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• Obama to call for $53B for high-speed rail (AP)
• Top US senator: 'No real warning' on Egypt unrest (AFP)
• GOP loves look of VP field (Politico)
• Government: No electronic flaws in Toyotas (AP)
• GOP leader expects House to block health spending (AP)
• Obama has kicked smoking habit, first lady says (AP)
• Obama invites Republican lawmakers to White House (Reuters)
• Think tank selects Harman as new leader (AP)
• U.S. alienates all sides in Egypt (Politico)
• Lugar: Tea party needs to 'get real' (Politico)
• GOP leader: Stop radical Islam in Egypt (AP)
• Biden asks Egyptian counterpart for fast progress (AP)
• Obama ramping up 2012 re-election campaign (AP)
• 10 injured in gas blast in southeastern Turkey (AP)
• Obama seeks extension of anti-terrorism spy powers (AFP)
• Why Is the Democratic Leadership Council Shutting Down? (The Atlantic Wire)
• First lady pushing the National Restaurant Association to embrace her anti-obesity campaign (Daily Caller)
• MIT economist writing Obamacare graphic novel (Daily Caller)
• GOP group wants Palin to explain her views on gay rights (The Ticket)
• O'Donnell claims she was Obama's top opponent (AP)

Obama to call for $53B for high-speed rail (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 11:39 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama is calling for a six-year, $53 billion spending plan for high-speed rail, as he seeks to use infrastructure spending to jumpstart job creation.

Top US senator: 'No real warning' on Egypt unrest (AFP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 01:39 PM PST AFP - US intelligence services gave the White House and lawmakers "no real warning" that unrest would rock staunch Washington ally Egypt, Senate Intelligence Committee chair Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday.

GOP loves look of VP field (Politico) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 01:30 AM PST Politico - Forget about Mitt, Huck and Newt.

Government: No electronic flaws in Toyotas (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 01:06 PM PST AP - The Obama administration's investigation into Toyota safety problems found no electronic flaws to account for reports of sudden, unintentional acceleration and other safety problems. Government investigators said Tuesday the only known cause of the problems are mechanical defects that were fixed in previous recalls.

GOP leader expects House to block health spending (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 01:15 PM PST AP - One of the House's top Republicans says he believes the chamber will soon vote to block spending for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law.

Obama has kicked smoking habit, first lady says (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 02:32 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama has finally done what millions of fellow Americans are still struggling to achieve — he's given up smoking.

Obama invites Republican lawmakers to White House (Reuters) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 12:17 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama will have lunch with Republican leaders from the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, the White House said, in his latest bid to improve relations with his political opponents.

Think tank selects Harman as new leader (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 01:11 PM PST AP - Rep. Jane Harman is moving from one of the nation's most partisan stages to one that considers itself as being one of the least.

U.S. alienates all sides in Egypt (Politico) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 12:57 PM PST Politico - The White House has sought to walk a slippery tightrope during the past two weeks.

Lugar: Tea party needs to 'get real' (Politico) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:44 AM PST Politico - The moderate Republican senator isn't shy about his criticism of the movement in an interview.

GOP leader: Stop radical Islam in Egypt (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 02:48 PM PST AP - A top House Republican said Tuesday the primary goal of U.S. policy in Egypt should be to "stop the spread of radical Islam," an objective that has been little mentioned by Obama administration officials in recent weeks.

Biden asks Egyptian counterpart for fast progress (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 01:22 PM PST AP - Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the demands of the Egyptian opposition can be met through "meaningful negotiations" with the government of President Hosni Mubarak. That contradicts the position of many protesters who say no real progress can happen unless Mubarak resigns.

Obama ramping up 2012 re-election campaign (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 01:13 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama is shifting senior White House staffers to his hometown of Chicago and opening a campaign headquarters there as he steps up preparations for the formal launch of his re-election bid this spring.

10 injured in gas blast in southeastern Turkey (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 10:53 AM PST AP - A governor in Turkey says a liquified petroleum gas tank exploded at a petrol station, injuring 10 people at an adjacent supermarket in southeastern Turkey.

Obama seeks extension of anti-terrorism spy powers (AFP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 02:58 PM PST AFP - The White House, wading into a congressional battle, pressed lawmakers on Tuesday to extend through 2013 key provisions of a controversial surveillance law designed to help thwart terrorist plots.

Why Is the Democratic Leadership Council Shutting Down? (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 02:19 PM PST The Atlantic Wire - Just as President Obama is being hailed for his Clintonesque turn toward centrist policies--"Triangulation 2.0," in the words of multiple pundits--the icon of triangulation itself, the Democratic Leadership Council, has run out of cash and is closing up shop. The DLC has fallen far from its peak in the mid-90s, Politico's Ben Smith reports, and has had trouble raising money because of a cool relationship with the Obama administration.

First lady pushing the National Restaurant Association to embrace her anti-obesity campaign (Daily Caller) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 12:37 PM PST Daily Caller - Freedom-loving Americans may cringe at the idea of allowing the president’s unelected wife to tell them what they can and cannot eat, but the National Restaurant Association (NRA) says first lady Michelle Obama's anti-obesity initiative is one that they are embracing.

MIT economist writing Obamacare graphic novel (Daily Caller) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 11:44 AM PST Daily Caller - Jonathan Gruber, an economist at MIT, is planning to write a graphic novel about President Obama’s health care overhaul, the Boston Herald reports.

GOP group wants Palin to explain her views on gay rights (The Ticket) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 02:29 PM PST The Ticket - Is Sarah Palin for gay rights? That's what one conservative group wants to know after the former Alaska governor suggested in an interview last weekend that Republicans shouldn't shun GOProud, a right-leaning group that supports gay rights. The group's inclusion in this week's Conservative Political Action Conference has prompted Sen. Jim DeMint and other prominent [...]

O'Donnell claims she was Obama's top opponent (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 02:16 PM PST AP - Former Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell of Delaware is claiming in a fundraising letter that she was the White House's top opponent in the 2010 election.

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