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  March 12, 2010, 7:15 am

MORNING READ

FROM THE BLOGS:
Healthcare bill spending in context - Ezra Klein
Dodd to announce financial reform Monday - Chris in Paris, AMERICAblog
DOJ's al-Qaeda lawyers are volunteers - Andy McCarthy, The Corner
South Jersey jihadist - Michelle Malkin
Six minutes of news - Attaturk, Firedoglake
Inkling of bipartisanship on immigration reform - Charles Lemos, MyDD
Daily Caller interviews Karl Rove - Jon Ward, The Daily Caller
Hop aboard the Nanny Train - Ike Brannon, Weekly Standard
Underplayed story: Healthcare sticker shock - Karen Tumulty, Swampland
Green shoots - Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo
Senate passes jobs bill - mcjoan, Daily Kos
Dereliction of duty - Carol Platt Liebau, Townhall
WH: Healthcare gimmicks not 'gimmicks' - Peter Suderman, Hit and Run
Republicans attack Holder on detainee amicus briefs - Jeralyn, TalkLeft
Graham to Obama: Reconciliation on healthcare will kill amnesty - Allahpundit, Hot Air

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Democratic candidates don't want to mention it - The Hill
Pelosi leaves March 18 vote possibility open - The Hill
Judge to hear to plan to give $675M to WTC responders - AP
Obama seeks rise in U.S. exports - Washington Post

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  March 11, 2010, 5:00 pm

DAY'S END ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:
Primarying Bart - John Cole, Balloon Juice
The reconciliation jig is nearly up - Jennifer Rubin, contentions
MoveOn members strongly back reform - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Arsenal of democracy - John Noonan, Weekly Standard
Sanders prepared to add public option amendment - G. Sargent, Plum Line
Schumer vs. Durbin - Jay Newton-Small, Swampland
CBPP on the Ryan Roadmap - Reihan Salam, The Agenda
Healthcare plan getting more popular - Matthew Yglesias
How insurance companies screw people - John Aravosis, AMERICAblog
Taxes and the Ryan plan - Ross Douthat
The ever-changing Massa conspiracy - Jonathan Chait, The New Republic
Colombia: The democratic system worked - Ray Walser, The Foundry
How Republicans eat crow - David Waldman, Daily Kos
House Republicans approve earmarks ban - Lori Ziganto, RedState
Rove on 2012 - GOP12

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Pelosi leaves door open to March 18th vote - The Hill
Dems look to health vote without anti-abortion votes - AP
Cuomo will recuse himself from Paterson investigations - New York Times
Clock winds down on '24' - Variety

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  March 11, 2010, 11:52 am

MIDDAY ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:
Kennedy rips media for lack of war coverage - CSPANjunke, Crooks and Liars
Fiscal suicide pact - John Steele Gordon, Contentions
Republicans in glass houses - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Obamacare meets Obama-ed - Scott, Power Line
Hurry up and wait? - Jonathan Cohn, The Treatment
Can Obamacare go 'one louder?' - Jeffrey Anderson, Weekly Standard
Byrd rule can be used against health bill - Greg Sargent, Plum Line
Mr. Brooks, meet Mr. Smith - Matt Welch, Hit & Run
Student loan bailout is lesson in corp. welfare - J. Walker, Firedoglake
Immigration reform back on the agenda - Katie Connolly, The Gaggle
Sessions 'deeply concerned' about Holder brief - J. McCormack, Weekly Standard
Global warming concerns dropping - Aaron Wiener, TWI
Healthcare bill getting more popular - Ezra Klein

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
House Dem 'no' votes are piling up - The Hill
CBO offers new estimate of Senate bill - The Hill
Kennedy seeks 'fuller life' - WaPo
Dodd to offer financial reform bill without GOP - NYT

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  March 11, 2010, 7:09 am

MORNING READ

FROM THE BLOGS:
ObamaCare nuclear option deal close - Brian Darling, RedState
Purely useless - mistermix, Balloon Juice
Questions continue to dominate health debate - John Hanlon, Townhall
Give Liz Cheney more rope - pmcarpenter, BuzzFlash
The Obama administration's insurance industry double standard - J. Hawkins, Right Wing News
Will Specter survive again? - Karen Tumulty, Swampland
The best thing you'll read on Massa v. Beck - Noam Scheiber, TNR
Organizing for America's big test - Chris Cillizza, The Fix
The Sheila Jackson-Lee caucus - Kathryn Jean Lopez, The Corner
Beck absurdly says Obama wants to ban fishing - Media Matters
Hoyer contradicts Pelosi on abortion - Jon Ward, The Daily Caller
Massa gets under Glenn Beck's skin - Nicole Belle, Crooks and Liars
Move to kill filibuster gaining steam among Democrats - Patricia Murphy, Politics Daily
Pro-life Dems could kill health bill - fmaidment, The Minority Report

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Unions ramping up push against Democrats who don't toe labor line - The Hill
Immigration provision has Hispanic Caucus threatening 'no' health vote - The Hill
Pelosi office told of Massa issue - Washington Post
Tight race in Iraq could mean weeks of horse-trading - New York Times

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  March 10, 2010, 4:58 pm

DAY'S END ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:
Endgame - J.E. Dyer, contentions
50 in sight for public option - Chris Bowers, Open Left
Healthcare data points - Joe Klein, Swampland
Corporate spending on political ads could be invisible - C. Lee, BuzzFlash
Wingnut mail call - digby, Hullabaloo
'The air cover is coming' - Steve Benen, Political Animal
Updating the healthcare whip count - Reid Wilson, Hotline OnCall
Pelosi: We could pass Obamacare today - Allahpundit, Hot Air
You might die in your Toyota. It happens. - K.M. Ward, Hit & Run
Campaign finance freak-out - Kate Phillips, The Caucus
Van Hollen: Healthcare won't cost Dems seats - Mary Katharine Ham, Weekly Standard
Dems try to pass Obamacare without a vote - Leon Wolf, RedState
Yes we can! - Matthew Yglesias
The state-based single payer strategy - Ezra Klein
Global warming in wonderland - Audrey Jones, The Foundry

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Boeing: Pentagon process didn't favor us - The Hill
House leaders ban earmarks to for-profit companies - New York Times
Senate approves unemployment aid extension - Washington Post
Monica Conyers gets 37 months in prison for bribery - Detroit Free Press

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  March 10, 2010, 12:00 pm

MIDDAY ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:
Glenn Beck meets his match in Massa - Michael Scherer, Swampland
Let the games begin... - Colby Itkowitz, Pennsylvania Ave.
Reed not running for Congress - Reid Wilson, Hotline OnCall
Cheney keeps losing friends - Steve Benen, Political Animal
23 Dem 'yes' votes on healthcare switch to 'undecided' - Dan Perrin, RedState
The Paul Ryan tax plan - Matthew Yglesias
Is Wilders wrong? - Paul, Powerline
Mitch McConnell, concern troll - BarbinMD, Daily Kos
8 - Cammie Croft, WhiteHouse.Gov
You can hang out with all the boys - Jesse Walker, Hit & Run
Massa believes in platonic groping - David Kurtz, TalkingPointsMemo
Obama approval rating at 43% - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
The one flaw in the brilliant plan - David Dayden, firedoglake
Procedure could undo Dem dreams - Melissa Clouthier, Right Wing News
The anonymous SAO - Kevin Drum, Mother Jones

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
New GOP heavyweight takes punches from Dems - The Hill
Healthcare's obstacle: No will to cut - New York Times
GOP hopes to split Dems in the Hosue and Senate - Washington Post
Dollar confidence soards to 18-month high - Bloomberg

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  March 10, 2010, 8:03 am

MORNING READ

FROM THE BLOGS:
Paul Ryan's budget proposal does not balance budget - Ezra Klein
Senate healthcare whip count - Chris Bowers, Open Left
O'Reilly, Dobbs wrong on undocumented immigrant tax claims - Media Matters
Maddow show: Stupak abortion stance is for fame - Jeff Poor, NewsBusters
'Thank you, Senator Bunning' - Kathryn Jean Lopez, The Corner
Healthcare supporters storm Washington - Aleksandra Kulczuga, The Daily Caller
Rove speaks: It's everyone else's fault - Dave Weigel, Wash. Independent
Assessing the Massa impact (or lack thereof) - Chris Cillizza, The Fix
Afghan war strategy risks: go hard or go soft? - David Wood, Politics Daily
Debt commission chairman issues warning - James Ridgeway, MoJo
Are insurance companies the problem? - Jonathan Cohn, The Treatment
Running to the right won't work - Nathan Empsall, MyDD
Roberts: Obama SOTU behavior 'troubling' - Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit
Nancy Pelosi's 'tell' - Lori Ziganto, RedState
Kildee flips health vote to 'yes' - SusanAnne Hiller, Right Wing News

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Dem leaders jockey for filibuster reform; build ties to junior senators - The Hill
Massa scandal explodes - The Hill
Prosecutors charge 'JihadJane' - Washington Post
Conservatives split over detainee lawyers - New York Times

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  March 9, 2010, 4:15 pm

DAY'S END ROUND UP

FROM THE BLOGS:
Massa is officially gone - Jillian Bandes, Townhall
The Artur Davis problem - Matt Yglesias
Pass it to find out what's in it - Yuval Levin, The Corner
Bail out our schools - Robert Reich, TAPPED
'This is not a conservative plan' - GOP 12
More millionaires in America - Zaid Jilani, Think Progress
Dems adding student-loan takeover to healthcare? - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
The Stupak solution - Jonathan Chait
Sean Penn wants me in jail - Michael Moynihan, Hit & Run
Cornyn admits repealing healthcare unlikely - Brian Beutler, TPMDC
Fact checking Stupak on abortion - Mark Murray, First Read
The four big governor's races - Matthew Continetti, Weekly Standard
Updating the healthcare whip count - Reid Wilson, Hotline On Call

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Census hiring blitz could lower unemployment rate - The Hill
In Israel, Biden condemns settlements - The Hill
Massa investigated for allegedly groping staffers - Washington Post
China and India join climate accord - NYT


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  March 9, 2010, 12:00 pm

MIDDAY ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:
Implosion - Josh Marshall, TalkingPointsMemo
Doomsday for Consumer Financial Protection? - Alison Hamm, BuzzFlash
Could reconciliation have an abortion time bomb? - D. Waldman, Daily Kos
Will Scalia abandon originalism in gun case? - Damon Root, Hit & Run
Recommended reading: The first contact man - M. Continetti, Weekly Standard
Watch for Senate Dem hypocrisy at 11 - Erick Erickson, RedState
My race is 'American' - Michelle Malkin
Florida Senate race gets hairy - Michael Scherer, Swampland
Lawyers and double standards - Jennifer Rubin, contentions
Matt Damon's 'Green Zone' slanders U.S. - Big Hollywood
Stereotypes and 'Precious' - Kathleen McKinley, Right Wing News
FDL launces 'Students, not banks' campaign - Jane Hamsher, firedoglake
Made men - DougJ, Balloon Juice
The Hekmatyar factor - Matthew Yglesias
Blanche Lincoln now open to reconciliation - Chris Bowers, Open Left

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Hoyer: Massa charges 'absurd,' 'absolutely untrue' - The Hill
Biden calls U.S.-Israeli ties 'unshakable' - New York Times
A mix of auto industry, regulators - Washington Post
Toyota flexes muscle to defend its reputation - Detroit News

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  March 9, 2010, 7:08 am

MORNING READ

FROM THE BLOGS:
Mark Penn chimes in on healthcare - John Hanlon, Townhall
Democrats losing ground on national security - Chris Cillizza, The Fix
Is government dysfunction beyond help? - pmcarpenter, BuzzFlash
Do you miss him yet? - Scott, Power Line
Unlikely voters disapprove of Obama - Chris Bowers, Open Left
Cornyn: Guess the base was right about Crist - John Hawkins, Right Wing News
A private poll and some encouraging news - Jonathan Cohn, The Treatment
The GOP's war on Teddy Roosevelt - John Avlon, The Daily Beast
Will Stupak be bought on Demcare? - Michelle Malkin
This sounds like an excellent plan - John Cole, Balloon Juice
Lack of common Census - John J. Miller, The Corner
Thought that Geithner meeting was more on the record - J. Aravosis, AMERICAblog
Spitzer madam busts onto New York gov. race - Megan, The Daily Caller
Who is running the secret side of the wars? - Jim White, Firedoglake
Tea Partyers to 'storm' Capitol Hill March 16 - Chris Good, The Atlantic
Your tax dollars at work - Bill S., RedState

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Biden has one foot in the Senate; may play key role on healthcare - The Hill
An unlikely hero for the right - Washington Post
Public pension funds are adding risk to raise returns - New York Times
Obama, Sebelius take aim at insurers - Bloomberg

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