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FreedomWorks Bullies GEICO To Axe Voice Over Actor — GEICO voice over actor targeted by Tea Party members after expressing opinion on FreedomWorks voicemail. — Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 21, 2010 — Los Angeles actor, D.C. Douglas, says he was dropped from the upcoming GEICO …
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Abdon M. Pallasch / Chicago Sun Times:
GOP chairman: African-Americans not given good reason to vote for party — Why should an African-American vote Republican? — “You really don't have a reason to, to be honest — we haven't done a very good job of really giving you one. True? True,” Republican National Chairman Michael …
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CNN, Hot Air, Jack & Jill Politics, Beltway Confidential, The Political Carnival and TPMDC
David Weigel / Right Now:
Geico voice actor fired after insulting tea parties — Sometimes you have a headline that makes the rest of the story superfluous, but here's the background. Actor Lance Baxter, otherwise known as “D.C. Douglas,” currently known as the man who informs you how much Geico can save you on car insurance …
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Another Black Conservative, Wonkette, theblogprof, Indecision Forever, Mediaite, Crooks and Liars, No Sheeples Here and Moe Lane
Charles Babington / Associated Press:
Obama suggests value-added tax may be an option — WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that a new value-added tax on Americans is still on the table, seeming to show more openness to the idea than his aides have expressed in recent days.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Dems To Attack Sue Lowden With “Chickens For Checkups” Web Site — Chickens for Checkups! — That's the name of a new Web site the DSCC is planning to unveil today in an effort to draw national attention to GOP Senate candidate Sue Lowden, who doubled down this week on her assertion …
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
MSNBC Pulls the Plug on Donny Deutsch's Weeklong Anchoring Stint — A week-long anchoring stint on MSNBC by Donny Deutsch ended abruptly on Wednesday, and four people briefed on the decision said the cancellation stemmed from an unflattering mention of that channel's No. 1 anchor, Keith Olbermann, a day earlier.
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Damien Cave / New York Times:
A Republican May Test Odds as an Outsider — COCOA BEACH, Fla. — Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida darted out of the Tallahassee rain on Tuesday, dragging a band of reporters to his office before answering The Question: Will you leave the Republican Party to run for the United States Senate as an independent …
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Matt Towery / Southern Political Report:
SPR exclusive bulletin: Crist to run for Florida Senate as an independent
SPR exclusive bulletin: Crist to run for Florida Senate as an independent
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Filter That Protects Palin From Scrutiny — Here's a revealing glimpse into how a delusional, incompetent, pathological liar has managed never to hold a real press conference and yet remains a credible public figure. She avoids the filters - i.e. skeptical journalists - and deploys one simple propaganda tool:
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Steele: No reason for black GOP base — Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele told a group of students that African-Americans “don't have a reason” to vote for Republicans. — Steele was asked Tuesday night during a speech to roughly 200 students at DePaul University …
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Jed Lewison / Daily Kos:
Beck vs. Markos — Well, well, well. Guess which Mullah of the American Taliban has decided to take on Markos? — It's none other than Glenn Beck, who fired back at comments that Markos made Monday evening on Countdown. — Beck was angry at Markos for characterizing his rhetoric as “eliminationist.”
Morgen Richmond / Big Government:
Bertha Lewis Unleashed: Bashes Conservatives and the Tea Party, Promotes Socialism — Apparently CEO Bertha Lewis said of ACORN yesterday “we're on life support”. Well, I think ACORN's remaining benefactors might be a little closer to pulling the plug once and for all after watching …
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Joan Walsh / Salon:
There is no liberal Rush Limbaugh — I didn't have a Sarah Palin moment when asked to name one. My silence was my answer — I'm traveling this week so blogging is light. But I'm compelled to comment on the way the right is hyping my Tuesday appearance on “Morning Joe.”
Jim Manzi / The Corner on National Review Online:
Liberty and Tyranny and Epistemic Closure — By: Jim Manzi — Jonah notes Ross Douthat's very interesting post, in which Ross had this to say: — Conservative domestic policy would be in better shape if conservative magazines and conservative columnists were more willing to call out Republican politicians …
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Eunomia, The Anonymous Liberal, The Other McCain, Hot Air, The New Republic and Balloon Juice
Rachel Slajda / TPMDC:
Shelby Says Deal Is Close, Will Get ‘Substantial’ GOP Support — Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee who's been in financial reform talks with chairman Chris Dodd, tells TPMDC's Brian Beutler that an agreement is close at hand.
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
FBI, Justice Dept. open probe of Massa payments after retirement announcement — Federal authorities have launched a public corruption investigation into events surrounding former representative Eric Massa (D-N.Y.), according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
In Judicial Bouts, Diane Wood Shows a Persuasive Punch — WASHINGTON — There were few liberals and just one woman on the federal appeals court in Chicago when Diane P. Wood, an antitrust expert with a flair for foreign language and an ear for playing the oboe, showed up in the summer of 1995.
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The Reality-Based Community
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Bush Still Gets More Blame for Economy Than Obama — Of the three party groups, only Republicans say Obama bears more blame than Bush — PRINCETON, NJ — More than a year into Barack Obama's presidency, Americans are more likely to say George W. Bush is responsible for today's economic problems …
David Freed / The Atlantic Online:
The Wrong Man — In the fall of 2001, a nation reeling from the horror of 9/11 was rocked by a series of deadly anthrax attacks. As the pressure to find a culprit mounted, the FBI, abetted by the media, found one. The wrong one. This is the story of how federal authorities blew …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
A smear's path — I've been avoiding an immigration critic's unsupported claim about Senator Lindsey Graham's sexuality for the usual reason that reporters shouldn't go around repeating such things for fear of abetting a smear campaign. That was the reason many were slow to cover rumors that Barack Obama was a Muslim.
CNBC:
Testimony Could Undercut SEC Charge Against Goldman — The government has testimony from a Paulson & Co. official that could contradict its own claims against Goldman Sachs, CNBC has learned. — Paolo Pellegrini told the government that he informed ACA Management that Paulson intended to bet against …
The Corner on National Review Online:
Five Reasons Why American Conservatives Should be Worried about Nick Clegg — By: NRO Staff — Thursday night will see the second of three U.S.-style televised debates between the leading candidates in the upcoming British general election: Gordon Brown, David Cameron, and Nick Clegg.