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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Write Off Lincoln — It's nice for Blanche Lincoln that she won the runoff in Arkansas last night but I hope that no groups that care about getting Democratic Senators elected spend another dollar in the state this year. That doesn't have anything to do with her ideology- judging …
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Sean J. Miller / The Hill:
S.C. Dems ask Senate nominee to withdraw after felony charge — Less than 24 hours after Alvin Greene's surprise win in the South Carolina Democratic Senate primary, the state party has asked him to withdraw from the race because of a pending felony charge.
Robbie Brown / New York Times:
Questions After Political Unknown Wins
Questions After Political Unknown Wins
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Unknown Senate candidate in SC faces felony charge
Unknown Senate candidate in SC faces felony charge
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Lauren Beckham Falcone / Boston Herald:
Sarah Palin (DD-Alaska)? — Hey Sarah Palin, I can see your cleavage from my house! — Alaska's former governor sported more Northern Exposure than usual at the Belmont Stakes race this weekend, sending the blogosphere into a tizzy, wondering whether Palin is exercising a woman's right to (bigger) boobs.
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Wall Street Journal:
Lincoln Win Boosts Overhaul Effort — WASHINGTON—Sen. Blanche Lincoln's surprising victory in Tuesday's Democratic primary in Arkansas appears to have hardened an anti-Wall Street bent in Congress's financial-overhaul bill. — Ms. Lincoln wrote a controversial provision in the bill …
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Derivatives deal puts Dems in bind — When negotiators meet for the first time Thursday to finalize the Wall Street reform bill, House members will hear an annoyingly familiar refrain from their Senate colleagues: The legislation needs to stay largely as is.
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Candance Moore / NewsBusters.org:
CNN Blames White People For Obama's Slow Action On Oil Spill — UPDATE - 6/9, 5:45 PM | … The excuses keep rolling in to explain why President Obama is seemingly detached from the oil spill crisis in the Gulf of Mexico. — On Wednesday, CNN.com reached a new low by blatantly playing the race card …
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John Blake / CNN:
Why Obama doesn't dare become the angry black man — Watch CNN tonight for a discussion on the history of presidential toughness. Don Lemon asks the question: How tough should a president be when in the public eye? CNN tonight, 8 ET — (CNN) — Here's proof that President Obama has indeed ushered in a new era in race relations.
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Rebecca English / Daily Mail:
‘Follow the Islamic way to save the world,’ Prince Charles urges environmentalists — Prince Charles yesterday urged the world to follow Islamic ‘spiritual principles’ in order to save the environment. — In a high-profile speech, the heir to the throne argued that man's destruction …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Sharron Angle: In wake of Gulf spill, we need to “deregulate” Big Oil — Dems are gearing up to paint Sharron Angle, the ultra-conservative candidate who's now taking on Harry Reid, as another Rand Paul and possibly even further to his right. — And here's another data point …
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
The Spill, The Scandal and the President — The inside story of how Obama failed to crack down on the corruption of the Bush years - and let the world's most dangerous oil company get away with murder — On May 27th, more than a month into the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history …
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Ynetnews:
Hezbollah stands by disgraced US reporter Helen Thomas — Hezbollah on Wednesday saluted veteran US reporter Helen Thomas's “courage” for her controversial comments against Israel, which sparked a furor and forced her to retire. — “Respected American journalist Helen Thomas's answer shows …
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Ryan Tate / Gawker:
Apple's Worst Security Breach: 114,000 iPad Owners Exposed — Apple has suffered another embarrassment. A security breach has exposed iPad owners including dozens of CEOs, military officials, and top politicians. They—and every other buyer of the wireless-enabled tablet—could be vulnerable to spam marketing and malicious hacking.
Diane Macedo / Fox News:
Publishing Company Under Fire for Putting Warning Label on Constitution — Warning that appears on Wilder Publications' reprints of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and other historical texts. — A small publishing company is under fire after putting warning labels on copies …
Loren Steffy / Houston Chronicle:
U.S. and BP slow to accept Dutch expertise — Three days after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, the Dutch government offered to help. — It was willing to provide ships outfitted with oil-skimming booms, and it proposed a plan for building sand barriers to protect sensitive marshlands.
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
TRENDING: Open mic catches Fiorina dig at Boxer — (CNN) - Newly-minted U.S. Senate Republican nominee Carly Fiorina added her name Wednesday to the annals of unfortunate politicians caught by an open mic. — Waiting to be interviewed by affiliate KXTV Wednesday morning …
Josh Gerstein / Josh Gerstein's Blog:
ACLU chief ‘disgusted’ with Obama — The top official at the American Civil Liberties Union seems to be losing patience with President Barack Obama and his administration. — Speaking at a conference of liberal activists Wednesday morning, ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero didn't mince …
Washington Post:
Kagan has many achievements, but her world has been relatively narrow — One night, at an intimate dinner, Elena Kagan lavished such praise on Justice Antonin Scalia that he almost teared up. The next afternoon, in front of a crowd of 500, she lauded him some more, nearly choking up herself.
David Charter / Times of London:
Election triumph puts anti-Islam Wilders in line for Dutch Cabinet role — The Freedom Party of the anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders emerged as the third force in Dutch politics last night, more than doubling its number of seats in Parliament in the country's general elections.
Michael Sheridan / NY Daily News:
Woman caught having sex in park, charged with adultery - in New York — A woman arrested for public lewdness for allegedly having sex in a park is facing a surprising additional charge: cheating on her husband. — No, this wasn't in a Muslim country far away, it is happening in New York.
Exurban Jon / Exurban League:
Obama announces Terrorist Stimulus Plan. — No, no, a thousand times NO: — The United States will contribute $400 million in development aid to the Palestinian territories and work with Israel to loosen its embargo on Gaza, President Barack Obama said Wednesday.
Times of India:
Taliban execute seven-year-old Afghan boy accused of spying — KABUL: Suspected Taliban militants executed a seven-year-old boy in southern Afghanistan after accusing him of spying for the government, a provincial official said Wednesday. — The child was captured by the militants …
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
The transformative power of Rick Santelli's rant — Polls are open in 11 states as I write, with full results unavailable till after my deadline, but it seems that some lessons can already be drawn from this political year. Incumbents are not popular, especially Democratic incumbents.