacare: Why the 50th repeal vote is not the charm  —  This week you're likely to read stories and headlines suggesting that House Republicans will be voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act again, or are approaching their 50th Obamacare repeal vote or some variation thereof.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Obama, the feckless tyrant  —  President Obama is such a weak strongman.  What's more, he is a feeble dictator and a timid tyrant.  —  That, at any rate, is Republicans' critique of him.  With Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Obama's critics pivoted seamlessly from complaining about his overreach …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Prairie Weather
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
McConnell Vows a Senate in Working Order, if He Is Given Control
Discussion: Daily Kos, Hot Air and National Review
Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Candidate Stockman Threatens Jail To Anyone Who Publishes His Mugshot  —  Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) says he's been vindicated.  —  The Texas conservative's underdog Senate campaign on Monday published a defiant statement, claiming that Stockman has “grounds to file criminal complaints” …
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Green group accuses GOP of ‘environmental racism’  —  House Republicans are being accused of “environmental racism” by an environmental group that argues GOP efforts to reform decades-old chemical laws would disproportionately harm minority groups.  —  At issue is draft legislation backed …
Washington Post:
Poll: Democrats' advantage on key issues is not translating to a midterm-election edge  —  The American people trust Democrats more than Republicans on some of the key issues of the day, but that has not translated into any political advantage in the battle for control of the House and Senate …
Discussion: Politico
Bob Corker / Wall Street Journal:
Bob Corker: Now the Auto Union Wants to Muzzle Public Officials  —  The United Auto Workers demand a do-over for a vote the union lost—and want critics like me silenced.  —  Picture an election where an entity is given nearly unfettered access to voters for two years and then is allowed …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Steve King: Being Gay Is ‘Self-Professed Behavior’ That Can't Be ‘Independently Verified’  —  Rep. Steve King of Iowa joined Des Moines' WHO TV yesterday to discuss Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's veto of a bill that would have strengthened the ability of businesses to discriminate against gays and lesbians.
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Karl Bode / Techdirt:
Keurig Will Use DRM In New Coffee Maker To Lock Out Refill Market  —  The single coffee cup craze has been rolling now for several years in both the United States and Canada, with Keurig, Tassimo, and Nespresso all battling it out to lock down the market.  In order to protect their dominant market share …
Discussion: The Verge and KDVR.com
Daniel Larison / The American Conservative:
The Cliches of “Leadership” and “Resolve”  —  Paul Saunders takes aim at five of the most abused words and phrases in foreign policy debate.  Here he rejects “isolationism”: … I would add that the abuse of “leadership” as a concept is in some ways even more obnoxious and misleading than the reliance on the “isolationist” slur.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
 
 
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