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2:20 PM ET, January 8, 2009

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Jimmy Carter / Washington Post:
An Unnecessary War  —  I know from personal involvement that the devastating invasion of Gaza by Israel could easily have been avoided.  —  After visiting Sderot last April and seeing the serious psychological damage caused by the rockets that had fallen in that area, my wife, Rosalynn …
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Marvin Hier / Wall Street Journal:
The Jews Face a Double Standard  —  Why doesn't Israel have the same right to self-defense as other nations?  —  The world-wide protests against Israel's ground incursion into Gaza are so full of hatred that they leave me with the terrible feeling that these protests have little …
THE WEEK - Online:
Why Democrats recoil from Gaza  —  Good for Shrum for championing Israel's right to defend itself against the Hamas rocket barrage.  He is correct, too, that lasting peace will come only when the Palestinians abandon their hope that Israel can somehow be defeated or destroyed.
Discussion: David Corn and Daled Amos
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama Digs In for His BlackBerry  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama has yet to relent, but he conceded that he might be losing the battle to keep his independent lifeline to the outside world.  —  “I'm still clinging to my BlackBerry,” Mr. Obama said Wednesday.  “They're going to pry it out of my hands.”
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ninemsn:
Americans miffed at Howard bumping Obama  —  John Howard's decision to stay at the luxurious Blair House mansion in Washington DC has sparked a firestorm of protest in the US.  —  Outraged American taxpayers are demanding the former Australian prime minister book a hotel or stay at the Australian embassy.
Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Congress asks judge to keep Bush records at WH
Discussion: TIME.com and Reuters
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
MO-Senate: Bond to Retire  —  Missouri Sen. Kit Bond (R) will retire in 2010, a decision that hands Democrats a prime pickup opportunity in a state where the party has made strides in recent years.  —  “In 1972, I became Missouri's youngest Governor,” Bond said this morning in an address to the Missouri General Assembly.
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Bond will not seek another term  —  Sen. Kit Bond, a senior Republican from Missouri who sits on several powerful Senate committees, announced Thursday that he will not run for reelection in 2010, giving Democrats a shot to pick up a seat in a state that has emerged as a major battleground.
Christi Parsons / Chicago Tribune:
Barack Obama asks longtime University of Chicago professor Cass Sunstein to join his administration  —  Law scholar will handle regulation issues, transition official says  —  WASHINGTON — Cass Sunstein, a longtime University of Chicago legal scholar and prominent author …
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Neal Rodriguez / The Huffington Post:
BART Cop Needs to Be Held without Bail  —  I have yet to see any widespread nationwide coverage on the New Year's execution style murder of Oscar Grant by a Bay Area Rapid Transit - BART - police officer.  Somebody told me that they saw 5 minutes of coverage on CNN last night.
Discussion: Towleroad
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Oakland Turns Violent Over Shooting
CNN:
Spokesman: Officer in subway shooting has resigned
Discussion: The Raw Story
Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
Obama Presses for Action on Economy  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday urged Congress to act quickly to pass sweeping economic stimulus measures, including a tax cut and an infusion of as much as $800 billion, or face the likelihood that “this recession could linger for years.”
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David Colton / USA Today:
Obama, Spider-Man on the same comic-book page  —  In a growing world of Barack Obama collectibles, one item soon may be swinging above the rest.  —  On Jan. 14, Marvel Comics is releasing a special issue of Amazing Spider-Man #583 with Obama depicted on the cover.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T EXIST.... You've got to be kidding. … These guys aren't pushing a bill to get rid of the Fairness Doctrine, because it's already gone.  They're pushing a bill to prevent anyone from trying to bring it back — despite the fact that there is no meaningful effort to do so.
Discussion: Kevin Drum
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Kara Rowland / Washington Times:
Republicans seek to bar Fairness Doctrine's return
Discussion: Firedoglake
Jared Allen / The Hill:
Pelosi: No February recess without stimulus  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday said she will keep Congress in session through the Presidents Day recess if an economic stimulus package isn't completed for President-elect Obama by then.  —  Pelosi's comments came just minutes …
Discussion: TIME.com
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Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blogs:
Pelosi “urging” Obama to repeal Bush tax cuts
Discussion: Open Left and TPM Election Central
Jonathan Stein / MoJoBlog:
Updated Senate Phone List Erases Norm Coleman  —  The Democratic Senate leadership is doing everything it can to pretend that Norm Coleman doesn't exist.  It shut down his Capitol Hill office earlier this week, and a Senate source provides Mother Jones with a copy of an updated phone list …
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
McConnell Urges Coleman To Fight On, Despite Urging Gore To 'Be …
Discussion: Don Surber
New York Times:
Daschle Pledges a Bipartisan Reform of Health Care System  —  WASHINGTON — Former Senator Tom Daschle pledged on Thursday to work with lawmakers of both parties in a grass roots, ideology-free campaign to revamp the nation's struggling health care system.  —  “We will be guided by evidence …
Discussion: TIME.com
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Daschle's approach: Anything but Clinton
Capital Commerce:
Why Obama Will ‘Own’ the Recession  —  For eight decades, Democrats have successfully blamed Republican Herbert Hoover for the decade-long Great Depression.  That, even though Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal failed to restore prosperity or dramatically lower unemployment, and his tax increases in 1937 snuffed out a nascent recovery.
Andie Coller / The Politico:
Obama's ‘first mistakes’ mount  —  Team Obama has made its first mistake — again.  —  When Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew his nomination as commerce secretary earlier this week, NBC's Andrea Mitchell declared it “the Obama team's first misstep.”  —  But Mitchell had been scooped.
Discussion: Hot Air
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
ANY REAL CONSTITUENCY FOR BOLD ACTION?  —  Here's my question.  —  In the avalanche of writing about a massive Stimulus Bill, the one proposition (though grandly general) that's been of most interest to me is one that is heavy on infrastructure spending and spending on R&D geared toward developing a sustainable Green economy.
Discussion: Kevin Drum
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
President Bush Tried to Rein In Fan and Fred  —  Democrats and the media have the housing story wrong.  —  Mythmaking is in full swing as the Bush administration prepares to leave town.  Among the more prominent is the assertion that the housing meltdown resulted from unbridled capitalism under a president opposed to all regulation.
The Politico:
Transcript: Obama to boost alt. energy  —  Here is the prepared text of President-elect Obama's remarks Thursday morning in Fairfax, Va., titled “American Recovery and Reinvestment,” the name of his proposed $750 billion stimulus package:  —  Throughout America's history …
Discussion: Hot Air and Democratic Strategist
 
 
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