‘Top Line’ with Sally Quinn -- Inside the First Obama State Dinner

We touched on the latest in the health care debate -- with Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., making clear that he won’t support any kind of public option -- and the effort among some Republicans to impose a sort of purity test on GOP candidates.

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November 24, 2009 in Top Line | Permalink | User Comments (0)

GOPers to Biden: Stop Using Stimulus Jobs Numbers

Amid the growing outcry about inaccuracies in the Obama administration’s claims of stimulus job growth, top Republican lawmakers today wrote to Vice President Joe Biden asking the administration to stop promoting jobs “saved or created” by the program, according to a letter exclusively obtained by ABC News.

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November 24, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (191)

Exit Ramps: Democrats Grow Restless on Afghanistan Strategy

An off-ramp, finally, for the decision-making process on Afghanistan: Monday night's two-hour minute meeting of President Obama's war council (meeting No. 9 -- and this one, tellingly, with Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag present) will be the last such gathering.

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November 24, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (20)

The Note's Must-Reads for Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The Note's Must-Reads are a round-up of today's political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com Compiled by ABC News Desk Assistants KRISTEN RED-HORSE, PETER MARTINEZ, JAYCE HENDERSON,...

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November 24, 2009 in The Note Must-Reads | Permalink | User Comments (0)

RNC's Communications Chief Resigns

Just as the Republican Party is expressing optimism about its chances in 2010 following two significant gubernatorial victories in 2009, RNC Chairman Michael Steele has lost his top message man.

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November 23, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (13)

A Better Palin Than Tina Fey?

ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: How real does "real America" get? Among the many thousands of faces that Sarah Palin encountered on her book tour was one in Noblesville, Ind., that looked a whole lot like her own. So much...

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November 23, 2009 in Gov. Sarah Palin | Permalink | User Comments (27)

‘Top Line’ -- ‘America’s Next Great Pundit’

Kevin Huffman and Zeba Khan are the two finalists in The Washington Post’s “America’s Next Great Pundit” contest. The winner, based on today’s final voting, gets a column in the Post, which guarantees a place in the official Washington punditocracy.

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November 23, 2009 in Top Line | Permalink | User Comments (2)

‘Top Line’ at the Movies: ‘Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo’

Just in the last few weeks, the attorney general’s decision to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammad to trail in New York has drawn the president fire on his right, while his admission that he won’t meet his deadline of closing Gitmo by January 2010 has angered some on his left.

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November 23, 2009 in Top Line | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Mass. GOP Gov’s Candidate Chooses Openly Gay Running Mate

Need more evidence that Republicans aren't putting social issues front-and-center in 2010?

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November 23, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (6)

Workplace Diversity: Lines in Sand Make Mess for Dems

The experience to date has demonstrated that momentum built in Washington can get lost in lawmakers’ districts -- and that deadlines shift with the political winds.

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November 23, 2009 in The Note | Permalink | User Comments (31)