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Pelosi on Awkward Moment with Reid: It’s Not Him -- It’s Afghanistan

In an interview with ABC’s Bill Weir yesterday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked what was going through her mind earlier this month when she seemed to recoil when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid put his arm around her at a news conference following a White House meeting.

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October 30, 2009 in Congress, Democratic party, Senate | Permalink | User Comments (3)

Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster in 'The Messenger' -- 'Top Line' at the Movies

They're some of the grimmest jobs imaginable: Soldiers assigned to deliver the worst of news to the families of service members who die in the line of duty.

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October 30, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Moving Days: Can Delicate Coalition Survive Thousand Cuts?

That probably won't be the last major unveiling on the steps of the Capitol. But now that it's all put together -- watch it all get picked apart.

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October 30, 2009 in The Note | Permalink | User Comments (76)

The Note's Must-Reads for Friday, October 30, 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 PETER MARTINEZ, KRISTEN RED-HORSE, JAYCE HENDERSON,...

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How Much Does Pelosi's Bill Cost?

ABC News' Jon Karl reports: When Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., unveiled her health care bill today, House Democrats circulated a bill summary saying it costs $894 billion, allowing Pelosi to say the bill, “meets President Obama's call...

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October 29, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (9)

Dem Campaign Chief Says Extremists are Winning in GOP Civil War

ABC News’ David Chalian Reports: The voters have not yet gone to the polls and not a single vote has yet been counted, but Democrats are eager to use the special House race up in New York’s 23rd congressional district as evidence that the Republican Party has become a party of extremists.

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'Top Line' -- Can the Obamas be Role Models Through Their Marriage?

Among the very many interesting things about the cover story about the Obama marriage in the forthcoming issue of The New York Times Magazine is the fact that the Obamas chose to be cooperate with the story at all.

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October 29, 2009 in President Obama, Top Line | Permalink | User Comments (10)

House Dem Caucus Chair: 'We've Got the Votes' to Pass Health Care

Passing health care reform in the House means balancing the concerns of liberal and conservative Democrats -- with the former group saying they won't support a bill that doesn't have a "robust" public option, and some in the latter camp saying they won't support anything that does have one.

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October 29, 2009 in Health Care, President Obama, Top Line | Permalink | User Comments (8)

David Plouffe: First Biden Meeting 'Confirmed What We Suspected'

In addition to fascinating insights into President Obama's thinking in not choosing Hillary Clinton as his running mate, the new memoir written by his campaign manager has an anecdote that's likely to feed perceptions of Vice President Joe Biden's well-known propensity for going on -- and on. Literally.

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Signal Visit: Powerful images as president prepares weighty decision

President Obama's surprise overnight trip to Dover, Del., greeting returning American caskets that once would have been shielded from view, may tell us more about his mindset on Afghanistan than any of the endless series of meetings he's convened at the White House.

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October 29, 2009 in The Note | Permalink | User Comments (63)