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The Atlantic Online:
Mitt Romney's Rusty Debut — Tonight's Republican gathering in Manchester, New Hampshire was touted as a “summit” on jobs and the economy by its sponsor, the local chapter of Americans for Prosperity, and it included five Republican presidential hopefuls. Unofficially, it was Mitt Romney's debut as a 2012 candidate.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, TPMDC, Booman Tribune, The Other McCain and The Daily Dish
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‘Sorry’ state of affairs at GOP forum — MANCHESTER, N.H. - There were no punches thrown, no barbs traded and no shots fired at the Americans for Prosperity presidential candidate forum here Friday evening. — But Tim Pawlenty did apologize. — Asked in a public question-and-answer session …
Glen Johnson / Boston Globe:
Romney clarifies as he proposes to ‘hang’ Obama with misery index — UPDATED — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Expected Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney tread on socially dangerous ground last night as he talked about “hanging” a misery index around the neck of Barack Obama, the nation's first black president.
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Balloon Juice, Weasel Zippers, Washington Monthly and MyFox Philadelphia
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Romney Stumbles Over ‘Hang Him’ Gaffe Aimed At Obama (VIDEO) — In New Hampshire Friday, Mitt Romney stumbled over a line about pinning the nation's melancholy on President Obama that found him scrambling to back away from a quote suggesting Republicans are going to “hang” Obama with America's problems in 2012.
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The Atlantic Online and Dependable Renegade
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Mitt Romney trips over ‘hang’ metaphor
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Runnin' Scared and The Raw Story
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Romney on healthcare: Obama should have asked me if it worked
Romney on healthcare: Obama should have asked me if it worked
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Michelle Malkin, msnbc.com, CNN, The Note and Weasel Zippers
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Geithner Pries Away $30 Trillion Forex Derivative Market from Regulation — Zach Carter reports on a blow to efforts to regulate the runaway derivatives market. Just as most derivatives are set to be put onto clearinghouses, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner exempted a large group of derivatives …
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Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
Breitbart Punches Back on Maher's ‘Real Time’ — Andrew Breitbart was confronted on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher by liberal political analyst Laura Flanders. Ignoring Maher's questions and moving on her own agenda for the show she challenged Breitbart to apologize to Shirley Sherrod.
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Big Hollywood and Weasel Zippers
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23rd Richest Member Of Congress: I'm ‘Struggling Like Everyone Else’ — Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT), the 23rd richest member of Congress who owns millions of dollars in farm and ranch land, told an audience member at a town hall in Missoula yesterday that he and his wife “are struggling like everyone else” …
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Yglesias and Washington Monthly
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You Know Jack! — What have we learned? — Jack Layton was found naked in a whorehouse. Jack Layton was found with, though not in, a 3rd World Sex Trade Worker. — Jack Layton alleges he frequented this whorehouse for “therapeutic massage”. — Jack's 3rd World Sex Trade Worker/Therapeutic Masseuse came from China.
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Jay Currie
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Clinton: Supreme Court could rule against healthcare law — There's a chance that the Supreme Court could rule the so-called “individual mandate” in the healthcare reform law unconstitutional, but on the whole the bill will stay in tact, former President Bill Clinton said.
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CNN
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GOP Freshman Ends First Town Hall After Tough Questions On Tax Cuts For The Wealthy: 'We're Done' — Freshman Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR) became the latest Republican to face the ire of his own constituents for voting for the Medicare-ending GOP budget when he was repeatedly challenged …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, DownWithTyranny!, Daily Kos, The Political Carnival, Blue Arkansas and Hullabaloo
Associated Press:
Wis. Supreme Court recount at a glance — Justice David Prosser held a 7,316-vote lead over challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg before a statewide recount began on Wednesday. The state Government Accountability Board is providing daily updates on the recount's progress by precinct.
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Althouse
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Rick Perry, Texas governor, rips Obama's trip to tornado-devastated Alabama: What about our fires? — As President Obama meets with Alabama families affected by deadly tornados that swept through the South earlier this week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is asking: What about us?
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The Mahablog, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos and News One
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Ben Smith / CNN:
Southern tornado outbreak nation's deadliest in 86 years
Southern tornado outbreak nation's deadliest in 86 years
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The Hill, This Just In and The Hill
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
'Here's to al-Qaeda' — Nearly 20 years ago, I asked the late William Kunstler about his philosophy of lawyering. A flamboyant leftist who proudly represented jihadists just as he proudly represented many other anti-American radicals, Bill succinctly replied, “Everybody's entitled to a lawyer, but nobody's entitled to me!”
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Power Line, Riehl World View and AmSpecBlog
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What I learned in econ grad school — I always find it interesting that criticisms of economics education focus more on the graduate side than the undergrad. Consider this broadside by Brad DeLong and Larry Summers: … This is interesting because, as someone who never studied econ as an undergrad …
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Paul Krugman, Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality … and EconLog
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
House GOP to hold hearing on White House visitor records — House Republicans plan to probe the White House policy on disclosing its visitor records. — On Tuesday of next week, a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee will hold a hearing titled “White House Transparency, Visitor Logs and Lobbyists.”
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Booman Tribune
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Silliness and Sleight of Hand — President Obama buckled. — On Wednesday, he released his long-form birth certificate, but not without chiding the media and his detractors for their “silliness” in forcing the issue. — No sooner had he released it than Donald Quixote was off to his next windmill: the president's college grades.
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Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
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U.S. Attorney: Feds Could Challenge Missouri Anti-Sharia Legislation — U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri Richard Callahan visited the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis last night to address the fears and frustrations of Muslim Americans who worry …
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Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers