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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
White House official: ‘Organized labor just flushed $10 million down the toilet’ — A senior White House official just called me with a very pointed message for the administration's sometime allies in organized labor, who invested heavily in beating Blanche Lincoln, Obama's candidate, in Arkanas.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Anti-Incumbent Rage Bypasses Arkansas — WASHINGTON — On a primary election night when the heralded anti-incumbency sentiment was expected to again demonstrate its strength, Senator Blanche Lincoln proved there were clear limits to its power. — Virtually written off as a likely victim …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
How Blanche Lincoln won — 1. Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln's Democratic runoff victory Tuesday night proved that conventional wisdom is often wrong. — Lincoln's political obituary was written in the days after she narrowly bested Lt. Gov. Bill Halter — 44.5 percent to 42.5 percent …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
SEIU officials: Blanche Lincoln should forget about our support in general election — In a move that's likely to ratchet up already-white-hot post-Arkansas tensions between organized labor and the White House, officials with the labor powerhouse SEIU are confirming that they are all but certain …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Was Israel A Mistake? — So far, no luck on anti-Zionist columnists. And being critical of Israel does not mean you're an anti-Zionist. But a reader did note this 2006 column by Richard Cohen. Money quote: … I was thinking recently how a Burkean could defend the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948.
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Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
U.N. Security Council Passes New Sanctions Against Iran — UNITED NATIONS — The United States, moving firmly away from the Obama administration's previous emphasis on wooing Iran, pushed through a new round of United Nations sanctions against the nation on Wednesday, taking aim at its military …
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Obama, Meeting Abbas, Pledges New Aid for Palestinians
Obama, Meeting Abbas, Pledges New Aid for Palestinians
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Dorothy Rabinowitz / Wall Street Journal:
The Alien in the White House — The distance between the president and the people is beginning to be revealed. — The deepening notes of disenchantment with Barack Obama now issuing from commentators across the political spectrum were predictable. So, too, were the charges …
The Fix:
John Cornyn: I won't be talking policy with Sharron Angle — National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn on Wednesday downplayed the importance of new Nevada Senate nominee Sharron Angle's conservative issue positions, saying the race will continue to be a “referendum” on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
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Mother Jones:
Who Is Alvin Greene? — An unemployed 32-year-old black Army veteran with no campaign funds, no signs, and no website shocked South Carolina on Tuesday night by winning the Democratic Senate primary to oppose Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC). Alvin Greene, who currently lives in his family's home …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Palin's backing pays off for pals — Some of Sarah Palin's riskiest endorsements scored major victories Tuesday for the former Alaska governor, showing off her power in Republican primaries. — Palin had four primary endorsements in play - Carly Fiorina, Nikki Haley, Terry Branstad and Cecile Bledsoe …
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Michael Memoli / The Swamp:
Obama on Iran vote: “Actions do have consequences” — President Obama this afternoon heralded the “overwhelming” UN Security Council vote on new Iran sanctions, saying the outcome shows that “actions have consequences.” — “We know that the Iranian government will not change its behavior overnight …
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Ezra Klein:
Lindsey Graham and the failure of the ‘lone Republican’ theory — With Lindsey Graham bolting a bill he helped draft, efforts to address climate change in this Congress look likely to fail. And because the next Congress is likely to have more Republicans, and because the House's approval …
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Ed Barnes / Fox News:
Reuters Admits Cropping Photos of Ship Clash, Denies Political Motive — On the left, the uncropped photo. On the right, Reuters' released photo. (Reuters) — The British-based Reuters news agency has been stung for the second time by charges that it edited politically sensitive photos in a way that casts Israel in a bad light.
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CNN:
TRENDING: Gore daughter separates from husband — Karenna Gore Schiff, the oldest daughter of former Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore. — (CNN) - Karenna Gore Schiff, the oldest daughter of former Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore, has separated from her husband, Dr. Andrew Schiff …
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James Craven / The New Britain Herald:
‘Lying face to face’ — NEW BRITAIN — A member of Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's staff, himself a former major and judge advocate in the U.S. Marines, is calling Blumenthal a liar and disgrace to the Marine Corps for representing himself repeatedly as having served in Vietnam.
The Hill:
The 25 hardest working lawmakers — Senate Finance Committee leaders Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) are the hardest working members of Congress, according to the people who work with them on Capitol Hill — their fellow lawmakers, aides and other officials.
Washington Post:
Poll: Many fault federal regulators for Gulf of Mexico oil disaster — Just a quarter of Americans back expanding offshore drilling in the wake of the BP oil spill, and most fault federal regulators for the environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Jon A. Krosnick / New York Times:
The Climate Majority — ON Thursday, the Senate will vote on a resolution proposed by Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, that would scuttle the Environmental Protection Agency's plans to limit emissions of greenhouse gases by American businesses. — Passing the resolution might seem to be exactly what Americans want.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Boehner to Obama: Find some ‘ass to kick’ on the budget deficit — House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Wednesday that President Barack Obama should find someone's “ass to kick” regarding the budget deficit. — The Republican leader riffed off comments the president made Tuesday …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi, the liberal House speaker, is heckled by liberals — For 17 months, anger at President Obama and congressional Democrats has been pooling on the left. On Tuesday morning, it spilled onto the floor of an Omni Shoreham ballroom and splashed all over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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John Blake / CNN:
Why Obama doesn't dare become the angry black man — (CNN) — Here's proof that President Obama has indeed ushered in a new era in race relations. — Who would have ever expected some white Americans to demand that an African-American man show more rage?
Art Beast / The Daily Beast:
The GOP Is Blowing It — Blogs and Stories — Republicans are poised for a landslide this fall. But as Tuesday's primary results show, the party's fetish for ideological purity is hurting their chances of winning elections. — For the Republican Party, Tuesday's primaries contain good news and bad news.