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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Rep. Van Hollen: Wall Street vote shows rift between Tea Party, Republicans — The chief campaign strategist for House Democrats thinks the GOP made a strategic error in voting against Wall Street reform. — Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) made the case that Republicans' widespread opposition …
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Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
Explaining the Rand Paul Disaster — After getting himself into trouble on Rachel Maddow's show on MSNBC, and everywhere else, Rand Paul has decided to cancel an interview on Sunday's “Meet the Press” rather than risk further damage. It's pretty amazing that a guy who embraced the role …
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Obama campaigns against Bush - again — President Barack Obama is trying to ride the wave of anti-incumbency by taking on an unpopular politician steeped in the partisan ways of Washington. — It doesn't matter that George W. Bush left office 16 months ago.
David Weigel / Right Now:
Defending Rand Paul, Part II — A number of liberal writers have included or featured me in essays about the Rand Paul flap. — First, Adele Stan: — Then, Gabriel Winant: … This is complicated stuff, but the Pauls are used to it. I first grappled with it in a 2008 story …
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Left Coast Rebel, New York Times, Taylor Marsh, Salon, Israpundit, American Power, Ben Smith's Blog, Newsweek and Grasping Reality …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WHEN EXTREMISM AND IGNORANCE COLLIDE.... Republican Senate candidate …
David Weigel / Right Now:
Rand Paul cancels Meet the Press appearance
Rand Paul cancels Meet the Press appearance
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AOL News:
Cato Scholar Scolds Rand Paul, Gives OK to Soup Nazi
Cato Scholar Scolds Rand Paul, Gives OK to Soup Nazi
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Hot Air, The Volokh Conspiracy, EconLog, Right Now, The Reality-Based Community, Matthew Yglesias and Below The Beltway
Andrew Leonard / Salon:
Who is more “un-American”? Rand Paul or Obama?
Who is more “un-American”? Rand Paul or Obama?
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President Lays Out Security Strategy Based in Diplomacy — WEST POINT, N.Y. — President Obama outlined a new national security strategy rooted in diplomatic engagement and international alliances on Saturday as he repudiated his predecessor's emphasis on unilateral American power and the right to wage pre-emptive war.
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Ben Geman / The Hill:
Obama defends escalation of Afghan war to West Point class — President Barack Obama on Saturday used a speech to West Point cadets to defend his escalation of the war in Afghanistan. — Obama also placed a heavy emphasis on winning international cooperation and bolstering non-military sources of American power.
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Cuomo Opens Campaign for New York Governor — Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo of New York announced his candidacy for governor on Saturday, saying that he was seeking not only to lead New York but to remake a state mired in political scandal and paralyzed by financial crisis.
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NY Daily News:
Tiger willing to give Elin $750M - to keep quiet … TIGER SCANDAL SCORECARD … EDITORS' PICKS … BEST OF NYDN.COM
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Man Who Shot Police Had Antigovernment Views — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An antigovernment Ohio man who had had several run-ins with the police around the country was identified Friday as one of two people suspected of gunning down two officers during a traffic stop in Arkansas.
The Right Scoop:
Mark Levin throws down the gauntlet - challenges David Gregory to have him on ‘Meet the Depressed’ — Since Rand Paul has canceled his Sunday appearance on MTP, there's an opening, and Levin wants in. He challenges Gregory to have a real conservative on for a change.
Fox News:
Key Al Qaeda Figure Accidentally Blows Himself Up, U.S. Officials Say — U.S. officials had been watching him, but Fox News' sources insist the U.S. had nothing to do with his death
Paul / Power Line:
You're either for or against the military we have — Robert Merrill is a captain in the Marine Corps. He fought in Iraq and currently serves as a legal adviser to a Marine infantry batallion in southern Afghanistan. In between, he attended and graduated from Harvard law school.
Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
Obama's lazy tribute to Daniel Pearl … Barack Obama's remarkable powers of oratory are well known: In support of Chicago's Olympic bid, he flew into Copenhagen to give a heartwarming speech about himself, and they gave the games to Rio. He flew into Boston to support Martha Coakley's bid …
Rasmussen Reports:
68% Oppose Boycotts of Arizona Over New Immigration Law — Boston and Los Angeles were among the first to announce boycotts of Arizona, but 68% of Americans say it's a bad idea for other cities or states to boycott Arizona over its new immigration law. — A new Rasmussen Reports national …
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