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Kloppenburg declares victory — By Lee Bergquist of the Journal Sentinel — Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg declared victory Wednesday, based on results reported by the Associated Press. — The Associated Press shows Kloppenburg received 740,090 votes and incumbent David Prosser received 739,886 votes.
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With 100% of vote counted, Kloppenburg clings to narrow lead; recount expected — At left, Justice David Prosser speaks to supporters in Hartland. At right, Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg speaks to supporters in Madison. — By Patrick Marley, Jason Stein and Lee Bergquist of the Journal Sentinel
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WTMJ:
Elections: Kloppenburg Declares Victory But Race Still Too Close to Call
Elections: Kloppenburg Declares Victory But Race Still Too Close to Call
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Randy Radtke / lakemillsleaderonline.com:
Court Race May Come Down to the Town of Lake Mills (Updated)
Court Race May Come Down to the Town of Lake Mills (Updated)
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Kevin Brennan / Hotline On Call:
Wisconsin Results Stem The GOP Tide
Wisconsin Results Stem The GOP Tide
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Challenger declares win in Wisconsin judicial race
Challenger declares win in Wisconsin judicial race
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Scott Baker / The Blaze:
Fox News and Mercury Radio Arts Announce New Agreement; Beck to ‘Transition Off’ Daily TV Program — Editor's note: After a great deal of speculation about Glenn Beck's future on television, here is the freshly-inked news release. There will be a couple of key headlines out of this …
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Glenn Beck to End Daily Fox News Program — Updated | Glenn Beck will end his daily Fox News Channel program later this year. — His departure was jointly announced in a statement on Wednesday by Fox and Mr. Beck's company, Mercury Radio Arts. The statement did not specify an end date for the show …
New York Times:
Glenn Beck To ‘Transition Off’ Fox News Program … Fox News , Glenn Beck , Glenn Beck Fox News , Cable News , Fox News Glenn Beck , Glenn Beck Leaving Fox News Show , Glenn Beck Transition , Media News — Fox News and Glenn Beck announced Wednesday that Beck will “transition off of his daily program” later this year.
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Glenn Beck Will End Fox News Show
Glenn Beck Will End Fox News Show
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Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
Glenn Beck's Fox News Show Ending
Glenn Beck's Fox News Show Ending
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George Zornick / ThinkProgress:
Why Beck Is Out At Fox: Poor Ratings And Paranoid Rants
Why Beck Is Out At Fox: Poor Ratings And Paranoid Rants
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The Daily Beast:
Glenn Beck, Fox Agree to Divorce
Glenn Beck, Fox Agree to Divorce
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Jay Yarow / The Wire:
GLENN BECK PULLING SHOW OFF FOX NEWS
GLENN BECK PULLING SHOW OFF FOX NEWS
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Paul Krugman:
Paul Ryan's Multiple Unicorns — Gosh. For a plan that supposedly sets a new standard of seriousness, Paul Ryan's vision (pdf) depends an awful lot on unicorn sightings — belief in the impossible. Let me review the top three unicorns. — First, the plan assumes that tax cuts will set off a literally unprecedented boom.
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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
Republican Paul Ryan's budget proposal is brave, radical, and smart. — For the past 30 years, Republicans have been hypocrites about spending. They've raged against big government without ever proposing the kinds of cuts necessary to bring federal expenditures in line with tax revenues.
CEPR:
Representative Ryan Proposes Medicare Plan Under Which Seniors Would Pay Most of Their Income for Health Care — That is what headlines would look like if the United States had an independent press. After all, this is one of the main take aways of the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) …
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Isabel Sawhill / Arguments:
The Ryan Budget: Voodoo Economics Redux — On Tuesday morning, Republican Representative Paul Ryan released a budget plan that would slash spending over the next few decades with no increase in taxes and very limited cuts to defense programs. It's like a stool with only one leg. It will not stand.
CBO's Latest 10 Documents:
LONG-TERM ANALYSIS OF A BUDGET PROPOSAL BY CHAIRMAN RYAN
LONG-TERM ANALYSIS OF A BUDGET PROPOSAL BY CHAIRMAN RYAN
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Generational Divide Colors Debate Over Medicare's Future
Generational Divide Colors Debate Over Medicare's Future
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Chris Good / The Atlantic Online:
CBO: Ryan Plan Shrinks Debt, Ups Private Share of Health Care Spending
CBO: Ryan Plan Shrinks Debt, Ups Private Share of Health Care Spending
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NationalJournal.com and The Daily Dish
The Note:
John Boehner Cries Amid Government Shutdown Standoff — ABC's Jonathan Karl reports: — He did it again. — John Boehner was driven to tears again today. This time it happened at a closed-door meeting of House Republicans. — According to sources inside the meeting …
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner, Obama budget call lasts three minutes — President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) had a brief phone call Wednesday as a government shutdown loomed, and Boehner told the president he is “hopeful” a spending deal can be reached, the Speaker's office said.
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner: House to move one-week stopgap with $12B in cuts
Boehner: House to move one-week stopgap with $12B in cuts
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KCCI-TV:
Teen Finds Campaign Worker At Back Door At 3AM — ANKENY, Iowa — A 15-year-old girl found a campaign worker from Alabama banging on her Ankeny family's back door early Wednesday morning. — Chloe Steward told KCCI she heard her dog barking around 3 a.m. and went to investigate.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Pawlenty staffer arrested in Iowa
Pawlenty staffer arrested in Iowa
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
WSJ/NBC Poll: A Donald Trump Surprise — By Jonathan Weisman and Scott Greenberg — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney appears to be the early front-runner in the largely unformed race for the Republican nomination for president, but real estate magnate Donald Trump may be a surprise contender …
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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: Trump tied for 2nd in 2012 GOP field — Mark Murray writes:"You're fired" isn't a message Republican primary voters and Tea Party supporters are telling real-estate mogul Donald Trump, at least not yet. — According to the latest national NBC/WSJ poll, former Massachusetts …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Donald Trump praised Nancy Pelosi as ‘the best’
Donald Trump praised Nancy Pelosi as ‘the best’
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Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Bachmann: Why I'm qualified to be president — Michele Bachmann, after Bill O'Reilly asks her if she has the frame of reference to be the leader of the free world.
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Lauraklairmont / CNN:
Bachmann lists her presidential creds
Bachmann lists her presidential creds
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Daily Mail:
'I'd kill myself first!' John Edwards ‘suicidal’ over facing jail, claim pals — Disgraced politician John Edwards is said to be deeply depressed - to the point of being suicidal - over the prospect of a criminal trial that could end with him being jailed if found guilty.
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Paul Krugman:
Memory Hole Alert — Wow. Yesterday afternoon I downloaded the tables from that Heritage report that's the basis for the Ryan plan. The first page looked like this: — You can see the unemployment forecast, with the amazing 2.8 percent prediction, in the fourth set of figures.
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
West Wing briefing: Obama headed out of D.C. as shutdown looms — A fiery President Obama insisted Tuesday that if he and congressional leaders couldn't reach a deal to avert a government shutdown, “I want a meeting again tomorrow here at the White House.” — “I will invite the same folks that we invited today,” he added.
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Gadhafi, in letter, asks Obama to end air strikes — WASHINGTON - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has appealed directly to President Barack Obama to halt what the Libyan leader called “an unjust war,” and wished Obama good luck in his bid for re-election next year.
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