Front Row

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• Democrats say jobs not war will determine 2010 elections

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 677
  Complacency. In a word, that’s what a top Democrat attributes his party’s loss of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1994 election after a 40-year reign. “We were pretty cocksure of what was — would be,” said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. Looking ahead to next November’s election, Hoyer ...
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• Inquisition begins over state dinner gatecrashing

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 677
  Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan looked like he was having a bad day as he sat facing a firing squad of lawmakers determined to find out how the vaunted Secret Service could allow uninvited guests into the White House and even into a receiving line to shake hands with President Barack Obama. “I’ve asked ...
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• Clinton doesn’t blame Karzai for confusion over U.S. policy

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 677
  U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is seen by many as the Obama administration’s “good cop” when it comes to dealing with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, leaving others to point fingers at his government over corruption, election fraud and other issues. On Thursday, she continued to show empathy for ...
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• The First Draft: White House takes a lonely road to openness on Crasher-gate

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 677
  President Barack Obama’s senior adviser, Valerie Jarrett, feels the White House doesn’t need Congress to help it maintain openness on the Crasher-gate scandal. That’s why it’s chosen to eschew the limelight of a Capitol Hill hearing today. “We think we’ve really answered the questions fully,” she ...
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• Afghan hearings takeaway: Charlie Wilson, swimming pools

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 677
  They weren’t the most “important” words said today at congressional hearings on President Barack Obama’s new Afghanistan war strategy, but the following snippets were memorable. Afghanistan and swimming pools: Defense Secretary Robert Gates: “We’re not just going to throw these guys into the swimming ...
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• Rise and Fall, according to Murtha

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 677
  Great powers rise and fall. And a powerful member of the House of Representatives, mindful of this, fears the United States could be swamping itself in Afghanistan’s rugged terrain, a graveyard of foreign forces. “What I’m worried about is the cost of the war,” said Rep. John Murtha, who controls the ...
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• Big names urge Iran to free American hikers

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 677
  Nearly 80 prominent people from around the world appealed Wednesday for the release of three American hikers who have been detained in Iran for more than four months. Shane Bauer, a freelance journalist, Sarah Shourd, a teacher and women’s rights advocate, and Josh Fattal, an environmentalist, were arrested July 31 ...
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• White House defends social secretary in gate-crasher flap

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 677
  White House spokesman Robert Gibbs today defended the White House social secretary, Desiree Rogers, in the controversy surrounding how a Virginia couple managed to wangle their way into President Barack Obama’s state dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last week. It has been noted in news accounts that ...
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• U.S. Supreme Court turns to question of beaches and hot dogs

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 677
  For all practical purposes, it was like a day at the beach for the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday as the justices considered Florida’s program to bring in sand to save miles of eroding shorelines. A lawyer for six homeowners in Florida’s Walton County argued the program resulted in a strip of state-owned sand ...
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• The First Draft: Afghanistan inspires Freudian slips about that other battlefield - Iraq

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 677
  President Barack Obama may have invoked Vietnam to banish that ugly specter of defeat from his shiny new Afghan strategy. But a day later, Iraq seems to be the wartime nightmare dogging two congressional veterans of the Bush wars. Vice President Joe Biden, who was a Democratic senator from Delaware during Rummy’s ...
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• Obama uses V-word in Afghan speech, and we don’t mean victory

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 677
  President Barack Obama uttered it four times in his speech at West Point about the way forward in Afghanistan. It was the V-word that is often linked with the Q-word that conjures up the ghost of a past war that still is a raw wound in the American psyche. Obama charged head-on to try and address one of the key ...
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• Republican to seniors: “You’re going to die sooner” with healthcare reform

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 677
  Republican Senator Tom Coburn doesn’t mince words. He was crystal clear about what he thinks of healthcare reform being debated in the Senate, saying to seniors: “I have a message for you: You’re going to die sooner.” Senators are debating an amendment by Republican Senator John McCain that would send the ...
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• Twitter Tweets about ebay as of December 1, 2009

  
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  missbeliever: have been outbid repeatedly on clothes show tix on ebay to the point of which people are paying the same as they are new. WTF?2009-12-01 23:00:43 · Reply · Viewcarrrlymcg: @LauraChristine_ EBAY! i found a bunch for under 30!!2009-12-01 23:00:37 · Reply · ViewOutsrceWebsite: Order Control Platform ...
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• White House adviser nods to bubble risk in China

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 677
  He was probably only trying to be funny. But White House economist Austan Goolsbee touched a raw nerve by inferring Chinese investors currently exhibit the same kind of bubble mentality that Americans displayed prior to the collapse of the U.S. technology stock bubble in 2000. Goolsbee, chief economist to ...
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• White House adviser nods to bubble risk in China

  
  MacroScope — Authority: 423
  He was probably only trying to be funny. But White House economist Austan Goolsbee touched a raw nerve by inferring Chinese investors currently exhibit the same kind of bubble mentality that Americans displayed prior to the collapse of the U.S. technology stock bubble in 2000. Goolsbee, chief economist to ...
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• Watch: Lady Gaga Trips & Falls

  
  Bunny With Fangs! — Authority: 530
  Lady Gaga has yet to get caught falling down on stage, but alas, all heroes must go down. She was performing in Montreal on Friday when she slipped in her uber-high heels and wiped out (at the :20 mark). He backup dancer reaches for her, but she gets up rather quickly on her own. Later (at the 2:53 mark), she trips ...
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• Senator Leahy takes Obama to task over landmines

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 677
  With President Barack Obama poised to order more U.S. troops into Afghanistan, a senior U.S. senator hammered the administration Tuesday for not joining an international treaty banning landmines. “I think the Obama administration has made a dramatic mistake in this area,” Senator Patrick Leahy, a Democrat, said ...
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• Live blog of Obama’s Afghanistan speech

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 677
  Reuters’ Toby Zakaria will be live blogging the Obama speech on Tuesday night.
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• New U.S. “voice of development” fluent in Washington speak

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 677
  Rajiv Shah, the Obama administration’s nominee to head the troubled U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), carries a resume heavy with outside-the-beltway cred. Medical doctor. Agricultural scientist. Gates Foundation expert. So at least one senator at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday was ...
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• Communities as a source for market intelligence (via postie)

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 157
  Bookmark this categoryEditor’s note: This post is sponsored by PartnerUp.Understanding what’s really on the minds of your customers is important to business owners. Customers expect you to know them well and comprehend the issues they face, which causes companies to spend massive amounts of money each year on ...
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