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  November 21, 2009, 6:00 pm

SATURDAY ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:
Reid has 60 but work still cut out - Katie Connolly, The Gaggle
GOP healthcare derangement syndrome - David Waldman, Daily Kos
Conservative Dems still not happy with bill - Kathryn Jean Lopez, The Corner
Coal groups want to block health bill to prevent clean energy - Matthew Yglesias
Rally against Obamacare in L.A. - Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit
Reconciliation - Big Tent Democrat, TalkLeft
An Afghan awakening - Abe Greenwald, contentions
Healthcare poised to clear first hurdle - Patricia Murphy, Politics Daily
Lincoln warns Reid on public option - Allahpundit, Hot Air
What does this leave us - David Kurtz, Talking Points Memo
Obamacare by the numbers - Meredith Jessup, Hot Air
Lincoln to support debate - Nathan Empsall - MyDD
The Louisiana purchase - John Hinderaker, Power Line
Most educated Alaskans are all aware of this - Andrew Sullivan, Daily Dish
Lincoln still threatens filibuster - Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight 

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
McConnell: Dems have health bill votes but GOP won't give up - The Hill
Reid reaches 60 as Sen. Lincoln pledges vote to begin healthcare bill debate - The Hill
Americans conflicted on war - Washington Post
Two holdouts still press for improvements - New York Times

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  November 20, 2009, 4:23 pm

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  November 20, 2009, 12:13 pm

MIDDAY ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:
Senate readies for healthcare debate - mcjoan, Daily Kos
How popular is Palin? - Chris Good, The Atlantic
A hack argument on filibusters - Paul, Power Line
Dick Armey didn't read the stimulus after all - Lee Fang, Think Progress
The Democratic bribe list - Michelle Malkin
Van Hollen says Dems can avoid '94 repeat - Reid Wilson, Hotline On Call
My dinner with Sotomayor - Michael Crowley, The Plank
The true cost of the Senate bill - Conn Carroll, The Foundry
How many seats are up for grabs? - Jerome Armstrong, MyDD
Why couldn't Obama close Gitmo? - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Centrists win goodies from Reid - Brian Beutler, TPMDC
Being Tim Geithner - Mike Lillis, Washington Independent
McCain on Landrieu's $100 million - Robert Costa, The Corner
No appetite for procedural hurldes - Steve Benen, Political Animal

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Obama to drop below 50% for first time - The Hill
Ethics Committee chids Burris - The Hill
Reid and the power of persuasion - NYT
Congress lashes out at Obama - WaPo


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  November 20, 2009, 7:49 am

MORNING READ

FROM THE BLOGS:
True costs of Senate bill are unknown - Nina Owcharenko, The Foundry
It's [still] the economy - Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight
Who's fact checking the AP fact checkers? - Andy McCarthy, The Corner
Coal industry spends millions on PR - Kate Sheppard, MoJo
All the Demcare tax hikes from A to Z - Michelle Malkin 
Undoing Reagan - Charles Lemos, MyDD 

Geithner on the hot seat - John Hinderaker, Power Line 
Former Bush DoJ officials back 9/11 trials - Jeralyn, TalkLeft 

New L.A. ACORN sting - Allahpundit, Hot Air
Senate health bill funds abstinence only education - Meteor Blades, Daily Kos
Reid scheduled Sat. vote for unpopular health bill - John McCormack, Weekly Standard
About that filibuster - Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo 

More casualties in Afghan air war - David Wood, Politics Daily 
What does Joe want? - Llyod Grove, Daily Beast 

Abotion and healthcare reform - Kathy Kattenburg, The Moderate Voice 

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:

Hoyer was healthcare's middle man - The Hill 

Geithner feels pressure from left, right to resign - The Hill 

Angry Congress lashes out at Obama's policies - Washington Post 

Caution urged on 640,000 stimulus jobs - New York Times 


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  November 19, 2009, 5:43 pm

DAY'S END ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:
Higher taxes from Harry Reid - Rea Hederman, The Foundry
Why solve problems? - Ezra Klein
Rubio within 10 points of Crist - Allahpundit, Hot Air
Perplexed - Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo
A manifest disaster - Victor Davis Hanson, The Corner
Right-wing craze says may Obama's 'days be few' - Amanda Terkel, Think Progress
What a deal - John McCormack, Weekly Standard
Giuliani for Senate - Chris Good, The Atlantic
Holder will be held accountable - Richard Klingler, FrumForum
What a primary can do - Tim Fernholz,TAPPED
Senate approves Judge Hamilton - Michelle Malkin
Deconstructing Sarah, ctd. - Andrew Sullivan, Daily Dish
Bending the proverbial curve - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Palin's gold mine - Duff McDonald, The Daily Dish
Most GOPers think ACORN stole '08 election - Jed Lewison, Daily Kos 

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Reid uncertain of tally as healthcare bill heads for rare Saturday vote - The Hill
Lieberman launches Fort Hood hearings without any government witnesses - The Hill
Time dwindles on Afghan plan - Washington Post
Lawmakers call Fort Hood shootings 'terrorism' - New York Times

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  November 19, 2009, 7:51 am

MORNING READ

FROM THE BLOGS:
Muslim soldiers and the Constitution - Jeffrey Goldberg
Fox-TV mocks Fox News on 'Glee' - Tim Graham, Newsbusters
We pay Sen. McCaskill for all this whining? - Natasha Chart, Open Left
TARP money cannot be used to pay down the debt - D. Baker, Beat the Press
Stupak as Democratic anti-hero - Chris Cillizza, The Fix
There's indeed such things as a 'stupid question' - P.M. Carpenter, BuzzFlash
Science returns to U.S. contraceptive efforts - Chris in Paris, AMERICAblog
More on Democrats' war on breasts - Moe Lane, RedState
Harry Reid wins a news cycle - Peter Suderman, Hit & Run
A dump Geithner movement growing - Charles Lemos, MyDD
More twisted than terrorist - Robert Stein, The Moderate Voice
Reid's 2,074-page healthcare bill - John McCormack, Weekly Standard
The decline and fall of Andrew Sullivan - John, Powerline
Justice - billiegirltoo, Daily Dose
Europe is our (insert female pejorative here) - W.T. Huston, Right Wing News

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Foreign policy makes its grand return - The Hill
Capitol Police files - The Hill
Senate health bill adds coverage for 31 billion - New York Times
Holder answers to 9/11 families - Washington Post

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  November 18, 2009, 4:29 pm

DAY'S END ROUNDUP

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  November 18, 2009, 12:08 pm

MIDDAY ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:
Senate bill restores abstinence-only funding - Sarah Kliff, The Atlantic
A follow-up on the Fiorina/Ramirez Twitter flap - Leon H. Wolf, Red State
Hatch: Healthcare going to be a "holy war" - Joe Sudbay, AMERICAblog
Leahy lunacy - John, Power Line
Hoffman sobs ACORN made him do it - BarbinMD, Daily Kos
Alabama job numbers don't add up - David Weinberger, The Foundry
Marcus sets Gerson straight - Steve Benen, Political Animal
CBO made easy - Rich Lowry, The Corner
Trumka, Stern accuse Fed of secret bailouts - Michael Whitney, firedoglake
Reid stripped Stupak language from bill - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Senators and healthcare - Nate Silver, 538
Atlantic blogger suffers Palin-induces psychosis - Michelle Malkin
Healthcare, public opinion and Congress - Matthew Yglesias

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Senate bill could keep lid on spending, reduce deficit - The Hill
Leahy: No need to interrogate bin Laden - The Hill
Senators press Fort Hood probes - The New York Times
Geithner gives urgency to financial reform - The Wall Street Journal

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  November 18, 2009, 7:33 am

MORNING READ

FROM THE BLOGS:
Blaming McCain for Palin? - Polimom, The Moderate Voice
It may matter in 2010 - Jennifer Rubin, contentions
New York's favorite Republican - Tim Mak, Frum Forum
Weekly Standard's smears only damage itself - Glenn Greenwald
Reporting what they say, not what they think - Dean Baker, Beat the Press
The GOP's baffling suicidal tendencies - P.M. Carpenter, BuzzFlash
Global temps to rise dramatically by 2100 - Chris in Paris, AMERICAblog
Is the ICC part of our future? - Paul, Powerline
The Palin index - Kevin Drum, Mother Jones
A jobs bill done right - John Hanlon, Townhall
Good news on climate change negotiations - Nathan Empsall, MyDD
Palin hints at endorsing Marco Rubio - GOP12
From the L.A. medical pot trenches - Brian Doherty, Hit & Run
At least it's bipartisan - Attaturk, firedoglake
Don't dismiss Hasan's evil as insanity - Duane Lester, Right Wing News

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Agencies stiff-arm GAO on info - The Hill
Democrats eye stock trade tax - The Hill
Iraqi vice president vetoes election law - New York Times
Guantanamo deadline will slip - Washington Post

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  November 17, 2009, 4:35 pm

DAY'S END ROUNDUP

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