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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
CNN Poll: Time doesn't change views on health care law — (CNN) - One year after President Barack Obama signed the health care reform bill into law, a new national poll indicates that attitudes toward the plan have not budged. — According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday …
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Mitt Romney / National Review:
If I Were President: Obamacare, One Year In — If I were president, on Day One I would issue an executive order paving the way for Obamacare waivers to all 50 states. The executive order would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services and all relevant federal officials to return …
Ron Johnson / Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare and Carey's Heart — My daughter probably wouldn't have survived in a system where bureaucrats stifle innovation and ration care. — Today is the first anniversary of the greatest single assault on our freedom in my lifetime: the signing of ObamaCare.
Wall Street Journal:
Unhappy Anniversary — ObamaCare's cost jumps 8.6%.
Unhappy Anniversary — ObamaCare's cost jumps 8.6%.
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Boehner, Washington Post, The Lonely Conservative, The Western Experience and Left Coast Rebel
David Weigel / Weigel:
Poll: One Year On, Most Favor Health Care Law or Wish It Was More Liberal
Poll: One Year On, Most Favor Health Care Law or Wish It Was More Liberal
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Hotline On Call, The Politico and Fox Nation
Cincinnati.com:
Health care law breaks promises
Health care law breaks promises
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Washington Monthly, Boehner and Daily Kos
People-Press.org:
Obama Tests Well at Start of Reelection Run — No Frontrunner in Slow-Starting GOP Race — Barack Obama currently fares as well against a generic opponent in the upcoming presidential election as George W. Bush did in April 2003, a time when Bush's job approval rating was much higher than Obama's is today.
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Weigel, Washington Post, Ben Smith's Blog, The Politico, GOP 12, The Moderate Voice, Swampland and Taegan Goddard's …
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Fhardingj / CNN:
TRENDING: CNN Poll: Trump at 10 percent in hypothetical GOP battle — Washington (CNN) - If Donald Trump decides to run for the White House, he would just barely crack double digits in the crowded field of potential GOP candidates, but his entry into the race could hurt former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin …
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GOP 12, AmSpecBlog and Conservatives4Palin
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Pew poll: Obama would deliver shellacking to generic Republican
Pew poll: Obama would deliver shellacking to generic Republican
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Washington Post and National Review
Sheila Marikar / ABCNEWS:
Hollywood Icon Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79 — Elizabeth Taylor Dies Following Hospitalization for Congestive Heart Failure — Oscar winning actress Elizabeth Taylor died today at Los Angeles, Calif.'s Cedars-Sinai Hospital. She was 79-years-old. — “She was surrounded by her children …
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Mel Gussow / New York Times:
Elizabeth Taylor, Lifelong Screen Star, Dies at 79
Elizabeth Taylor, Lifelong Screen Star, Dies at 79
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GayPatriot, PopEater, The Gateway Pundit and ArtsBeat
Todd Leopold / CNN:
Elizabeth Taylor dead at 79
Elizabeth Taylor dead at 79
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Nice Deb, The Jawa Report, his vorpal sword, AOL News and Washington Post
George Zornick / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich Criticized Obama For Not Intervening In Libya, But Now Criticizes Him For Intervening In Libya — Earlier this month, former Speaker of the House and current presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich was hammering President Obama for not intervening in Libya. Asked, “what would you do about Libya?”
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Newt Gingrich Completely Changes Position on Libya in 16 Days — A pretty direct hit from ThinkProgress, if you ask me. Here's Newt Gingrich on March 7, on what he would do in Libya. … Here's Newt Gingrich from March 23. … Anyone want to try and reconcile these two interviews?
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msnbc.com, Moonbattery, GOP 12, Front Row Washington, Hit & Run and Washington Monthly
David Weigel / Slate:
Why the Tea Party isn't opposing Obama's position on Libya.
Why the Tea Party isn't opposing Obama's position on Libya.
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Riehl World View, Washington Monthly, Eunomia, The Daily Dish, NO QUARTER and Ben Smith's Blog
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Kristol: Palin probably won't, shouldn't be nominee — Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol was among Sarah Palin's earliest Washington admirers, and helped bring her to the national stage, but he said this week that while he still admires her, he questions her choices and doesn't think she …
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The Daily Dish, Vanderbilt News, GOP 12 and Indecision Forever
WMTW-TV:
Gov. LePage Orders Removal Of Labor Mural — Several Conference Rooms To Be Renamed — AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has ordered the removal of a 36-foot mural depicting the state's labor history from the lobby of the Department of Labor headquarters building in Augusta.
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Steve Mistler / The Sun Journal:
LePage orders removal of labor mural, sparking outcry
LePage orders removal of labor mural, sparking outcry
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ThinkProgress, Dirigo Blue, Washington Monthly, AFL-CIO NOW BLOG and TPMDC
Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Where are the health care all-stars? — Democrats are under siege as they mark the first anniversary of health care reform Wednesday — and they won't get much help from the star-studded, $125 million support group they were once promised. — Wal-Mart Watch founder Andrew Grossman unveiled …
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
The Affordable Care Act, One Year Later
The Affordable Care Act, One Year Later
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msnbc.com, The Atlantic Online and Washington Post
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Glenn Beck Contemplates Starting Own Channel — The possibility that Glenn Beck will exit the Fox News Channel at the end of the year has prompted a big question in media circles: if he leaves, how will he bring his considerable audience with him? — Two of the options Mr. Beck has contemplated …
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Mixed Media, Mediaite, Washington Monthly, No More Mister Nice Blog, Wonkette, News Desk, Shakesville, News Hounds and Poynter, more at Mediagazer »
Daily Mail:
Who's in charge? Germans pull forces out of NATO as Libyan coalition falls apart — Tensions with Britain as Gates rebukes UK government over suggestion Gaddafi could be assassinated — No-fly zone called into question after first wave of strikes ‘neutralises’ Libyan military machine
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The Politico, The Greenroom, Outside the Beltway, The Western Experience, Bloomberg, protein wisdom, A Chequer-Board of Nights …, Babalú Blog, Verum Serum, Don Surber, Pajamas Media, JONATHAN TURLEY, Scared Monkeys, The Cable, Wall Street Journal, The Lonely Conservative and NationalJournal.com
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Fox News' Steve Harrigan Tears Into Nic Robertson: ‘Dull,’ ‘Has A Screw Loose,’ Does ‘Bullsh-t’ Reporting … A Fox News correspondent who was singled out by an incensed CNN reporter spoke out on Tuesday about the attack—and was just as heated in his response.
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The Raw Story, ThinkProgress, Mediaite, Guardian, TPMDC, Swampland, HotAirPundit, Politics Daily and Salon
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Fight of the Valkyries — They are called the Amazon Warriors, the Lady Hawks, the Valkyries, the Durgas. — There is something positively mythological about a group of strong women swooping down to shake the president out of his delicate sensibilities and show him the way to war.
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Salon, Booman Tribune, Mediaite, The Nation and AmSpecBlog
Haaretz:
Bomb explodes in central Jerusalem; 1 dead, at least 30 hurt — Blast caused by explosive device placed next to telephone pole; three people seriously wounded; entrance to the city has been closed. — A bomb exploded Wednesday at a crowded bus stop outside the International Convention Center in Jerusalem …
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Little Green Footballs, The Highchair Analyst, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit and National Review
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Bill Rankin / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Lawyers ask for review of ex-judge Camp's rulings, sentences — Before he was sentenced for crimes he committed with a stripper, Jack Camp made a striking disclosure: The former federal judge revealed he has long suffered from a misdiagnosed bipolar disorder and brain damage from an accident more than a decade earlier.
New York Times:
4 Times Journalists Held Captive in Libya Faced Days of Brutality — As the four of us headed toward the eastern gate of Ajdabiya, the front line of a desperate rebel stand against the advancing forces of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, a car pulled up alongside. — “They're in the city!” the driver shouted at us.
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The Highchair Analyst, The Daily Dish, Guardian and National Review, more at Mediagazer »
Associated Press:
AP Interview: Kiss bassist Gene Simmons says boycotters of Israel are ‘fools’ — JERUSALEM — Kiss' Israeli-born singer-musician Gene Simmons is shouting out loud at the string of musicians who refuse to perform in his homeland. — “They're fools,” the legendary bassist told The Associated Press …
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The Jawa Report, AmSpecBlog and RedState
Quinnipiac University:
Ohio Women Lead In Disapproval Of New Governor, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Voters Oppose Efforts To Curb Unions — Ohio voters disapprove 46 - 30 percent of the way Gov. John Kasich is handling his job, with women disapproving 48 - 25 percent and men disapproving 44 - 37 percent …
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Washington Post, TPMDC, Hotline On Call, Metro, AFL-CIO NOW BLOG and Governors Journal
Sally Kohn / American Prospect:
McCain, Lieberman, and Gadhafi Walk Into a Bar ... I wrote yesterday about how President Obama may be wrong to believe that he has “no permanent enemies” — especially when it comes to the Republican leadership hell-bent on destroying him. Well, once he figures that out …
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Salon, National Review, The Daily Dish and The Nation
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Cantor hits administration's handling of Israel after Jerusalem bomb attack — The second-ranking House Republican on Wednesday accused the Obama administration of being too tough with Israel hours after a bombing in Jerusalem injured dozens. — Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Va.) …
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Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
The damning contradictions of Obama's attack on Libya — Senior Political Analyst Follow Him @MichaelBarone — Let's imagine that all goes well in Libya. The rebels, protected by airstrikes, recapture lost territory and sweep into Tripoli. Moammar Gadhafi and his sons one way or the other disappear.
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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Selwyn Duke / American Thinker:
Yes, Violence Can be the Answer — It was the body slam heard around the world. When some Australian schoolboys decided to videotape themselves bullying 15-year old Casey Heynes, one of them got more than he bargained for. Casey, who had been pushed around and humiliated for years …