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Sarah Courtney / Fox News:
President Obama Cancels Latin America Events — Cancel the sight seeing. With the situation escalating in Libya, President Obama scrapped Wednesday's his public schedule. He was expected to visit the San Andres Mayan Runins and meet with US Embassy staff.
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Abby Phillip / The Politico:
Obama says Qadhafi could stay … No comments yet. Be the first!
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Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Gadhafi, Allies May Be Seeking Way Out, Clinton tells ABC News — In World News Interview, Secretary of State Downplays Concerns about Coalition and Power Transfer: 'I'm Very Relaxed' — People close to Libya's embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi are reaching out to allies around …
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The Western Experience, The Politico, Taylor Marsh, Hot Air and The Cable
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Justin Elliott / Salon:
John McCain's Libya amnesia — In a single interview this morning, John McCain managed to inadvertently highlight one of the potential dangers of the war against Moammar Gadhafi, while at the same time experiencing a bout of amnesia about his own record on Libya.
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The Moderate Voice, Hullabaloo, The Nation and Washington Monthly
Dick Morris / The Hill:
Libya fails Powell Doctrine
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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Hollie McKay / Reuters:
Bill Maher Calls Sarah Palin a Female Vulgarism, NOW Stays Mum — Bill Maher and Sarah Palin. — Bill Maher uttered a female vulgarism when referring to former Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin on his HBO show Friday night. — “Did you hear this - Sarah Palin finally heard what happened …
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Weasel Zippers, Big Hollywood and The Gateway Pundit
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Snyder quickly falls out of favor — Over the last few weeks we've found that voters in Ohio and Wisconsin have quickly soured on their new Republican Governors, John Kasich and Scott Walker respectively. But Michigan's Rick Snyder wasn't like Kasich and Walker.
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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.
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Truthdig, Pharyngula and Biased BBC
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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Gallup, American Power, The Caucus and The Moderate Voice
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Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Poll: Eight in 10 Americans want budget compromise
Poll: Eight in 10 Americans want budget compromise
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National Review, Mediaite, Hullabaloo and Politics Daily
Eyanir Chinea / Reuters:
Chavez says capitalism may have ended life on Mars — CARACAS (Reuters) - Capitalism may be to blame for the lack of life on the planet Mars, Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday. — “I have always said, heard, that it would not be strange that there had been civilization on Mars …
Henry Blodget / Clusterstock:
CAUGHT ON TAPE: Former SEIU Official Reveals Secret Plan To Destroy JP Morgan, Crash The Stock Market, And Redistribute Wealth In America — A former official of one of the country's most-powerful unions, SEIU, has a secret plan to “destabilize” the country.
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Juan / Informed Comment:
Top Ten Ways that Libya 2011 is Not Iraq 2003 — Here are the differences between George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the current United Nations action in Libya: — 1. The action in Libya was authorized by the United Nations Security Council. That in Iraq was not.
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Libya February 17th, Guardian and Newshoggers.com
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John B. Judis / The New Republic:
How the Left Got Libya Wrong
How the Left Got Libya Wrong
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Salon, Taylor Marsh, New York Times and White House.gov Blog
Jeanette Rundquist / New Jersey Online:
Christie's budget cuts left N.J. schools unable to provide ‘thorough and efficient’ education, judge rules — TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie's deep cuts to state school aid last year left New Jersey's schools unable to provide a “thorough and efficient” education to the state's nearly 1.4 …
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ThinkProgress, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and JammieWearingFool
Digital Journal:
Nobel Committee asked to strip Obama of Peace Prize — The Bolivian President and a Russian political leader have launched a campaign to revoke Obama's honour after the US attacked Libya. — Liberal Democratic Party of Russia leader and Vice-Chairman of the State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky released …
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Joe. My. God., NewsBusters.org blogs, Pajamas Media, BRIC Breaker and Fox Nation
David Nir / Daily Kos:
CT-Sen: Murphy leads in primary, Dems crush in general — Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos & SEIU (3/17-20, Democratic primary voters, no trendlines): … Fifth CD Rep. Chris Murphy holds a narrow lead over Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz in the Democratic primary …
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Ballot Box, TPMDC and Taegan Goddard's …
Chad Groening / OneNewsNow.com:
Huckabee: Listen to soldiers on ‘gays’ in military — Mike Huckabee says he would support legislation aimed at reinstating the 1993 law that prohibits homosexuals from serving openly in the military. — In January former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said if he were to become president in two years …
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The Raw Story, The Politico, The Moderate Voice, Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress, GOP 12 and Joe. My. God.
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Rep. Weiner compares decision on Libya to Holocaust, Rwanda — Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) said on Tuesday that the civil war in Libya was like the onset of the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide in that it demanded action from the forces of good. — “My view is that there are times …
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Robert Behre / The Post and Courier, Charleston SC:
Sen. Rand Paul tests presidential waters — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., visited Charleston Monday to talk about his possible presidential bid, how to rein in the national debt and the current military action in Libya. — Paul, a tea party favorite who won his Senate seat last fall …
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The Investigative Project on Terrorism:
CAIR Officials Sought Gaddafi Money — Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), asked Muammar Gaddafi to underwrite CAIR's efforts in the United States during a September 2009 audience with the Libyan dictator. — According to an account …
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Atlas Shrugs and National Review
Business Wire:
Ginni Thomas Joins The Daily Caller — WASHINGTON—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Long-time Washington policy leader Ginni Thomas, the founder of the group Liberty Central, has agreed to join The Daily Caller. — Thomas is The Daily Caller's fourth major hire in recent weeks.
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David Weigel / Weigel:
The Misadventures of Ginni Thomas, Action Journalist
ESeifert / Democracy Corps:
Congressional Battleground 2012 — A new survey by Democracy Corps in 50 of the most competitive battleground Congressional districts - nearly all of which gave a majority to Obama in the last presidential election - shows the new Republican majority very much in play in 2012.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The case for Tim Pawlenty — Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty is preparing to run for president in 2012.. (Photo by Laura Segall/Getty Images)Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty became the first major candidate to begin the process of running for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday …
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AmSpecBlog, National Review and The Atlantic Online
Chet Brokaw / Associated Press:
SD Governor Signs 3-Day Wait for Abortion Into Law — SD governor signs bill requiring women to wait 72 hours for abortion, longest wait in nation — South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed a law Tuesday requiring women to wait three days after meeting with a doctor to have an abortion, the longest waiting period in the nation.
Stevebousquet / St. Petersburg Times:
Write to me, Scott tells workers: 'I don't have email' — Gov. Rick Scott visited the Department of Elder Affairs Tuesday and spoke for 20 minutes to about 200 employees who packed a conference room. At the end of his talk, the governor who wants to run the state “like a business” …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Ben Smith's Blog