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Rove says he has ‘problems’ with AZ immigration law — THE VILLAGES - Karl Rove, chief political strategist for former President George W. Bush, today questioned a controversial new Arizona law designed to cut down on illegal immigration by making it a crime to not produce proof of citizenship when a law enforcement officer demands it.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Jeb Bush speaks out against Ariz. law
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Sen. Graham Comes Out As The Second Republican Lawmaker To Condemn …
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Washington Post:
Poll finds Americans in an anti-incumbent mood as midterm elections near — Members of Congress face the most anti-incumbent electorate since 1994, with less than a third of all voters saying they are inclined to support their representatives in November, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
ABC News Poll: Ahead of 2010 Midterm Elections, Incumbent Support Its Lowest Since 1994 — More Than Half Say Come November Elections, They'll Look for Someone New — A third of registered voters are inclined to reelect their representatives in Congress, the fewest since …
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Damian Paletta / Real Time Economics:
Republican Alternative To Democrats' Financial Overhaul Takes Shape — Senate Republicans are circulating their own financial overhaul plan as they continue to block the effort by Democrats to bring a White House-backed bill to the Senate floor for a vote. — Here are highlights …
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Republicans Circulate Draft of Financial Regulation Alternative — Damian Paletta at the Wall Street Journal offers a summary of a 20 page draft of a GOP alternative approach to financial regulation. Overall it's extremely vague, but appears to be . . . staggeringly similar to what's already in Chris Dodd's bill.
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Landon Thomas Jr / New York Times:
Europe Worried That Greek Crisis Is Poised to Spread — With Greece inching closer to the brink of financial collapse, fear that the debt crisis will spread rattled markets for a second day Wednesday, while an extraordinary collection of global financial leaders gathered in Berlin to seek a solution.
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Greece Cut to Junk at S&P as Contagion Spreads — Greece's credit rating was cut three steps to junk by Standard and Poor's, the first time a euro member has lost its investment grade since the currency's 1999 debut. The euro weakened and stock markets throughout the region plunged.
New York Times:
Republicans Reject Finance Bill Again, and Offer a Plan of Their Own — WASHINGTON — Republicans thwarted the Democrats' efforts to overhaul financial regulation for a second day on Tuesday and floated an alternative proposal with some crucial differences in the regulation of consumer lending.
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Blankfein supports financial reform legislation
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Reuters:
New Arizona law forcing hard choices on migrants — (Reuters) - With Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants looming, Guatemalan Samuel Roldan is swapping the family's battered Chevy Suburban, which he feels marks them out as low-income migrants, for a smarter, more corporate-looking Nissan.
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David Weigel / Right Now:
I, Sarah Palin defender — Last night I appeared on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann to talk about a story that had been driven into the mainstream by the blog PalinGates. The story: Palin made three statements that PalinGates believed may have been false, and therefore grounds for perjury.
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Graham: I'll Filibuster My Own Climate Bill Unless Reid Drops Immigration Altogether — When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid decided that he would bump climate-and-energy legislation behind immigration reform as his next priority, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was apoplectic.
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James Q. Lynch / Gazette:
3rd District GOP hopefuls take tough stances on immigration — Third District GOP congressional hopefuls called for more R&D on illegal immigration - as in round-up and deport. — Speaking at a Tama County Republican forum Monday, six candidates for the GOP nomination to face seven -term Democratic …
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Jim Vertuno / Associated Press:
Texas gov. shoots, kills ‘wily’ coyote during jog — AUSTIN, Texas — Pistol-packing Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a message for wily coyotes out there: Don't mess with my dog. — Perry told The Associated Press on Tuesday he needed just one shot from the laser-sighted pistol he sometimes carries …
Fox News:
Has Noah's Ark Been Found on Turkish Mountaintop? — The remains of Noah's Ark have been discovered 13,000 feet up a Turkish mountain — according to a sensational claim by evangelical explorers.
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James C. McKinley Jr / New York Times:
Strict Abortion Measures Enacted in Oklahoma — The Oklahoma Legislature voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to override vetoes of two highly restrictive abortion measures, one making it a law that women undergo an ultrasound and listen to a detailed description of the fetus before having an abortion.
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Mortimer Zuckerman / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Jerusalem Stonewall — Demanding a construction freeze in the capital reverses decades of U.S. policy. — Thanks to a deadlock engineered by the U.S. government, the Middle East peace process is stalled. President Obama began this stalemate last year when he called for a settlement freeze …
Anahad O'Connor / New York Times:
Laura Bush Opens Up About Fatal Crash — Laura Bush has finally opened up publicly about the mysterious car accident she had when she was 17, a crash that claimed the life of a high school friend on a dark country road in Midland, Tex. — In her new book, “Spoken from the Heart,” …
Reuters:
Why reporters are down on Obama — One of the enduring storylines of Barack Obama's presidency, dating back to the earliest days of his candidacy, is that the press loves him. — “Most of you covered me. All of you voted for me,” Obama joked last year at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
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Tovah Lazaroff / Jerusalem Post:
Israel won't honor outpost pledge — Legal status, rather than promises to US, will determine their fate. — Talkbacks (9) — Make JPOST.COM your Home Page — Iranian Threat — Jewish World — Local Israel — Arts & Culture — Français — Classifieds — Israel
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Not Funny: Americans Opposed to Censoring by Comedy Central — Zogby Interactive Survey finds over 70% of Americans disagree with the Comedy Central's decision to censor parts of a South Park episode deemed offensive to some Muslims — UTICA, New York - About seven in ten Americans (71%) …
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