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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Exclusive: All 7 Republicans on Senate Judiciary Committee Ask AG Holder to Appoint Special Prosecutor to Look Into Alleged Sestak Job Offer — In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder today, all seven Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee “urge the appointment of a special prosecutor …
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Congressman: White House Job Offer to Sestak May Be an ‘Impeachable’ Offense — Rep. Darrell Issa (r) said Tuesday that Rep. Joe Sestak's (l) allegation that the White House offered him a job to coax him out of a race against Arlen Specter could be an “impeachable” offense. (AP)
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Time for Sestak to clean up his mess — Senate Republicans are now calling for a special prosecutor to look into Joe Sestak's claim that the White House offered him a job in order to drop his primary challenge to Arlen Specter. On the merits, this seems silly: Good government experts …
Laura Rozen / Laura Rozen's Blog:
Wexler for Israel? — Former Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) is being courted to be Obama's ambassador to Israel, three Washington Middle East hands tell POLITICO. — Wexler, a strong pro-Israel ally for the Obama White House going back to the 2008 presidential campaign …
Kathleen Hunter / Roll Call:
Republicans Threaten Filibuster Over 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' — Armed Services Republicans threatened Wednesday to filibuster the defense authorization bill if it comes to the floor with Democrat-backed language repealing the military's “don't ask, don't tell” policy.
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Chiefs of Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marines Oppose DADT Repeal — The heads of the Army, Marines, Air Force, and Navy oppose the current amendment to repeal “don't ask, don't tell.” Senator John McCain's office just released letters from the chiefs of the armed services …
Adam Bink / Open Left:
BREAKING: Sen. Byrd to vote for DADT repeal
BREAKING: Sen. Byrd to vote for DADT repeal
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Igor / Wonk Room:
EXCLUSIVE: Service Chiefs Write To Congress Expressing Opposition To DADT Compromise
EXCLUSIVE: Service Chiefs Write To Congress Expressing Opposition To DADT Compromise
Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Poll: Majority give Obama, feds failing grade on oil spill response — The oil spill off the Gulf Coast is staining more than Louisiana's beaches. — The response to the disaster by energy giant BP, President Obama and the federal government all get terrible grades from Americans in a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll.
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Clifford Krauss / New York Times:
Coast Guard Allows BP to Try Method to Stop Oil Leak — HOUSTON — BP was poised Wednesday to decide whether to move ahead with its most ambitious — and potentially most consequential — effort to plug the mile-deep gusher of oil that has been streaming into the Gulf of Mexico for more than a month.
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Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Simmons ‘sorry’ for ripping McMahon — Former Rep. Rob Simmons apologized for telling a conservative news outlet that he didn't think Senate candidate Linda McMahon, who won the GOP's backing over him at the party's convention last week, can win the Connecticut general election and saying that he was too …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Simmons does not think McMahon can win Conn. Senate race
Simmons does not think McMahon can win Conn. Senate race
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Conor Friedersdorf / Newsweek:
Is Rand Paul Crazier Than Anyone Else in D.C.? — The media mock libertarians and other candidates outside the mainstream. But are their ideas really any less valid than those of the ‘centrists’? — Forced to name the “craziest” policy favored by American politicians …
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David Weigel / Right Now:
Rand Paul replaces campaign manager
Rand Paul replaces campaign manager
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Why I Can't Take Dave Weigel Seriously — Unlike a lot of my friends, I really don't have a problem with Dave Weigel. He is what he is. Referred to the Washington Post by Ezra Klein as someone competent to cover conservatives (a bit like Lenin making staffing decisions at the Wall Street Journal …
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Rasmussen Reports:
47% Now Hold Unfavorable View of Kagan — Voters have an increasingly unfavorable opinion of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan but are more convinced than ever that she will be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. — A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 41% of U.S. voters …
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Domenico Montanaro / msnbc.com:
FIRST THOUGHTS: GOP AND IMMIGRATION — Good news/bad news for GOP in NBC/MSNBC/Telemundo poll on immigration... The poll shows that Latino voters are swinging widely for the Democrats, while their support for the GOP is dropping like a rock... Has the GOP learned the Pete Wilson lesson? …
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Kyle / Right Wing Watch:
AFA's Fischer Outdoes Himself — It was about a year ago that I wrote a seemingly throwaway post about the fact that Bryan Fischer had been promoted from his position running the Idaho Values Alliance, the state affiliate of the American Family Association, to a position as director …
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Ramon Antonio Vargas / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
James O'Keefe and friends plead guilty in Mary Landrieu office caper … The four defendants who were arrested in January in Sen. Mary Landrieu's office in the Hale Boggs federal complex in New Orleans pleaded guilty Wednesday morning in federal court to entering real property belonging to the United States under false pretenses.
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Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook Blog:
Making Control Simple — When we started Facebook, we built it around a few simple ideas. People want to share and stay connected with their friends and the people around them. When you have control over what you share, you want to share more. When you share more, the world becomes more open and connected.
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
US money supply plunges at 1930s pace as Obama eyes fresh stimulus — The M3 money supply in the United States is contracting at an accelerating rate that now matches the average decline seen from 1929 to 1933, despite near zero interest rates and the biggest fiscal blitz in history.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Biden jokes about Blumenthal's military service record — Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday took an unexpected dig at Connecticut Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal (D) for misstating his military service record. — While speaking at a barbecue for wounded soldiers, he commented about veterans coming home from the Vietnam War.
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Cubachi:
UPDATE w/ video: Gov Christie tells teacher, if she doesn't like education budget, she can quit — As if there is nothing more to love about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, he held a townhall in Rutherford discussing his 33-bills “tool kit” that will bring a cap on property taxes and other taxes …
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Joe Schoffstall / The Blast:
Obama Nominee: Sexual Sadism Should be a ‘Mitigating Factor’ — President Obama's nominee to the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Robert N. Chatigny, has quite the judicial record. He saved Michael Ross, known as the ‘roadside strangler’, by keeping him off death row …