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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Tuesday's Daily Brief

Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Arianna Huffington: Between his economic speech in Kansas and his 60 Minutes interview, when it came to rhetoric, it was a good week for President Obama. On 60 Minutes, in answer to a question about whether he over-promised during the campaign, he said: "I didn't overpromise. And I didn't underestimate how tough this was gonna be. I always believed that... it was gonna take more than a year. It was gonna take more than two years. It was gonna take more than one term. Probably takes more than one president." More than one president? During the campaign, Obama was fond of quoting Martin Luther King Jr.'s "the fierce urgency of now." But now we're supposed to wait for the fierce urgency of two or three more presidents? The question is, can you be a major leader without a sense of urgency?
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House, Senate Negotiators Agree On $662 Billion Defense Bill
TECHNOLOGY
Sheryl Sandberg Reflects On Her Unforgettable TED Talk
WORLD
5,000 Killed In Syria's Bloody Crackdown
TECHNOLOGY
Huge Announcement Made In Search For 'God Particle'
CRIME
Jerry Sandusky Waives Right To Preliminary Hearing
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Sarah Brown: Give The Gift Of Life
Worldwide, pregnancy and childbirth remain the biggest killer of women of reproductive age. What's even more scandalous and heartbreaking is that almost all of these deaths can be prevented.
Sen. Barbara Boxer: Inflicting Unnecessary Pain on America's Families
Why would House Republicans attach environmental rollbacks and hold hostage a vital payroll tax legislation which will help the economy and millions of Americans? The sad truth is that they must be putting special interests first.
Robert Reich: Are Mitt and Newt Channeling Their Inner Progressives?
Two important reforms are stopping the revolving door between Washington and the nation's financial giants. Remarkably, the frontrunners for the GOP nomination for president seem to agree.
Keli Goff: Why Are Feminists Afraid to Admit the Connection Between Alcohol and Rape?
I'm running out of tolerance for activists who keep screaming "fire" in a crowded theater. We need to do something constructive to address one of the most important public policy issues we continue to grapple with: eradicating rape.
Michelangelo Signorile: The High Cost of Political Gay-Bashing
I'm not exactly ready to say we've reached the end of the line for political gay-bashing in presidential election campaigns. But Rick Perry's widely-ridiculed "Strong" ad, in which he attacks the idea of gays serving openly in the military, surely shows we're getting there.
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Talk-show host offers Newt Gingrich $1 million to drop out - Yahoo! News

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Talk-show host offers Newt Gingrich $1 million to drop out

By Lucas Shaw | Reuters – 12 hrs ago

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Some conservatives don't believe in Newt-mentum.

Popular right-wing talk-radio host Michael Savage has offeredNewt Gingrich $1 million to drop out of the race for the GOP nomination because he doesn't believe the former Speaker of the House can beat President Barack Obama.

"While it's true that (Mitt) Romney is not a strong a conservative as many would like him to be, the most pressing issue before America today is defeating Barack Obama. And that is something Newt Gingrich cannot do," the nationally syndicated Savage said on his blog.

And why is that?

Savage has a long list on his blog, including Gingrich's ads with Nancy Pelosi, his past infidelity and the fact that -- no matter his intelligence -- when he appears on TV "he will come off badly compared to Obama and look like nothing more than what he is: a fat, old, white man."

Ouch.

So, after a lengthy diatribe in all caps, Savage offered Gingrich $1 million to "set his ego aside" and "take the money ... and don't run."

Savage said he will reveal further details soon.

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