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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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Jim DeMint Becomes Hill's Top Tea Partier

South Carolina senator throws weight behind conservative insurgents

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 McConnell: 
 Dems Proceed 
 at 2010 Peril 

Senators hit the Sunday talk shows after health vote

showtime: 8pm

All Eyes on Blanche Lincoln in Cliffhanger Senate Vote

Mary Landrieu and Ben Nelson expected to back health reform in first vote

HE'S GOT A BOOK OUT, TOO

 Beck to Unveil 
 'Big Plan' at 
 Saturday Rally 

Righty pundit OK with destroying Dems and GOP

Her friends, foes, frenemies

 A Guide to Going Rogue 

Find out who gets bloodied in Palin's book

 Fed Report 
 Rakes Geithner 
 Over AIG Bailout 

He's accused of handing AIG creditors 'backdoor bailout'

 Levi Picking 
 'Porn' Over 
 Baby: Palin 

Sarah tells Oprah Johnston is too busy to see his son

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Clinton: Karzai on the Hot Seat 

White House 'will expect more,' focused on defeating 'those who attacked us'

RNC Insurance Plan Covers Employees' Abortions

A Steele spokesman says it's going to be changed

Disaffected Right, Left Close Purse Strings to Parties 

Miffed at election behavior, partisans boycott DCCC, NRCC, etc.

 Abortion Activists Mobilize 
 Against Stupak-Pitts 

Aim is to kill bill in Senate, or back in House, at any cost

 GOP Wants to Resurrect 
 That Town Hall Feeling 

Party hopes to drum up anger over health bills

BLOWBACK DEPT.

Dems Who Dissed Health Bill Feel Their Party's Wrath

39 House Democrats voted against it

HEALTH CARE REFORM

Clinton to Dems: 'The Worst Thing to Do Is Nothing'

And, former prez adds, tea-baggers mad 'because we are winning'

 Senate Health Bill 
 Runs Into Abortion Divide 

Both sides have vocal opponents, could halt bill without compromise

Dems Gird for Battle Over Veterans Day Recess

This time, they have something to crow about (and be criticized for)

ANALYSIS

 GOP Bails on Its Feminine Side 

Purge of moderates will render party male-dominated

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Casey: 
 Send More 
 Troops to 
 Afghanistan  

Lieberman to probe Fort Hood shootings as 'attack' on US troops



 Pelosi: 'That 
 Was Easy' 

It's speaker's moment in the sun as House passes health care bill

Palin Warns Again of 'Rationed' Care

Abortion mindset could be applied to elderly and disabled, she says

heatlh care push

 Obama:  
 'Let's Finish the Job' 

President rallies Democrats as House debates bill

 Palin Will 
 Headline 
 Gridiron 
 Dinner 

Former Alaska governor accepts invitation to speak at group's winter dinner



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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Books Are Bad for You

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Nov 23, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell and then not selling—I wrote the line “books suck,” subjecting me to much middlebrow opprobrium. I’d like to revise that line: Books are evil. They’re pernicious. They represent themselves as being one thing, when they’re insidiously the opposite. Sarah Palin, for instance, did not write her... More »

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

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Nov 20, 09 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

My 84-year-old mother was full of venomous indignation at dinner last night over the great mammogram take-back. Bureaucrats, in her view,... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

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Nov 19, 09 | 10:14 AM BY Michael Wolff

This is a phenomenon that just keeps giving. Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it. There... More »

And We Thought We Hated Mammograms

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Nov 18, 09 | 2:40 PM BY Caroline Miller

No one likes to get a mammogram. Still, it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who was pleased to hear the new ruling that... More »

China and the Obese: The President Meets His Greatest Problems

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Nov 18, 09 | 8:43 AM BY Michael Wolff

For all sorts of obvious reasons, it seems like a greatly unacceptable and possibly discriminatory thing to say that the obese are a lot... More »

Rupert Murdoch’s Guy Gets It

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Nov 17, 09 | 6:50 AM BY Michael Wolff

If Arthur Miller were at it again, he’d call the play Death of a PR Guy. Gary Ginsberg, Murdoch’s PR guy who got... More »

Obama's Secret Weapon: The Hug

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Nov 16, 09 | 12:30 PM BY Lewis Grossberger

President Obama needs to get the hell out of China as fast as he can, rush back to America and start hugging Republicans. This will... More »

The President Wants You to Know He’s Too Dopey to Use Twitter

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Nov 16, 09 | 8:01 AM BY Michael Wolff

“First of all, let me say that I have never used Twitter. I notice that young people—you know, they’re very busy with... More »

Does Warren Buffett Know What He’s Talking About?

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Nov 13, 09 | 6:55 AM BY Michael Wolff

Nobody I know who is smart and rich (albeit much less rich than they used to be) thinks the economy is patched up and ready to roll—except,... More »

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