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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Obama, McCain clash at GOP lunch — President Barack Obama battled with Senate Republicans in a tense closed-door meeting Tuesday, facing tough criticism from his GOP adversaries — including John McCain — on issues ranging from health care to border security.
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Washington Post:
After closed-door talks, GOP senator calls Obama ‘thin-skinned’ — President Obama traveled to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a rare meeting with Senate Republicans, but the 75-minute session yielded little progress on hot-button topics and left some senators with bruised feelings.
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
AP sources: Obama, Corker clash in private meeting — WASHINGTON — Republican officials say President Barack Obama and Sen. Bob Corker clashed during a private meeting over whether anyone in either party was really trying to be bipartisan this election year.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senator criticizes Obama's ‘audacity’ in using GOP as ‘props’
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obama clashes with GOP, but promises to meet in the middle
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Ezra Klein / The Plum Line:
The decisive action Obama can take — As I noted this morning, there's been a palpable shift in the tone of media coverage of Obama's handling of the Gulf spill, with newly-aggressive news orgs raising more questions about whether the admistration has ceded too much control to BP.
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Mike Riggs / The Daily Caller:
Justice Department declines to appoint independent counsel for Sestak case
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog Gay:
Webb to vote no on DADT compromise, blames WH and Gates statements …
FITSNews:
Clearing The Air — A little over twenty-four hours ago, our founding editor was pressured by pending media reports (a claim that has since been verified) into preemptively acknowledging an inappropriate physical relationship with S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley. — While it was originally his intent …
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Memories ... Of The Way They Were — Seriously ... how funny is this? — It's a framed photo of Mark Sanford, Nikki Haley and Sic Willie following a fundraiser for Haley back in 2007. — Let the bidding begin! — UPDATE: Sic says “two bits!”
Yvonne Wenger / postandcourier.com:
Folks says Haley campaign consulted him on breaking silence about ‘inappropriate sexual relationship’ — Blogger Will Folks said Tuesday that GOP gubernatorial candidate State Rep. Nikki Haley and her campaign asked him for advice on how they should handle the news of their inappropriate relationship when he broke it.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Haley was up big before Monday
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Randal C. Archibold / New York Times:
National Guard to Help Secure Southwest Border — LOS ANGELES — President Obama will send up to 1,200 National Guard troops to the Southwest border and seek increased spending on law enforcement there to combat drug smuggling after demands from Republican and Democratic lawmakers that border security be tightened.
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Obama to send more National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Obama to Deploy 1,200 National Guard Troops Along U.S./ Mexican Border
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Facebook:
Just When Ya Think It Can't Get Any More “Interesting”... Welcome, Neighbor! — Spring has sprung in Alaska, and with this beautiful season comes the news today that the Palins have a new neighbor! Welcome, Joe McGinniss! — Yes, that Joe McGinniss. Here he is - about 15 feet away …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Annals of journalistic enterprise — Sarah Palin, guerilla Facebook warrior, turns the tables a bit on the author Joe McGinniss — best known for his Nixon campaign account, The Selling of the President, and for the murder investigation Fatal Vision — who, she says, has rented the house next door.
Igor / Think Progress:
GOP Rep. Slams Fox News: 'I Don't Know What They're Doing At Fox News, But They Should Stop Smoking It' — This morning, Fox and Friends characterized Sen. Bob Casey's (D-PA) Create Jobs & Save Benefits Act as a “$165 billion bailout” of union pensions. “It has been decades since you've seen …
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Dennis Cauchon / USA Today:
Private pay shrinks to historic lows — Paychecks from private business shrank to their smallest share of personal income in U.S. history during the first quarter of this year, a USA TODAY analysis of government data finds. — At the same time, government-provided benefits …
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
What Exactly Are They Supposed To Do? — I know that no matter what I say, some of you are going to claim I am shilling for Obama while others of you will read the same piece and claim I am unfairly attacking Obama, but I have a serious question- what exactly is the Obama administration supposed to do about the oil spill?
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Washington Post:
Obama administration conflicted about relying on BP to stop gulf oil spill
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NPR:
Rush Limbaugh's Conservative Charge … In the early 1970s, if you were a resident of McKeesport, Pa., who turned your radio to WIXZ-FM in the morning, you might hear a voice belonging to a DJ named “Bachelor Jeff” Christie giving you the weather report in between Top 40 tunes.
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Chris / AMERICAblog News:
BP CEO walks on oil covered beach, barks orders to media — So who died and made Tony Hayward the king? Yes, that's the BP CEO yelling “get 'em out of there, get 'em out of there” to the media who is filming him as he “works” on the oil slick cleanup. The last time I checked, we don't live in the United States of BP.
Glynnis MacNicol / Mediaite:
Jay Leno: BP Spill Perfect Example Of What Will Happen If Tea Partiers Rule — Rand Paul's decision to cancel his appearance on Meet the Press this weekend (only the third person ever) may not have backfired exactly but it's certainly taken on a bit of a life of its own.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Menendez Introducing Unlimited Cap On BP Damages — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) is set to introduce on Tuesday afternoon a bill that would fully eliminate any cap on the amount of economic damages that oil companies would have to pay for spills they've caused.
Jerusalem Post:
Donkey detonated on Gaza border — Animal dead, no human casualties; 200 kg of dynamite heaped on cart. — Talkbacks (15) — Make JPOST.COM your Home Page — Iranian Threat — Jewish World — Local Israel — Arts & Culture — Français — Classifieds — Israel
Ben Frumin / TPMDC:
Vaughn Ward: Worst Candidate Ever? — Meet Vaughn Ward. He's running in today's Republican primary in Idaho's 1st Congressional District. He's an Iraq War veteran. A former CIA operations officer. A fourth-generation Idaho native. Heck, Sarah Palin supports him.
The Huffington Post:
Bruce Shore, Unemployed Philadelphia Man, Indicted For ‘Harassing Email’ To Jim Bunning — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — When Sen. Jim Bunning complained on the Senate floor in February that he'd missed the Kentucky-South Carolina basketball game because of a debate on unemployment benefits …
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