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From Donnie Deutsch of Deutsch Advertising: “every one of the people I know who supported Obama last time around has switched”.  Joe Scarborough: “It’s strange, when we’re out talking with Obama supporters, we don’t hear an impassioned reason for supporting Obama this time around. Not like last time”.

We get it, Sarah Palin. You’re not morally culpable for the tragic shooting in Tucson, Ariz. All of us around the “Morning Joe” table agree, even if we were stunned that you would whine about yourself on Facebook as a shattered family prepared to bury their 9-year-old girl.

The same goes for you, Glenn Beck. You’ve attacked your political opponents with words designed to inspire hatred and mind-bending conspiracy theories from fans. Calling the president a racist, Marxist and fascist may be reprehensible, but it did not lead a mentally disturbed man to take a Glock to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’s “Congress on Your Corner” event.

Good on ya, buddy. You weren’t personally responsible for the slaughter at the Safeway. Maybe you can put it on a poster at the next “Talkers” convention.

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In case you’re thinking about hiring Sarah Palin to speak at your next event, make sure you provide the following per Palin’s recent contract at a previous speaking event.  A published story talks about the Palin contract:

“The contract detailed the former Alaska governor’s requirements for her visit, including first-class flights from Anchorage to California — if she flies commercial. If not, “the private aircraft MUST BE a Lear 60 or larger …,” the contract specifies.

Palin also must be provided with a suite and two single rooms in a deluxe hotel. During her speech, her lectern must be stocked with two water bottles and bendable straws.”

And don’t forget the $100,000 speaking fee she routinely charges.

Tom Friedman talks about the need for a third party that will represent the “Radical Center”

A Tea Party Without Nuts

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Published: March 23, 2010

President Obama’s winning passage of national health care is both exhilarating and sobering. Covering so many uninsured Americans is a historic achievement. But the president had to postpone trips, buy off companies and cut every conceivable side deal to just barely make it happen, without a single Republican vote. If the Democrats now lose seats in the midterm elections, we’re headed for even worse gridlock, even though we still have so much more nation-building for America to do — from education to energy to environment to innovation to tax policy. That is why I want my own Tea Party. I want a Tea Party of the radical center.

Say what? I write often about innovation in energy and education. But I’ve come to realize that none of these innovations will emerge at scale until we get the most important innovation of all — political innovation that will empower independents and centrists, which describes a lot of the country.

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Maureen Dowd talks about the just passed Health Care bill and what it meant for the Democratic Party and the Administration to finally Win something Big.

Hail the Conquering Professor

  By MAUREEN DOWD

Published: March 23, 2010

WASHINGTON

The Democrats were walking around in a state of shock.

Holy cow, they were saying to themselves. We’re not total wimps! We don’t have to sit around and let ourselves be slapped silly by Republican bullies and Tea Party scaremongers. We can actually get something done if we suck it up and find a way to pull together.

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President Obama’s approval rating climbed to it’s highest level in the weeks at 51%.  This is a 6 point gain from just 7 days ago when his rating was 46%.

Jack Nicklaus says Tiger will play the Masters…..Killer wave hits cruise ship near Spain and kills 2 passengers….Should Governor Patterson quit – New York voters in a recent poll said NO.

The President has seen his approval rating climb to 52% after hitting a low of 48% during the month of February.  Could it be that some of the latest White House moves have helped.  Specifically there was the health care summit, a meeting in from of the GOP, and a possible conclusion to the health care fight.