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• Obama’s Student Loan Reforms Major Boost to Education

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 489
  In a year when political and economic reporting has focused on ideology, obstruction, recession and unemployment, the administration of Pres. Barack Obama has been hard at work on major reforms that are designed to not only speed recovery but to secure the economy against future threats. One of the most vital areas of ...
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• nova scotia newlywed - canadian citizen of 12 years - fingerprinted, then refused entry into u.s.

  
  we move to canada — Authority: 138
  [redsock guest post] Another story from The Land Of The Free™: CBC (my bold): A newlywed Nova Scotia woman hoping to visit her husband in the United States says she wasnt allowed to board a flight at Halifax Stanfield International Airport this week because she is a Muslim. Ayat Manna, 25, of Dartmouth, said ...
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• Obama’s Address on Intelligence & Counterterrorism (transcript)

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 489
  The following is an official transcript of remarks by President Obama on Strengthening Intelligence and Aviation Security, as delivered 7 January 2010, in the White House State Dining Room 4:34 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. The immediate reviews that I ordered after the failed Christmas ...
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• The Tobin Tax and the GFC

  
  Larvatus Prodeo — Authority: 534
  In a recent post , I observed that the momentum for systemic reform and coordinated international regulation of the financial sector, pursued through the G20 in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, appeared to have stalled. In that context, it was interesting to read an interview in yesterday’s Financial ...
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• Jack Cafferty Rips Obama

  
  CKA Canadian Forums — Authority: 159
  by Strutz Oh my. Quite the rip but he certainly made some good points. go to newest post
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• Ten Toss-ups in the Senate Races (Cook Report)

  
  PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — Authority: 140
  The Cook Report currently is classifying ten Senate races as “toss-ups” i.e., “the most competitive races; either party has a good chance of winning.” Six of the seats in question are currently held by Democrats and four by Republicans: Democrats Bennet (CO) CT (Dodd) DE (Kaufman) IL (Burris) ...
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• Obama: ‘Ultimately the Buck Stops With Me’

  
  Breitbart.tv — Authority: 801
  
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• On prosecutions, a few numbers for you | Michael Tomasky

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  If youre like a lot of people -- Liz Cheney, say -- youve been wondering why Barack Obama seems to think the rights of terrorists are more important than the lives of the American people and wants to give them civilian trials and let them get "lawyered up," in the suddenly voguish phrase, so they can take advantage ...
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• Sarah Palin and the little people | Michael Tomasky

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Next month in Nashville, Tenn., the first-ever national tea-party convention will take place. The tea-party movement is getting to be like the Politburo of the 1920s. Too many factions each claiming to know the true path. I cant keep up. However, this part is clear enough: Dave Weigel of the Windy is reporting that ...
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• The Republican National Committee is, if anything, predictable

  
  The Shekel - Coins, Law and Commentary — Authority: 435
  Unfortunately, it is predictably going in the wrong direction.As noted by Push the Door, the Republicans at the national level arent doing much to support Scott Brown for the senate seat in Massachusetts. Passing up a great chance to work with popular dissatisfaction over the Democrats and a fighting chance to pick up ...
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• What the Press Wants

  
  PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — Authority: 140
  I know that it is frequently assumed that the mainstream press has specific political outcomes that it wants and that it pushes.    I agree, however not in the way that most might assume.  I am less inclined to think that there is a general partisan push in the press as much as I am convinced that the press, writ ...
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• Lieberman Failure

  
  IntoxiNation — Authority: 549
  If this keeps up then we might finally get rid of Lieberman in 2012: More than 80 percent (81 percent) of Democrats now say they disapprove of the job Lieberman is doing with only 14 percent approving. Among Republicans, 48 percent disapprove of the senator with just 39 approving. And among independents, 61 ...
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• Obama’s ‘Educate to Innovate’ Address, Promoting Science & Math (transcript)

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 489
  The following is a transcript of the President’s address on the “Educate to Innovate” Campaign and Science Teaching and Mentoring Awards, as delivered on 6 January 2010, in the East Room of the White House 1:46 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. Thank you. Well, ...
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• ‘How Dare They’: CNN’s Cafferty Rips Obama for Failed Openness Pledge

  
  Breitbart.tv — Authority: 801
  
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• Steele Starts Lashing Out At His Critics

  
  IntoxiNation — Authority: 549
  Things are getting pretty tense in GOP land: ABC News’ Aaron Katersky and Rick Klein report: RNC Chairman Michael Steele is lashing out his critics, with a series of blunt messages for prominent Republicans who have blasted him over his leadership for the Republican Party. “I tell them to get a life. That’s ...
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• Should Ed Schultz Run For Dorgan’s Seat?

  
  IntoxiNation — Authority: 549
  Something interesting has happened since Byron Dorgan announced his retirement from the Senate Tuesday night. We now see a movement developing to get Ed Schultz to hang up the microphone and hit the campaign trail. Today Bob Fertik over at democrats.com started an online petition to draft Ed. I have been ...
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• Job approval and congressional seats | Michael Tomasky

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Via Ben Smith , from an outfit called Public Opinion Strategies (a Republican firm, sez Ben) correlating presidential job approval and loss/gain in House seats.   Bottom line: presidents below 50% risk substantial losses (see 1966, 1974, 1994 and 2006). Presidents who eked above 50 tended to suffer handle-able ...
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• Party of crazy: Well, its a start | Michael Tomasky

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  I wrote yesterday that the Dems havent been trumpeting GOP extremism and internecine warfare in a way that gets the media to focus on that. As of today, theyve started.   DNC Chairman Tim Kaine finally took the offensive  on one of the morning shows today:   Kaine said today that theres "a huge corrosive civil ...
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• CBS News: Obama Reneges on Health Care Transparency

  
  Breitbart.tv — Authority: 801
  
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• On Dumb Promises

  
  PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — Authority: 140
  On the one hand, there is no reason for the opposition not to criticize President Obama for failing to fulfill a campaign promise.  That’s part of the politico-partisan game. On the other, however, candidates makes dumb promises all of the time and one has to filter out the ones that are nonsense from the ...
  18 hours ago

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