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2:30 PM ET, February 5, 2009

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Barack Obama / Washington Post:
The Action Americans Need  —  By now, it's clear to everyone that we have inherited an economic crisis as deep and dire as any since the days of the Great Depression.  Millions of jobs that Americans relied on just a year ago are gone; millions more of the nest eggs families worked so hard to build have vanished.
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Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
Vote for the Snuggie Stimulus!  —  After all, what better to fix the ailing economy than a giant, cumbersome product of questionable value and exorbitant expense?
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com and BLACKFIVE
William Kristol / PostPartisan:
The Republicans' Opportunity  —  “This plan is more than a prescription for short-term spending — it's a strategy for America's long-term growth and opportunity in areas such as renewable energy, health care and education.”  —  With this key sentence from his op-ed in the Washington Post today …
Washington Post:
The Senate Balks  —  Why President Obama should heed calls for a more focused stimulus package  —  Today in The Post, President Obama challenges critics of the $900 billion stimulus plan that was taking shape on Capitol Hill yesterday, accusing them of peddling “the same failed theories …
The White House:
New rules
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sen. Reid: We've got votes on stimulus  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters Thursday that he has enough votes to pass a more than $900 billion stimulus bill out of the Senate.  —  Reid said he believes at least two Republicans of “good will” would support the Democratic-crafted package.
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Centrists in Senate Push to Cut Billions From Stimulus  —  WASHINGTON — Anxious over the ballooning size of the proposed economic stimulus package, now at more than $900 billion, lawmakers in both parties are working on a last-minute plan to strip tens of billions of dollars from the bill.
Michelle Malkin:
Alert: Who are the Senate GOP wobblers?  ; Update: Reid says he has two Republicans; Collins is sold; Voino no?  —  Scroll for updates...Collins falls; Voino a no?  —  Buzz on the Hill is that the Senate may vote today on the Generational Theft Act of 2009.  Harry Reid and the Dems are desperate to end public debate.
CNN:
Obama thinks stimulus will pass Senate by end of the week
Discussion: Progress Illinois
Jonathan Allen / CQ Politics:
White House to Bypass Commerce on Census  —  The director of the Census Bureau will report directly to the White House and not the secretary of Commerce, according to a senior White House official.  —  The decision came after black and Hispanic leaders raised questions about Commerce Secretary …
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
A Cabinet Loss and Gain
Discussion: Commentary
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blogs:   Census stripped from Gregg?
Hotline On Call:
Sessions: GOP Insurgency “May Be Required”  —  Frustrated by a lack of bipartisan outreach from House Democratic leaders, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, said House Republicans — who voted unanimously last week against the economic plan pushed …
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: BACK TO CANDIDATE OBAMA
Discussion: Top of the Ticket
Matt Kelley / USA Today:
Husband of Rep. Solis, Labor nominee, settles tax liens  —  WASHINGTON — The husband of President Obama's Labor secretary nominee paid about $6,400 Wednesday to settle tax liens that had been outstanding for as long as 16 years against his business, the Obama administration told USA TODAY this afternoon.
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Fox News:
Bill Gates Unleashes Swarm of Mosquitoes on Crowd  —  Microsoft founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates released a glass full of mosquitoes at an elite technology conference to make a point about the deadly disease malaria.  —  “Malaria is spread by mosquitoes,” Gates said while opening …
Discussion: Moonbattery and Wizbang
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
Obama losing the stimulus message war  —  At this crucial juncture in the push to pass an economic recovery package, President Obama finds himself in the most unlikely of places: He is losing the message war.  —  Despite Obama's sky high personal approval ratings, polls show support …
Washington Times:
DEA continues pot raids Obama opposes  —  President vowed to end policy  —  Drug Enforcement Administration agents this week raided four medical marijuana shops in California, contrary to President Obama's campaign promises to stop the raids.  —  The White House said it expects those kinds …
Discussion: Reason, Los Angeles Times and TalkLeft
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Los Angeles Times:
Likely Justice Department nominee faces ethics hurdle
Discussion: The Swamp
Washington Wire:
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized  —  US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized for surgery for pancreatic cancer.  Here is the court's statement:  —  February 5, 2009  —  U. S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and TIME.com
Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blogs:
Sen. Stabenow wants hearings on radio ‘accountability’; talks fairness doctrine  —  This morning, radio host Bill Press brought up the recent closing of liberal station Obama 1260 when speaking with Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, and talked about whether there needs to be a balance to right wing talk on the radio dial.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and 24Ahead
Bloomberg:
Volcker Chafes at Obama Panel Delay, Strains With Summers Rise  —  Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) — Paul Volcker has grown increasingly frustrated over delays in setting up the economic advisory group President Barack Obama picked the former Federal Reserve chairman to lead, people familiar with the matter said.
Albert Bozzo / CNBC.com:
White House Now Plans Limited Bank Aid Package  —  The Obama administration has decided on a new package of aid measures for the financial services industry, including a bad bank component, and is expected to announce them next Monday, according to a source familiar with the planning
Ed Glaeser / Wall Street Journal:
The GOP Has a Dumb Mortgage Idea  —  It contradicts the ideals of Republicanism and good economics.  —  Few philosophers have done more good than Locke and Montesquieu, whose advocacy of divided government inspired America's Founders.  Our history, and the less happy past of nations without checks …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Republicans Seize on Nominees' Tax Problems  —  WASHINGTON — Long after President Obama finds a new secretary of health and human services, presumably one who has paid his or her taxes, the damage from this week's failed nomination may still plague him and his party.
Discussion: theheretik.us
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
SAUSAGE FACTORY UPDATE  —  I'm told the group of ‘centrist’ senators (Collins, Nelson et al.) is meeting at this moment.  And the basis of their meeting is a staff paper that was just circulated with a total of $77.9 billion proposed cuts to the existing senate bill.  —  The biggest hit is on education spending.
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Time to Play Hardball  —  The irony of President Obama's Blue Tuesday is that the wall-to-wall television interviews he granted were designed not to apologize for Tom Daschle's fall from grace but to fight back against the Republicans' success in tarnishing his stimulus package.
The Hill:
Sen. Klobuchar steals show at Congressional dinner  —  Sen. Amy Klobuchar's (D-Minn.) surprisingly caustic humor elicited belly laughs from much of the Washington press corps Wednesday night at the Washington Press Club Foundation's Annual Congressional Dinner.
Andrew C. Revkin / Dot Earth:
First Trip for Clinton Aims at China, Climate  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton's first day at the State Department.  (Ruth Fremson/ The New York Times)  —  [UPDATED, 11 p.m.] Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has settled on China as an important stop on her first trip abroad in her new job …
Discussion: New York Times
New York Times:
President Obama's Remarks at National Prayer Breakfast  —  Following are the remarks of President Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, as provided by the White House.  —  Good morning.  I want to thank the Co-Chairs of this breakfast, Representatives Heath Shuler and Vernon Ehlers.
Discussion: The Politico and Townhall.com
Michael Calderone / The Politico:
GOP jams the airwaves  —  Rachel Maddow seemed pleasantly surprised when Republican Rep. Donald A. Manzullo turned up on her show last week to talk about his vote against the Democrats' stimulus plan.  —  “I can't tell you how many times a day Republicans say no to invitations to be on this show,” said the liberal MSNBC host.
David Kocieniewski / New York Times:
Rangel's Financial Disclosures Omitted Data Over 30 Years, a Report Says  —  Representative Charles B. Rangel's financial disclosure forms had at least 28 omissions in the past 30 years and failed to account for what became of more than $239,000 in assets, according to a report issued Wednesday by a private government-ethics group.
Bloomberg:
Goldman, JPMorgan Won't Feel Effects of Executive-Salary Caps  —  Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) — Executives at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and hundreds of financial institutions receiving federal aid aren't likely to be affected by pay restrictions announced yesterday by President Barack Obama.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
AN INSTAPUNDIT EXCLUSIVE: A report from Michael Yon.  —  It's Raining  —  By Michael Yon  —  05 February 2009  —  There had been a light, cold drizzle just before the Muslim taxi driver picked me up in Jerusalem.  It should be a 90-minute drive to Sderot, in southern Israel.
Discussion: Israel Matzav
 
 
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Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blogs:
Webb sees “$100 billion” in possible stim cuts
Discussion: Open Congress
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Conservatism Lives!  —  The key point in Sam Tanenhaus's new essay …
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Walter Isaacson / Time:
How to Save Your Newspaper  —  During the past few months …
Michael Kranish / Boston Globe:
Stimulus funding for arts hits nerve
Discussion: Townhall.com
Jeff Woods / Nashville Scene:
Cooper Finds New Ways to Piss Off Everyone
Discussion: Liberadio and The Politico
Reuters:
INSTANT VIEW: Jobless claims jump to 26-yr high
Discussion: Wonkette and TalkLeft
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Dems to introduce controversial card check bill ‘soon’
Discussion: Wonk Room and Think Progress
 Earlier Items: 
Karl Ritter / Associated Press:
Sweden changes course on nuclear power
Jeffrey A. Miron / CNN:
Miron: Libertarian ideas to stimulate economy
The Huffington Post:
Health Benefits For Unemployed Stripped From Stimulus, HuffPost Readers Find
Discussion: The Treatment
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
White House ‘hopeful’ on appointing Zinni
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Wizbang
James Ridgeway / MoJoBlog:
Digital Divide: The Winners and Losers in the Switch to DTV
Discussion: Associated Press
Scott Mayerowitz / ABCNEWS:
Obama's Perks: Private Jet, Chef Tax-Free
Discussion: Townhall.com
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
An Obama A-Team for Iran
Discussion: New York Times and CANNONFIRE
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
White House Cheat Sheet: Bypassing the Media Filter
Discussion: Bleeding Heartland, TPMDC and TIME.com