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New sex revelations fuel calls for resignation — Latest details tip scales for many — Six of 27 members of the conservative Senate Republican Caucus Tuesday night issued a letter calling on Gov. Mark Sanford to resign. — Two additional senators considered among Sanford's staunchest allies …
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
S.C. GOP wants Sanford out — COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) — South Carolina Republican Party Chairwoman Karen Floyd seemed to suggest Wednesday that the time had come for GOP Gov. Mark Sanford to consider resigning from office. — “For the past two days, I have been speaking …
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The Politico:S.C. GOP: Sanford must go
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:Bauer, Sanford's Lieutenant Governor in South Carolina, Draws New Attention
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Jim Myers / Tulsa World:
Inhofe says climate change bill will be “dead in the water” in Senate — WASHINGTON — U.S. Jim Inhofe, who earlier said a criminal investigation “probably should be” conducted into allegations the EPA suppressed a climate change report, conceded Tuesday he is not qualified to make that determination.
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Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Absentee’ Senator — Franken wins by changing the rules. — Printer — Friendly — The Minnesota Supreme Court yesterday declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of last year's disputed Senate race, and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman's gracious concession at least spares the state any further legal combat.
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Ncarlile / Think Progress:
Inhofe: No disrespect, but Franken's a ‘clown.’ — On the same day the Minnesota Supreme Court declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of the state's U.S. Senate election, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) welcomed his newest colleague to the Senate by referring to him as a “clown.”
Media Matters for America:
Fox hosts on Franken victory: “in denial”; Franken and nation crazy; Coleman originally won — SUMMARY: Several Fox News hosts have expressed bewilderment, disappointment, and denial about Al Franken's victory in the Minnesota Senate race. — After Norm Coleman conceded the 2008 Minnesota Senate race …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:Just Do It — There is much in the House cap-and-trade energy bill …
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
Bush's ‘Town Halls’ vs. Obama's Town Halls — The New York Times is covering President Obama's health care town hall-style meeting today in Northern Virginia rather credulously. This is the orchestrated political event that will feature a hand-picked audience and pre-screened questions about Obama's health care plan for the nation.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Blue on blue: Helen Thomas hammers Gibbs on Obama's phony town hall — Phony, that is, in the sense that the White House knows in advance the questions that'll be asked, which makes the questioners de facto plants of the most transparent administration evah.
Moe Lane / Moe_Lane's blog:
A friendly suggestion to former McCain campaign staffers. — You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. — Background: Hot Air (Allahpundit), Hot Air (Ed Morrissey), The Weekly Standard, ConsiderThisNews (Pat Hynes), The Politico — Since everybody else is piling on, let me add my own comment to the fray.
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Patrick Hynes / ConsiderThisNews:
Morning Joe: Palin a “Circus Act,” “Joke” — Take a look at this Wednesday Morning Joe exchange between Willy Geist, Joe Scarborough and Mike Allen of the Politico. You've got the full range of Sarah Palin two minutes hate in this one. Mike Allen calls her a “circus act.”
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Hot Air
David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Michael Scheuer on Fox: America's only hope is for another terrorist attack — You can view this video right here by getting the latest version of Flash Player! — DOWNLOADS: (879) — PLAYS: (3485) — Good God. They really are wishing and hoping for a terrorist attack.
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Wall Street Journal:
Wal-Mart Backs Insurance ‘Mandate’ — WASHINGTON — In a major break with most other large companies, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Tuesday told the White House that it supports requiring employers to provide health insurance to workers, a centerpiece of President Barack Obama's effort to provide near-universal coverage to Americans.
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:Poll: Barely half support Obama health plan
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Lieberman: I Stand With The Small Minority Of Americans Who Oppose Public Option — The surfeit of polling data showing broad public support for the public option hasn't swayed Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, who's joining conservative Democrats and moderate Republicans in staunch opposition.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Just Go Be With Her! — In part two of his leave-no-rock-unturned interview with the Associated Press, Mark Sanford says that at least he will “be able to die knowing I had met my soul mate,” as David noted below. And if that's not enough, he says that for all the grief his affair has caused …
Dan Savage / Slog | The Stranger:
Fort Worth Police Chief: That Faggot Had It Coming — Most residents of Fort Worth have never even seen the inside of a gay bar. Fort Worth's police chief Jeff Halstead is counting on that fact—counting on the average person's ignorance about gay bars and certain stereotypes about gay men …
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Joe the Plumber won't run for office: “You know, I talked to God about that and he was like, ‘No.’” — Last year at the height of his “fame,” Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher — aka “Joe the Plumber” — said that he was considering a run for public office. “I'd be up for it,” he said.
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Firefighter case shows seamy side of racial politics — The Supreme Court's decision in Ricci v. DeStefano, the case of the New Haven, Conn., firefighters, was a ringing endorsement of the Civil Rights Act of 1964's ban on racial discrimination and a repudiation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia …
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Michael Barone / AMERICAN.COM:
The GOP's Real Problems for 2012 — The Ensign and Sanford scandals are beside the point. The Republican Party is going to have a hard time coming up with a strong presidential nominee in 2012. — The conventional wisdom, as recorded in the New York Times, is that the Republican party …
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The Corner
Nicholas Kralev / Washington Times:
Clinton urged Obama to talk tough on Iran — Shift was a ‘surprise’ — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged President Obama for two days to toughen his language on Iran before he did so, and then was surprised when he condemned Iran's crackdown on demonstrators last week, administration officials say.
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Michael F. Cannon / Cato @ Liberty:
Why Wal-Mart Supports an Employer Mandate — A couple of years ago, I shared a cab to the airport with a Wal-Mart lobbyist, who told me that Wal-Mart supports an “employer mandate.” An employer mandate is a legal requirement that employers provide a government-defined package of health benefits to their workers.
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Jason Spencer / Crazyworld:
U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis on Mark Sanford — If you saw the wire story we ran in today's paper about embattled S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford, you may have noticed quotes from a few local fellows inserted in. What started out as a localized story (with me helping out master reporter Bob Dalton) …
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