memeorandum: Haley Barbour apologizes after calling Obama's policies ‘tar babies’ (Politico)

12:50 PM ET, November 10, 2014

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Breitbart Issues Best Correction Since Forever — I generally don't like harping on other outlets' errors or the always mortifying process of issuing a correction. It's a mix of ‘there but for the grace of God’ and, in this case, look at the source. But I think here we may have perhaps …

Discussion: New York Times, Shakesville and Althouse

Balloon Juice:

When Lynchings Go Awry — Apparently Warner Todd Huston and Joel Pollak at Breitbart have breaking pieces on AG nominee Loretta Lynch: … I wouldn't suggest reading the comments at Breitbart- they read like they have finally gone full Stormfront. — Share — This space reserved for your ad.

Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:

LORETTA LYNCH: A QUALIFIED, BUT POLITICAL, CHOICE—UPDATE: WHITEWATER? UPDATE: NO — Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama's choice to replace Eric Holder as Attorney General, would likely sail through confirmation hearings under normal circumstances—i.e. even when Democrats had not gutted …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, PoliticusUSA, Conservative Tribune, No More Mister Nice Blog and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Warner Todd Huston / BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL NOMINEE LORETTA LYNCH REPRESENTED CLINTONS DURING WHITEWATER (CORRECTED)

Discussion: Liberaland, The Huffington Post, Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Breitbart Attacks The Wrong Loretta Lynch for Purported Tie to WhiteWater

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Little Green Footballs and BREITBART.COM

Mike Allen / Politico:

Rand's grand plan — An inside look at the senator's presidential rollout. — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has made key decisions about how to launch his presidential campaign for the 2016 Republican nomination, including a plan to headquarter his effort in Louisville and opting to run …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog and FOX News Radio

Maggie Haberman / Politico: In politics, 40 is the new 50 — Up and down the ballot, incumbents are winning ugly.

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

The Latest Frivolous Attack on Obamacare — My parents used to own a small house with a large backyard, in which my mother cultivated a beautiful garden. At some point, however — I don't remember why — my father looked at the official deed defining their property, and received a shock.

Discussion: Washington Post and Patterico's Pontifications

Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Obama officials work on health site contingency plans as enrollment nears

Discussion: Hot Air and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:

No one has understood Valerie Jarrett's role, until now — Even at this late date in the Obama presidency, there is no surer way to elicit paranoid whispers or armchair psychoanalysis from Democrats than to mention the name Valerie Jarrett. Party operatives, administration officials …

Discussion: Hot Air, Taylor Marsh, Instapundit and Washington Monthly

Mario Trujillo / The Hill:

Obama makes aggressive push on net neutrality rules — President Obama is urging the Federal Communications Commission to treat broadband Internet as a public utility to protect net neutrality, a move that would ban companies from cutting deals for faster service.

Discussion: Politico

The White House:
Statement by the President on Net Neutrality

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BBC:

Reagan's apology to Thatcher over Grenada revealed — A recorded conversation between an apologetic Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher over the invasion of Grenada has been published for the first time. — “We regret very much the embarrassment that's been caused to you,” the US leader said during the call.

Discussion: Liberaland and Althouse

Gary Buiso / New York Post:
Never-before-heard tapes of Reagan revealed

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Washington Post:

Billionaires Adelson and Saban, at odds in campaigns, unite on Israel and hit Obama — The billionaire political kingmakers planning to bankroll much of the 2016 presidential campaign spoke out together on Sunday with blunt warnings on key issues for their respective parties.

Discussion: The Dish and BuzzFeed

Israelilifeusa / IsraelUSA.net:
Sheldon Adelson Challenges Haim Saban to Team Up and Buy The New York Times

Discussion: FOX News Radio

Andrea Peyser / New York Post:

Couple fined for refusing to host same-sex wedding on their farm — Cynthia and Robert Gifford are caught in a same-sex nightmare. They've been forced to defend themselves against claims that they're lesbian-hating homophobes. — “We respect and care for everyone!” Cynthia Gifford told me.

Discussion: The Right Scoop

Politico:

Haley Barbour apologizes after calling Obama's policies ‘tar babies’ — Haley Barbour called President Barack Obama's policies “tar babies” on a post-election conference call for clients of his lobbying firm, two sources familiar with the call told POLITICO.

Discussion: Liberaland, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story

Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:

McConnell pressed to repeal ObamaCare with budget move — Conservatives in Washington are adamant that Senate Republicans should pass a full repeal of the healthcare law next year, even it if means a certain veto from President Obama. — With Senate Democrats likely to filibuster …

Discussion: Daily Kos

Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:

Cuomo had a secret re-election ‘pact’ with Republicans — The state's most powerful Republican secretly worked for months to help Democratic Gov. Cuomo win re-election — in exchange for Cuomo's promise not to aid Senate Democrats in their Long Island races, a top New York GOP leader has charged.

Discussion: BillMoyers.com

Nate Cohn / New York Times:

G.O.P. Is Making Progress Toward Presidency but Is Still Playing Catch-Up — After five of six presidential elections in which the Republicans have lost the popular vote, this year's midterm elections point toward a plausible Republican path to winning the White House.

Discussion: Princeton Election Consortium and Washington Post

Brian Gross / Washington Post:

Examining a racial slur entrenched in American vernacular that is more prevalent than ever. — This season, the National Football League is attempting the impossible, a reasoned but dubious mission that has already tripped up an institution as venerable as the National Association …

Discussion: Liberaland