11:50 PM ET, February 9, 2010
February 9, 2010
9:40 PM
Punkin / Media Matters for America: Palin headlines birther conference; press pretends not to notice
6:30 PM
Alan Schroeder / The Huffington Post: Sarah Palin's Tea Party Speech: Beneath Her Wrath A Troubling Contradiction Lurks
6:30 PM
Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog News: The Hill: 'Cracks are beginning to show in Emanuel's once-impregnable …
6:25 PM
Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent: Key Figure in Bush's Military Commissions Set for Obama Job
6:10 PM
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog: Defiant Paterson reports on Times interview: ‘No such questions’
5:25 PM
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard: Robert Gibbs Goes Dane Cook: Steals Jokes from Sarah Palin to Make Fun of Her
5:10 PM
Justin Elliott / TPM LiveWire: Palin Advocates War With Iran After Apparently Misunderstanding …
5:10 PM
David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars: EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Palin's debut as a motivational speaker …
5:05 PM
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: Obama Rebukes Boehner In Testy Exchange, Charges GOP Wants To Kill …
4:55 PM
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel: The Obama Obesity Proposals: The Good, The Bad, The Missing
4:40 PM
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo: Book Publishers Beware! At iTunes, Expensive Music Equals Slower Sales.
3:45 PM
L. Douglas Wilder / The Politico: Wilder: Obama needs to fire DNC Chairman Kaine, W.H. advisers
3:45 PM
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Business Channel: Obama's Bipartisan Dream for Jobs Bill Will Fail
3:35 PM
Senator Charles E. Schumer: SCHUMER RECOMMENDS DANIEL ALTER TO SERVE ON SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT …
3:35 PM
Chris Johnson / DC Agenda: Schumer recommends nomination of first openly gay male federal judge
3:35 PM
Veronique de Rugy / The Corner on National …: ‘The Limits of Blaming Bush’ — By: Veronique de Rugy
3:20 PM
Matt Finkelstein / Media Matters Action Network: After Saying “I Don't Play The Race Card,” …
2:45 PM
Jordan Fabian / The Hill: Obama: Iran sanctions can still be avoided, but are the next step for U.N.
2:40 PM
Michael O'Brien / The Hill: Specter: Christmas bombing suspect shouldn't have been read his rights
2:00 PM
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: Michael Steele Suggests Criticism Of His Tenure Motivated By Racism
12:45 PM
Founding Blogger / Founding Bloggers: Breitbart At National Tea Party Convention: “It's You That Sucks!”
12:15 PM
David Brooks / New York Times: The House of Tranquillity — During the presidential campaign …
12:10 PM
Michael van der Galien / NewsReal Blog: Report: Attempted Terrorist Attack in The Netherlands, Bomb Found …
11:10 AM
Leon Wieseltier / The New Republic: Something Much Darker — Andrew Sullivan has a serious problem.
11:05 AM
Alexander Bolton / The Hill: Congressional Democrats point finger of blame at Rahm Emanuel on healthcare
11:00 AM
Mark Hosenball / Newsweek Blogs: Terror Prosecution Statistics Criticized by GOP Were Originally Touted …
11:00 AM
Robert Stavins / Harvard University: Any Hope for Meaningful U.S. Climate Policy? A Somewhat Positive View
10:55 AM
William J. Broad / New York Times: Small Step in Iran's Nuclear Effort Suggests Ambitions for a Weapon, Experts Say
10:35 AM
Andrew Samwick / Capital Gains and Games blogs: Why Raise the Cigarette Tax When You Can Just Tax Breathing?
10:05 AM
Byron York / Washington Examiner: White House: People who criticize us are helping al Qaeda
9:50 AM
Jack Shafer / Slate: More Posner Plagiarism — Veteran reporter Gerald Posner is a repeat offender.
9:50 AM
David Stout / New York Times: Representative John P. Murtha Dies at 77; Ex-Marine Was Iraq War Critic
9:45 AM
Jim Treacher / The DC Trawler: Your 2/9/10 Treacher update — Right after I posted that yesterday …
9:25 AM
St. Petersburg Times: Secret contract, lavish spending push Republican Party of Florida to crisis
9:25 AM
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight: Republicans — Not Obama — More Often on Wrong Side of Public Opinion
9:05 AM
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly: WILLING TO TALK — WITH PRECONDITIONS.... When President Obama announced …
8:15 AM
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias: Snow Day — For the record, it's a ThinkProgress snow day today.
5:45 AM
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post: Top House Republicans throw cold water on health-care summit
3:55 AM
Bruce Bartlett / Capital Gains and Games blogs: Is BBCT the New VAT? — Anyone who reads the Wall Street …
3:35 AM
Republican Leader John Boehner: Boehner, Cantor Question White House on Proposed Health Care Summit
3:35 AM
Bob Collins / Minnesota Public Radio: The mystery billboard — It was late at night and I wasn't sure …
3:35 AM
Ben Nelson, U.S. Senator for Nebraska: SENATOR NELSON WILL OPPOSE NOMINEE WITH PERSONAL AGENDA
1:10 AM
Alec MacGillis / Washington Post: Calif. insurer's rate increases draw attention of federal government
February 8, 2010
10:50 PM
Mark Memmott / NPR Blogs: ‘Miss Me Yet?’ Billboard With Photo Of Bush Is Real; Not An Internet Trick
10:40 PM
Arnold Kling / EconLog: The Progressive Tantrum … His point is that people are inconsistent …
9:05 PM
Philip Klein / AmSpecBlog: How Murtha's Death Could Make It Harder to Pass a Health Care Bill
8:50 PM
Jamison Foser / Media Matters for America: Washington Post actively sought out “liberals are condescending” piece
8:15 PM
Jay Heflin / The Hill: House Democrats support letting Bush tax cut expire, but see it as tough sell
7:50 PM
Thom Hartmann / The Huffington Post: Globalization Is Killing The Globe: Return to Local Economies
7:45 PM
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic: Fairness Doctrine — Yes, let's talk about those Republican ideas for health care.
7:00 PM
Steve Krakauer / Mediaite: Red Eye Celebrates Third Year By Topping CNN Prime Time Last Week
6:00 PM
Mark Warren / Las Vegas Sun: Harry Reid's co-writer unloads while discussing polls, Obama quote
5:25 PM
John Feehery / Pundits Blog: John Murtha — John Murtha was one of those guys whose influence …
3:45 PM
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly: GOP OBSTRUCTIONISM MAY BLOCK JOBS BILL.... The Senate Democratic …
3:35 PM
Chad Pergram / Fox News: Rep. Murtha Dead at 77 — Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. John Murtha …
3:15 PM
Thomas Beaumont / Des Moines Register: Iowa Poll: 33% of Iowans support ‘tea party’ movement
1:50 PM
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly: REFUSING TO TAKE ‘YES’ FOR AN ANSWER.... OK, so Republicans …
1:50 PM
Carol E. Lee / The Politico: Obama the scold — For a president who ran on uplifting themes …
1:45 PM
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: Cantor: Only Route To Bipartisan Cooperation Is If Dems Fully Embrace GOP Plan
1:45 PM
David Dayen / Firedoglake: Begala Wants Vote on Republican Budget - Which Democrats Forced Last Year
1:05 PM
Media Matters / Media Matters for America: CNN contributor Erick Erickson: “Ugly feminists return to their …
12:45 PM
Newsdesk / Clout St: Quinn says no payback for pawnbroker out $2 million for lieutenant governor
12:45 PM
Jenny Gold / Kaiser Health News: The Antitrust Exemption For Health Insurers: Meaningful Or Not?
12:40 PM
Borzou Daragahi / Los Angeles Times: Iran says it will build 10 nuclear plants, beef up military
12:15 PM
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias: House GOP Medicare Elimination Plan Puts Conservatives in a Pickle
12:00 PM
Marist Poll: 2/8: Obama Approval Rating Below 50% ... Disapproval Among Majority of Independents
11:55 AM
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress: MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Mocks Sarah Palin By Writing ‘Cheat Sheet’ On Her Hand
11:20 AM
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias: If Marc Thiessen Doesn't Want to be Compared to the Spanish …
10:25 AM
Richard Clarke / NY Daily News: GOP terror attack machine: Criticism of Obama is irrational …
10:05 AM
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post: White House press corps feels bypassed by Obama in favor of TV shows, YouTube
10:05 AM
David Saltonstall / NY Daily News: Senate hopeful Harold Ford's college days paint picture of young man …
9:05 AM
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: Palin Exposes Misogyny In The Democratic Base, Again
8:55 AM
Carl M. Cannon / Politics Daily: Florida 2010: Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio, Alex Sink and the Law …
8:20 AM
Kate Andersen Brower / Bloomberg: Obama Asks Republican Lawmakers to Discuss Health Care Overhaul
7:55 AM
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Washington Examiner: Glenn Reynolds: Nashville Shows Tea Party Is America's Third Great Awakening
3:00 AM
Clark Hoyt / The Public Editor's Journal: Bill Keller Takes Exception to “Too Close to Home”
February 7, 2010
11:55 PM
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post: Ex-Alaska governor Sarah Palin doesn't rule out run for the White House in 2012
11:55 PM
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post: David Plouffe advising White House on 2010 midterm elections
10:50 PM
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times: In a Message to Democrats, Wall St. Sends Cash to G.O.P.
10:15 PM
Akmuckraker / The Mudflats: No Teleprompter Needed! Palin Writes Talking Points on Hand. (PHOTOS)
10:10 PM
Mark Tapscott / Washington Examiner: Sarah Palin is miles ahead of every other politician in America …
9:15 PM
Founding Blogger / Founding Bloggers: (UPDATED) Founding Bloggers Confirms Huffington Post's Completely …
7:15 PM
Joe Weisenthal / The Business Insider: SOURCE: The NYT's Big David Paterson Bombshell Will Break Monday …
2:45 PM
Robert Costa / The Corner on National Review Online: Palin's Ready for ‘Another Revolution’ — By: Robert Costa
2:35 PM
Richard Girling / Times of London: I thought of killing myself, says climate scandal professor Phil Jones
1:30 PM
Washington Post: With speech before tea party activists, Palin once again steps on political stage
1:25 PM
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: Palin's Cheat-Sheet — I was too busy tapping away at my laptop …
12:20 PM
The Huffington Post: Palin Considering 2012 Run, Defends Limbaugh's Use Of ‘Retard’ On Fox News Sunday
11:25 AM
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit: SOME PICS FROM SARAH PALIN'S SPEECH. I had some idle time backstage, and my Lumix.
10:40 AM
Kleinheider / Post Politics: Beginning Of The End: Sarah Palin Hijacks The Tea Party Movement
9:10 AM
James R. Hagerty / Wall Street Journal: Mortgage Bankers Association Sells Headquarters at Big Loss
8:50 AM
Denny McAuliffe / Washington Post: Sarah Palin watch: She looks trim, fit — and brimming with energy and plans
8:05 AM
Jonathan Wynne-Jones / Telegraph: Church of England is ‘living in the past’, says BBC's head of religion
3:25 AM
Ann Althouse / Althouse: Sarah Palin was a blithering idiot until she became a devious genius.
1:30 AM
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress: Did Palin write the answers to Tea Party Convention questions on her hand?
12:35 AM
Mary C. Curtis / Politics Daily: Scenes from the Tea Party: A Reporter's Notebook in Nashville
February 6, 2010
11:25 PM
David Weigel / The Washington Independent: Palin Speaks: 'How's that Hopey-Changey Thing Working Out for Ya?'
8:35 PM
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post: NATO ministers, commanders advertise planned offensive in southern Afghanistan
8:10 PM
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post: Obama suggests extending debate as way to pass health reform
6:55 PM
Jordan Fabian / The Hill: Key Dem senator: Implementing 'Don't ask, don't tell' repeal could last into 2011
5:55 PM
David Weigel / The Washington Independent: Tennessee Tea Party Leaders Attack the Convention, Sort Of
5:45 PM
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly: RESPONDING TO ‘ANY CONFUSION OUT THERE’.... Well, he certainly …
3:45 PM
Alex Williams / New York Times: The New Math on Campus — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — ANOTHER ladies' night, not by choice.
1:50 PM
David Weigel / The Washington Independent: Birther Speaker Takes Heat at Tea Party Convention
1:25 PM
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute: Eulogy To The Unknown Campaign Volunteer; Obama Misstates Facts
1:05 PM
Alex Seitz-Wald / Think Progress: Steele: ‘Trust Me, After Taxes, A Million Dollars Is Not A Lot Of Money’
10:30 AM
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly: EMPTY CHAIRS.... Democrats were pretty aggressive yesterday …
10:20 AM
Alexander Bolton / The Hill: Palin and McConnell wage proxy battle in Kentucky Republican Senate primary
9:15 AM
Gail Collins / New York Times: No Holds Barred — Washington was immobilized by snow on Friday.
February 5, 2010
11:05 PM
John Byrne / The Raw Story: Tea Party opening speaker suggests law that kept blacks be kept …
10:50 PM
Brian Kates / NY Daily News: Tea Party convention's racial brouhaha: Obama won because Jim …
10:25 PM
Byron York / Washington Examiner: Obama: 'She insisted she's going to be buried in an Obama t-shirt'
10:15 PM
Mark Leibovich / New York Times: Palin, Visible and Vocal, Is Positioned for Variety of Roles
8:20 PM
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket: New Texas gov poll shows Tea Party candidate Debra Medina …
6:35 PM
Jim Treacher / The DC Trawler: This pretty much covers what we know so far about the vehicular assault on my person
6:30 PM
Domenico Montanaro / msnbc.com: SOME TAKEAWAYS FROM NASHVILLE — From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
6:00 PM
Associated Press: GOP Chairman Steele: ‘after taxes, a million dollars is not a lot of money’
5:20 PM
Jon Hilsenrath / Real Time Economics: Q&A: Carmen Reinhart on Greece, U.S. Debt and Other ‘Scary Scenarios’
4:20 PM
Bridget Johnson / The Hill: Weekend preview: Obama to address the Democrats while Palin rallies the right
4:05 PM
Elizabeth Benjamin / The Daily Politics: Protecting Paterson — A reader pointed out an unusual letter …
4:00 PM
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPM LiveWire: Full Statement From Shelby's Office On The Blanket Hold
3:45 PM
Washington Post: Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama holding up Obama nominees for home-state pork
3:15 PM
John Zogby / The Huffington Post: Boiling Tea — The attitude toward the Tea Party movement …
3:00 PM
David Weigel / The Washington Independent: Clarification — and Mea Culpa — on James O'Keefe and ‘Race and Conservatism’
2:25 PM
Dan Pfeiffer / White House.gov Blog Feed: Another Day, Another Disappointing Political Ploy Obstructing Progress
2:25 PM
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: Here's The Email To The Sarah Palin Camp Asking For Comment On Rush
2:25 PM
Dradeeus / Media Matters for America: At tea party convention, Tancredo says Obama elected due to lack of …
2:10 PM
John Markoff / New York Times: Google Asks Spy Agency for Help With Inquiry Into Cyberattacks
2:05 PM
Zaid Jilani / Think Progress: Tancredo says Obama won because we lack a 'literacy test before people …
2:05 PM
Tony Romm / The Hill: Republican governor reverses course on stimulus cash; requests education funds
1:15 PM
Gerard Alexander / Washington Post: Why are liberals so condescending? — Every political community …
11:55 AM
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket: Politicizing Justice? Obama names DNC member Tim Purdon as a U.S. Attorney
11:55 AM
Sean Reilly / Breaking News from the Press-Register: Sen. Richard Shelby blocks Obama nominees, citing air tanker controversy
11:20 AM
Political Punch: Obama on Health Care: Let's Sit Down, Take Our Time, Then Move Forward on a Vote
11:10 AM
Dana Milbank / Washington Post: New senator Scott Brown sure gets down to Republican business
10:45 AM
Sean Reilly / al.com: Senate leader: Richard Shelby blocking action on executive branch nominations
10:05 AM
Ian Swanson / The Hill: Unemployment rate edges downward to 9.7 percent, but economy sheds jobs
10:00 AM
Dan Pfeiffer / White House.gov Blog Feed: Needless Delays and Filibusters Run Amok: A Case Study
9:45 AM
Ncppr / Big Journalism: Black Debater From ‘Race and Conservatism’ Event Defends O'Keefe, Slams Blumenthal
9:15 AM
Steven Pearlstein / Washington Post: The myth of Washington bipartisanship and the art of true compromise
9:15 AM
John B. Judis / The New Republic: He's a Yuppie — Why Obama can't connect with the working class.
9:05 AM
Roxana Tiron / The Hill: Democrats send conflicting signals on repealing 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy
9:05 AM
Rachel Monahan / NY Daily News: Queens girl Alexa Gonzalez hauled out of school in handcuffs …
8:00 AM
Robert Schlesinger / US News: Palin Denounces Limbaugh Over ‘Retard’ Cracks, Glenn Beck Next?
3:50 AM
William Matthews / FederalTimes.com: Ala. senator blocks nominees over Air Force tanker contract
12:15 AM
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC: Report: Shelby Blocks All Obama Nominations In The Senate Over AL Earmarks
February 4, 2010
11:00 PM
Megan Mulligan / The Daily Caller: Struck Down: Feds Refuse to Explain How Agent Injured Daily Caller Writer
10:10 PM
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket: New Hampshire independents abandoning Obama in droves: Poll
7:45 PM
John Cook / Gawker: There's No Good Reason the National Enquirer Shouldn't Win a Pulitzer Prize
7:15 PM
Michael O'Brien / The Hill: Sherrod Brown: Senate should use 50-vote tactic on more than healthcare
6:30 PM
Tony Romm / The Hill: Gibbs to Sen. Bond: Apologize to law enforcement, White House for leak claim
6:00 PM
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: Palin Camp Rips Limbaugh, Hits His “Retard” Comment As “Crude And Demeaning”
6:00 PM
Steve Krakauer / Mediaite: NBC Cafeteria Celebrates Black History Month With Fried Chicken Special (Update)
5:10 PM
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill: Conyers wants Haiti relief official demoted over diversity deficit
4:55 PM
Laura Rozen / Laura Rozen's Blog: Bipartisan Senate resolution condemns Uganda anti-gay legislation
2:55 PM
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket: She's baaack! Sarah Palin launches her next political journey …
2:50 PM
Jason Horowitz / Washington Post: Running for Senate, Rand Paul lights a fire under Kentucky GOP
2:40 PM
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly: AMERICAN GREATNESS LIBERALISM.... One of the more robust applause lines …
2:30 PM
David Dayen / Firedoglake: Senate Dem Leadership Announces Jobs Agenda, Without Jobs Details
2:05 PM
Lee Fang / Think Progress: Flashback: In 2009, Scott Brown Said The Senate Health Bill 'Mirrors …
1:20 PM
Newsdesk / Clout St: Emotional Hynes ends Democratic governor campaign; Quinn praises his “lion” heart
12:55 PM
Sean J. Miller / The Hill: Candidate pledges his campaign will be a 'demon-sheep free zone"
12:10 PM
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution: Medicare vouchers — Ross Douthat surveys and evaluates …
12:00 PM
David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars: Jon Stewart to O'Reilly: Fox foments 'full-fledged panic attack …
10:55 AM
Front Page Magazine: Islamic Nazis — Posted by Robert Spencer on Feb 4th, 2010 and filed under FrontPage.
10:45 AM
Michael O'Brien / The Hill: Sen. Sherrod Brown: Obama must push Dem lawmakers harder on healthcare
10:25 AM
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo: Game On? — House Republicans don't have an official budget yet.
3:55 AM
Ben Webster / Times of London: IPCC chief Rajendra Pachauri under pressure to go over glacier error
February 3, 2010