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Wall Street Journal:
The Presidential Divider — Obama's toxic speech and even worse plan for deficits and debt. — Did someone move the 2012 election to June 1? We ask because President Obama's extraordinary response to Paul Ryan's budget yesterday—with its blistering partisanship and multiple distortions …
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Paul Krugman:
The Budget Speech — Style: I liked the way Obama made a case for government at the beginning. I liked the way he accused Republicans of pessimism, of abandoning a hopeful vision of America. Good that he went after the Ryan plan — and good that he went after the cruelty of that plan.
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Krauthammer's take on Obama's budget address: ‘I thought it was a disgrace’ — It's been just a few hours since President Barack Obama has finished his budget address at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and there already been significant pushback from the right.
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: The President's Framework for Shared Prosperity and Shared Fiscal Responsibility — The President believes that we need a comprehensive, pro-growth economic strategy that invests in winning the future, lays the foundation for strong private-sector job growth and ensures …
cbpp.org:
Statement: Robert Greenstein, President, on President Obama's Deficit-Reduction Plan — President Obama made an important contribution today to efforts to address the nation's long-term fiscal problems, proposing a plan to reduce deficits by about $4 trillion over the next 12 years and meet …
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Crooks and Liars, The New Republic, American Prospect, Hullabaloo, Paul Krugman, American Times and AMERICAblog News
Clive Crook / The Atlantic Online:
Obama's Speech Was a Waste of Breath
Obama's Speech Was a Waste of Breath
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The Daily Dish, Hit & Run, Viking Pundit and No More Mister Nice Blog
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Analysis: Obama speech frames a 2012 choice for the country
Analysis: Obama speech frames a 2012 choice for the country
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Associated Press:
CBO: Budget deal cuts this fiscal year's deficit by just $353 million, not $38 billion touted — WASHINGTON — A new budget estimate released Wednesday shows that the spending bill negotiated between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner would produce less than 1 percent …
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National Review:
Strike One — We initially supported the deal House Speaker John Boehner cut with the White House to cut $38.5 billion from the rest of the fiscal year 2011 budget. It was only a pittance in the context of all of Washington's red ink, but it seemed an acceptable start, even if we assumed it would be imperfect in its details.
Tim Fernholz / NationalJournal.com:
CBO Says Budget Deal Will Cut Spending by Only $352 Million — Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, has boasted that the spending deal provided the biggest budget cuts in history. — A Congressional Budget Office analysis of the fiscal 2011 spending deal …
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Washington Post
David Rogers / The Politico:
John Boehner: 'I'll get there' on budget
John Boehner: 'I'll get there' on budget
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Los Angeles Times and Daily Kos
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dem women will vote for CR despite limits on DC abortions
Dem women will vote for CR despite limits on DC abortions
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Corrente
Lauraklairmont / CNN:
Trump to make announcement about announcement — Washington (CNN) - Proving once again that Donald Trump knows a bit about publicity, the business man and real estate mogul will make an announcement on the season finale of “Celebrity Apprentice” about his intentions on running for the White House.
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Ronald Kessler / NewsMax.com:
Exclusive: Trump to Announce His Run for President
Exclusive: Trump to Announce His Run for President
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Phoenix, Arizona:
Arizona Senate approves ‘birther’ bill — PHOENIX - The Arizona Senate has approved a revised bill requiring presidential candidates to prove they are U.S. citizens eligible to run for the office. — The bill approved Wednesday gives candidates additional ways to prove they meet the constitutional requirements to be president.
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Birther Bill Passes Arizona Senate
Birther Bill Passes Arizona Senate
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, TPMDC, The Raw Story, Mediaite and Wonkette
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Raise America's Taxes — President Obama in his speech on Wednesday confronted a topic that is harder to address seriously in public than sex or flatulence: America needs higher taxes. — That ugly truth looms over today's budget battles, but politicians have mostly preferred to run from reality.
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Daily Kos and PERRspectives
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David Frum / FrumForum:
Ryan's Budget Gives Obama What He Wants
Ryan's Budget Gives Obama What He Wants
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Paul Ryan rips Obama's speech: “Rather than building bridges, he's poisoning wells”
Paul Ryan rips Obama's speech: “Rather than building bridges, he's poisoning wells”
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Ben Terris / NationalJournal.com:
‘Patriotic Millionaires’ Ask to Be Taxed More — If President Obama's deficit-reduction speech today includes a call to end the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, there will surely be pushback; Republicans have already begun a preemptive attack on raising taxes.
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Shane D'Aprile / The Hill:
Freshmen shrugging off Tea Party primary threats over spending deal
Freshmen shrugging off Tea Party primary threats over spending deal
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CNBC:
Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Rise; Inflation Pressure Grows — New claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, bouncing back above the key 400,000 level, while core producer prices clumbed faster than expected in March, government reports showed on Thursday.
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The Lonely Conservative
Fox News:
Santorum Announces Presidential Exploratory Committee — Possible 2012 Republican presidential candidate former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania shakes hands with Nancy Regan during a downtown walk, Tuesday, March 29, 2011 in Wolfeboro, N.H — WASHINGTON - Former Pennsylvania …
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Associated Press:
Santorum forms presidential committee to gauge fundraising potential for WH run
Santorum forms presidential committee to gauge fundraising potential for WH run
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Santorum officially ‘testing the waters’
Santorum officially ‘testing the waters’
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New York Times:
In Financial Crisis, No Prosecutions of Top Figures — It is a question asked repeatedly across America: why, in the aftermath of a financial mess that generated hundreds of billions in losses, have no high-profile participants in the disaster been prosecuted?
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Gallup: Obama's Approval Drops Below 50 Percent Among Poorest Americans; No Longer Enjoys Majority Approval In Any Income Class — (CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama's approval among the poorest Americans dropped to an all-time low of 48 percent last week, according to the Gallup poll …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Frank: GOP hates signs of recovery — Rep. Barney Frank says GOP is hoping bad economy will weigh down President Obama in 2012. — Republicans “hate” signs of any economic recovery because they're hoping a weak economy weighs down President Obama politically in 2012, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said Wednesday night.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
New DNC chief: GOP budget puts senior-citizen lives at risk — Republicans' budget plan would put seniors' lives at risk, the incoming chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) said Thursday. — Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Florida congresswoman tapped by President Obama to lead the DNC …
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The Gateway Pundit
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Fireworks expected as Gov. Walker heads to Hill to talk unions — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) could be in for a rowdy welcome from unions and liberal groups when he comes to Capitol Hill on Thursday to testify about his work on reducing the state's budget deficit.
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Throw Grandma From the Train — President Obama at the GOP House retreat, January 2010: — “We're not going to be able to do anything about any of these entitlements if what we do is characterize whatever proposals are put out there as, 'Well, you know, that's — the other party's being irresponsible.
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The Investigative Project on Terrorism:
Keith Ellison's Slurs — His emotional testimony, choking back tears as he discussed a Muslim-American first-responder killed on 9/11, garnered national headlines last month for U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison. — But two days after a House committee hearing on Muslim radicalization, the Minnesota Democrat had a far more hostile tone.
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