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Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Poll: Low Favorability Ratings for Sarah Palin — CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin continues to receive unfavorable ratings from the American public overall …
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Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
Two Republican stars — Palin and Bachmann — align for first time
Two Republican stars — Palin and Bachmann — align for first time
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Palin, Bachmann enthrall Minn. rally
Palin, Bachmann enthrall Minn. rally
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Lacey Rose / Forbes:
Glenn Beck Inc — In his empire there's the ideology—and then there's the money machine. — Five and a half hours before showtime Glenn Beck still isn't quite sure how he'll provide tonight's entertainment, “The Future of History”—two hours of monologue (and answers to preselected questions) …
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Zaid Jilani / Think Progress:
Beck admits he doesn't give 'a flying crap about the political process. ...
Beck admits he doesn't give 'a flying crap about the political process. ...
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Daily Kos
Ezra Klein:
Cutting defense spending more popular than cutting education or Social Security — The chart above comes from Annie Lowrey, and is the single best explanation of why it's so much easier to say you want to cut government spending than it is to actually cut it.
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ABCNEWS:
Air Marshals Stop Alleged ‘Shoe Bomb’ Attempt On United Jet to Denver — Qatari Diplomat In Custody After Attempting to ‘Light Up’ His Shoes — Federal air marshals subdued a man who authorities say attempted to “light his shoes on fire” on a United flight from Washington Reagan to Denver Wednesday night …
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Quinnipiac University:
Republicans Lead In Pennsylvania Senate, Governor Races, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Rendell Approval Up, While Obama Approval Is Down — Republican Pat Toomey is back on top 46 - 41 percent over Sen. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania's seesaw U.S. Senate race, while Attorney General Tom Corbett …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: Colorado Senate — Colorado Senate: Norton 46%, Bennet 41% — Incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet has edged slightly closer to his strongest Republican rival, ex-Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton, in Colorado's U.S. Senate race. — The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey …
Drew Cline:
Romney: Obamacare is unconstitutional — In an interview at the Union Leader this morning, Mitt Romney said President Obama's health care plan was an unconstitutional violation of the 10th Amendment. — Romney has been saying that a key difference between his Massachusetts health care reform …
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The Note:
Perkins Warns Steele: ‘Republicans Are Not the Only Game in Town’ — ABC News' Rick Klein reports: Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council last week broke with RNC Chairman Michael Steele by publicly urging conservatives to stop supporting the Republican National Committee.
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Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
GOPers Debate What's Worse — Keep Steele Or Face Media Blitz If He's Fired
GOPers Debate What's Worse — Keep Steele Or Face Media Blitz If He's Fired
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Linda Douglass leaving White House — Linda Douglass, the network TV correspondent who became a top pitchwoman for President Obama's health care plan, is leaving the White House. — She sounds like she needs a break; her last day is April 16, and she leaves for vacation the next day.
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Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
It's On: CBO Fielding VAT Questions From Congress — White House advisor Paul Volcker made news this week by calling a value-added tax (VAT) “not as toxic an idea” as it's been in the past for tackling the nation's deficit problem. Today, Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf confirmed he's …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Russia and U.S. Sign Nuclear Arms Reduction Pact — PRAGUE — With flourish and fanfare, President Obama and President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia signed a nuclear arms control treaty on Thursday and opened what they hoped would be a new era in the tumultuous relationship between two former cold war adversaries.
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Anita Kumar / Washington Post:
Virginia governor amends Confederate history proclamation to include slavery — RICHMOND — After a barrage of nationwide criticism for excluding slavery from his Confederate History Month proclamation, Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) on Wednesday conceded that it was “a major omission” …
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Fox News:
Read Full Poll Results. — President Obama's overall job approval rating dropped to a new low of 43 percent. Nearly half — 48 percent — disapprove. In mid-March, it was 46-48 percent. His current rating among Democrats (80 percent) and independents (38 percent) are among his lowest ratings with these groups.
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Lumi Boldovici / chicagogop.com:
The Female Century vs The Hetaerae Century & The John Edwards “Affair” — Now, that the slogan “job creation” is being paraded by the democrats in office as an accomplishment of great significance meant to alleviate the serious economic precarious situation facing the country.
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CNN:
Suspect in Pelosi threats case weeps at court hearing — A man accused of threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wept Thursday as he talked to his attorney before a federal court hearing. — San Francisco, California (CNN) - A man accused of threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wept Thursday …
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The Politico
Jay Bookman:
GOP's ‘Repeal and replace’ slogan has no grounding in reality — AJC editors and columnists just finished a pretty wide-ranging 80-minute interview with Sen. Saxby Chambliss and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and I took the opportunity to ask a question that had been nagging at me for a while.
BBC:
Sex Pistols manager McLaren dies — Malcolm McLaren, the former manager of punk group the Sex Pistols, has died aged 64, his agent has said. — McLaren, the ex-partner of designer Vivienne Westwood, was believed to have been diagnosed with cancer a while ago.
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Louise Gray / Telegraph:
Cows absolved of causing global warming with nitrous oxide — Livestock could actually be good for the environment according to a new study that found grazing cows or sheep can cut emissions of a powerful greenhouse gas. — In the past environmentalists, from Lord Stern to Sir Paul McCartney …
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