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Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
Olbermann's MSNBC Exit Was Weeks in the Making — On Thursday, NBC's news division staged an elaborate presentation for advertisers, seeking to sell commercial time in NBC's news programs over the next year. All the members of MSNBC's prime-time lineup spoke at the lunch with one exception …
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Keith Olbermann's Exit — Secret Deal — Keith Olbermann saw the handwriting on the wall with the new owner of NBC and cut a deal for his exit that will give him money and options — sources tell TMZ. — Here's how it went down. Sources familiar with the situation tell us …
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Taylor Marsh, New York Magazine, Epicenter and YID With LID
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NEW DETAILS: “MSNBC And Keith Olbermann Have Ended Their Contract”; Lefty MSNBC About To Make Right Turn? — 2ND UPDATE, SATURDAY AM: An MSNBC insider told this to Deadline today about Keith Olbermann's departure Friday: … Rachel Maddow & Bill Maher React To Keith Olbermann's Ouster
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MSNBC pulls plug on gasbag Olbermann — Broadcast blowhard Keith Olbermann's countdown has finally come to an end. — The liberal lip of MSNBC was unceremoniously dumped by the peacock network last night in a major shakeup that set tongues wagging across the broadcast world.
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Hot Air, Salon, NewsBusters.org blogs, his vorpal sword, Pajamas Media, The Daily Caller and NewsBusters.org
The Note:
Romney Wins New Hampshire Republican Party Committee Straw Poll — ABC News Political Director Amy Walter reports: — In the first ever “straw poll” of New Hampshire Republican party committee members sponsored by ABC News and WMUR and sanctioned by the state Republican party …
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American Power, CNN, The Other McCain, Cubachi, TPMDC, Scared Monkeys and LewRockwell.com Blog
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Mitt Romney wins N.H. GOP straw poll — DERRY, N.H. - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the first presidential straw poll of the 2012 cycle, kicking off New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary election race. — Romney won with 35 percent, beating second-place finisher Ron Paul …
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Outside the Beltway and FrumForum
James Pindell / WMUR Political Scoop:
Results: WMUR, ABC News, NH GOP 2012 Straw Poll — Here are the results from the WMUR, ABC News, NH GOP 2012 Straw Poll that was conducted today at the NH GOP annual meeting held at Pinkerton Academy in Derry. — Nearly 500 republicans were eligible to vote, and 273 of them cast ballots.
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iOwnTheWorld.com, The Fix, The Hill, Freedom's Lighthouse and TPMDC
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Tea Party Activist Takes Over New Hampshire G.O.P.
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Politics Daily and Associated Press
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
First in nation, last with Sarah Palin
First in nation, last with Sarah Palin
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Anchorage Daily News, CNN and Conservatives4Palin
John / Power Line:
The Left's Tucson Strategy: Stage Two — The Left's attempt to link the Tucson shootings to angry rhetoric (not theirs, of course) was stage one of a broader strategy—what both military men and political strategists refer to as preparing the battlefield. The movement to feign nonpartisanship …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WHEN BECK'S MINIONS GET THE MESSAGE.... Glenn Beck doesn't just rail …
WHEN BECK'S MINIONS GET THE MESSAGE.... Glenn Beck doesn't just rail …
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American Power, Left Coast Rebel and The Mahablog
Mike Stopa / Boston Globe:
The reality of death panels — ObamaCare's end-of-life planning comes down to economics — SUPPORTERS OF President Obama's health care reform law have relentlessly derided Sarah Palin's notion of “death panels” as a vulgar rhetorical technique, with no basis in reality …
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Don Surber and Conservatives4Palin
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The Decline of the Justice Department — Mukasey's verdict on Holder. — Former attorney general Michael Mukasey is not prone to hyperbole. He's a former federal judge, a meticulous lawyer, and, as he proved in succeeding Alberto Gonzales, a skilled administrator who restored morale …
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Power Line and Pajamas Media
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Obama to Push New Spending — State of Union Speech to Call for Boosting ‘Competitiveness’ While Nodding to Need for Budget Cuts — President Barack Obama and GE's Jeffrey Immelt, left, with plant manager Kevin Sharkey, visited a GE factory Friday to talk about green jobs.
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Former U.S. lawmaker assisting Duvalier — Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — A former U.S. congressman was among a group of American attorneys accompanying former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier as he spoke in the country's capital Friday. — Former Republican Congressman Bob Barr …
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ThinkProgress, Eunomia, Hit & Run and Outside the Beltway
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Joan Rivers Calls Michelle Obama ‘Blackie O’ — Comedienne Joan Rivers revealed she once ditched a joke about First Lady Michelle Obama from her stand-up routine - because she feared she'd be accused of racism. — Recalling the wisecrack to shock Jock Howard Stern, the comedy legend said …
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Scared Monkeys and PopEater
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Federal Research Center Will Help Develop Medicines — The Obama administration has become so concerned about the slowing pace of new drugs coming out of the pharmaceutical industry that officials have decided to start a billion-dollar government drug development center to help create medicines.
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Good News!! “Islams Useful Idiots” Planned Rally/March In NY & SF April 9th, 2011 — Apparently, Muslim training summit[link - MuslimMediaNetwork/Muslim Observer] held on the 8th of this month prepares them to partake in a rally with their useful idiots[ post] … And this
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Weasel Zippers and The Muslim Observer
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Secretary of State plans to moonlight with old firm — Less than two weeks on the job, Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler says the $68,500 a year salary doesn't pay enough. — That's why Gessler, a Republican, says he is going to be moonlighting as a lawyer for his old law firm …
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Crooks and Liars and The Huffington Post
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Obama on Abortion Ruling Anniversary: Government ‘Should Not Intrude’ … On the 38th annivesary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, President Obama said Saturday said he is committed to protecting what he considers a fundamental principle: “government should not intrude on private family maters.”
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theblogprof and The Moderate Voice