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Governor Haley Barbour:
STATEMENT OF GOV. BARBOUR — “I will not be a candidate for president next year. This has been a difficult, personal decision, and I am very grateful to my family for their total support of my going forward, had that been what I decided. — “Hundreds of people have encouraged me to run …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Haley Barbour bows out of 2012 — Haley Barbour said Monday that he won't run for president in 2012, removing a fundraising powerhouse with establishment clout from the Republican primary field. — “This has been a difficult, personal decision, and I am very grateful to my family …
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The Politico:
Why Haley Barbour pulled the plug — Haley Barbour had his presidential announcement plan lined up: A May 2 launch, followed by a fly-around to Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada and Florida, before winding up in in Jackson on Saturday the 7th for a big home-state fundraising bash.
Charles Ommanney / Newsweek:
‘Fat Redneck’ for President — Iowa likes Haley Barbour, who's set to announce his 2012 plans. In the huge GOP field, don't bet against him. — Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour in Jackson, Mississippi on August 27, 2009. — Haley Barbour lugs more than his share of baggage into the Republican presidential arena.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Gov. Haley's advice to GOP presidential hopefuls: Change your message
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Barbour not running for prez
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Clement firm drops DOMA case — In a real victory for supporters of same-sex marriage — and marking what seems like real marginalization for its foes — a major law firm has reversed course and will refuse to represent the House of Representatives in defending the Defense of Marriage Act.
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Law Firm Backs Out Of Agreement To Defend DOMA: Vetting Process Was ‘Inadequate’ [UPDATE]
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Clement quits firm over Defense of Marriage Act flap
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Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
Firm defending Defense of Marriage Act withdraws from case
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Bcook / Fox Nation:
WH Fails to Release Easter Proclamation — President Obama failed to release a statement or a proclamation recognizing the national observance of Easter Sunday, Christianity's most sacred holiday. — By comparison, the White House has released statements recognizing the observance …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House smacks Rev. Franklin Graham for ‘birther’ talk — The White House slammed influential evangelical leader the Rev. Franklin Graham on Monday for questioning President Obama's birthplace. — Graham, a son of the Rev. Billy Graham who has served as a spiritual adviser …
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Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Obama spokesman fires back at Franklin Graham
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Cameron Joseph / NationalJournal.com:
Ron Paul Launches Presidential Campaign — Rep. Ron Paul's long-held advocacy of smaller government and less taxes has made him a tea party hero. — Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, whose outspoken libertarian views and folksy style made him a cult hero during two previous presidential campaigns …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Ron Paul says he'll announce 2012 presidential exploratory committee — Texas Rep. Ron Paul (R) will announce he is forming a presidential exploratory committee on Tuesday in Iowa, the congressman said Monday. — The two-time presidential candidate is scheduled to make his announcement during …
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David Weigel / Slate:
Ron Paul Will Launch Presidential Exploratory Committee Tomorrow
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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Boehner: Oil Companies Share Blame for Gas Prices, Open to Cutting Subsidies — At a time of skyrocketing gas prices and near-record profits for oil companies, House Speaker John Boehner made a major concession today: Congress should consider cutting multi-billion dollar subsidies to oil companies.
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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
House Speaker John Boehner to President Obama: ‘Come on! Time to Grow Up’ About Deficit and Taxes
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
With gas prices rising, Pawlenty jabs at Obama on energy
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Trump claims Obama birth certificate ‘missing’ — Washington (CNN) - Real estate mogul Donald Trump's latest claim about President Obama's birth certificate is that it's missing. — “Well I've been told very recently, Anderson, that the birth certificate is missing,” Trump told CNN's Anderson Cooper Monday.
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Hadley Freeman / Guardian:
Rachel Maddow: 'I'm definitely not an autocutie' — The top US news anchor on why she prefers jokes to anger and why she is proud to be gay — It's 10.05pm on a rainy Tuesday night in the MSNBC studio in the now famous New York address, 30 Rock, and Rachel Maddow - one of the highest profile news anchors …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
High court rejects quick review of health care law — WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court rejected a call Monday from Virginia's attorney general to depart from its usual practice and put review of the health care law on a fast track. Instead, judicial review of President Barack Obama's signature legislation …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Justice Kagan Does Not Recuse Herself From Court's Decision To Dismiss Health Care Petition
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James Surowiecki / New Yorker:
BITTER PILLS — Multitrillion-dollar piles of debt …
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Publius / Big Government:
Union Official, Professor Teach How-to College Course in Violent Union Tactics — If you are wondering why some folks are starting to question whether a college education is worth the cost, the video below goes a long way towards explaining it. Recently, the University of Missouri-St. Louis …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
DEFINE ‘PEACETIME’.... Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R), back on the presidential campaign trail, isn't sitting down for a lot of media interviews — but he loves writing op-eds. Romney's latest ran in New Hampshire's largest paper this morning. … The nonsense-per-sentence ratio is awfully high here …
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Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Allen West: Liberal Women Are ‘Neutering American Men’ — Last week, Tea Party favorite Rep. Allen West (R-FL) addressed his base at a Women Impacting Nation (WIN) meeting in Boca Raton, FL. WIN's mission is to “educate and equip women with knowledge of God's truth” and …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Obama campaign manager: 2008 model won't be enough to win second term — President Obama's campaign manager stressed Monday that Democrats couldn't rely on their 2008 game plan to win a second term for Obama in 2012. — Jim Messina, Obama's former deputy chief of staff-turned-campaign manager …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Libya hurting Obama...even though many don't know where it is — Barack Obama's approval numbers have been hitting record lows in our polls and others of late and one of the things that's really hurting him right now is Libya- even though barely half of voters in the country actually know where it is.
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Brett Arends / MarketWatch:
IMF bombshell: Age of America nears end — Commentary: China's economy will surpass the U.S. in 2016 — Front Page - News Viewer - Commentary - Markets - Investing - Personal Finance - Community - Games — BOSTON (MarketWatch) — The International Monetary Fund has just dropped a bombshell, and nobody noticed.
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Bad Education — Image: Plans for a new athletic center at Ithaca College. From msidesign.com. — The Project On Student Debt estimates that the average college senior in 2009 graduated with $24,000 in outstanding loans. Last August, student loans surpassed credit cards …
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Marc Lacey / New York Times:
Crowd to Join as Giffords Views Shuttle Launching — PHOENIX — Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who has been given the green light by doctors to attend her astronaut-husband's shuttle launching on Friday afternoon, will be joined at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida by family, friends …
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