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huffingtonpost.com - 2/14/2009

Lieberman Stepped Up Role As Talks Ebbed

— huffingtonpost.com — Sen. Ben Nelson spent the last two weeks either surrounded by reporters or huddled with centrist members... of both parties, hashing out a deal to move the president's stimulus through the chamber. On the way to the most critical of those meetings ... (more) Lieberman Stepped Up Role As Talks Ebbed

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My? Israel

— tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com — My? Israel   As some of you know my wife and I have been seriously considering aliyah.... We spent several weeks in November  in Israel exploring some of the details involved in such a move. We were somewhat optimistic at... (more) My? Israel

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jpost.com - 2/9/2009

Jerusalem Post | Breaking News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World

— jpost.com — Exit polls: Kadima edges Likud Photo: Graphics by Kira Volvovsky From left: Labor, Kadima, Likud and Israel... Beiteinu Pictures of the week» Livni may not be able to form gov't due to large right-wing bloc By JPOST.COM STAFF Kadima expected to win 30 ... (more) Jerusalem Post | Breaking News from Israel, the Middle ...

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The Rockets Voted
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Goldblog reports from an undisclosed location to comment on the Israeli election results: The stunner, for me at least: The Labor Party is dead. More than that, the peace camp is  dead, or comatose, at least. According to exit poll numbers I heard, Haifa and Tel Aviv went for Livni (who is no leftist, except in comparison to Netanyahu and Lieberman); the south went for the hard right. The rockets voted, in other words. Juan Cole: Since President Obama sent out George Mitchell to attempt to kickstart the peace ...

Pro-Likud, Pro-Israel
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Jeffrey Goldberg has a post on the Israeli elections noting, among other effects, that this victory for the right essentially means "the peace camp is dead." Of course, we already knew this -- the election only confirms a reality that has existed since Hamas first came to power in Gaza. As long as Hamas remains, there can't really be any peace, which explains at least in part why the Israeli center has shifted so dramatically to the right. ...

Extremism and Proportional Representation
Matthew Yglesias — Jeffrey Goldberg is among those who think Israel’s problems can be lain at the feet of its proportional representation system: The Arab world doesn’t have enough democracy; Israel has too much. Israel’s is an insane system, which gives every lunatic fringe party disproportionate say in the running of the country, and therefore encourages radicalism. Lieberman is incorrigible, but if he had to exist within the framework of a center-right party, he’d be marginally less offensive. First, it needs to be ...

Remainders: Deal
Ben Smith's Blog — ... Goodwin joins Obama's New Media Team. AFSCME members actually have a "We're F--kin' AFSCME!" facebook group. The GOP picks Gov. Jindal to give the Republican response to the State of the Union. Solis may have to oversee the UNITE HERE civil war. Propublica, The Takeaway and WNYC launch ShovelWatch. Tapper says the Obama press office, despite reports to the contrary, looks like America. Goldberg says the rockets voted in Israel, and that Labor is dead. Former AIPACer Steve ...

Not so stunning
Israel Matzav — Not so stunning [image] In The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg calls Tuesday's election results ' stunning ' (Hat Tip: Memeorandum ). 1. The stunner, for me at least: The Labor Party is dead. More than that, the peace camp is dead, or comatose, at least. According to exit poll numbers I heard, Haifa and Tel Aviv went for Livni (who is no leftist, except in comparison to Netanyahu and Lieberman); the south went for the hard right. The rockets voted, in other words. 2. Washington should prepare itself for the possibility of Avigdor Lieberman as Israel's foreign ...

Hugh Hewitt: A Likud-Kadima Coalition
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... today's Haaretz story : A senior official within Kadima said he expects his party to eventually join a coalition under Netanyahu, "because at the end of the day there's a little something called the State of Israel, and it needs to be run." If Kadima does join under Likud, it will demand the foreign and defense portfolios, a party official said. For a detailed review of what happened in Israel, and what may come next, read Yossi Verter's long analysis . Jeffrey Goldberg's summary : "The Labor Party is dead. More than that, the peace camp is dead, ...

Hugh Hewitt: A Likud-Kadima Coalition
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog — ... today's Haaretz story : A senior official within Kadima said he expects his party to eventually join a coalition under Netanyahu, "because at the end of the day there's a little something called the State of Israel, and it needs to be run." If Kadima does join under Likud, it will demand the foreign and defense portfolios, a party official said. For a detailed review of what happened in Israel, and what may come next, read Yossi Verter's long analysis . Jeffrey Goldberg's summary : "The Labor Party is dead. More than that, the peace camp is dead, ...