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E.J. Dionne: How to beat Citizens United

Dana Milbank: Romney won’t be able to shake immigration debate

Steve Benen: Rubio thinks Bush did 'a fantastic job'

Steve Benen: The one term that must not be mentioned

MsLibrarian: Scottish Parliament laughs at Donald Trump

Sam Stein: Robert Draper Book: GOP's Anti-Obama Campaign Started Night Of Inauguration

Stephen D. Foster, Jr.: Sarah Palin Claims Child Labor Laws Are Causing America To Fail

Dana Milbank: On Arizona immigration law, Justice Scalia and street protesters make same case

Bill Moyers: The Ghost of Joe McCarthy in Today's Republican Party

Rebecca Schoenkopf: Ann Coulter: Hollywood Libels Businessmen By Telling Their True Stories

Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein: Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem.

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The Rude Pundit: Welcome to the Monkeyhouse, GOP

Karoli: Clarence Thomas "Forgot" 20 Years of Disclosure? Really?

Bob Herbert: When Democracy Weakens

Sam Stein: Mitt Romney Supporters Working To Paint Him As The Anti-Palin

Evan McMorris-Santoro: It's Hard Out There For A Black Candidate At CPAC

Bob Cesca: The Republican War Against Women

Rachel D'Oro: Sarah Palin Reality Show Could Be Taxpayer-Subsidized

BBC News: 'Moby Dick' Captain's Ship Found

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Ruben Navarrette Jr.: Teaching Arabic is No Cause For Fear

Eric Alterman: Think Again: The 'Problem' of Liberal Academics, Again

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The Rude Pundit: Understanding Why Nidal Hasan Did It Makes Us Stronger

Joel Achenbach: Feeling the weight of war

James Gordon Meek: My solemn meeting on Veterans Day with President Obama at my friend's resting place in Arlington

Sam Stein: Anita Dunn Takes Parting Shot At Fox, Hannity And Beck

Daniel Tencer: Liberals cry ‘unfair’ after Fox orders unbalanced YouTube purge

David Michael Green: Twenty Years From Now, You Will Lie To Your Children

77% Support CHOICE of Public Option

So much for that NBC/Wall Street Journal poll that I didn't trust.

From Sam Stein:

More than three out of every four Americans feel it is important to have a "choice" between a government-run health care insurance option and private coverage, according to a public opinion poll released on Thursday.

A new study by SurveyUSA puts support for a public option at a robust 77 percent, one percentage point higher than where it stood in June.

But the numbers tell another story, as well.

Earlier in the week, after pollsters for NBC dropped the word "choice" from their question on a public option, they found that only 43 percent of the public were in favor of "creating a public health care plan administered by the federal government that would compete directly with private health insurance companies."

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Daniel Klaidman, Newsweek: Independent’s Day - Attorney General Eric Holder may probe Bush-era torture

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Bill Moyers & Michael Winship: Some Choice Words For "The Select Few"

Sam Stein: Emanuel's Public Plan With Triggers Trial Balloon "Blew Up": Dem Lawmaker

Bob Herbert: The Human Equation

David Michael Green: A Saw The News On Television Today, Oh Boy

Robert Reich: When Will The Recovery Begin? Never.

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