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Daniel Carty / CBS News:
Poll: Most Americans Feel Rhetoric, Tucson Shooting Unrelated — Nearly six in 10 Americans say the country's heated political rhetoric is not to blame for the Tucson shooting rampage that left six dead and critically wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, according to a CBS News poll.
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BBC:
Bill Clinton: Politics must change after Arizona attack — Mr Clinton said there was a need for care in political discourse — Former President Bill Clinton has told the BBC the US political climate must change after the shooting of a US Congresswoman and others in Arizona.
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New York Times:
Loughner's Parents Ask for Privacy; Express Sorrow — The parents of Jared L. Loughner broke their silence Tuesday, asking the media to protect their privacy as their son stands accused of trying to kill a congresswoman in a rampage that killed six people and left 14 others injured.
Dylan Smith / TucsonSentinel.com:
Doc: Giffords ‘100 percent’ certain to survive — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is “100 percent” certain to survive, said Dr. Peter Rhee, a surgeon treating her for a gunshot wound to the head. — “As a physician I'm going to get into a lot of trouble for this, but her prognosis for survival is 100 percent …
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Larry McMurtry / New York Review of Books:
American Tragedy — Murderous rampages of the sort …
American Tragedy — Murderous rampages of the sort …
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CNN:
Arizona law would block protesters from funerals
Arizona law would block protesters from funerals
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The Politico:
Loughner's parents say they're horrified, baffled
Loughner's parents say they're horrified, baffled
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Doctors give Giffords “100% chance” of survival
Doctors give Giffords “100% chance” of survival
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
TIM PAWLENTY DEMONSTRATES THAT HE'S NOT MAN ENOUGH TO BE PRESIDENT. Well, that was quick. These are the times that try men's souls. Sometimes, they're found wanting. — UPDATE: So Politico has updated its story and here's the key bit: … And here's my problem. “It would not have been my style.”
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Exclusive: Pawlenty addresses Palin-attack story — Earlier today, the media reported on a supposed dust-up between Tim Pawlenty and Sarah Palin over the controversial use of “crosshairs” symbols on her website. Peter Hamby at CNN tweeted that “Pawlenty didn't really ‘jab’ or ‘swipe’ at Palin …
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Tim Pawlenty jabs Sarah Palin over ‘cross hairs’
Tim Pawlenty jabs Sarah Palin over ‘cross hairs’
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
The Morning Plum — * Obama steps up: The President is set …
The Morning Plum — * Obama steps up: The President is set …
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The Huffington Post:
Peter King, Leading Republican, To Introduce Strict Gun-Control Legislation — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … Rep. Peter King, a Republican from New York, is planning to introduce legislation that would make it illegal to bring a gun within 1,000 feet of a government official …
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Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Rep. Peter King Says Muslims Aren't ‘American’ When It Comes To War — Rep. Peter King (R-NY), the new chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, has promised to launch a series of investigations of Muslim Americans beginning in February. “I've made it clear that I'll focus the committee …
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Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Pete King bill would ban guns within 1,000 feet of lawmakers
Pete King bill would ban guns within 1,000 feet of lawmakers
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Quote of the Day: No, Both Sides Aren't Equally Guilty — From George Packer, who notes (correctly) that he called out the left for its ugly rhetoric in the runup to the Iraq War, on where today's ugly rhetoric mostly comes from: … This is too obviously true to need much defense.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“On Extreme Right And Left” Ctd
“On Extreme Right And Left” Ctd
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Sanders Fundraises Off Arizona Murders — There has been no shortage of individuals and institutions that have sought to capitalize on the shootings in Tucson. Add Vermont senator Bernie Sanders to that list. — This afternoon Sanders sent out a fundraising appeal …
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Michael Riley / Bloomberg:
Glock Pistol Sales Surge in Aftermath of Arizona Shootings — After a Glock-wielding gunman killed six people at a Tucson shopping center on Jan. 8, Greg Wolff, the owner of two Arizona gun shops, told his manager to get ready for a stampede of new customers. — Wolff was right.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Jared Loughner's supremacists tie debunked
Jared Loughner's supremacists tie debunked
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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
The Tea Party and the Tucson Tragedy — How anti-government, pro-gun, xenophobic populism made the Giffords shooting more likely. — There's something offensive, as well as pointless, about the politically charged inquiry into what might have been swirling inside the head of Jared Loughner.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The “Politicized Mind” Of Gabrielle Giffords
The “Politicized Mind” Of Gabrielle Giffords
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Arizona Republic:
Pima County sheriff should remember duty — On Saturday afternoon, with his friend Gabby Giffords in surgery fighting for her life, Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik railed against the tense partisan politics - “the anger, the hatred, the bigotry” - that prompted the mass murders outside Tucson, in his view.
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The Note:
Chafee to Issue Talk Radio Ban — ABC News' Steven Portnoy reports: — State officials in Rhode Island will soon be ordered to stay off the airways, provided the interviewer happens to be a talk show host. — A spokesman for Gov. Lincoln Chafee tells the Providence Journal that talk radio …
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Mary Katharine Ham / The Daily Caller:
Mark Halperin: Conservatives should turn the other cheek when scapegoated for murder — During a discussion on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” Tuesday, the panel conceded that conservatives and Tea Party activists were unfairly scapegoated in the wake of Jared Lee Loughner's shooting spree in Tucson …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Halperin: Hey, why did conservatives defend themselves from being smeared?
Halperin: Hey, why did conservatives defend themselves from being smeared?
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Michael Barbaro / City Room:
Blizzard Mystery Solved? Air Bloomberg Was Seen in Bermuda — On the day after Christmas, a request came into the Bermuda airport: a private plane needed to be pulled out of its hangar and readied for takeoff. — The pilots seemed a bit anxious to depart.
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Jamison Foser / Media Matters for America:
CNN's Erickson: In Wake Of Attempted Murder Of Jewish Politician, It's Important To Stress “A Saving Faith In Jesus Christ” — CNN's Erick Erickson is upset with what people aren't saying about the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords: … For the record: Rep. Giffords is Jewish …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
And Speaking Of Krugman And Double Standards At The Times... OK, I am back in Arizona. Pejman has a great piece on inflamed rhetoric which reminds me of this jaw-dropper - a Democratic Congressman who last fall said a Republican candidate for Governor should be shot has a guest piece in today's NY Times talking about civility.
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Paul E. Kanjorski / New York Times:
Why Politicians Need to Stay Out in the Open
Why Politicians Need to Stay Out in the Open
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John Kerry:
Kerry Addresses Gridlock and Globalization — In Wake of Tragedy in Arizona, Kerry Calls for Civility, Bipartisan Leadership in Washington — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, delivered an address this morning at the Center …
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Kerry warns against a government ‘too limited to have invented the Internet’
Kerry warns against a government ‘too limited to have invented the Internet’
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Daily Mail:
FROM ‘SPECIAL’ TO FRACTIOUS, HOW THE ROOTS OF FRICTION BETWEEN BRITAIN, FRANCE AND THE U.S. GO BACK TO THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE — While the apparent froideur of Barack Obama towards the British may stem from his Kenyan family's history during colonial rule it could be argued …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Poison Of Limbaugh — Very very very few people have contributed more poison and hatred and extremism to the culture than Rush Limbaugh. As every single conservative commentator joins ranks in calling the Tucson assassination a completely apolitical act, and as the right discovers …
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