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John M. Broder / New York Times:
Obama to Open Offshore Areas to Oil Drilling for First Time — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is proposing to open vast expanses of water along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska to oil and natural gas drilling, much of it for the first time, officials said Tuesday.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Boehner rebukes Obama offshore drilling plan — President Barack Obama's plan to allow expanded offshore oil and gas exploration won rebuke from the top House Republican on Wednesday. — House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) dismissed the president's plan as not going far enough in opening up U.S. waters for exploration.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
IN EXCHANGE FOR WHAT?.... That the Obama administration would agree to open offshore areas to oil drilling is not exactly shocking. President Obama expressed a willingness to incorporate this into a larger energy policy during the campaign, and he alluded to “opening new offshore areas for oil …
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Drill, Baby, Drill — Welcome to the coastal drilling era:
Drill, Baby, Drill — Welcome to the coastal drilling era:
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Raymond J. Learsy / The Huffington Post:
Obama's Brave Decison to Drill Offshore
Reid Wilson / Hotline On Call:
Hutchison Will Serve Out Term — Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) will announce today she has decided to serve out the remainder of her term, according to a source familiar with Hutchison's plans. — The move is a reversal of a pledge Hutchison made to step down as she challenged Gov. Rick Perry (R) earlier this year.
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Kay Bailey Hutchison to stay in the Senate — AP Photo/The Tyler Morning Telegraph, Jaime R. Carrero — Texas Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will go back on her pledge to resign her seat and instead serve out the remaining two years of her term, according to a source familiar with her decision.
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Private Sector Sheds Jobs — Private-sector jobs in the U.S. dropped by 23,000 this month. Above, unemployed Americans line up as they wait to gain entry to meet employers at the Los Angeles Career Fair in March. — Private-sector jobs in the U.S. dropped by 23,000 this month …
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Neil Irwin / Washington Post:
Holding back job growth? Workers' awesome output — When workers become more efficient, it's normally a good thing. But lately, it has acted as a powerful brake on job creation. And the question of whether the recent surge in productivity has run its course is the key to whether job growth is finally poised to take off.
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LL Cool J upset with Palin, Fox — LL Cool J is taking aim at Fox and Sarah Palin. — (CNN) - Rapper LL Cool J appears to be upset with Sarah Palin and Fox news for using footage of a 2008 interview in its promotion for the former Alaska governor's upcoming television special.
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Matea Gold / Chicago Tribune:
Sarah Palin's Fox News show premieres with celebrity guests
Sarah Palin's Fox News show premieres with celebrity guests
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Evan Coyne Maloney remembers — Evan Coyne Maloney is the documentary filmmaker and proprietor of Brain Terminal. During the Bush administration, Evan was out in the field with his camera observing protests and interviewing protesters. He is therefore in a good position to recall the signs …
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GOP Wary of Health Law Repeal Push in Fall Races — GOP leaders temper call for repealing health law, saying jobs, economy are key to fall races — Top Republicans are increasingly worried that GOP candidates this fall might be burned by a fire that's roaring through the conservative base …
Shelby Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Barack The Good — The big government liberalism that Mr. Obama uses to make himself history-making also alienates him in the center-right America of today. — It has to be acknowledged that, in his battle for health-care reform, President Obama has shown real presidential mettle.
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Santorum “Disgusted” With Questionable RNC Expenditures — Former United States Senator Rick Santorum was in Council Bluffs, Iowa today at a noon luncheon hosted by the Pottawattamie Republican Party. During the question and answer portion of the event, Santorum was asked to comment …
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Jake Gibson / Fox News:
Growing ‘Frustration’ With Steele Inside RNC
Growing ‘Frustration’ With Steele Inside RNC
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Jaime Escalante dies at 79; math teacher who challenged East L.A. students to ‘Stand and Deliver’ — He became America's most famous teacher after a 1988 movie portrayed his success at mentoring working-class pupils at Garfield High to pass a rigorous national calculus exam. He died of cancer.
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EXCLUSIVE: Iran Nuclear Scientist Defects to U.S. In CIA ‘Intelligence Coup’ — Shahram Amiri Disappeared Last June in Saudi Arabia, Reportedly Now Resettled in the United States — An award-winning Iranian nuclear scientist, who disappeared last year under mysterious circumstances …
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New Obama push meets Hill resistance — The president's push to turn health care reform into a catalyst for the rest of his agenda is getting mixed early reactions on Capitol Hill, where Democratic leaders' desire to take advantage of healthy majorities before the November elections must contend with lawmakers' survival instincts.
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Quinnipiac University:
Democrats On Top In Ohio Senate, Governor Races, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Obama Bounces Back From Big Negative To A Split — Democrats are having a mini-surge in Ohio as two possible candidates for the open U.S. Senate seat have come from behind to pass the Republican contender …
Wall Street Journal:
The ObamaCare Writedowns—II — Democrats blame a vast CEO conspiracy. — So the wave of corporate writedowns—led by AT&T's $1 billion—isn't caused by ObamaCare after all. The White House claims CEOs are reducing the value of their companies and returns for shareholders merely out of political pique.
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One Man's Quest to Catalog Presidential Minutiae — Radio Reporter Keeps Tabs on Vacations, Dinners, Phrases; a 60,000-Word Summit — WASHINGTON—When President Barack Obama told a gathering of the nation's governors last month that he was “not going to rest” until each state's economy improves, Mark Knoller was counting.
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White House swamped with authors looking for the inside story — The White House has practically been overrun by journalists pumping top officials for behind-the-scenes details for a growing roster of behind-the-scenes books. — The blitz has created complications for presidential aides …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sec. Salazar: Cap-and-trade ‘is not in the lexicon anymore’ — “Cap-and-trade” isn't part of the Obama administration's lexicon anymore when it comes to addressing climate change, a top cabinet secretary said Wednesday. — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar sent signals that the White House believes …
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