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Sarah Palin: Rogue for President? — Gary Langer is director of polling at ABC News, where he's covered the beat of public opinion for nearly 20 years - conducting and analyzing ABC News polls, evaluating data from other sources and setting the news division's standards for poll reporting.
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59% of GOP Voters Say Palin Shares Their Values — Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Republican voters say former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin shares the values of most GOP voters throughout the nation. — A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 21% of Republican voters disagree …

Sarah Palin: new chapter, same challenges — If Sarah Palin's book tour is an opening salvo in a run for the presidency in 2012, she faces a steep uphill climb: a majority of Americans in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll say they would “definitely not vote for her.”
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The most important number in (Palin) politics today — That's the percentage of people who had a strongly favorable (20 percent) or strongly unfavorable (34 percent) view of Sarah Palin in a new Washington Post/ABC News poll, the latest piece of data that suggests the intensity …
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Palin: Levi busy doing ‘porn’ — Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin slammed Levi Johnston - the father of her 11-month old grandchild - for being too busy courting media attention to see his son and for engaging in “aspiring porn.” — Palin was asked about Johnston during an interview …

Palin to Oprah: Levi Johnston Pursuing ‘Porn’ Career; ‘I Pray for Levi’
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Her Side of the Story — McCain aides kept her out of the loop …
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An Open Dish Challenge To Palin
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Republicans heading for a spectacular bloodbath in Florida — Editor's note: David Frum, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, was a special assistant to President George W. Bush in 2001-2002. He is the author of six books, including “Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again,” and the editor of FrumForum.com.
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Exclusive: Rubio Campaign Plagiarizes from Obama Campaign
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Obama Pushes Rights With Chinese Students — SHANGHAI — He didn't explicitly call on China's leaders to lift the veil of state control that restricts Internet access and online social networking here. But President Obama did tiptoe — ever so lightly — into that controversial topic …
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World Out of Balance — International travel by world leaders is mainly about making symbolic gestures. Nobody expects President Obama to come back from China with major new agreements, on economic policy or anything else. — But let's hope that when the cameras aren't rolling Mr. Obama …

Opponents of health-care effort look to fund a critical economic study — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and an assortment of national business groups opposed to President Obama's health-care reform effort are collecting money to finance an economic study that could be used to portray …
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Harkin says Senate will work weekends this December on health — The chairman of a key Senate committee overseeing healthcare reform said Monday that the chamber will work every weekend in December to pass the bill by Christmas. — Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), the chairman of the Health …

Supreme Court refuses to hear Redskins' naming case — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive a lawsuit on behalf of Native American activists who claimed that the Washington Redskins' team name is so offensive that it does not deserve trademark protection.
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The KSM Trial Will Be an Intelligence Bonanza for al Qaeda — The government will have to choose between vigorous prosecution and revealing classified sources and methods. — Printer — Friendly — 'This is a prosecutorial decision as well as a national security decision," …

Source: CNN wanted Lou out — CNN ‘wanted him out’ — CNN was so sick of Lou Dobbs, it gave him an $8 million severance package to leave, The Post has learned. — “They wanted him out,” according to a source. — Dobbs, who a source said had a year and a half to go on his $12 million contract …
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We should worry that Tracey Emin Hugh Osmond and Michael Caine are fleeing the 50p tax rate — The 50p tax rate will be a disaster for the economy - taking us back to the dark days of the 1970s, says Boris Johnson. — Not everyone will miss her as much as I will.

News reports: So far, over 10 percent of stimulus jobs doubtful or imaginary (UPDATED) — More than ten percent of the jobs the Obama administration has claimed were “created or saved” by the $787 billion stimulus package are doubtful or imaginary, according to reports compiled from eleven major newspapers and the Associated Press.


Rove Attacks Obama For Bowing: He Should Do What All Presidents Have Done And ‘Not Bow To Monarchies’ — This morning on Fox & Friends, former Bush adviser Karl Rove appeared on the program to bash President Obama for paying a respectful bow before the Japanese Emperor.


Southern Voice, David shut down — Richard Eldredge tweets that the Southern Voice and David, Atlanta's leading gay publications, have been shut down. Eldredge says staffers came to work today to find the locks changed. — In February, the NYC-based Gay City News reported that the Avalon Equity Fund …


With Great Political Independence Comes Great Responsibility not to Mire the Country in Double-Digit Unemployment — Yesterday David Ignatius accused Chris Dodd of wanting to politicize the Federal Reserve's control of monetary policy. Kevin Drum points out that Ignatius has this wrong.

Hunters not amused by shoot-and-run — Gov. Tim Pawlenty has taken a drubbing from hunters for not tracking down a deer he shot on opening day of Minnesota's firearm deer season. — A headline on deerhuntingchat.com calls the possible presidential candidate a “slob hunter” …


ABC News Exclusive: Obama Admin Slashed 60,000 Jobs From Recent Stimulus Report — Office of Management & Budget Document: 12 Stimulus Recipients Reported ‘Unrealistic Job Data’ — The Obama administration, under fire for inflating job growth from the $787 billion stimulus plan …
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