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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Axelrod: ‘Patchwork’ of state laws would ‘dillute’ federal border efforts — White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod on Sunday defended the administration's lawsuit against Arizona's immigration law, saying state laws such as the controversial one in the border state “dillute” federal efforts to secure the border.
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Atrios / Eschaton:
Confused About The Politics — So let's say Obama's people have correctly deduced that there's no chance in hell of getting anything through Congress. They have two basic options. First, they could get on the teevee every day and say, “This is my plan to help. Republicans in Congress won't pass it.”
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Paul Krugman:
Lacking All Conviction — Atrios: … I have no idea what they're thinking. It would be one thing if polls suggested a tolerable outcome in November, so that playing it safe could possibly make sense as a political strategy. But that's not the way it is; and it's hard to see what possible motivation there is for pulling punches.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Democratic governors point finger at D.C. — BOSTON - Democratic governors facing grim budget choices, lingering unemployment and angry voters are pointing a finger at their colleagues in Democratic-controlled Washington to explain this year's toxic political climate.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Dem governors blast Congress, administration for their woes
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Fox News:
Holder Floats Possibility of Racial Profiling Suit Against Arizona — Attorney General Eric Holder speaks, Friday, June 11, 2010, at the Richard B. Russell Federal Courthouse in Atlanta. (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder, just days after filing a federal lawsuit against Arizona's immigration law …
Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Holder: Politics has Delayed KSM Trial — Attorney General Says Ruling Out Civilian Trial Would Make Country “Much Weaker”; Says Politics Also Delaying Gitmo Closure — (CBS) In an exclusive interview with CBS News chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer on CBS' “Face the Nation,” …
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Los Angeles Times:
Scientists expected Obama administration to be friendlier — A culture of politics trumping science, many say, persists despite the president's promises. The use of potentially toxic dispersants to fight the gulf oil spill is cited as just one example. — John Holdren, director …
Jared Allen / The Hill:
Dems plan attack over GOP meeting with business leaders — Congressional Democrats believe the House GOP plan to meet with business and trade lobbyists in the Capitol this week has provided them with yet another opening to attack Republicans for cozying up to big business.
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
‘The Crisis at Which We Are Arrived’ — Don't fear the Tea Parties. … We are not now quite at a founding moment, or even a re-founding moment. But we have arrived at a genuine crisis, or a set of crises, and we may well be at a decisive moment for the country. — This sense of crisis is what animates the Tea Parties.
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Lesley Wroughton / Reuters:
White House: Republicans could win control of House — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans could win control of the House of Representatives in elections in November, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs acknowledged on Sunday. — “There is no doubt there are enough seats at play …
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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Wall St. Hiring in Anticipation of an Economic Recovery — While much of the country remains fixated on the bleak employment picture, hiring is beginning to pick up in the place that led the economy into recession — Wall Street. — The shift underscores the remarkable recovery …
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Joe Keohane / Boston Globe:
How facts backfire — Researchers discover a surprising threat to democracy: our brains — It's one of the great assumptions underlying modern democracy that an informed citizenry is preferable to an uninformed one. “Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government …
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Netanyahu: Obama ‘might have the only real effect on Iran’ — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made clear in an interview aired Sunday that he believes President Barack Obama is the key to stopping Iran's nuclear program. — “There's only been one time that Iran stopped the program …
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