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Supreme Court race still too close to call, Kloppenburg has narrow lead — At left, Justice David Prosser speaks to supporters in Hartland. At right, Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg speaks to supporters in Madison. — By Larry Sandler and Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Wisconsin judicial race too close to call — The race for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court that has become a proxy for the state's fight over public sector unions was too close to call as of early Wednesday morning, and the vote appears headed for a recount.
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Walker demotes son of campaign contributor — By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — Madison — Gov. Scott Walker abruptly reversed course today and demoted the son of a large campaign contributor to his former job with the state Department of Regulation and Licensing.
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LONG-TERM ANALYSIS OF A BUDGET PROPOSAL BY CHAIRMAN RYAN — ABSTRACT — The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has conducted a long-term analysis of a budget proposal by Chairman Ryan to substantially change federal payments under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, eliminate the subsidies …
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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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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
CBO: GOP Budget Would Increase Debt, Then Stick It To Medicare Patients
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Paul Krugman:
Ryan The Ridiculous — OK, let's leave the badness …
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That Mr. G Guy's Blog, Oliver Willis and Capital Gains and Games blogs
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Geithner confirms administration is crafting plan for corporate tax reform — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told lawmakers Tuesday that the administration is crafting a corporate tax reform plan that would eliminate some tax preferences in exchange for a lower corporate tax rate.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
‘THIS IS A CAUSE’.... The political world will mull over the details …
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James C. Capretta / National Review:
What Real Leadership Looks Like
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The Incidental Economist, The Reality-Based Community and ProfessorBainbridge.com
David Jackson / USA Today:
Boehner, Obama aides also dispute long-term budget issues — House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and the White House have revived their budget dispute this morning — not over the imminent government shutdown, but over the long-term spending plan put forth by House Republican Paul Ryan.
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Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Senate repeals health law's 1099 provision, sends bill to president
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Hot Air
Josh Rogin / The Cable:
Government shutdown would mean soldiers stop getting paid
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CBS San Francisco:
Man With Anti-Obama Sign Attacked In San Francisco — SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/ BCN) — A man who set up a table with political literature and a sign opposing President Barack Obama was attacked in San Francisco's North Panhandle neighborhood, police and witnesses said Tuesday.
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Mike Swift / Mercury News:
Obama to hold Facebook town hall; kicks off campaign fundraising in Bay Area
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Michelle Malkin, Pat Dollard, The Caucus and The Lonely Conservative
JSOnline:
Abele defeats Stone for Milwaukee County executive — Chris Abele makes his victory speech at the Historic Pabst Brewery after beating Jeff Stone for the Milwaukee County Executive seat. Abele's wife, Miriam, is at right. — By Steve Schultze of the Journal Sentinel
Monica Potts / American Prospect:
Why Aren't You Married Yet? — Apparently, I'm responsible for the jerks I've dated. — At a March luncheon celebrating the release of the new book Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men Into Boys, it wasn't long before things got really personal.
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ECHIDNE of the snakes
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Conservative Opposition To Human Happiness
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Michael Shedlock / Mish's Global Economic …:
No Path to Prosperity: Ryan's Incredulous Budget-Balancing Proposal, Preposterous Unemployment Estimate — Many Republicans have embraced Paul Ryan's proposal to balance the budget. I can't embrace his plan because it will do no such thing. — I questioned the idea in Government Shutdown Battle …
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The Glittering Eye, Taking Note and The Moderate Voice
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
The Achilles Heel Of The Path To Prosperity
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Wasserman Schultz to lead DNC — President Barack Obama has settled on Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) as the new chair of the Democratic National Committee, top Democratic sources said Tuesday. — Wasserman Schultz, 44, was chosen for her strength as a fund-raiser and as a television messenger …
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Byron Tau / Ben Smith's Blog:
Wasserman-Schultz hits Walker, ‘ultra-wealthy’ in first appearance
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NewsBusters.org blogs
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Washington Post and CBS receiving money from Obamacare slush fund — Two mainstream news organizations are receiving hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars from Obamacare's Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP) — a $5 billion grant program that's doling out cash to companies …
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Weasel Zippers and JammieWearingFool
Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Bristol Palin's Nonprofit Paid Her Seven Times What It Spent On Actual Teen Pregnancy Prevention — In 2009, Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol joined a teen pregnancy prevention nonprofit called the Candie's Foundation. Today, the Associated Press reported that the Candie's Foundation released …
Bryan Fischer / afa.net:
Jesus groomed his apostles for political office — Follow me on Twitter: @BryanJFischer, on Facebook at “Focal Point” — People who say the followers of Christ shouldn't be involved in politics aren't paying attention. And they aren't paying attention to Jesus himself.
Branwen Jeffreys / BBC:
Surgeons raise alarm over waiting — In England in 2009/10 there were 101,020 hip replacements and 73,378 knee replacements carried out — Surgeons say patients in some parts of England have spent months waiting in pain because of delayed operations or new restrictions on who qualifies for treatment.
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Right Wing News, The Lonely Conservative and Daily Pundit
US Office of Personnel Management:
Guidance And Information On Furlough — The Potential Impact of a Lapse in Appropriations on Federal Employees … Overview — If the current continuing resolution expires at 12:01 a.m. on April 9, 2011 without passage of an FY 2011 appropriations bill or a further continuing resolution …
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The Politico, Washington Wire and Washington Post
James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
Crisis Mismanagement — The world's largest insurer was separated from the world's most experienced risk manager at the worst possible moment. — Was the life-and-death crisis at AIG triggered by a false rumor from a New York law firm? That's one of the many questions raised by Roddy Boyd's …
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Truth on the Market and protein wisdom
Sky News:
Libyan Rebels: ‘Nato Is Now Our Problem’ — Libyan rebels have accused Nato of being too slow to act - and asked them to suspend operations unless they “do the job properly”. … Rebel leader Abdel Fattah Younes has complained that the alliance takes hours to respond to events on the battlefield …
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