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Newspaper Roundup for Apr. 22, 2009
CNSNews.com Headlines — ... in documentary Politico: Gingrich: Arbitration the real threat in EFCA Washington Post/AP: Fla. county declares emergency over economy Los Angeles Times: Calif. State Assembly leaders hand out staff raises San Francisco Chronicle: Gavin Newsom declares for Calif. governor in high-tech style Boston Globe/Reuters: Study bolsters charred-meat link to pancreatic cancer Boston Globe: Man tries to rob dry cleaners with sword Politico: Obama skates while Right fumes Like this story? Then sign up to receive our free daily E-Brief ...

Explaining the lack of outrage
Political Animal — EXPLAINING THE LACK OF OUTRAGE.... Jonathan Martin has a fairly long, 1,600-word piece today, exploring why President Obama is largely unaffected by the controversies the right has tried to gin up. A Democratic president thrills a French audience by telling it that America has been "arrogant." He brushes aside 50 years of anti-communist orthodoxy by relaxing restrictions against Fidel Castro's Cuba. He directs his attorney general to ease a crackdown on medical marijuana and even plays host to the Grateful Dead in the Oval Office. Several times a month in his young ...

“Republicans Don’t Have A Message Or A Messenger, And That Makes Obama Look A Lot Better”
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Politico: A Democratic president thrills a French audience by telling it that America has been “arrogant.” He brushes aside 50 years of anti-communist orthodoxy by relaxing restrictions against Fidel Castro’s Cuba. He directs his attorney general to ease a crackdown on medical marijuana and even plays host to the Grateful Dead in the Oval Office. Several times a month in his young presidency, Barack Obama has done things that cause conservatives to bray, using the phrase once invoked by Bob Dole, “Where’s the outrage?!” The outrage ...

The Banality of Obama
Matthew Yglesias — ... Jonathan Martin seems to have penned the political thumbsucker of the day, wondering how Barack Obama is getting away with his outlandish progressive policies: ...

Americans support closer Cuban ties
Political Animal — AMERICANS SUPPORT CLOSER CUBAN TIES.... Just yesterday, the Politico had an item questioning how President Obama has managed to get away with "brush[ing] aside 50 years of anti-communist orthodoxy by relaxing restrictions against Fidel Castro's Cuba." It might have something to do with the fact that ...