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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Issues Divide Republicans' Views of Potential 2012 Contenders — Government, economy most important issues; social issues, national security least — PRINCETON, NJ — Although Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Sarah Palin lead the field of potential Republican presidential candidates among …
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Stephanie Vallejo / Boston Globe:
Huckabee criticizes Romney for Massachusetts health care plan — WASHINGTON - Mike Huckabee is bashing the Massachusetts health care plan as a failed experiment — and saying that Mitt Romney should consider apologizing for steering its passage when he was governor.
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Mitt: Proud of ‘RomneyCare’ — Mitt Romney rejected Mike Huckabee's call for him to admit that the “RomneyCare” health care program failed, instead saying he's “proud” of “getting everyone covered” when he was governor of Massachusetts. — “Mitt Romney is proud of what he accomplished …
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Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Why the Evil Koch Bros. Must be Stopped: They Support Drug Legalization, Gay Marriage, Reduced Defense Spending. — If you're interested in complicating dumb media narratives and blowing the minds of some of your leftard friends, here's a spirited posting at Reddit by someone with the handle epistemicfail:
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John / Power Line:
No Retreat, No Surrender — If you were concerned that Charles and David Koch, two of the very few billionaires who support the conservative/libertarian side of the political spectrum, might be frightened off by the vicious attacks that have been launched against them by the Left …
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National Review, Samizdata.net and GayPatriot
host.madison.com:
Ex-AG sees violations by Walker in stunt call — When Gov. Scott Walker discussed strategies to lay off state employees for political purposes, to coordinate supposedly “independent” political expenditures to aid legislators who support his budget repair bill, and to place agent provocateurs …
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tax.com:
Really Bad Reporting in Wisconsin: Who ‘Contributes’ to Public Workers' Pensions? — When it comes to improving public understanding of tax policy, nothing has been more troubling than the deeply flawed coverage of the Wisconsin state employees' fight over collective bargaining.
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Wisconsin Reporter:
New poll: Wisconsinites split on Walker's budget proposal — Wisconsinites are evenly split on their support of Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill and the union workers protesting the legislation, according to a new poll sponsored by WisconsinReporter.com.
JSOnline:
Groups officially begin recall process for seven lawmakers — By Daniel Bice of the Journal Sentinel — The clock is now running for groups trying to collect enough signatures to trigger recall elections against seven Democratic senators, state officials said today.
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The Gateway Pundit and The Lonely Conservative
Russ Buettner / New York Times:
Fox News Chief, Roger Ailes, Urged Employee to Lie, Records Show — It was an incendiary allegation — and a mystery of great intrigue in the media world: After the publishing powerhouse Judith Regan was fired by HarperCollins in 2006, she claimed that a senior executive at its parent company …
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — New Soros investment fund, profiting off Obama's ‘green energy’ push, hires top Obama energy aide — George Soros — whom we're always told is not serving his own economic interests at all by promoting liberal politicians and big-government policies …
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Cadie Thompson / CNBC:
Obama Official Leaves Energy Department for Soros Backed Cleantech Fund
Obama Official Leaves Energy Department for Soros Backed Cleantech Fund
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Ronald Brownstein / NationalJournal.com:
Pulling Apart — Congress was more polarized last year than in any other year since National Journal began compiling its vote ratings. Overlap between the parties is disappearing. — Republicans in lockstep: House Speaker John Boehner, flanked by GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy (left) …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Boehner raises campaign cash off of spending cuts
Boehner raises campaign cash off of spending cuts
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Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
Report: GOP budget cuts would hit U.S. economy
Report: GOP budget cuts would hit U.S. economy
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Al Jazeera Blogs:
Live Blog — As the uprising in Libya enters its eleventh day, we keep you updated on the developing situation from our headquarters in Doha, Qatar. — Blog: Feb17 - Feb18 - Feb19 - Feb20 - Feb21 - Feb22 - Feb23 - Feb24 — AJE Live Stream - Special Coverage: Libya Uprising - Twitter Audio: Voices from Libya
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Elliott Abrams / Pressure Points:
Who's the Superpower? Lessons from Libya
Who's the Superpower? Lessons from Libya
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New York Times:
U.S. Pulling Back in Afghan Valley It Called Vital to War — KABUL, Afghanistan — After years of fighting for control of a prominent valley in the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan, the United States military has begun to pull back most of its forces from ground it once insisted …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
No labor officials on Sunday shows this weekend? — I tend not to get into the business of questioning the guest choices made by the Sunday shows. But if there were ever a time the networks would want to book labor officials to appear, you'd think it would be now.
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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Unions: Sunday Shows Are Shutting Us Out
Unions: Sunday Shows Are Shutting Us Out
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Democrats eye the lockbox for Social Security, in Al Gore revival — Senate Democrats want to put the Social Security trust fund in a lockbox and insulate it from a broader budget-cutting package designed to reduce the national deficit. — It's a revival of the concept …
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Blake Aued / athenscms.com:
Question to Broun: Who's going to shoot President Obama? — At Rep. Paul Broun's town hall meeting on Tuesday, the Athens congressman asked who had driven the farthest to be there and let the winner ask the first question. — We couldn't hear the question in the back of the packed Oglethorpe …
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host.madison.com:
Madison police chief asks Walker to explain ‘troubling’ statements — Madison Police Chief Noble Wray Thursday asked Gov. Scott Walker to explain his “troubling” and “unsettling” statements captured in a secretly recorded phone conversation that he “thought about” planting troublemakers among …
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Molly Ball / The Politico:
Pelosi edits honorary resolution...on Pelosi — The Democratic National Committee wanted to honor Nancy Pelosi Thursday — but its praise wasn't good enough for the House minority leader. — When the DNC's Resolutions Committee brought up a resolution commemorating Pelosi's years as speaker of the House …
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Peter Wehner / Commentary Magazine:
The Most Disturbing Personality on Cable Television — In the past few weeks Glenn Beck has spoken about the coming caliphate that he believes is about to envelope most of the world. He then dilated on the anti-Christ with a man who says he has “new prophetic understanding into the end times.”
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Pulling It Together …:
Forget Math and Science, Teach Civics (Or Why We Need To Bring Back “School House Rock") — I am seldom surprised by our poll findings, but this month's tracking poll produced a doozy. Twenty-two percent of the American people think the Affordable Care Act has been repealed, and another 26 percent aren't sure.
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Michelle Malkin:
Video: Rhode Island union supporter to cameraman - “I'll f**k you in the ass, you faggot” — The hits keep on coming. Here's another fine specimen of Big Labor civility: — At AFSCME's “solidarity” rally in Providence, Rhode Island on Tuesday, a cameraman was accosted by a fuming pro-union protester.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Shock Doctrine, U.S.A. — Here's a thought: maybe Madison, Wis., isn't Cairo after all. Maybe it's Baghdad — specifically, Baghdad in 2003, when the Bush administration put Iraq under the rule of officials chosen for loyalty and political reliability rather than experience and competence.
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Natasha Mozgovaya / Haaretz:
Glenn Beck comments on Reform Judaism slammed — Right-wing pundit's comparison of Reform Judaism's deliberations on political issues to ‘radical Islam’ draws ire. — Provocative Fox news commentator Glenn Beck angered American Jewish leaders again on Wednesday with new sweeping comments …
Projo 7 to 7 News Blog:
School Board votes to send termination notices to teachers — By Linda Borg, Journal Staff Writer — PROVIDENCE, R.I. — After a raucous discussion, the Providence School Board Thursday night voted 4 to 3 to send letters of termination to the 1,926 teachers in the city's school district.
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Adama D. Brown / 209.98.77.34:
NY-26: Breaking — Jane Corwin donated $1,000 to Dede Scozzafava. UPDATED. — “History never repeats itself, but historical situations recur.” — As you may be aware, there's some grumbling on the part of the Tea Party groups over the choice of a pro-choice Republican to replace Chris Lee …
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