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Moderate Wisconsin Republicans Offer Compromise — With Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker maintaining a hard line on his budget bill and Democratic senators refusing to return to Madison to vote, attention is turning to a group of moderate Republican senators to negotiate a compromise to the stalemate …
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Wisconsin Power Play — Last week, in the face of protest demonstrations against Wisconsin's new union-busting governor, Scott Walker — demonstrations that continued through the weekend, with huge crowds on Saturday — Representative Paul Ryan made an unintentionally apt comparison: “It's like Cairo has moved to Madison.”
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Republican Turncoats May Sabotage Governor Walker's Budget Cut Plans ...Updated With Contact Info ...Update: WI GOP Senators to Stand With Walker — Good grief... Don't look now but Wisconsin Republican Senators are getting wobbly. — Republican Senator Dale Schultz is ready to bail on Governor Scott Walker.
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How John Birch Society Extremism Never Dies: The Fortune Behind Scott Walker's Union-Busting Campaign — Over 68,000 people have mobilized in Madison and progressive organizers are planning solidarity efforts across the country to denounce Gov. Scott Walker's (R-WI) radical attempt to bust Wisconsin's public sector unions.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
On Wisconsin, cont'd — Maggie Haberman and I reported today that many national labor leaders are quietly wringing their hands about the Wisconsin confrontation. — One who's not is the executive director of the combative National Nurses Association, RoseAnn DeMoro, who emails:
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Wis. Democrat worries vote on union bill could
Wis. Democrat worries vote on union bill could
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Steven L. Taylor / Outside the Beltway:
An Observation/Question on the Situation in Wisconsin
An Observation/Question on the Situation in Wisconsin
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On the run: Gaddafi flees Tripoli as protesters set the Libyan parliament building alight — Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is believed to have fled the capital Tripoli after anti-government demonstrators breached the state television building and set government property alight.
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Libya protests spread and intensify
Libya protests spread and intensify
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Venezuela denies Libya's Gaddafi en route
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Does Mike Huckabee still want to be president? — IN NEW YORK — Anyone who thinks presidential ambition is an incurable condition hasn't spent much time lately with Mike Huckabee. — The man who came in second in the 2008 GOP primary isn't exactly ruling out another run in 2012.
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George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Mike Huckabee: President Obama ‘Tough to Beat’ in 2012, Birther Issue Is ‘Nonsense’
Mike Huckabee: President Obama ‘Tough to Beat’ in 2012, Birther Issue Is ‘Nonsense’
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Muslim group seeking Huckabee apology for ‘infidel’ comments
Muslim group seeking Huckabee apology for ‘infidel’ comments
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48% Back GOP Governor in Wisconsin Spat, 38% Side With Unions — A sizable number of voters are following new Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's showdown with unionized public employees in his state, and nearly half side with the governor. — A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds …
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First lady hits the slopes — Michelle Obama enjoys fresh veggies at Restaurant Kelly Liken — Daily staff report newsroom@vaildaily.com — VAIL — First lady Michelle Obama enjoyed locally grown fare at a Vail restaurant Saturday night before hitting the slopes of Vail Mountain early Sunday.
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David Gardner / Daily Mail:
Obama accused of ‘double standards’ …
Obama accused of ‘double standards’ …
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American Held in Pakistan Shootings Worked With C.I.A. — WASHINGTON — The American arrested in Pakistan after shooting two men at a crowded traffic stop was part of a covert, C.I.A.-led team collecting intelligence and conducting surveillance on militant groups deep inside the country, according to American government officials.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Number of Solidly Democratic States Cut in Half From '08 to '10 — Maryland, Massachusetts, Vermont, D.C. most Democratic; Wyoming, Utah most Republican — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup's analysis of party affiliation in the U.S. states shows a marked decline in the number of solidly Democratic states from 2008 (30) to 2010 (14).
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The Tea Party is winning — Take five steps back and consider the nature of the political conversation in our nation's capital. You would never know that it's taking place at a moment when unemployment is still at 9 percent, when wages for so many people are stagnating at best …
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Intervening in the Libyan tragedy — The unfolding situation in Libya has been horrible to behold. No matter how many times we warn that dictators will do what they must to stay in power, it is still shocking to see the images of brutalized civilians which have been flooding al-Jazeera and circulating on the internet.
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(Ex)Libyan Ambassador calls for stronger Obama statement
(Ex)Libyan Ambassador calls for stronger Obama statement
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Stripped, punched and whipped with flag poles: Full horror of Lara Logan's attack emerges — More details have emerged of Lara Logan's terrifying ordeal at the hands of a frenzied mob. — The 39-year-old foreign correspondent for CBS News show 60 Minutes was separated from her film crew …
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Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter — SAN FRANCISCO — Like any aspiring filmmaker, Michael McDonald, a high school senior, used a blog to show off his videos. But discouraged by how few people bothered to visit, he instead started posting his clips on Facebook …
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Scott Rosenberg / Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard:
Another misleading story reports that blogs ‘r’ dead
Another misleading story reports that blogs ‘r’ dead
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ginandtacos.com:
STAND AND DELIVER — The most random thing happened to me on Sunday evening; I fell asleep at 7:30 PM. Consequently, even though I am now more awake than any non-meth addict should be at 5 AM, the Great Big Wisconsin Post will have to wait one more day. Until then, enjoy this bit …
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Huckabee calls Barbour ‘impeccable’ on race issues — Washington (CNN) - Mike Huckabee on Monday defended Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour from recent criticism that he has been insensitive to issues of race and civil rights. — The former Arkansas governor said Barbour …
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Indiana GOP lines up behind Lugar's primary challenger — Indiana State TreasurerRichard Mourdock will launch his primary challenge to Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) on Tuesday with the support of a majority of both the state's 92 Republican county chairmen and its state party executive committee, he told the Fix in a recent interview.
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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
In Rhode Island, Mayor Is Demoted to Adviser — CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — These are trying times for the people of Central Falls, a city so close to fiscal collapse that the state seized control of City Hall last summer. Taxes have risen nearly 20 percent to help solve the immediate crisis …