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First thoughts: Senate gets the baton
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg*** Senate gets the baton: After Saturday night’s historic, contentious, and very narrow health-care vote in the House of Representatives, the action now moves to the Senate, where things won’t get any easier. On Sunday, President ...
Vitter Town Hall, Baton Rouge, 10/31/09 (video)
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First thoughts: Obama's four options
firstread.msnbc.msn.com — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg*** Obama’s four options: On this Veterans Day, at 2:30 pm ET, President Obama meets with his national security team for the eighth and possibly final time to discuss what to do in ... (more) First thoughts: Obama's four options
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Pelosi Got It Done
Taegan Goddard's Political WireFirst Read: "Speaker Pelosi deserves her due on Saturday's vote. She had said she'd get this out of the House as soon as she had the votes. By going when she did, with another Dem in her pocket (the new seat in NY-23) and keeping the House in session over the weekend, she got it done. And she even quelled a potential uprising among the most pro-choice members of her caucus. It was an impressive performance; she had her share of backseat drivers in all parts of official Washington, and she pulled it off. By the way, the NEXT health care vote in the House should be easier to get, ...

Pelosi's strength
Ben Smith's Blog — One takeaway from the House vote is to confirm something we basically knew: Nancy Pelosi is a very strong legislative leader. First Read: Speaker Pelosi deserves her due on Saturday’s vote. She had said she'd get this out of the House as soon as she had the votes. By going when she did, with another Dem in her pocket (the new seat in NY-23) and keeping the House in session over the weekend, she got it done. And she even quelled a potential uprising among the most pro-choice members of her caucus. It was an impressive performance; she had her share of ...

Don’t Mess with Madam Speaker
The Moderate Voice — ... Love her or not — and I’m in the “not” category, most of the time — Speaker Pelosi’s legislative maneuvering on the House health care bill was impressive. See the second item at First Read, h/t ...

No Photo of Barack and Bibi?
Taegan Goddard's Political WireFirst Read: "The biggest event on President Obama's schedule today is a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at 7:00 pm ET. The Israelis usually love to get their American presidential photo-ops, but Netanyahu won't get one unless the White House releases an official photograph. Why? There is no pool spray or media moment between the two at all. Part of the reason is that the White House only agreed to meet Netanyahu in the last 48 hours, despite Netanyahu's pleas for a meeting for weeks."

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