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FITSNews:
Will Folks: Letting The Chips Fall — Since I founded FITSNews three-and-a-half years ago, I've made more than my fair share of powerful enemies in this state. — One reason for that? I call it like I see it - whether you like it or not, agree with it or not, or even believe it or not.
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Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Nikki Haley in Opposition's Crosshairs: a Good Sign for Nikki and South Carolina! — Well, whaddya know? South Carolina's conservative candidate, Nikki Haley, recently zipped to the front of the line in her state's race for governor; and lo and behold, now accusations of an affair surface.
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Logan Smith / WIS-TV:
Blogger, fmr. Sanford aide claims past affair with Nikki Haley — COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - A political blogger and former aide to Gov. Mark Sanford claims to have had a past romantic relationship with Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley. Haley, who is married and has two children …
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Crooks and Liars, CNN, FITSNews, Raw Story, Ben Smith's Blog, Right Now, National Review and AMERICAblog News
Greg Hambrick / Charleston City Paper:
Claim: Haley had “inappropriate physical relationship”
Claim: Haley had “inappropriate physical relationship”
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Daily Kos
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Dem lawmaker urges White House to release details on Sestak job — Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner (N.Y.) called on the White House on Monday to detail its conversations it had with Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) to have allegedly tried to convince him to drop a Senate bid.
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Kerry Eleveld / Advocate:
A Deal on DADT? — The Advocate has learned that concurrent meetings took place Monday morning at the White House and on Capitol Hill that could help clear the way for “don't ask, don't tell” repeal to be attached to the Department of Defense authorization bill later this week.
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Obama White House probe of Obama White House finds no Obama White …
Obama White House probe of Obama White House finds no Obama White …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
NBC's Chuck Todd: White House correspondent, anchor, blogger, twitterer
NBC's Chuck Todd: White House correspondent, anchor, blogger, twitterer
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Lawmakers divided on 'don't ask, don't tell' as votes near
Lawmakers divided on 'don't ask, don't tell' as votes near
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Op-Ed Columnist: Obama Versus the Corporations — So here's how it is: They're as mad as hell, and they're not going to take this anymore. Am I talking about the Tea Partiers? No, I'm talking about the corporations. — Much reporting on opposition to the Obama administration portrays it as a sort of populist uprising.
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John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
Obama Is From Mars, Wall Street Is From Venus
Obama Is From Mars, Wall Street Is From Venus
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New York Times:
BP Kept Using Toxic Chemical in Gulf After E.P.A. Deadline — The effort to stanch the vast Gulf of Mexico oil spill was mired by setbacks on Monday as state and federal officials feuded with BP over its failure to meet deadlines and its refusal to stop spraying a toxic dispersant in the Gulf.
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Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Despite Moratorium, Drilling Projects Move Ahead — WASHINGTON — In the days since President Obama announced a moratorium on permits for drilling new offshore oil wells and a halt to a controversial type of environmental waiver that was given to the Deepwater Horizon rig …
Ryan D'Agostino / Esquire:
Eric Massa's Secret — Long before the Eric Massa scandal broke, the congressman carried the lonely burden of another secret that, if revealed, would turn his world upside down. An extraordinary look inside the mind of a man in the crisis of his lifetime.
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TPMMuckraker, The Hill, First Draft, Glenn Thrush's Blog, Reliable Source, Raw Story, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Advocate
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Principles of Rand Paul — No ideology survives the collision with real-world politics perfectly intact. General principles have to bend to accommodate the complexities of history, and justice is sometimes better served by compromise than by zealous intellectual consistency.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Clinton to DoD? — As DiMascio, Rozen and I report this morning, some of Clinton's allies are talking her up as the next Secretary of Defense: — Gates, for his part, has saved Clinton from a different kind of marginalization by a powerful White House staff, which has a sometimes-rocky relationship …
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Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
Perry Up by 9 in New UT/TT Poll — Republican Rick Perry leads Democrat Bill White by nine percentage points — 44 percent to 35 percent — in the 2010 race for governor, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll. — Those numbers are identical to the results of a …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: North Dakota Senate — North Dakota Senate: Hoeven 72%, Potter 23% — Governor John Hoeven now has the support of nearly three-out-of-four North Dakota voters in his bid to be the state's next U.S. senator. — The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters …
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Daniela Altimari / Capitol Watch:
Blumenthal: “I have made mistakes and I am sorry.” — After nearly a week of criticism following revelations that he misrepresented his military record and five days after a press conference in which he expressed regret for his misstatements, Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Richard Blumenthal apologized.
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William Yardley / New York Times:
For Roaming Palin, Home Base Is Still in Alaska — WASILLA, Alaska — Stepping quickly toward his big black Dodge Ram truck, Todd Palin offered a few highlights of the weekend ahead. — His youngest daughter, Piper, had a dance rehearsal. His oldest son, Track, would be helping …
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CNN:
From CNN Chief National Correspondent John King — Washington (CNN) - An internal Republican National Committee document obtained by CNN paints a damning picture of the committee's financial standing compared to the past five election cycles. — The document, pulled together during …
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
More mischief in Illinois race — It's been a rough stretch for Illinois Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias — and it could be getting a little bit rougher. — His family's business, Broadway Bank, was seized by regulators last month. He's had trouble getting robust support …
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Abdon M. Pallasch / Chicago Sun Times:
Website: Rep. Jackson might not back Giannoulias
Website: Rep. Jackson might not back Giannoulias
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Gateway Pundit
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
The View from the Sidelines — Jeb Bush on the Republican future. — Bush has done a back-of-the-envelope calculation about what an economic growth strategy could produce. Obama's policy won't generate more than 1.5 percent growth annually, he says. But with “lower taxes …
Washington Post:
One false move in Europe could set off global chain reaction — If the trouble starts — and it remains an “if” — the trigger may well be obscure to the concerns of most Americans: a missed budget projection by the Spanish government, the failure of Greece to hit a deficit-reduction target, a drop in Ireland's economic output.
Guy Adams / The Independent:
After keeping us waiting for a century, Mark Twain will finally reveal all — The great American writer left instructions not to publish his autobiography until 100 years after his death, which is now — Exactly a century after rumours of his death turned out to be entirely accurate …