August 1st, 2011 at 1:34PM

What I’ve read about the debt ceiling in the last 24 hours:

Early rundown of the deal

NYT hates the deal

WSJ loves the deal (note even they use language that acknowledges it as a hostage situation.)

Daily Kos defends the deal

Daily Kos hates the deal

Paul Krugman really really hates the deal

Mother Jones also doesn’t like the deal

The deal shows how the whole system is screwed

The deal shows how Obama has moved to the right

The deal really really shows how Obama has moved to the right

That’s not true, Obama just had no choice here

Ezra Klein Ezra Klein Ezra Klein

Eugene Robinson

Zerlina Maxwell’s twitter

Robert Reich’s twitter

My conclusion:

Which take do you agree with? What else should I be reading?

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  3. therawness said: Do what I do. Read none of it. It’s like pro wrestling, they put on a big show of hating each other for the fans, then go out and eat together once the cameras are gone.
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    I haven’t even read any of this I’m just reblogging it because it made me laugh.
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    I’m in total information overload at this point but the links above have been helpful. What it seems to boil down to is...
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    have allowed the republicans to re-frame the debate into an issue of where to cut spending you have lost and you may not...
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  18. carlosunbound said: Jay I don’t like the deal. Been reading much the same stuff that you have, but I can not recommend to you another significantly different perspective than what you have here. I trust Krugmann most, WSJ least - history matters when looking at sources.
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    well, america, it was a great run.
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