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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Why I Will No Longer Support John McCain For President — I've never been a fan of John McCain. Not only is he not a conservative, he may have done more damage to the conservative movement than any other Republican over the last few years. Look back at the Gang-of-14, global warming …
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Jazz Shaw / The Moderate Voice:
McCain's Second U-Turn on Immigration Reform — In what appears to be a clear signal that Sen. John McCain feels he has secured as much of the conservative base vote that he can for the general election, the candidate seems to have doubled back again on the question of comprehensive immigration reform.
Mark Kleiman / The RBC:
Bad day for John McCain, Part II: anger management — When a candidate has well-known anger-management issues, he really needs to be careful about the tone of his statements. — Today, John McCain was one of only three Senators who failed to show up for the debate and vote on Sen. Jim Webb's improved GI Bill.
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Margaret Talev / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
In fall preview, McCain slams Obama on military service
In fall preview, McCain slams Obama on military service
Joseph R. Biden Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans and Our Enemies — On Wednesday, Joe Lieberman wrote on this page that the Democratic Party he and I grew up in has drifted far from the foreign policy espoused by Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John Kennedy. — In fact, it is the policies that President George W. Bush has pursued …
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
FORMAL TALKS? — CNN is reporting this morning that the Obama and Clinton campaigns are in formal talks about ending her quest for the Democratic nomination and possibly giving her the VP slot. — These apparent talks are described by CNN as being in a “very preliminary” stage and as “difficult.”
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Associated Press:
McCain appears cancer-free and healthy, medical records show — FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. - Three-time melanoma survivor John McCain appears cancer-free, has a strong heart and is in otherwise general good health, according to eight years of medical records reviewed by The Associated Press.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Post:
GROUNDSWELL OF CALLS FOR O-HILL UNION — Barack Obama yesterday launched his search for a running mate - as Democratic calls for a “marriage” to rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton reached new heights. — With the party sharply divided after a bruising primary season …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Alpha Geeks — In 1950, Dr. Seuss published a book called “If I Ran the Zoo.” It contained the sentence: “I'll sail to Ka-Troo, and bring back an IT-KUTCH, a PREEP, and a PROO, a NERKLE, a NERD, and a SEERSUCKER, too!” According to the psychologist David Anderegg …
Chris Suellentrop / The Opinionator:
And Paul Begala for Vice President? — “Tucker Carlson for president?” That's the headline at the personal blog for Brendan Nyhan, a former Spinsanity editor who is now a graduate student in political science at Duke. Nyhan says that Carlson, the former “Crossfire” host and former writer …
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Frank Ahrens / Washington Post:
More Than 100 Post Journalists Take Buyout — More than 100 Washington Post reporters, editors, photographers, artists and other journalists will take early retirement packages offered by the company as a way to cut costs, reducing the newsroom staff by at least 10 percent.
Charles Krauthammer / Real Clear Politics:
Obama's Growing Gaffe — WASHINGTON — When the House of Representatives takes up arms against $4 gas by voting 324-84 to sue OPEC, you know that election-year discourse has gone surreal. Another unmistakable sign is when a presidential candidate makes a gaffe, then, realizing it is too egregious …
Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
Drug, device lobbies back physician-gift disclosure bill — The pharmaceutical and medical device industries have reversed course and endorsed a Senate bill that would require them to disclose when they give gifts to physicians. — The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America …
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James Forsyth / Spectator:
Crewe goes bright blue, will Labour now dump Brown? — If on April 29th, when Labour announced the date of the Crewe and Nantwich by-election, you had told people that the Tories would win the seat by 7,860 votes you would have been laughed out of town. This result shows just how much in politics has changed in the last few weeks.
Andrew Romano / Stumper:
Obama Hints at Naming Clinton to His ‘Team of Rivals’ — BOCA RATON, Fla.—When we first mentioned the possibility on March 5, it seemed impossible. For months, many Democrats simply laughed it off. She'd never accept, some said. He'd never offer, others replied.
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Amnon Rubinstein / Jerusalem Post:
Suicide, the path to national salvation — Gaza is becoming a symbol. We rightly emphasize Israel's need to put an end to the daily, ever-widening, shelling of our civilians; indeed, it is obvious that Israel will eventually have to take military action - no country could act otherwise - to silence the guns and missile-launchers.
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