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2:00 PM ET, December 6, 2008

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The Politico:
Breaking: Obama unveils 21st Century New Deal  —  President-elect Barack Obama added sweep and meat to his economic agenda on Saturday, pledging the largest new investment in roads and bridges since President Dwight D. Eisenhower built the Interstate system in the late 1950s …
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New York Times:
Obama Pledges Public Works on a Vast Scale  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama committed Saturday to the largest public works construction program since the creation of the interstate highway system a half-century ago as he seeks to put together a plan to resuscitate the reeling economy.
Dave Rochelson / Change.gov:
President-elect Barack Obama lays out key parts of Economic Recovery Plan  —  Yesterday we learned that our economy has lost 2 million jobs since the recession began 11 months ago.  —  That's why, in today's weekly address, President-elect Barack Obama explains the key parts of his Economic Recovery Plan …
Discussion: Agence France Presse
William Ayers / New York Times:
The Real Bill Ayers  —  IN the recently concluded presidential race, I was unwillingly thrust upon the stage and asked to play a role in a profoundly dishonest drama.  I refused, and here's why.  —  Unable to challenge the content of Barack Obama's campaign, his opponents invented a narrative …
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
With only 46 days left, Americans start re-liking George W. Bush  —  It makes sense if you think about it.  But who's investing a lot of thought nowadays in President George W. Bush?  —  Not many.  But the folks over at the Gallup Poll have found historically that American voters tend …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and The Swamp
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Agence France Presse:   Bush acknowledges for first time that US economy is ‘in a recession’
CBS News:
Dems, White House Agree To Auto Bailout  —  Pelosi Bows To Bush Condition On Deal Granting $15 Billion In Loans To Big Three  —  (CBS/AP) After weeks of tense discussions with the heads of the U.S. auto industry, Democratic Congressional leaders have reached an agreement that may just clear …
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
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The Politico:
10 questions for Obama on ‘Meet the Press’  —  We wouldn't presume to tell NBC's Tom Brokaw what he should ask of Barack Obama when the president-elect appears on Meet the Press for (almost) the full hour on Sunday.  —  But there are 10 questions that we'd like to pose to President-elect Obama …
Discussion: On Deadline
Arian Campo-Flores / Newsweek:
Public support grows, according to the new NEWSWEEK Poll.  —  When voters in California, Florida and Arizona approved measures banning same-sex marriage last month, opponents lamented that the country appeared to be turning increasingly intolerant toward gay and lesbian rights.
Wall Street Journal:
Bridge Loan to Nowhere  —  Congress and business ‘viability’ rarely mix.  —  Once upon a time — about two weeks ago — GM, Ford and Chrysler came to Washington to seek emergency financing.  Congress sent them home empty-handed but gave them some homework: Give us a plan to restore …
Matt Schwartz / Houston Chronicle:
Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector to step down  —  Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt announced late Friday that he was resigning to pursue a private business venture.  —  The sudden announcement comes just a month after Bettencourt was reelected to his third term.
CNN:
Huckabee and Palin top early 2012 list  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Barack Obama is still more than six weeks from White House, and the next Iowa caucuses are more than three years away — so naturally, it's time to start talking 2012, as a new national poll suggests that Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee top …
Munir Ahmed / Associated Press:
Hoax call fuels Pakistan-Indian tensions  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A man pretending to be India's foreign minister called Pakistan's president and talked in a “threatening” manner during the Mumbai terror attacks, prompting Pakistan to put its air force on high alert, a security official and a news report said Saturday.
 
 
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Reihan Salam / The American Scene:
Strong on Defense  —  A “strong national defense” …
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
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Peter Robinson / Forbes:
Run, Jeb, Run  —  The GOP needs that Bush in the Senate.
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Leon Wieseltier / The New Republic:
Washington Diarist: Out There  —  Counterfactuals are the inventions of logic or misery.
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