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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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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Costs of federal shutdown would be felt far and wide — Little progress made in Congress as deadline for agreement looms — Inside the Capitol, Democrats and Republicans are trying to reach a compromise on the fiscal 2011 budget before the money runs out at midnight Friday. (Bloomberg)
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama Presses for Budget — Issues ‘Narrowed’; Parties Asked to Work Through Night as Shutdown Looms — President Barack Obama emerged from a late-night meeting Wednesday with House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid saying the two parties had moved closer …
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New York Times:
Obama Meeting Fails to End Stalemate Over Federal Budget — WASHINGTON — President Obama and Congressional leaders said Wednesday that a late-night White House bargaining session produced no budget breakthrough that would avert a government shutdown this weekend but agreed the two sides …
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Washington Monthly
George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Exclusive - Speaker Boehner on Budget Negotiations: ‘No Daylight Between Tea Party and Me’
Exclusive - Speaker Boehner on Budget Negotiations: ‘No Daylight Between Tea Party and Me’
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National Review, The Political Carnival, RedState, The Note, Hot Air and CBS News
Associated Press:
White House says shutdown will delay pay to troops
White House says shutdown will delay pay to troops
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Boehner falling out of favor
Boehner falling out of favor
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The Political Carnival and Mock, Paper, Scissors
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Dems fundraising off threat of shutdown
Dems fundraising off threat of shutdown
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The Politico and The Lonely Conservative
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Obama Meeting Fails to End Stalemate Over Federal Budget
Obama Meeting Fails to End Stalemate Over Federal Budget
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JSOnline:
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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Thomas Ferdousi / Pundit Press:
Wisconsin City Caught Destroying Ballots — As if the situation in Wisconsin wasn't tense enough, it appears that one county in particular is going to a new extreme. This comes after word that there may have been voter fraud in the nonpartisan State Supreme Court election yesterday between …
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Election fraud allegations fly in close Wisconsin Supreme Court race
Election fraud allegations fly in close Wisconsin Supreme Court race
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Walker Blames Madison For Supreme Court Election
Walker Blames Madison For Supreme Court Election
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Andy Szal / WisPolitics Election Blog:
Walker: Spring election results show disparity between Madison, rest of state
Walker: Spring election results show disparity between Madison, rest of state
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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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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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Dan Fastenberg / The Page:
Trump's Hawaii Investigation — Magnate tells “Today” he has people in the Aloha State conducting on-the-ground research into the president's birthplace.
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Favor Budget Compromise Over Shutdown, 58%-33%
Americans Favor Budget Compromise Over Shutdown, 58%-33%
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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
Poll: Democrats want compromise, Republicans prefer resolve
Poll: Democrats want compromise, Republicans prefer resolve
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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: Trump tied for 2nd in 2012 GOP field
NBC/WSJ poll: Trump tied for 2nd in 2012 GOP field
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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: Government shutdown blame game
NBC/WSJ poll: Government shutdown blame game
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RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Obama: “I Remember What It Was Like Pumping Gas” — President Obama, speaking to Al Sharpton's organization, says he is not “out of touch.” “I remember that,” Obama added. “I'm just going to be honest with you. There's not much we can do next week or two weeks from now,” Obama said earlier today about gas prices....
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Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
White House fears gas prices could tank Obama
White House fears gas prices could tank Obama
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
OBAMA: Get Used To High Gas Prices. “Obama needled one questioner who asked about gas prices, now averaging close to $3.70 a gallon nationwide, and suggested that the gentleman consider getting rid of his gas-guzzling vehicle.” — High gas prices aren't a bug, they're a feature.
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Obama says more work to do to create opportunity
Obama says more work to do to create opportunity
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John Marzulli / NY Daily News:
Judge gives ‘Juror No. 799’ indefinite jury duty after she makes racist remarks on questionnaire — An incensed federal judge sentenced a racist Brooklyn woman to indefinite jury duty on Tuesday after she trashed the NYPD and minorities. — “This is an outrage, and so are you!”
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Susan Jones / CNSNews:
NBC's Brokaw: Saudis ‘So Unhappy’ With Obama They Sent Emissaries to China, Russia Seeking Enhanced Ties — (CNSNews.com) - Reporting from Baghdad, Iraq yesterday, NBC's Tom Brokaw said the Saudi Arabian monarchy is “so unhappy with the Obama administration for the way it pushed out President Mubarak …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
GOP lawyer drafts Obama impeachment — A prominent libertarian constitutional lawyer and civil libertarian has drafted an article of impeachment against President Obama over his attack on Libya, throwing down a legal gauntlet that could be picked up by some Congressional Republicans
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Taylor Marsh, The Volokh Conspiracy and The Page
Wall Street Journal:
YouTube Will Get Major Revamp — Google Inc.'s YouTube video website is working on a major site overhaul to organize its content around “channels” as it positions itself for the rise of Internet-connected televisions that allow people to watch online video in their living rooms, according to people familiar with the matter.
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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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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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Taffy Brodesser-Akner / Salon:
I can't believe my best friend is a Republican — I love everything about Janet — except how she stands for all the things I find bad and wrong in the world — Janet and I would likely have never met, save for the thing that unites so many women across divides of income and age: fat.
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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.