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12:15 PM ET, March 23, 2011

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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 …
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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 …
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.
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
The Affordable Care Act, One Year Later
Discussion: msnbc.com and Washington Post
Bruce Josten / The Politico:
Health care law a bad prescription
Discussion: Fox Nation
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Washington Post:
Dana Milbank  —  Obama's quick trip from tyrant to weakling
Discussion: Fox News and Hot Air
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Barack Obama: Libyan air campaign could last
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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Jerusalem Post:
Abbas to Russia: Pressure Israel to halt Gaza escalation  —  Magen David Adom relayed that there were 25 people injured.  Three people were seriously injured.  Israeli media reported that two of those were in critical condition.  —  Five people were moderately injured and the remainder lightly to moderately.
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Haaretz:
Bomb explodes in central Jerusalem; 1 dead, more than 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 …
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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Todd Leopold / CNN:
Elizabeth Taylor dead at 79
Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
NOW defends Palin against Maher attack, but says ‘We are on to you, right-wingers’  —  In the wake of Bill Maher's tasteless slur against Sarah Palin Friday night, in which he called the former Alaska governor a “twat,” the National Organization for Woman (NOW) has not only denounced the use …
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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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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 …
Fhardingj / CNN:
TRENDING: Trump to Iowa in June  —  (CNN) - Donald Trump's headed to Iowa, another sign that the businessman, real estate giant, and reality TV star is seriously considering a bid for the Republican presidential nomination.  —  Iowa GOP Chairman Matt Strawn announced Wednesday morning …
Discussion: The Politico and Ballot Box
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Des Moines Register:
Donald Trump will appear at Iowa Republican dinner in June
Discussion: The Caucus
Jason Palmer / BBC:
Religion may become extinct in nine nations, study says  —  Science and technology reporter, BBC News, Dallas  —  In the UK, Wales has the highest proportion of religiously “non-affiliated”  —  A study using census data from nine countries shows that religion there is set for extinction, say researchers.
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 …
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.
ABCNEWS:
Hillary Clinton: Mission's Goal is Not to Remove Gadhafi  —  Clinton reiterated President Obama's point that the goal of the mission is not to oust Gadhafi but to prevent civilian casualties.  —  But she would not say whether the United States is confident that Gadhafi will be removed from power.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Hill
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Detroit Census Confirms a Desertion Like No Other  —  Laying bare the country's most startling example of modern urban collapse, census data on Tuesday showed that Detroit's population had plunged by 25 percent over the last decade.  It was dramatic testimony to the crumbling industrial base of the Midwest …
Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Nearly 7 in 10 support air strikes in Libya, CBS News poll finds  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.  —  Nearly seven in ten Americans support the use of military air strikes in Libya in order …
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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.
Discussion: AmSpecBlog
 
 
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Foreign Policy:
HUNTER  —  “Both Tyrta and ESIII seem to believe all the good officers are gone.
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GOP leads Senate recruitment battle
Wall Street Journal:
Unhappy Anniversary  —  ObamaCare's cost jumps 8.6%.
Equality Matters:
Investigation Reveals Depth of Chick-Fil-A's Ties to Anti-Gay Causes
Discussion: Wonk Room and Joe. My. God.
Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Flake rejects comprehensive immigration fix
Discussion: Ballot Box
Fox News:
U.S. Role in Libya Already Costs Hundreds of Millions
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