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Voters' support for members of Congress is at an all-time low, poll finds — As voters head to the polls Tuesday for a crucial set of primary elections, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds antipathy toward their elected officials rising and anti-incumbent sentiment at an all-time high.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Filing from the new C-SPAN Digital Bus: Sen. Lincoln headed for big loss — Keil turns purple — Merry Strasmas: Strasburg, the $15m man, starts for Nats tonight — SIREN : Top Arkansas sources tell us the state's political establishment expects Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) …
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Charles Mahtesian / The Politico:
Tuesday targets: Nine races to watch — South Carolina's freak show politics, the progressive left's Arkansas muscle flexing, the astounding and obscene amount of statewide election spending in California — at least $120 million-plus and rising — all of it is part of Tuesday's dramatic primary election narrative.
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Guide to Biggest Primary Day of the Year (So Far) — WASHINGTON — Of all the incumbents on the ballot across the nation Tuesday, of all the establishment figures whose careers are on the line in this midterm election year, there is no bigger target than Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic majority leader.
John Sides / The Monkey Cage:
Feel the Anger, People
Feel the Anger, People
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Daniel B. Klein / Wall Street Journal:
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? — Self-identified liberals and Democrats do badly on questions of basic economics. — Who is better informed about the policy choices facing the country—liberals, conservatives or libertarians? According to a Zogby International survey that I write …
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Abe Selig / Jerusalem Post:
Ideas for ‘reverse flotillas’ gain steam — Israeli groups mull sailing toward Turkey to “remind the world of Turkish hypocrisy.” — Talkbacks (17) — Make JPOST.COM your Home Page — Iranian Threat — Jewish World — Local Israel — Arts & Culture — Français — Classifieds
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John Cole / Balloon Juice:
You Got Played — Now that Helen Hitler Thomas has been forcibly retired, more video of the interview miraculously has become available for viewing: — Here's the “appalling” transcript: … Clearly, this woman is evil beyond words. The way she smiled at those Jewish kids while giving …
Ezra Klein:
The government's crummy computers — The news in Peter Orszag's speech this morning is that the White House is “asking each agency to develop a list of their bottom 5 percent performing discretionary programs” in order to make cuts more obvious. On the one hand, reducing inefficient spending is good.
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
White House is directing agencies to cut budgets
White House is directing agencies to cut budgets
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
More on Mitch Daniels' Proposed “Truce” on Social Issues — Mitch Daniels told THE WEEKLY STANDARD's Andy Ferguson that the next president “would have to call a truce on the so-called social issues. We're going to just have to agree to get along for a little while,” until economic issues are resolved.
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Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Mitch Daniels Makes the Rounds
Mitch Daniels Makes the Rounds
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Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com Pro-Life Headlines:
Charlie Crist Removes Pro-Life Section of Campaign Web Site, Rubio Complains — Tallahassee, FL (LifeNews.com) — In the latest development in the race for the open U.S. Senate seat in Florida, Governor Charlie Crist is coming under fire for removing the pro-life section of his campaign website.
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Jeffrey Sachs / Financial Times:
Time to plan for post-Keynesian era — Mainstream Keynesian economics is facing its last hurrah. The global fiscal stimulus championed last year by the Obama administration is coming undone, repudiated by the same Group of 20 that endorsed it last year. Now, against a backdrop …
Barry Ritholtz / The Big Picture:
Art Laffer: Make Up Your Own Facts Here — To a man whose only tool is a hammer, pretty soon everything begins to look like a nail. — I couldn't help but be reminded of that aphorism as I read the most popular article on WSJ.com yesterday — Tax Hikes and the 2011 Economic Collapse …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The sad farewell of Helen Thomas — Afew months ago, White House reporters settled on a system for preserving the sanctity of Helen Thomas's front-row-center seat in the briefing room. On those frequent occasions when the 89-year-old legend didn't show up for a briefing …
John Tierney / New York Times:
Daring to Discuss Women in Science — The House of Representatives has passed what I like to think of as Larry's Law. The official title of this legislation is “Fulfilling the potential of women in academic science and engineering,” but nothing did more to empower its advocates …
Sharon Roffe-Ofir / Ynetnews:
Leftist Tali Fahima converts to Islam — Woman who had affair with al-Aqsa Brigades commander Zubeidi, served time for aiding terrorists converts to Islam at Umm al-Fahm mosque. ‘From now on she is a full-fledged Muslim,’ sheikh says — Sheikh Yusuf Albaz confirmed that Fahima converted.
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
‘A Very Deep Hole’ — I know the president has a lot on his mind, but the No. 1 problem facing the U.S. continues to fester, and that problem is unemployment. — The jobs report for May, released on Friday by the Labor Department, was grim. President Obama tried to put the best face on it …
Barbarossa / The Jawa Report:
Jawa Exclusive: NJ Jihadist Carlos Almonte hated Jews too, was “Death to all Juice” guy (Bumped - *Sticky) — .......................Scroll down for newer posts..................... This weekend the FBI picked up two New Jersey men at JFK airport who were intending to find their way to Somalia to train in Al-Shabaab terror camps.
David Seifman / NY Post:
Bill Clinton calls La. senator ‘sinner’ in fundraising letter — Former President Clinton has sent out a fundraising letter on behalf of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee under his own name warning that Republicans are trying to “derail' President Obama's agenda. — Not much unexpected there.
Anne Bayefsky / Weekly Standard:
Syrian Rep Promotes Blood Libel at UN Human Rights Council — Meeting today in Geneva, the UN Human Rights Council heard the following statement from the Syrian representative, First Secretary Rania Al Rifaiy: “Israel...is a state that is built on hatred...Let me quote a song that a group …
Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Health law could ban low-cost plans — Part of the health care overhaul due to kick in this September could strip more than 1 million people of their insurance coverage, violating a key goal of President Barack Obama's reforms. — Under the provision, insurance companies will no longer …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Boehner ridicules Obama's healthcare town hall with seniors as PR gimmick — House GOP leader John Boehner (Ohio) went on the offensive Tuesday against an event in which President Barack Obama will promote his signature healthcare reform law to seniors. — Boehner ridiculed an online town hall …
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Less Talkin', More Kickin' — 50 days in, and we've just learned another shocking revelation concerning the Obama administration's response to the Gulf oil spill. In an interview aired this morning, President Obama admitted that he hasn't met with or spoken directly to BP's CEO Tony Hayward.
Paul Bedard / US News:
Washington Whispers — Home > Nation & World > Washington Whispers — CNBC Host Says Obama Sullied Office With ‘Ass to Kick’ Line — Becky Quick slapped Obama for using unpresidential language — Not everybody was pleased with President Obama's uncharacteristic line on the Today Show …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
KICK-ASS CONTEXT.... I've seen some mild criticism of President Obama this morning, from those wondering if the “whose ass to kick” line on the “Today” show was excessive bravado. Adam Serwer noted, for example, that Americans are “not going to be happier because the president has pulled out his Bruce Willis impression.”
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Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Ax may fall on tax break for mortgages — The popular tax break for mortgage interest, once considered untouchable, is falling under the scrutiny of policymakers and economic experts seeking ways to close huge deficits. — Although Congress last year rejected the White House's proposed cut …
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Gregory Sullivan / Pajamas Media:
Miles of Oil Containment Boom Sit in Warehouse, Waiting for BP or U.S. to Use — An enterprising businessman put his factory in overdrive, figuring the country needed his product and his workers needed overtime. He's making enough to stem the shortage. Why is everyone ignoring him?
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Rangel on Obama WH response in Gulf: Clueless — Kerry Picket scores a scoop at the Washington Times today with audio of an impromptu interview conducted with Charles Rangel last week on the Gulf oil spill. Kerry must have caught Rangel in a particularly frustrated mood …
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Max Brantley / ArkansasTimes:
Garland County cluster#@%* — The mess that Garland County Election Commission made has come to full flower. A voting rights activist reports long lines and parking problems at the two — count 'em, two — polling places that the Commission decided to open for runoff voting.
James Kwak / The Baseline Scenario:
The Perils of Studying Economics — Patrick McGeehan at the New York Times recently wrote about a New York Fed study finding that studying economics makes you a Republican. The headline conclusion is that the more economics classes you take, the more likely you are to be a Republican.
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