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4:00 PM ET, April 23, 2010

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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Government War  —  In these columns I try to give voice to a philosophy you might call progressive conservatism.  It starts with the wisdom of Edmund Burke — the belief that the world is more complex than we can know and we should be skeptical of handing too much power to government planners.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Party Affiliation Gap in U.S. Narrowest Since 2005  —  Democratic advantage shrinks as more independents lean to the Republican Party  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The advantage in public support the Democratic Party built up during the latter part of the Bush administration and the early part …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“History Happened”  —  I find myself in agreement with David Brooks' column this morning on how - unwittingly - the Obama administration was forced into the kind of big government action required to cope with several huge crises, after years of negligence and drift.
Daniel Wagner / Associated Press:
SEC staffers watched porn as economy crashed  —  WASHINGTON - Senior staffers at the Securities and Exchange Commission spent hours surfing pornographic websites on government-issued computers while they were being paid to police the financial system, an agency watchdog says.
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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
SEC Officials Surfing Porn During Financial Crisis, Report Finds  —  SEC Employees Exposed Downloading, Uploading Pornography at Work  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission is the sheriff of the financial industry, looking for crimes such as Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme …
Leo Standora / NY Daily News:
While economy crumbled, top financial watchdogs at SEC surfed …
Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:
Did Porn Cause the Financial Crisis?
Discussion: TechCrunch, ABCNEWS and Wonkette
CNN:
Report: SEC staffers watched porn as economy crashed
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Obama Blasts Arizona Illegal Immigration Effort  —  This is pretty big: Obama just now sharply condemned the controversial anti-illegal immigration effort in Arizona, calling it “misguided” and “irresponsible” — and even said his administration could insert itself into the fight if civil rights are found to be violated.
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The Hill:
Obama slams Arizona bill as fight lifts immigration to top of agenda
Discussion: The Swamp
Byron York / Associated Press:
Will Dems ‘go for it’ on immigration reform?
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Barack Obama Strangelove Backing A Weapon Too Crazy For Bush/Cheney  —  The NY Times continues to present the Administration spin in favor of reducing our nuclear arsenal.  Part of the rationale was that our conventional weapons, such as smart bombs and cruise missile, are much more accurate and powerful.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Real Republican Civil War  —  The struggle between Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist for the Florida Senate seat symbolizes the rift between the reformers and the establishment in the GOP.  —  Marco Rubio appeared on a Sunday talk show this month to say something remarkable.
Discussion: Commentary
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Reid Wilson / Hotline On Call:
LeMieux Considering His Own Future
Catholic League:
NOT ALL GAY SEX IS ABUSIVE  —  Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a story in today's New York Times about a case of alleged sexual abuse committed by a Chilean priest:  —  If a 17-year old guy has sex with an older guy for twenty years, and continues to have sex with him at the age of 38 …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Wonk Room
Stephanie Schriock / EMILY's List:
GOP: Put Betty Sutton ‘back in the kitchen’?!  —  What's the best way to move women back decades?  Just ask the GOP.  —  The Republican Review, an apparent newsletter produced by the Medina County (Ohio) Republican Executive Committee, states the following:
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
GOP newsletter: 'Let's take Betty Sutton out of the House and put …
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
County GOP: Get Democratic Rep. Betty Sutton Out Of The House …
Discussion: Indecision Forever
Jonah Goldberg / Commentary:
What Kind of Socialist Is Barack Obama?  —  The assertion that Barack Obama is a socialist became a hallmark of the 2008 presidential campaign.  His opponent, John McCain, used Obama's own extemporaneous words to an Ohio plumber as Exhibit A: “When you spread the wealth around,” Obama had said, “it's good for everybody.”
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Specter of Socialism is Haunting Jonah Goldberg
Discussion: Open Left
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Don't Cry for Wall Street  —  On Thursday, President Obama went to Manhattan, where he urged an audience drawn largely from Wall Street to back financial reform.  “I believe,” he declared, “that these reforms are, in the end, not only in the best interest of our country, but in the best interest of the financial sector.”
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Robert Kuttner / The Huffington Post:
Financial Reform at a Crossroads
Discussion: Open Left and Taylor Marsh
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Have Conservatives Gone Mad?  —  Serious thinkers on the right have finally gotten around to a full and open debate on the epistemic closure problem that's plaguing the conservative movement.  The issue, to put it in terms that even I can understand, because I didn't study philosophy much in college: has the conservative base gone mad?
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Report says health care will cover more, cost more  —  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law is getting a mixed verdict in the first comprehensive look by neutral experts: More Americans will be covered, but costs are also going up.  —  Economic experts at the Health …
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Institutionalizing Crony Capitalism  —  In the wake of the recent financial meltdown, Americans know that we need reform.  Not only have many individuals learned lessons about personal responsibility through this, but we've been able to engage in a discussion about government's appropriate role.
ABCNEWS:
Sarah Palin Testifies in E-Mail Hacking Trial  —  David Kernell, 22, Faces Up to 50 Years in Prison If Convicted of Hacking Former VP Candidate's Account  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, taking the stand this morning in the trial of a former college student accused of breaking into her Yahoo! …
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CNN:
Palin testifies in hacking case
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
Rush Limbaugh / Wall Street Journal:
Liberals and the Violence Card  —  Conservative protest is motivated by a love of what America stands for.  —  The latest liberal meme is to equate skepticism of the Obama administration with a tendency toward violence.  That takes me back 15 years ago to the time President Bill Clinton accused …
The Note:
Sens. Lugar, Durbin Ask Napolitano to Stop Deporting Students  —  ABC News' Devin Dwyer reports: With prospects of immigration reform this year continuing to fade, a bipartisan duo of Senators has asked Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to halt deportation of some undocumented immigrants …
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Alan Weisman / CNN:
Is the Earth striking back?  —  Editor's note: Alan Weisman is the author of “The World Without Us,” an international bestseller now in 33 languages.  It was named the Best Nonfiction Book of 2007 by both Time magazine and Entertainment Weekly, the #1 Nonfiction Audiobook of 2007 by iTunes …
 
 
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Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim James tells us, “This is Alabama.
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Dems Hope FinReg Will Be The Straw That Breaks The Elephant's Back
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Barbara Starr / CNN:
U.S. military launches mystery space plane on secret mission
Discussion: Hot Air
Sean J. Miller / The Hill:
Democrats' worries grow as sharp words are exchanged in Pennsylvania primary
Discussion: Hot Air
Peter Beinart / Blogs and Stories:
The Midterms Don't Matter  —  Hungry Beast Giving Beast Women in the World
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Jamie Dimon Inadvertently Makes the Case for Derivatives Reform
Discussion: Ezra Klein and XE
 Earlier Items: 
Agence France Presse:
Poll says Obama, Dalai Lama world's most popular
Discussion: The Page and The Hill
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Majority of Americans ‘confused’ about health care law
Martin Finucane / Boston Globe:
Scott Brown rules out 2012 presidential run, backs Romney
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
US News:
Hoyer Sees Election Trouble for House Democrats
Discussion: The Eye
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Schumer: Obama's ‘counter-productive’ Israel policy ‘has to stop’