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Alan Colmes' Liberaland:
Conservative Blogger: “Isn't It Time To Euthanize Reid's Wife?” — Right-wing blogger Dan Riehl wonders if the left wants to abort babies, why care about someone who has a broken back and neck at age 69? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were in an auto accident …
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Dan / Riehl World View:
Isn't It Time To Euthanize Reid's Wife? — I'm not sure I quite understand this, given that cost is so important as a burden to taxpayers when it comes to health care. If Democrats want so badly to abort babies because of it, why are we bothering with someone who has a broken neck and back at 69?
Ray LaHood / Chicago Tribune:
Beyond politics — Why Republicans should support health care reform — I've been a Republican all my life, when I served in the Illinois legislature, when I worked for members of Congress and when I served in Congress. During the 2008 presidential election, I supported Republican Sen. John McCain.
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Thomas C. Fox / ncronline.org:
Pro-life group urges Congress to pass Senate health care bill — Twenty-five pro-life Catholic theologians and Evangelical leaders yesterday sent letters to members of Congress urging them not to let misleading information about abortion provisions in the Senate health care bill block passage of sorely-needed reform.
Wall Street Journal:
Road to the Nut House — It was 1976 and I was interviewing Democratic presidential candidates as they came through Boston for the Massachusetts primary. One of them was Sen. Henry “Scoop” Jackson, who came into our radio studios with a small entourage. The Washington state Democrat talked about his issues, mostly national defense.
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Harry Lynch / Raleigh News & Observer:
Youngs won't be sent to jail — Lawsuit defendant Andrew Young gets a warm hug from a family member in Chatham County Superior court Friday evening after Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones purged Andrew Young and his wife Cheri Young of contempt of court charges and then released them after a stern lecture.
Haaretz:
Netanyahu ‘surprised’ by U.S. condemnation over East Jerusalem plan — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday said he was surprised by the U.S. administration's public condemnation of his government over Israel's announcement that it would construct 1,600 new housing units in East Jerusalem.
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St. Petersburg Times:
Marco Rubio's lavish rise to the top — Marco Rubio was barely solvent as a young lawmaker climbing his way to the top post in the Florida House, but special interest donations and political perks allowed him to spend big money with little scrutiny. — About $600,000 in contributions …
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Gingrich Savors Another Turn in the Spotlight — WASHINGTON — Newt Gingrich still relishes stirring the pot of the culture wars. — There he was last month in Akron, Ohio, telling an audience of 300 people that President Obama was out of touch. Why? Because the president did not understand …
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Erica Werner / Associated Press:
New Sen. Brown bashes Obama's ‘bitter’ health push — WASHINGTON (AP) - Newly arrived Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts accused President Barack Obama and Democrats on Saturday of a “bitter, destructive and endless” drive to pass health overhaul legislation that Brown warned would be disastrous.
Rasmussen Reports:
ELECTION 2010: SENATE ELECTIONS — A brief brush with scandal hasn't hurt incumbent Republican Senator David Vitter's bid for reelection in Louisiana so far. He remains more than 20 points ahead of his Democratic challenger, Congressman Charlie Melancon. — The U.S. Senate race in Illinois …
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Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Obama previews No Child Left Behind overhaul in address — President Barack Obama said it will be his administration's goal to have all high school students graduate “prepared for college and a career.” — Obama, in his weekly address, said the ambitious goal will be part of his proposed overhaul …
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
Rove's Pride. — So Karl Rove is “proud” of waterboarding, which means he's proud of the fact that his administration disgraced the United States with torture. I'm not sure what else he was supposed to say — the only possible justification he has is that some good might have come out of his administration breaking the law.