thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 2/10/2009
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Michael Steele, the new party chairman, appeared on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."
They Can't Be Serious
openleft.com 1/15/2009 — The Washington Post reports that the economic recovery package Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are proposing includes a lot of good stuff - aid to cities and states, increased unemployment insurance and food stamps. But here's the really bad ...
Fire Washington Post Ombudsman Andy Alexander This Morning
delong.typepad.com 2/20/2009 — The latest Washington Post employee to show that he has no business at all in journalism is "ombudsman" Andy Alexander--who should be run out of town this morning, if not sooner.
Let's turn the microphone over to Hilzoy::
Obsidian Wings: The ...
Newspaper Roundup for Mar. 10, 2009
cnsnews.com 3/10/2009 — Home News National CNSNews.com Newspaper Roundup for Mar. 10, 2009 Tuesday, March 10, 2009 By Susan Jones, Senior Editor South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Expect stronger hurricane warnings this year Vivid warning language may save lives, forecasters say Los Angeles Times: Obama urged to create ...
Right Matters: A Judicial Outrage in Iowa
washingtonpost.com 4/3/2009 — Iowa's supreme court has ruled that its constitutional guarantee of "equal protection" for all people requires the state to recognize same-sex marriage. The court overturned a law passed in 1998.
Obama's Million Ghost March
newsbusters.org 1/22/2009 — I doubt it would surprise anyone here that the media would go to their best lengths to over-estimate the number of people at Obama's inauguration. But just how far out on a limb would they go to portray his mandate? Try at least a million people. ...
Michael Steele becomes first black RNC chairman - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 1/31/2009 — WASHINGTON The Republican Party chose the first black national chairman in its history Friday, just shy of three months after the nation elected a Democrat as the first African-American president. The choice marked no less than "the dawn of a new ...
A Suggested Correction For Will’s ‘Dark Green Doomsayers’ Column
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org 2/22/2009 — The following has been sent to Autumn Brewington, op-ed page editor for the Washington Post, Fred Hiatt, editorial page editor of The Washington Post, Alan Shearer, editorial director of The Washington Post Writers Group, and Andy Alexander, ...
Another First!
mudvillegazette.com 3/9/2009 — If at first you don't succeed, push the "reset" button and have another first!
The Washington Post : BAGHDAD, March 8 -- The U.S. military announced Sunday that 12,000 American soldiers would withdraw from Iraq by September, marking the first step in the Obama administration's plan to pull ...
Congress: Another hurdle cleared —
First Read 2/10/2009
The stimulus "cleared a major hurdle" in the Senate yesterday, The Hill writes. The next steps: The stimulus got passed in large measure because Democrats stripped about $100 billion out of the House bill. But: "Democrats have apparently ...
First thoughts: Obama's 24-hour blitz —
First Read 2/10/2009
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro*** Obama’s 24-hour blitz: After President Obama yesterday conducted a town hall in Indiana and then held his first primetime news conference as president, his media blitz to sell the economic ...
Stimulus votes -- what to expect —
First Read 2/10/2009
From NBC’s Ken StricklandAt noon today we expect two stimulus-related votes. The first will be a procedural vote. The second should final passage of the stimulus bill (then it gets reconciled with the House bill). Both require 60 votes to pass.
We ...
Senate passes $838 billion stimulus bill —
CNN Political Ticker 2/10/2009
GOP Sens. Arlen Specter and Susan Collins say the final bill won't have their support if it is drastically different.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Senate voted 61-37 to approve President Barack Obama's proposed $838 billion economic stimulus ...
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