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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:11:40 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Gerald Seib, Wall St Jnrl
WSJ.com is available in the following editions and languages: Thank you for registering.We sent an email to: Please click on the link inside the email to complete your registrationPlease register to gain free access to WSJ tools.An account already exists for the email address entered.Forgot your username or password?This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. Please try again later.The username entered is already associated withanother account. Please enter a different usernameThe email address you have entered is already in use.Please re-enter the...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/fight_for_the_house_pits_money_vs_momentum_238642.htmlhttp://online.wsj.com/article/capital_journal.htmlhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://online.wsj.com/article/capital_journal.html 100238642 Early Morning Update Gerald Seib, Wall St Jnrl Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:14:37 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Paul Krugman, New York Times
Why does the Obama administration keep looking for love in all the wrong places? Why does it go out of its way to alienate its friends, while wooing people who will never waver in their hatred? Paul Krugman These questions were inspired by the ongoing suspense over whether President Obama will do the obviously right thing and nominate Elizabeth Warren to lead the new consumer financial protection agency. But the Warren affair is only the latest chapter in an ongoing saga. Mr. Obama rode into office on a vast wave of progressive enthusiasm. This enthusiasm was...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/curbing_your_enthusiasm_238645.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/opinion/30krugman.html?ref=columnistshttp://mobile.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/opinion/30krugman.xml?ref=columnists 100238645 Early Morning Update Paul Krugman, New York Times Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:25:37 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Mort Kondracke, Roll Call
There's not a prayer that comprehensive immigration reform will pass Congress this year, but there's a slim one that a smaller "down payment" measure might. And it should.Many of the nation's most important Latino groups, plus Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), are now pushing passage of a package to legalize undocumented workers in the farm industry and young people going to college or the military.What's needed now is some concerted leadership "” from President Barack Obama , from Republican presidential wannabes (and maybe former...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/hope_for_an_immigration_quotdown_paymentquot_238650.htmlhttp://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=news-000003714092&topic=Kondrackehttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=news-000003714092&topic=Kondracke 100238650 Early Morning Update Mort Kondracke, Roll Call Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:05:16 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Eugene Robinson, Indianapolis Star
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Debt. It's the four-letter word every American knows, hates and fears.From the time we can comprehend the concept of spending what one doesn't have and owing more than one can pay, most of us are taught to watch our pennies, spend wisely and frugally and never get ourselves into trouble with debt. From the allowance provided us by our parents, the cash we receive from babysitting or a paper route, to the thrill of our first measly paycheck from our summer jobs, we are taught to respect and know the value of a dollar. That's a...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/stop_spending_start_cutting_238648.htmlhttp://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/cheri-jacobus/111749-stop-spending-start-cuttinghttp://mobile.thehill.com/opinion/columnists/cheri-jacobus/111749-stop-spending-start-cutting 100238648 Early Morning Update Cheri Jacobus, The Hill Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:21:38 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
"They [the United States and Israel] have decided to attack at least two countries in the region in the next three months."-- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, July 26President Ahmadinejad has a penchant for the somewhat loony, as when last weekend he denounced Paul the Octopus, omniscient predictor of eight consecutive World Cup matches, as a symbol of decadence and purveyor of "Western propaganda and superstition."But for all his clownishness, Ahmadinejad is nonetheless calculating and dangerous. What "two countries" was he talking about? They seem...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/iran_starts_feeling_heat_238646.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/29/AR2010072904901.htmlhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/29/AR2010072904901.html 100238646 Early Morning Update Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:27:40 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Mary Kate Cary, US News
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/california_a_microcosm_of_americans039_concerns_238622.htmlhttp://politics.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/mary-kate-cary/2010/07/29/californias-fiscal-emergency-a-microcosm-of-americans-debt-concernshttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://politics.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/mary-kate-cary/2010/07/29/californias-fiscal-emergency-a-microcosm-of-americans-debt-concerns 100238622 PM Update Mary Kate Cary, US News Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:31:18 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Froma Harrop, Providence Journal
Welcome, Dr. Donald Berwick. Once you pull the arrows out of your back, you can get down to the important work for which you are supremely qualified: fixing the government health-insurance programs.President Obama named you head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services through a recess appointment. That deprived Senate Republicans of another televised round denouncing "socialized medicine" -- though they are churning out press releases calling you a "health-care-rationing czar" and advocate of "cookie-cutter medicine." Receive news alertsA pediatrician...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/29/berwick_can_improve_health_care__cut_costs.htmlhttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/29/berwick_can_improve_health_care__cut_costs.htmlhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/29/berwick_can_improve_health_care__cut_costs.html 200238563 PM Update Froma Harrop, Providence Journal Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:06:26 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Jennifer Rubin, Commentary
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« A softball warmup for the Obama inter-'View' today | Main President Barack Obama used "The View" Thursday morning to do more media criticism, especially in answer to a question about Shirley Sherrod, the USDA official who was forced to resign last week by his administration on the basis of a wildly misleading video.Sherri Shepherd brought up the Sherrod incident within the first 15 minutes of Thursday's interview and ended her question by asking Obama: "Do you think American is still...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/obama_plays_more_media_blame_games_238617.htmlhttp://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/zontv/2010/07/obama_plays_more_media_blame_g.htmlhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/zontv/2010/07/obama_plays_more_media_blame_g.html 100238617 PM Update David Zurawik, Baltimore Sun Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:01:26 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Michelle Cottle, New Republic
Say this for the president: He knows how to charm the ladies.Obama's sit down on "The View" this morning seemed to go about as smoothly as one could hope. POTUS stayed cool, confident, and charming as he answered questions ranging from "Why don't we get out of Afghanistan?" to "Where is your message machine to combat the right's?" to "Were you invited to Chelsea Clinton's wedding?" (No. He was not.) His one clear moment of not knowing how to respond was when Joy Behar asked if Mel Gibson...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/president_knows_how_to_charm_the_ladies_238615.htmlhttp://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/76653/review-obama-%E2%80%98the-view%E2%80%99http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/76653/review-obama-%E2%80%98the-view%E2%80%99 100238615 PM Update Michelle Cottle, New Republic Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:07:54 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Jack Devine, Wall Street Journal
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San Diego, California (CNN) -- U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ripped the guts out of SB 1070 on Wednesday, striking down the most egregious and indefensible parts of Arizona's immigration law.http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/arizona_judge_gets_it_exactly_right_238605.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/07/28/navarrette.arizona.law/index.html?hpt=T1http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/07/28/navarrette.arizona.law/index.html?hpt=T1 100238605 PM Update Ruben Navarrette, CNN Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:37:07 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Shikha Dalmia, Forbes
Future historians will pinpoint Democratic Sen. Harry Reid's energy legislation, released Tuesday, as the moment that the political movement of global warming entered an irreversible death spiral. It is kaput! Finito! Done! This is not just my read of the situation; it is also that of Paul Krugman, the Nobel laureate-turned-Democratic-apparatchik. In his latest column for The New York Times, Krugman laments that "all hope for action to limit climate change died" in 2010. Democrats had a brief window of opportunity before the politics of global warming changed forever...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/weakling_theories_are_what_killed_climate_bill_238606.htmlhttp://www.forbes.com/2010/07/28/climate-change-movement-harry-reid-opinions-columnists-shikha-dalmia.html?boxes=opinionschannellatest 100238606 PM Update Shikha Dalmia, Forbes Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:43:18 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Michael Grunwald, Time
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In a recent post, Jonathan Chait rightly calls our attention to the Pew survey released July 16 that showed how voters rate political parties’ ideologies. While I agree with Chait’s interpretation of the data he cites, I want to underscore the significance of some other information in the survey—namely, where voters identify themselves in relation to the parties.On the whole, 58 percent of voters see Democrats as liberal or very liberal, while 56 percent see Republicans as conservative or very conservative; no surprise there. But voters now place themselves much...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/the_gap_between_dems_amp_independents_238555.htmlhttp://www.tnr.com/blog/william-galston/76631/democrats-republicans-popularity-new-demographicshttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.tnr.com/blog/william-galston/76631/democrats-republicans-popularity-new-demographics 100238555 AM Update William Galston, New Republic 39538 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:38:55 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Democratic spin doctors have set out how their side is going to hold onto a majority in the House. They'll capture four at-risk Republican seats, hold half of the next 30 or so Democratic at-risk seats, and avoid significant losses on target seats lower on the list.That's one plausible scenario. The shift of opinion away from Democrats so evident in the polls could turn out to be illusory. The widely held assumption that Republicans will turn out in greater numbers than Democrats could prove wrong.http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/29/house_democrats_head_for_a_thumping_at_the_polls_106526.htmlhttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/29/house_democrats_head_for_a_thumping_at_the_polls_106526.htmlhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/29/house_democrats_head_for_a_thumping_at_the_polls_106526.html 200238559 AM Update Michael Barone, DC Examiner Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:46:21 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Can a nation remain a superpower if its internal politics are incorrigibly stupid? Start with taxes. In every other serious democracy, conservative political parties feel at least some obligation to match their tax policies with their spending plans. David Cameron, the new Conservative prime minister in Britain, is a leading example.http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/29/the_politics_of_stupidity_106520.htmlhttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/29/the_politics_of_stupidity_106520.htmlhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/29/the_politics_of_stupidity_106520.html 200238583 AM Update E.J. Dionne, Washington Post Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:02:24 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Diana Furchtgott-Roth, RealClearMarkets
President Obama's Mid-Session Review, an update of the Budget published by the Office of Management and Budget in February, shows that the deficit is increasing and unemployment will remain high for years to come.The Mid-Session Review, issued on Friday, July 23 at 3:00 pm - just when people might head off for a weekend at the beach or by the pool - is not even listed on the OMB home page under "What's New." Unlike last year, OMB Director Peter Orzsag does not discuss it in the OMB Blog. Rather, it is one small line item under a heading entitled "The President's...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/obama039s_unsustainable_budget_238602.htmlhttp://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2010/07/29/deficits_up_unemployment_up_98595.html 200238602 AM Update Diana Furchtgott-Roth, RealClearMarkets Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:18:08 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Randal Archibold, New York Times
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona's immigration enforcement law from going into effect, a ruling that at least temporarily squashed a state policy that had inflamed the national debate over immigration.Judge Susan Bolton of Federal District Court issued a preliminary injunction against sections of the law, scheduled to take effect on Thursday, that called for police officers to check a person’s immigration status while enforcing other laws and required immigrants to prove that they were authorized to be in the country or risk state...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/judge_blocks_arizona_immigration_law_238572.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/us/29arizona.html?ref=todayspaperhttp://mobile.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/us/29arizona.xml?ref=todayspaper 100238572 AM Update Randal Archibold, New York Times 39835 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:19:46 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Andrew McCarthy, NRO
On a quick read, the federal court's issuance of a temporary injunction against enforcement of the major provisions of the Arizona immigration law appears specious.In essence, Judge Susan Bolton bought the Justice Department's preemption argument — i.e., the claim that the federal government has broad and exclusive authority to regulate immigration, and therefore that any state measure that is inconsistent with federal law is invalid. The Arizona law is completely consistent with federal law. The judge, however, twisted to concept of federal law into federal...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/az_ruling_specious_argument_sleight_of_hand_238570.htmlhttp://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjMyZmVkMmUzYWIxYTAzY2QxOTA0ZDg5OWQyYzg1MzQ= 100238570 AM Update Andrew McCarthy, NRO 39788 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:43:45 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Joe Klein, Time
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If Hollywood were ever to make a film about a nihilistic leaker-hacker dude, a rootless subverter of international public order, they couldn’t do better than to cast Julian Assange as himself.With his bloodless, sallow face, his lank hair drained of all color, his languorous, very un-Australian limbs, and his aura of blinding pallor that appears to admit no nuance, Assange looks every inch the amoral, uber-nerd villain, icily detached from the real world of moral choices in which the rest of us saps live. Call him the Unaleaker, with apologies to the victims of Ted Kaczynski.http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/the_hubristic_fraud_behind_wikileaks_238593.htmlhttp://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-07-28/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-is-a-criminal/?cid=hp:exchttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-07-28/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-is-a-criminal/?cid=hp:exc 100238593 AM Update Tunku Varadarajan, Daily Beast 39633 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:24:25 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Robert Scheer, The Nation
What WikiLeaks did was brilliant journalism, and the bleating critics from the president on down are revealing just how low a regard they have for the truth. As with Richard Nixon’s rage against the publication of the Pentagon Papers, our leaders are troubled not by the prospect of these revelations endangering troops but rather of endangering their own political careers. It is our president who unnecessarily sacrifices the lives of our soldiers and not those in the press who let the public in on the folly of the mission itself.What the documents exposed is the depth...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/thank_god_for_the_whistle_blowers_238592.htmlhttp://www.thenation.com/article/37980/thank-god-whistle-blowershttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.thenation.com/article/37980/thank-god-whistle-blowers 100238592 AM Update Robert Scheer, The Nation 39534 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:25:41 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Ralph Peters, New York Post
If we needed yet another example of Washington's self-absorption, we sure got it with the WikiLeaks dump of classified data on AfPak.Government officials promptly freaked about the political consequences. The rush to insist that "there's nothing new here" and that the leaks "really don't change anything" was dishonest even by DC standards.Lies, lies, lies, lies, lies!The victims of this tragic event aren't punch-drunk White House staffers or members of Congress up for re-election. They're not the wed-to-Pakistan wonks at State or even the...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/troops_are_the_real_victims_of_war_leaks_238566.htmlhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/forgotten_soldiers_rtzPcDLBVSpye4o5mqvjELhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/forgotten_soldiers_rtzPcDLBVSpye4o5mqvjEL 100238566 AM Update Ralph Peters, New York Post 39476 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:45:06 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Garry Wills, New York Review of Books
Most presidents start wondering—or, more often, worrying—about their “legacy” well into their first term. Or, if they have a second term, they worry even more feverishly about what posterity will think of them. Obama need not wonder about his legacy, even this early. It is already fixed, and in one word: Afghanistan. He took on what he made America’s longest war and what may turn out to be its most disastrous one.It is time for me to break a silence I have observed for over a year, against my better judgment. On June 30, 2009, I and eight...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/what_i_told_president_obama_238586.htmlhttp://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2010/jul/27/obamas-legacy-afghanistan/http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2010/jul/27/obamas-legacy-afghanistan/ 100238586 AM Update Garry Wills, New York Review of Books 34992 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:50:41 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Niall Ferguson, The Australian
We have been raised to think of the historical process as an essentially cyclical one.We naturally tend to assume that in our own time, too, history will move cyclically, and slowly.Yet what if history is not cyclical and slow-moving but arhythmic, at times almost stationary, but also capable of accelerating suddenly, like a sports car? What if collapse does not arrive over a number of centuries but comes suddenly, like a thief in the night?Great powers and empires are complex systems, which means their construction more resembles a termite hill than an Egyptian pyramid. They operate...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/as_debt_bites_sun_could_set_on_us_238561.htmlhttp://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2010/07/28/sun_could_set_suddenly_on_superpower_as_debt_bites_99088.htmlhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2010/07/28/sun_could_set_suddenly_on_superpower_as_debt_bites_99088.html 200238561 AM Update Niall Ferguson, The Australian Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:30:23 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
If the Obama presidency didn't exist, we would have to invent it.At a time when the American people need to make some decisions about the nation's purpose, along comes Barack Obama to make the choices crystal clear.In one corner of the world you have Europe, beset by a sovereign debt crisis that's been building for 50 years. The U.K.'s new prime minister, David Cameron, promises his people years of austerity to dig out from beneath their debt. Americans, staring at fiscal crevasses opening across Europe, have to decide if they also wish to spend the next 50 years laboring...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/why_taxes_are_a_defining_issue_238565.htmlhttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703940904575395263096865590.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTophttp://mobile2.wsj.com/device/article.php?mid=1&CALL_URL=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703940904575395263096865590.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop 100238565 AM Update Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal 39836 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:31:54 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg
How could the canny Charlie Rangel let it come to this, chased by reporters from here to Harlem hammering him about what he's going to do about allegations that he misused his office?Suddenly everyone is mad at Rangel, the New York Democrat beloved within his party, for not making a deal. How could he be so stubborn? Why isn't he making it all go away? Colleagues are returning money he raised for them and reconsidering whether to attend his 81st birthday bash. Members are fond of Rangel but fonder of re-election, which may hinge, at last, on ethics. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/trade_rangel_for_a_chance_in_november_238552.htmlhttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-29/pelosi-trades-rangel-for-chance-in-midterms-margaret-carlson.html 100238552 AM Update Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg 38944 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:45:16 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Debra Saunders, SF Chronicle
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/29/only_in_washington_is_this_transparency_106528.htmlhttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/29/only_in_washington_is_this_transparency_106528.htmlhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/29/only_in_washington_is_this_transparency_106528.html 200238560 AM Update Debra Saunders, SF Chronicle Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:46:05 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Anne Applebaum, Slate
Thank you, WikiLeaks.I didn't think it was possible, but Julian Assange has done it: By releasing 92,000 pages of intelligence documents relating to the Afghanistan war onto the laptops of an unsuspecting public, the proprietor of WikiLeaks has made an iron-clad case for the mainstream media. If you were under the impression that we no longer need news organizations, editors or reporters with more than 10 minutes' experience, think again. The notion that the Internet can replace traditional newsgathering has been revealed as a myth.To see what I mean, try reading this: "At...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/wikileaks_proves_need_for_mainstream_media_238579.htmlhttp://www.slate.com/id/2262108/http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/28/AR2010072804528.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 100238579 AM Update Anne Applebaum, Slate 39633 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:37:12 -0500 07/29/2010/00/00/00 Kevin O'Brien, Cleveland PD
I used to say the liberal bias of the American news media was not the result of some dark conspiracy. I meant it, too.It's a harder argument to make than it used to be.The Daily Caller, a Web-based news outlet with a conservative political slant, has been having a field day lately, quoting from posts on a listserv called the Journolist.A listserv is an e-mail-driven communication tool used by people with a common interest. When a member posts a comment to the listserv's e-mail address, it is then distributed to all of the other members by e-mail.http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/it039s_good_to_know_who039s_cooking_your_news_238580.htmlhttp://www.cleveland.com/obrien/index.ssf/2010/07/its_always_good_to_know_whos_c.htmlhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.cleveland.com/obrien/index.ssf/2010/07/its_always_good_to_know_whos_c.html 100238580 AM Update Kevin O'Brien, Cleveland PD 3714 http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/judge_right_to_halt_worst_parts_of_az039s_noxious_law_238564.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/opinion/29thu1.html?_r=1&ref=opinion http://mobile.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/opinion/29thu1.xml?_r=1&ref=opinion 100238564 Editorials Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:38:14 -0500 New York Times http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/immigration_decision_twists_facts_and_logic_238573.html http://article.nationalreview.com/438844/detaining-arizona/the-editors 100238573 Editorials Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:39:50 -0500 National Review http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/obama_losing_his_party039s_support_for_the_wars_238569.html http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10210/1076042-192.stm http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10210/1076042-192.stm 100238569 Editorials Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:40:59 -0500 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/an_unserious_presidency_on_view_238568.html http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/541918/201007281900/An-Unserious-Presidency-On-View.aspx http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/541918/201007281900/An-Unserious-Presidency-On-View.aspx 100238568 Editorials Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:41:58 -0500 Investor's Business Daily http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/analyst_2010_likely_a_record_year_for_negative_ads_238599.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/28/AR2010072802380.html http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/28/AR2010072802380.html 100238599 Politics and Election News Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:30:14 -0500 Washington Post http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/the_cash-for-spaker_program_238600.html http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40380.html http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40380.html 100238600 Politics and Election News Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:31:02 -0500 Politico http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/congress_rethinks_ban_on_internet_gambling_238598.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/us/politics/29gamble.html http://mobile.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/us/politics/29gamble.xml 100238598 Politics and Election News Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:29:28 -0500 New York Times http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/29/after_03908_squeaker_kilpatrick_faces_test_tuesday_238597.html http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=news-000003712738 http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=news-000003712738 100238597 Politics and Election News Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:28:22 -0500 CQ Politics