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11:50 AM ET, April 14, 2011

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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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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.
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 …
Paul Krugman:
The Budget Speech  —  Style: I liked the way Obama made a case …
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
Shane D'Aprile / The Hill:
Freshmen shrugging off Tea Party primary threats over spending deal
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
The Hill:
WHIP COUNT: Budget deal appears to have votes to pass Congress
Lauraklairmont / CNN:
TRENDING: 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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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Trump and the blacks
Discussion: GOP 12
Ronald Kessler / NewsMax.com:
Exclusive: Trump to Announce His Run for President
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
DeMint: If vote to raise debt ceiling is GOP's Waterloo, ‘let it be’  —  A top conservative senator on Thursday indicated he is willing to go to extreme lengths to prevent a vote on raising the debt ceiling, even if it hurts the Republican Party politically.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and FrumForum
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Dennis Cauchon / USA Today:
Share of population working  —  Roll over each state to see the share of the population working in 2010:  —  Sources: USA TODAY, Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics  —  The share of the population that is working fell to its lowest level last year since women started entering the workforce …
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.
Discussion: msnbc.com, ThinkProgress and ABCNEWS
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Lauraklairmont / CNN:
Romney beefs up campaign staff  —  Washington (CNN) - Just three days after announcing he was forming a presidential exploratory committee, Mitt Romney made another key hire as he continues to build up his campaign staff.  —  Romney's exploratory committee announced Thursday that Gail Gitcho will serve as communications director.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and GOP 12
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Fox News:
Santorum Announces Presidential Exploratory Committee
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.
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Gov. Chris Christie Tells Reporters To ‘Take The Bat’ To 76-Year Old Widow Legislator  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), who has virtually declared war on the state's labor unions, is known for having an antagonizing style of politics, with some of his most infamous moments including telling …
Discussion: NorthJersey.com and The Raw Story
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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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.
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 …
Discussion: RedState, Scared Monkeys and The Page
Henry Blodget / The Business Insider:
PROFESSOR: Sarah Palin Probably Staged A Gigantic Hoax About Being Trig's Mother  —  An interesting footnote has emerged to a theory that raged around the Internet during Sarah Palin's candidacy for Vice President:  —  The theory is that Sarah Palin is actually the grandmother of her purported son Trig …
Discussion: The Daily Dish
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?
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
New DNC chief: GOP budget endangers senior citizens' lives  —  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 …
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
About That Lawsuit...  The lawsuit filed Tuesday by Jonathan Tasini is so utterly without merit, and has been so thoroughly eviscerated in the media — including being ridiculed as the “dumbest lawsuit ever” — I am hesitant to take any time away from aggregating adorable kitten videos to respond.
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House kills another part of health law  —  The House on Wednesday voted to terminate another piece of last year's healthcare law — the Prevention and Public Health Fund, which is currently scheduled to receive nearly $18 billion over the next few years.  The House vote came just moments …
Discussion: Yglesias and Wonk Room
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Obama, Spending Three Times as Fast as Bush, Blames Bush  —  Seven quick thoughts on the Most Important Speech of Obama's Presidency Since the Last One . . .  1. The prepared text begins, “This debate over budgets and deficits is about more than just numbers on a page, more than just cutting and spending.
 
 
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Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
A mural in Maine pits Gov. Paul LePage against labor unions
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
AP poll shows 6 in 10 Americans want spending cuts, not tax hikes
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
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Daily Mail:
Briton ‘beaten to death’ in a Dubai police cell after being arrested for swearing
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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
New C.I.A. Drone Attack Draws Rebuke From Pakistan
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New York Times:
Countries Agree to Try to Transfer Some of Qaddafi's Assets to Libyan Rebels
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Jon Bershad / Mediaite:
Robert Redford On Sarah Palin: ‘Part Of Her Strength Is How Limited She Is’
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DCCC posts $19.6 million fundraising haul
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Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Raise America's Taxes
Discussion: Daily Kos and PERRspectives
Guardian:
Goldstone report: Statement issued by members of UN mission on Gaza war
Discussion: New York Times and Israel Matzav
George Washington / The White House:
Remarks by the President on Fiscal Policy
 

 
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