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11:50 AM ET, April 17, 2011

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Monica Davey / New York Times:
Palin Speaks at Tea Party Rally in Madison  —  MADISON, Wis. — At first, the prospect drew mildly worried looks from people on both sides of this state's giant political divide: Sarah Palin, the former Republican vice-presidential candidate, was to appear on the steps of this state's Capitol …
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Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
Leftist Thugs Taunt, Harass and Insult Black Tea Party Member  —  The man is called an “Uncle Tom,” and a “Token” interspersed with calls for “Solidarity”.  Just off camera in the Tea Party is a Mom with her two small children who are black.
James Pethokoukis:
Palin in Madison: Veni, Vidi, Vici  —  Sarah Palin rides to the sound of the guns.  It was a chilly, wet and blustery afternoon in Madison, Wisconsin — one more appropriate for a late-season Packers game than a springtime political rally.  The stirring NFL Films theme, “The Classic Battle …
Discussion: Jewish Americans …
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Sarah Palin to GOP: ‘Fight like a girl’  —  Sarah Palin unleashed a withering critique of congressional Republicans Saturday, lambasting them for not cutting spending deeper and faster, and saying the party needs to “fight like a girl.”  —  “We didn't elect you just to rearrange the deck chairs …
Dan / Riehl World View:
Sarah Palin Goes Where The Battle Is  —  It's ironic to watch so many so called establishment Republicans who seem to want to be leader of the free world dance their way around the more serious political battles of our time.  They criticize, they pontificate, or editorialize …
Discussion: HazZzMat
Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
I Repeat to the TrumkaObama Class War Cult: Go To Hell  —  The contrast could not have been greater.  —  Last night, I was at the Jacksonville Landing, speaking at a rally held by the First Coast Tea Party that was keynoted by Florida Gov. Rick Scott.  The weather was gorgeous with temperatures …
Discussion: Althouse
Associated Press:
Palin: Wis. gov doing the right thing with unions  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Sarah Palin defended Wisconsin's governor at a tea party tax day rally Saturday, telling hundreds of supporters that his polarizing union rights law is designed to save public jobs.  —  Braving snow showers …
Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
Palin Wows Wisconsin Tea Partiers With Blistering Speech; To Obama: 'You Ignored Us in 2010 …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
Breitbart to TrumkaObama Leftist Agitators in Madison: ‘Go To Hell!’
Discussion: Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
Labor protesters surround tea party at Palin rally
John Nolte / Big Government:   Sarah Palin Steps Into Wisconsin, Points to Left Field, and Hits a Grand Slam
JSOnline:
Palin rallies Madison tea party crowd
R. Scott Moxley / Navel Gazing:
[UPDATED: Davenport Defiant] Racist Orange County Republican Email: President Obama and His Parents Are Apes  —  UPDATE, APRIL 16, 5:55 P.M.: This afternoon, Marilyn Davenport sent an email to fellow Orange County Republican elected officials, apologizing if anyone was offended and blasted the “liberal media” for reporting the story.
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CNN:   Latest S.C. straw poll win goes to Ron Paul
BBC:
Japan nuclear crisis ‘over in nine months’  —  The BBC's Roland Buerk says that people are pleased that they have been given some idea of how long the crisis could last  —  The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has said it expects to bring the crisis under control by the end of the year.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway, MyDD and FrumForum
Mark Steyn / National Review:
Losing the Future  —  I always enjoy the bit in Planet of the Apes where a loinclothed Charlton Heston falls to his knees as he comes face to face with a shattered Statue of Liberty poking out of the sand and realizes that the eponymous simian planet is, in fact, his own — or was.
Imtiyaz Delawala / ABCNEWS:
Geithner: ‘Congress Will Raise the Debt Ceiling’  —  Treasury Secretary Says Certain Leaders Won't Risk ‘Catastrophic’ Consequences  —  Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says he is certain that Congress will raise the debt ceiling, saying leaders are “not going to play around with it” …
Discussion: CNN and Washington Monthly
Natasha Mozgovaya / Haaretz:
Helen Thomas to address anti-Israel protests during Netanyahu's visit to U.S.  —  A series of anti-Israel protests, lectures and meetings are scheduled to coincide with the PM's visit and the AIPAC conference in Washington DC in May; BDS founder meets Friday night with 250 activists calling Israel apartheid state.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Israel Matzav
Tyler Cowen / New York Times:
Euro vs. Invasion of the Zombie Banks  —  IS a euro held in an Irish bank in Dublin, or in a Portuguese bank in Lisbon, as sound and secure as a euro in a German bank in Berlin?  That apparently simple question holds the key to understanding why the euro zone may splinter and bring a new financial crisis.
Discussion: EconLog
 
 
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