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David Weigel / Right Now:
Rand Paul cancels Meet the Press appearance — After two days of bruising media coverage about his views on elements of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the campaign of Kentucky U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul tells me it has canceled the candidate's upcoming appearance on NBC's “Meet the Press” …
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Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Paul Calls White House Pressure On BP ‘Un-American,’ Says That ‘Sometimes Accidents Happen’ — In an interview on ABC News' Good Morning America today, host George Stephanopoulos pressed GOP Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul on “how far” he would “push” his anti-government views.
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Cato Scholar Scolds Rand Paul, Gives OK to Soup Nazi — Politico reporter Shira Toeplitz tweeted it well: “You know it's a rough day on campaign trail when you have to issue a statement that says you will not repeal Civil Rights Act of '64.” — She was referring, of course …
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ABCNEWS:
‘Trashed Up and Down’: Rand Paul on Critics — Kentucky GOP Senate Nominee Responds to Critics After Civil Rights Act Comments — Rand Paul, the Tea Party's rising star from Kentucky who won the state's GOP Senate primary this week, says criticism of his views on the Civil Rights Act …
Michele Salcedo / Associated Press:
Rand Paul: Obama's criticism of BP ‘un-American’ — WASHINGTON - Taking another unconventional stand, Kentucky's Republican Senate nominee Rand Paul criticized President Barack Obama's handling of the Gulf oil spill Friday as putting “his boot heel on the throat of BP” and “really un-American.”
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
Rand Paul Is At It Again — Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul, who drew wide attention this week for his reluctant embrace of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, said this morning that President Barack Obama's criticism of BP has sounded “really un-American.”
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Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Paul Backs Out Of Meet The Press Appearance — At the end of a rocky week, newly chosen Senate nominee Rand Paul (R-KY) has canceled a planned interview on NBC's “Meet the Press” citing exhaustion. It's only the third cancellation from a major guest in 62 years, the show's Executive Producer Betsy Fischer …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Rand Paul camp cancels Meet the Press because “he's had a long week” — Betsy Fischer, the executive producer of Meet the Press, just Tweeted that Rand Paul is trying to cancel his appearance on the show this Sunday. — I just reached Fischer, and she tells me Paul's camp asked to cancel because “he's had a long week.”
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Scarborough bashes his own network, says Rand Paul shouldn't have …
Scarborough bashes his own network, says Rand Paul shouldn't have …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE PARTY OF CIVIL RIGHTS.... Given the new-found electoral relevance …
THE PARTY OF CIVIL RIGHTS.... Given the new-found electoral relevance …
Justin Elliott / TPMMuckraker:
Rand Paul In '08: Beware The NAFTA Superhighway! (VIDEO)
Rand Paul In '08: Beware The NAFTA Superhighway! (VIDEO)
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Rand Paul is still ducking the core issue
Rand Paul is still ducking the core issue
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
More Blumenthal Claims of Vietnam Service — WASHINGTON — Broader newspaper archival searches have continued to turn up claims by Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut that he was a Vietnam War veteran, even though he did not serve in the war.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Blumenthal defenders turn tables on NYT — What at first appeared to be a potentially career-ending New York Times exposé of Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has generated a messy fight between the newspaper, Blumenthal's liberal supporters, and his leading Republican rival …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
What Makes Richard Blumenthal So Special to Connecticut Democrats?
What Makes Richard Blumenthal So Special to Connecticut Democrats?
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Mick Dumke / Chicago Reader:
Mayor Daley Threatens to Shoot the Messenger—Namely, Me — Mayor Daley loves to bag on the local media, and given my recent line of inquiry into his politics and policies, I've never expected to be greeted with a fruit basket at City Hall. — But even I was a bit taken aback this morning …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Mayor Daley offers his argument for gun control; Update: Video added — Today must be Irony Day in the Western Hemisphere. First we have Cuba calling immigration enforcement “brutal,” and now we have gun-control politicians demonstrating why the founders passed the Second Amendment in the first place.
Edmund L. Andrews / Capital Gains and Games blogs:
Holy Cow! We're going to have financial reform. — A few hours ago, the Senate did something truly amazing: it clobbered Wall Street and the banking industry, defying armies of overpaid lobbyists and passing genuine reforms for our run-amok financial system.
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Fox News:
Top Official Says Feds May Not Process Illegals Referred From Arizona — A top Department of Homeland Security official reportedly said his agency will not necessarily process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities.
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Economic Scene: Obama's Progressive Project Is Changing Washington — With the Senate's passage of financial regulation, Congress and the White House have completed 16 months of activity that rival any other since the New Deal in scope or ambition. Like the Reagan Revolution …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Lost Decade Looming? — Despite a chorus of voices claiming otherwise, we aren't Greece. We are, however, looking more and more like Japan. — For the past few months, much commentary on the economy — some of it posing as reporting — has had one central theme: policy makers are doing too much.
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Issa threatens Sestak with complaint — A leading House Republican is threatening to file an ethics complaint against Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) if he doesn't reveal who in the White House offered him a job to drop out of the Pennsylvania Senate primary. — Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) …
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NEWS.com.au:
'I'm a Marxist' says Dalai Lama, but agrees capitalism has helped China — TIBETAN spiritual leader the Dalai Lama says he's a Marxist, yet credits capitalism for bringing new freedoms to China, the communist country that exiled him. — “Still I am a Marxist,” the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader …
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Memphis Commercial Appeal:
Relatives ID West Memphis suspects — At left, a photo of Joe and Jerry Kane from a memorial website dedicated to the two. On the right, a photo of one of the suspects in the killing of two West Memphis police officers Thursday, who relatives have identified as 16-year-old Joe Kane.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Story of an Angry Voter — Let's imagine a character named Ben. A couple of decades ago, Ben went to high school. — It wasn't easy. His parents were splitting up. His friends would cut class to smoke weed. His sister got pregnant. But Ben worked hard and graduated …
New Jersey Online:
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie swiftly vetoes ‘millionaires tax,’ property tax rebate bills … TRENTON — It took about two minutes from the time Senate President Steve Sweeney certified the passage of the millionaires tax package for Gov. Chris Christie to veto the bills at his desk.
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The Wrap:
EXCLUSIVE: Bob Kerrey Tapped to Head MPAA — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey has been tapped to be the next chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, TheWrap has learned. — Kerrey has won approval from the heads of the movie companies that make up the powerful Hollywood lobby …
Mark S. Smith / Associated Press:
Rodent scurries by as Obama lauds Wall Street vote — WASHINGTON - In his battle with the titans of Wall Street, President Barack Obama almost got upstaged by a rat. — But he didn't even seem to notice. Assuming that's what it was, scurrying in front of his podium Thursday in a sun-drenched Rose Garden.
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Steven Pearlstein / Washington Post:
Forget Greece: Europe's real problem is Germany — Ground zero of Europe's debt-currency-banking crisis isn't in Greece, or Portugal, or Ireland or even Spain. It's in Germany. — So says Martin Wolf, the estimable economics columnist of the Financial Times, who this week offered …