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**President Obama
*The AP calls the passage of climate change legislation a major win for Team Obama, "just when he needed one. ... In the end, the president's furious lobbying -- coupled with a final push by allies including former Vice President Al Gore -- carried much weight. To a certain extent, the victory validated Obama's governing style -- and that could bode well for his other top domestic priority, health care. He faces an even more difficult test in shepherding the energy and climate legislation through the Senate."

*The Los Angeles Times looks at Obama's strategy in regard to the energy bill and asks, "Did Obama, Waxman and other supporters give away so much in the process that the benefits to the environment ended up being slim to none -- especially since the bill now goes to the even less sympathetic Senate?"

*The WSJ on what is becoming conventional wisdom in DC: "As Congress tackles President Barack Obama's top two domestic priorities -- climate change and health care -- he faces some of his most serious challenges from fellow Democrats." Despite strong majorities, the "unusually ambitious agenda" of Obama and the leadership has caused reps from red districts to "less likely to go along."

*Obama said in an interview with some reporters Sunday that "he understands that the 44 Democrats who joined Republicans in voting against the so-called 'cap-and-trade' bill have reelection to worry about," The Hill reports.

*Obama will be hosting a town hall meeting in Virginia Wednesday on health care, and is soliciting questions on the Internet.

*New York Times reports, "The Justice Department has advised an Obama administration panel trying to devise a new system for trying terrorist detainees that defendants have some constitutional rights if they are tried by military commissions in the United States, notably including protections regarding statements against them obtained through coercive interrogations, administration officials said Sunday."

*AP: "Despite questions about the legitimacy of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election and his belligerent anti-American rhetoric, the White House remains open to discussions with Iran over its nuclear ambitions." UN Ambassador Susan Rice: "It's in the United States' national interest to make sure that we have employed all elements at our disposal, including diplomacy, to prevent Iran from achieving that nuclear capacity."

**Sanford Saga
*Mark Sanford's other woman confirmed the relationship this weekend, but declined to say much more. In an e-mail to a TV station in Argentina, "she mainly criticized the leaking of e-mail correspondence taken without permission from her Hotmail account that described the relationship with Sanford."

*The State reports that "some Republican state lawmakers are privately saying they want Republican Gov. Mark Sanford to step down -- of his own volition -- this week." Meanwhile, a source close to Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer said Sunday that Bauer has approached members of the state Senate to discuss potentially serving as governor for two years, but then not running in 2010.

*Quote of the day, from an AP story this weekend about governors being accessible. "I talked to the governor 100 times while he was on his honeymoon." - Erin Isaac, communications director for Gov. Charlie Crist (R-Fla.).

**2012
*ABC's Challian reports on this weekend's DNC "Change Commission" discussions of the 2012 primary calendar, with the most interesting news being this: "Democratic Party activist and Harvard University lecturer and former superdelegate Elaine Kamarck suggested that it may be time to completely eliminate superdelegates since most of those party leaders clearly determined their role in 2008 to be one of ratifying the decision made by voters in primaries and caucuses."

*Jonathan Martin reports on how for Team Mitt, "it's not too much of a stretch to say that the campaign never really ended. In addition to the full-time employees the former Massachusetts governor has at his Boston-based Free & Strong America PAC, the early primary states and Washington are filled with former staffers and supporters who are in regular contact with one another."

*Gov. Haley Barbour, meanwhile, said he'd be very surprised if he ran for president.

**Other Campaign Stuff
*KS Sen: An early test of organizational strength for Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R), who overwhelmingly won a straw poll in Olathe.

*A J Moore Methods survey in California has Jerry Brown leading Gavin Newsom 46-26 in the gubernatorial primary.

*AP reports that North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven will decide by September whether to challenge Sen. Byron Dorgan in 2010. Dorgan, meanwhile, "is preparing for the possibility of a Hoeven Senate campaign. In an e-mail to supporters last week, Dorgan said he expected 'a difficult and challenging' bid for his fourth Senate term."

*The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Rory Reid "is in it to win it" in the Nevada governors race. He's had a campaign manager on payroll for two months.

*Remember Ned? The Day reports on Lamont potentially running for governor in 2010. "Let's just say that we have lacked strong governance for a long time," he says. "It took us many years to get in the mess we're in right now."

*Gov. Jon Corzine (D) held a town hall meeting in Newark Sunday, defending his administration's record on urban issues. The Star Ledger notes that those urban issues "figure prominently in the 2009 gubernatorial race," as Republican Chris Christie "has made urban revitalization a campaign priority."

**Sports Alert: Congrats to Team USA, which nearly pulled off a huge soccer upset in yesterday's Confederation Cup Final. Expectations now rise for World Cup 2010.

Heartier congratulations still for Mariano Rivera, who secured his 500th save last night as the Yankees swept the Mets in the Subway Series at Citi Field. What's more, Mo got his first big-league RBI, a bases loaded walk in the 9th off K-Rod.