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10:25 PM ET, December 8, 2010

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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Collins Hands Reid A Final Offer On Don't Ask, Don't Tell  —  Here's what Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that she needs to support a full Senate debate on the defense authorization bill (the vehicle for Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal): 15 guaranteed votes on amendments …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Lisa Murkowski supports repeal of DADT  —  GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski has decided to support repeal of don't ask don't tell, her spokesman tells me, potentially adding another crucial GOP vote to the Yes column and putting 60 votes within reach.  —  “Her vote will depend on how free and open …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
In blow to DADT repeal, talks with Senator Collins hit wall  —  Senior Senate Democratic aides are in a panic this morning about the prospects for repeal of don't ask don't tell, because talks with Senator Susan Collins over her procedural demands have hit a wall, with the Democratic leadership dismissing …
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Lieberman To Reid On DADT: Back Off, I Got This  —  Senate Democrats are on the precipice of getting a Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal past a key procedural hurdle tonight.  But key negotiators have grown frustrated by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his staff for upping the pressure at a fragile moment …
The Politico:
'Don't ask' repeal gains steam
Discussion: AMERICAblog Gay
Jen DiMascio / The Politico:
Jon Kyl: No time left for START
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
White House says Democrats partly to blame for tax-cut deal with GOP
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
COLLINS POSITIONED TO KILL DADT REPEAL.... We talked earlier …
Ed O'Keefe / Federal Eye:
Senate procedural vote on 'don't ask, don't tell' postponed
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Team Collins: We're Making Progress On DADT Negotiations
Discussion: Salon and Guardian
Political Punch:
Exclusive: Sarah Palin Under Cyber-Attack from Wikileaks Supporters in 'Operation Payback'*  —  The website and personal credit card information of former Gov. Sarah Palin were cyber-attacked today by Wikileaks supporters, the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate tells ABC News in an email.
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Cubachi:
WikiLeaks and their supporters: We were for free speech, before we were against it  —  WikiLeaks was painted among many in the media, some libertarians, and the liberal establishment as the poor souls who are fighting against CIA and American intelligensia.  —  WikiLeaks claims …
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Support Two Major Elements of Tax Compromise  —  Liberal vs. Moderate/Conservative Democrats disagree on extending tax cuts for all  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Two major elements included in the tax agreement reached Monday between President Barack Obama and Republican leaders in Congress meet with broad public support.
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Dominoes  —  There was something strange to me about the GOP reaction yesterday to the tax cut news.  Or at least something unexpected.  I hadn't made clear sense of it until I got this news late last night, but all day yesterday I couldn't shake the feeling that the whole didn't add up.
Discussion: Clusterstock
Tim Fernholz / American Prospect:
Four Ways To Make The Tax Deal Better.
Discussion: The New Republic
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
White House: Failure to Pass Tax Cut Compromise Bill Would …
Discussion: Firedoglake
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
How Do You Compromise With Stalin?  —  Brian Beutler explains the Republicans' dilemma:
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Eunomia
Jeremy P. Jacobs / Hotline On Call:
Dems Facing Tough Races In '12 Embrace Tax Deal
Aaron Sorkin / The Huffington Post:
In Her Defense, I'm Sure the Moose Had it Coming  —  What's Your Reaction:  —  “Unless you've never worn leather shoes, sat upon a leather chair or eaten meat, save your condemnation.”  —  You're right, Sarah, we'll all just go f**k ourselves now.  —  The snotty quote was posted by Sarah Palin on …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Palin's Republican Problem  —  It's well documented that Sarah Palin has problems with Democrats and independents, but the first seven states where we've looked at the 2012 Presidential election make it clear that she has a Republican problem as well.  —  It's not that Republicans …
Cubachi:
Ridiculous: ADN asks whether Palin actually knows how to use a gun
Discussion: Liberty Pundits Blog
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Michael Bloomberg: I'm Not Running for President.  Period.  —  New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg - who is often discussed as a potential third party candidate for the presidency in 2012 - told CBS News' Katie Couric Wednesday there is “nothing” that would compel him to enter the coming presidential race.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and CBS News
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Bloomberg, in major speech, offers ‘a middle way’
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
N.Y. Mayor Bloomberg attacks Washington, stokes the center
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
David Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Answer Man: Luke Scott talks Nugent, hunting and Obama origin  —  stopped by baseball's winter meetings Tuesday and, after some harmless chatter about his team's offseason dealings, stated with conviction that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States.  —  Oh, yes, he did.
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
At California School, Parents Force an Overhaul  —  COMPTON, Calif. — By Marlene Romero's count, her son has had just one effective teacher in his five years at McKinley Elementary School here.  Most of the time, she said, he has merely shuffled through classrooms, struggling in math without ever getting extra help.
Ezra Klein:
Mark Zandi on the tax cut deal  —  I called Moody's chief economist Mark Zandi this morning to see what he thought of the tax cut deal.  When it comes to stimulus, Zandi's figures are probably the most influential in the country, and I've cited them several times before on this blog.  So what does he think?
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Is Obama triangulating?  Naah, not really.  —  A White House official emails Ben Smith to dispute the notion that Obama's assault on the left yesterday was part of a concerted strategy of triangulating: … Whatever you think of Obama's broadside yesterday, it seems clear that it has nothing to do with …
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
O'Donnell calls extending jobless benefits a ‘tragedy’  —  Christine O'Donnell on Tuesday compared the “tragedy” of extending unemployment benefits to Pearl Harbor and the death of Elizabeth Edwards.  —  “Today marks a lot of tragedy,” O'Donnell, the Tea Party-backed GOP Senate candidate from Delaware …
Martin Wisckol / Orange County Register:
Ex-candidate Tan Nguyen found guilty of lying  —  Former congressional candidate Tan Nguyen was today found guilty of lying to investigators in a case stemming from 14,000 warning letters his campaign sent to Latinos in his failed 2006 challenge of Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Santa Ana.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and TPMMuckraker
 
 
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The crux of the WikiLeaks debate
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Gates: Afghanistan war progress has ‘exceeded my expectations’
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The 2nd Annual 40 Best Political Quotes Of 2010
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Discovery Channel:
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Des Moines Register:
Grassley: Tax deal includes biofuel subsidies
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Sen. Hatch: ‘I intend to run, and I intend to win’
Michael Ellsberg / Daniel Ellsberg's Website:
“EVERY attack now made on WikiLeaks and Julian Assange was made …
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG and Guardian
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