July 2, 2009

NATIONAL

WaPo: A Sarah Palin Rebound?
WaPo: Latest Palin Controversy Just a Subset of War Over Direction of GOP
WaPo: The Sarah Palin Chronicles Mask Deeper GOP Troubles
Week: Sarah Palin, Vanity Fair, and 2012
NRO: Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign?
Fox: McCain's Camp Praises Sanford and Trashes Palin?
Wash Times: Palin's 'demons'
KTUU: Palin e-mail hacker asks for dismissal
Knox News: Attorney attacks charges against UT student in Palin e-mail case
UPI: Politics part of Palin-hack jury selection

Fox: Romney Urges Republicans to 'Stand Up' to Obama's Policies
Daily Kos: 5 Reasons Mitt Romney is the Guy to Watch
US News: Strategists Worry Obama's Popularity is Dropping

Wash Times: Democrats' supermajority may be illusory
WaPo: GOP Revamps Strategy to Address Democrats' Super-Majority

WSJ: Obama Moderates Health-Care Stance
NYT: President Pushes Health Plan as an Economic Boon
Politico: Chuck Schumer crafting public option
Weekly Standard: Fear and Loathing in Health Care Reform
WaPo: A Pitch on Health Care To Virginia And Beyond
WSJ: Everyday Low Politics: Wal-Mart buys protection by selling out its competitors
WSJ: To Fix Health Care, Some Study Developing World
WSJ: Why It's Easy to Steal From Medicare
WSJ: Medicare Plans to Cut Specialists' Payments

CQ Politics: Senate Struggle Expected over Climate Change Legislation
CQ Politics: NRCC Targets 14 House Democrats On Climate Change Vote
NYT: G.O.P. Aims at Lawmakers Over Energy Votes
Detroit News: Jobs may determine climate bill's fate
Rush Limbaugh: Cap & Trade Bill: Follow the Money
American Thinker: Cap-and-Trade Means Regulate and Subsidize
American Thinker: Taking the hot air out of wind power
WSJ: A higher gas tax is a better way to get green cars on the road
EJ Dionne: The New Energy Politics
Reuters: Congressman Henry Waxman admitted to hospital



Wash Times: Senators question U.S. role in hostage deal

WSJ: Congress's Travel Tab Swells: Spending on Taxpayer-Funded Trips Rises Tenfold



Wash Times: Sotomayor advised critics of Bork
Fox: Sotomayor Helped Hispanic Police Officers Challenge Promotions Exam
Wash Times: Sotomayor's foreign ideas: Supreme Court nominee backs transnationalism
NYT: Sotomayor’s Recusals Suggest Impartiality
AP/Davis: Legal group's records tell little about Sotomayorl
Rasmussen: Public Support for Sotomayor Falls After Supreme Court Reversal

Ann Coulter: So Much For Wise Latinas
David Broder: For Obama, Court Cases That Matter

Ron Rotunda: The Orange Grove: U.S. imports of lawsuits rising
Karl Rove: Why would a 61-year-old civilian surgeon volunteer for Iraq?
James Taranto: Haughty Hamas Honcho Plays Pundit



Wash Times: Aussie diplomat makes U.S. road trip

WSJ: Two Centuries On, a Cryptologist Cracks a Presidential Code

AP/Abrams: GOP loses last Jewish senator with Coleman loss



Wash Times: Opinionated Prejean, Ireland shatter myth



Wash Times: Voight rebuts 'hate speech' tag: Dissent, he says, isn't 'hate'

Townhall: Meghan McCain

NEW YORK



WSJ: Senate Deadlock Hits New York Schools
NYT: Senate Inaction Is Hurting Many Towns Across State
NYT: Senate Impasse Forces City to Revive Old School Board, in Name
Albany TU: Are Senate bills legit? Silver is leery of actions passed during 'Padavan' session
NY Post: Conflict eyed in Sampson move
AP/Virtanen: GOP claims NY Senate records doctored after coup
NYDN: Paterson Ruins July 4th Holiday, Side-Steps The 10-Day Question
Albany TU: Paterson calls session through July 6
Reuters: No Senate holiday, NY's gov says as GOP turns to him
Albany TU: Senate GOP and Dems each will negotiate Thursday
NYDN: The Senate Democrats Make Their Case, The Assembly Converses
Legis Gaz: Dems call on Paterson to sign bills they say were passed yesterday

CQ Politics: Democrat Maloney In, GOP’s King Probably Out of New York Senate Race
NY Post: Gilly meets her match in Maloney
AP/Hefling: Maloney to take on Gillibrand in primary
NYT: For an Insider, a Lonely Road to Senate Run
Roll Call: Maloney, Sestak Set to Challenge Democratic Establishment

NEW JERSEY

CQ Politics: Christie Makes Inroads Among NJ Democrats Against Corzine
Star-Ledger: A-polling we will go
Star-Ledger: Chris Christie, The Godfather and what not to say to an Italian from Jersey

VIRGINIA

WaPo: Obama Tries to Rally Support for Health Care Reform at Town Hall Meeting
Politico: Deeds turned down chance to be with Obama

CALIFORNIA



LA Times: Schwarzenegger orders third furlough day, proposes new cuts
SacBee: Schwarzenegger hopes IOUs sway budget debate
NYT: California Fails to Break Impasse as States Struggle to Meet Budget Deadlines
SacBee: Furlough Fridays back - now three days a month
WSJ: To Solve Deficit, Schwarzenegger Turns to a Democrat
NYT: Who Can Possibly Govern California?
Mercury News: Different paths to top of state's GOP, same hard-line resolve

TEXAS

Dallas MN: Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison visits Texas troops Iraq
Power Line: Rick Perry Explains How It's Done
AP/Vertuno: Texas Senate passes agencies bill
WSJ: Texas Applies for Stimulus Funds With Minutes to Spare

FLORIDA

Jax: GOP Senate Primary Starting To Heat Up
Mike Thomas: Hold on: Crist doesn't have Senate race wrapped up yet
Orlando Sentinel: Patterson makes it official: he's running for CFO

GEORGIA

AJC: Nine are candidates for state Supreme Court vacancy
AJC: Nathan Deal and the 2008 farm bill

ILLINOIS

CQ Politics: Illinois Rep. Foster Gets Another Republican Challenger
Bloomberg: California, Illinois Fail to Meet Budget Deadline

MINNESOTA

Human Events: Minnesota GOP Chairman: 'All Votes Should Have Been Counted Equally'
CNN: Fellow Republicans urge Bachmann not to boycott 2010 Census

PENNSYLVANIA

CSM: Are Specter’s Senate days numbered?
Philadelphia Inquirer: Lawmakers miss deadline for state budget
AP: Key points of dispute over Pa.'s budget stalemate
AP/Levy: State loses authority to pay bill, vendors warned

OHIO

Wash Times: Rep. Kaptur gets $3.5 billion sweetener in climate bill
Columbus Dispatch: State Senate Republicans plan hearings on slot machines
AP/Majors: Ohio House approves second 7-day budget

MICHIGAN

Battle Creek Inquirer: Hoekstra to GOP: Freedom the main issue
Detroit News: Conyers sentence fires up debate

MISSOURI

KC Star: Maybe Blunt should start wearing blue jeans

TENNESSEE

Knox News: U.S. House candidate coming to East Tennessee
Knox News: Haslam collects $3.8M, Wamp reports $1.2M in governor's race
CTFP: Ramsey campaign says $1.3 million raised
Chattanoogan: Robin Smith Launches Race For U.S. House Seat

NORTH CAROLINA

AP/Baker: Ex-Edwards aide appears at federal courthouse
WRAL: State sales tax debate goes online

SOUTH CAROLINA

State: 39 trips for Sanford with no security in '09
WaPo: S.C. Governor Resists Pressure to Resign
CNN: Call for Sanford resignation grows louder in South Carolina
AJC: Adulterous governor’s chattiness puzzles PR exec, ex-staffer
Politico: South Carolina GOP: Mark Sanford must go
State: Sanford confidant Davis confers with Sanfords, staff
Politics Daily: Mark Sanford & Jenny: The New York Times Wedding Announcement

Human Events: Jim DeMint's Formula for Saving Freedom

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Union Leader: Sununu says he won't run for Gregg's Senate seat
CQ Politics: Former Sen. Sununu Passes on New Hampshire Comeback

ALASKA

AP/Joling: State senator files gubernatorial intent letter

CONNECTICUT

MSNBC: Another GOP poll shows trouble for Dodd

ARIZONA

Arizona Republic: Gov. Brewer's 1-2 punch might resolve budget

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July 1, 2009

NATIONAL

Politico: Sarah Palin story sparks Republican family feud
Vanity Fair: It Came from Wasilla
Politico: The other Palin profile
Runner's World: I'm a runner: Sarah Palin
Thaindian: Palin says she could beat Obama in long distance running
Politics Daily: Palin: Don't Hate Her Because She's Beautiful



Politico: GOP senators target public option plan
WSJ: Parsing the Health Reform Arguments
NYT: Many With Insurance Still Bankrupted by Health Crises
WaPo: Wal-Mart Endorses Employer Mandate
WSJ: Wal-Mart Backs Drive to Make Companies Pay for Health Coverage

NYT: With Something for Everyone, Climate Bill Passed
Wash Times: Sweetener swayed House's climate bill vote
Wash Times: GOP: EPA hid global warming memo
NYT: Editorial: Climate in the Senate
Thomas Friedman: Climate Bill: Just Do It
Michael Gerson: Cap and Traitors: 8 Republicans Stand Tall on Climate Change
American Spectator: Cap and Trade Dementia

WSJ: The Supreme Court Says No To Quotas
WaPo: Term Saw High Court Move to The Right: Roberts-Led March Likely to Continue
NYT: The Roberts Court, Tipped by Kennedy
NYT: Editorial: Firefighters and Race

WaPo: Obama Presents Bill to Create Consumer-Finance Watchdog
WSJ: Consumer Protection on Wide Scale
NYT: Banks Balk at Agency Meant to Aid Consumers
WSJ: Finance Lobby Cut Spending as Feds Targeted Wall Street
WaPo: After Call From Senator's Office, Small Hawaii Bank Got U.S. Aid

Dick Morris: GOP: Stand your ground
Dick Morris: Obama breaks 'Read My Lips' promise
James Taranto: Lefties for Ahmadinejad

Politico: McCain, Feingold reunite to block Obama's FEC pick

Rasmussen: Republicans Lead Again on Congressional Ballot

WSJ: How Dysfunction Helps the GOP
Hill: A bigger majority means more Democratic defectors
Dana Milbank: Boldly Going Where Plenty of Right-Wingers Have Gone Before

NYT: States Labor to Meet Budget Deadlines
USA Today: Cuts, tax hikes, stimulus help most states avert 'doomsday' crises

NEW YORK

Albany TU: Senate goes 0 for 3: Three sessions produce little more than turmoil
NY Post: NY Senate Dems claim quorum, start passing bills
NYT: Glimpsing a G.O.P. Passer-By, Senate Democrats Grab the Gavel
NYDN: Back To The Future
Albany TU: Senate ’session’: Dems say valid, GOP says ‘charade’
Newsday: State senator's walk for coffee puts session in chaos
Fox 23: Confusion over Senator's Soda
Newsday: Editorial: Of coffees, Cokes and quorums: More Albany inanity
NYT: Blame Panic in G.O.P. for Standoff in Albany

CQ Politics: The News for New York's Paterson Keeps Getting Worse

NEW JERSEY

AP: Poll finds Christie leading Corzine
Star-Ledger: Christie tries to move past questions on federal contracts
PolitickerNJ: North Carolina-based pollster puts Christie ahead of Corzine by 10

SL: N.J. workers union CWA approves contract deal with 10-day furlough, deferred raises
AP: NJ state workers union approves furlough deal

VIRGINIA

NBC 29: Campaign Fundraising Deadline Near
Virginian-Pilot: VA GOP chief: Republicans will continue to track Kaine's travels
Virginian-Pilot: Labor group backs Deeds

WEST VIRGINIA

NYT: Senator Byrd Released From Hospital

CALIFORNIA

LA Times: 11th-hour votes on state budget fail
SacBee: Governor, lawmakers blow deadline as budget hole deepens
Contra Costa Times: State budget squabble dragged into the night
WSJ: To Solve Deficit, Schwarzenegger Turns to a Democrat
SacBee: No progress as lawmakers seek to meet midnight deadline
AP/Lawrence: Calif. lawmakers face deadline to avoid IOUs
AP/Lin: California, other states face tough budget choices
Dan Walters: Squeeze play exacts price for a budget
LA Times: Measure R sales tax hike goes into effect today

WaPo: EPA to Let Calif. Set Own Auto Emissions Limits

SF Chronicle: Brown leads Newsom in fundraising race

HAWAII

AP/Sample: Thousands rally against Hawaii furlough plan

TEXAS

Houston Chronicle: GOP forum airs health care issues
AP/Vertuno: Short agenda for Texas special session
Dallas MN: Many want Perry to add items to special session's agenda
KERA: Special Session Wish List
Houston Chronicle: Governor says session’s task is set in stone

FLORIDA

Talla Dem: Poll: McCollum holds lead over Sink in Florida governor's race
RCP: FL Gov: McCollum +6 In Mason-Dixon Poll
Orlando Business Journal: Sink draws heat over use of state plane
Capitol News Service: Questionable State Plane Spending
Examiner: Crist leads in Florida senate race
St. Pete Times: Sen. Victor Crist vies to be supervisor of elections in Hillsborough
AP/Kaczor: Crist signs Fla. water management bill
Herald Tribune: Why the latest oil drilling bill has a good shot of passing
Times: Is Sen. Nelson out of touch with Florida on drilling?

GEORGIA

Ins Journal: State Senator Hudgens Joins Race to Be Georgia Insurance Commissioner
Rome News Wire: Republican Candidate For Governor Walks Into Rome — Literally

ILLINOIS

Chicago Tribune: Q & A: Will state government shut down?
Daily Herald: Quinn: Adults don't 'put off decisions'

MINNESOTA



WSJ: The 'Absentee' Senator: Franken wins by changing the rules
WSJ: Franken Heads to Senate, Bolsters Democrats' Hand
WaPo: Franken Wins Senate Battle: Minn. Court Ruling Gives Democrats A 60-Seat Majority
WaPo: Coleman Concedes to Franken in MN Senate Race
Star Tribune: State Supreme Court rules for Franken; Coleman won't appeal
NYT: Franken’s Victory Bolsters Democratic Grip in Senate
LA Times: Norm Coleman concedes Minnesota Senate race to Al Franken
AP/Bakst: Minn. court rules for Franken; Coleman concedes
Politico: Why Norm Coleman lost
CQ Politics: Don't Expect Sen. Franken to Be a Barrel of Laughs
MN Supreme Court: Opinion in Coleman v. Franken (.pdf)

PENNSYLVANIA



KDKA: Former U.S. Rep. Pat Toomey Eyes General Election
Philadelphia Inquirer: Bill to expand Pa. health insurance sparks debate

OHIO

Bloomberg: Voinovich Says ‘Crap’ in Climate Bill Will Stall U.S. Passage
Akron BJ: State budget at stalemate over slots

MICHIGAN

Wash Times: Conyers supported project linked to wife

MISSOURI

St. Louis PD: Blunt attracts more GOP support
AP: Blunt touts GOP endorsement in 2010 Missouri Senate bid

TENNESSEE

Knox News: Former GOP chief kicks off U.S. House bid

NORTH CAROLINA

AP: NC lawmakers agree to stopgap spending plan
Charlotte Observer: Judge returns from Iraq, set for courtroom

SOUTH CAROLINA

Wash Times: Sanford says he 'crossed lines' in marriage
Politico: Sanford cops to more meetings with Maria
Rush Limbaugh: Swooning Over Sanford's Letters
Ruth Marcus: Jenny Sanford, Role Model

ALASKA

CQ Politics: No Retirement For Alaska's Don Young
CQ Politics: Will Don Young Lose Earmark for Railroad to Nowhere?

MASSACHUSETTS

CQ Politics: Patrick Looking Vulnerable in Massachusetts' Governor Race

NEW HAMPSHIRE

CQ Politics: Hodes Has Modest Lead over Sununu in New Hampshire

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