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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
President Obama dashes ‘Jimmy Carter’ label — So much for campaigning against Jimmy Carter. — In the aftermath of Osama bin Laden's death, Republicans are adjusting to a new political reality: with the bin Laden trump card now in President Barack Obama's possession …
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Colin Firth / CBS News:
President Obama on the mission to kill bin Laden — The president talks to “60 Minutes” in his first interview since the killing of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden — Whether we like it or not, Osama bin Laden changed America. With that September morning in 2001, he introduced fear …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Whose Foreign Policy Is It? — For those with eyes to see, the daylight between the foreign policies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama has been shrinking ever since the current president took the oath of office. But last week made it official: When the story of America's post-9/11 wars is written …
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The Atlantic Online:
What If Bush Had Been President These Past Eight Days? — Ross Douthat: … These last eight days, as well as the last 10 years, suggest to me that there is only one American foreign policy; this default foreign policy is interventionist, moralistic, and militarily robust. Everything else is commentary.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Romney's GOP Supporters Tilt Upscale; Palin's, Downscale — Huckabee's support leans to the right politically, to the South geographically — PRINCETON, NJ — Republican college degree holders are more likely than those without a degree to support Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, 21% vs. 13%.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
2012 and the Republican rescue fantasy — Chief Political Correspondent Follow Him @ByronYork — COLUMBIA, S.C. - Talk to enough people around this key primary state and you'll learn two lessons, over and over again. One is that there is absolutely, positively no unity among Republicans …
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Red Dog Report and New York Times
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
Why I Will Not Support Jon Huntsman. Ever. — “I cannot tolerate a man serving as our ambassador to our chief strategic adversary in the world plotting, while in that capacity, to run against the President of the United States.” — Ambassador Jon Huntsman is gearing up now to run for President of the United States.
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Ben Smith's Blog, GOP 12 and National Review
The Note:
Waiting For Superman? GOP Searching For 2012's ‘Plan B’ Candidate (The Note)
Waiting For Superman? GOP Searching For 2012's ‘Plan B’ Candidate (The Note)
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No More Mister Nice Blog, The Politico, NationalJournal.com, msnbc.com and Political Punch
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Gingrich will announce presidential campaign Wednesday
Gingrich will announce presidential campaign Wednesday
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Wall Street Journal:
Home Market Takes a Tumble — Turnaround More Distant After 3% Drop, Steepest Quarterly Decline Since 2008 — The U.S. housing market's 1Q 2011 decline was the steepest in three years. Additionally, a Zillow.com survey indicates nearly 30% of borrowers owe more than their homes are worth.
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John Gittelsohn / Bloomberg:
‘Underwater’ Homeowners Rise to 28 Percent, Zillow Says
‘Underwater’ Homeowners Rise to 28 Percent, Zillow Says
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Helen Kennedy / NY Daily News:
Osama Bin Laden wasn't on kidney dialysis, took herbal Viagra while living in compound — Osama Bin Laden wasn't on kidney dialysis - but he did need an herbal impotence drug. — “He believed in his own medication,” said his youngest widow, Amal al-Sadeh, who was shot in the leg …
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Matt Schneider / Mediaite:
Rosie O'Donnell: Without Due Process For Bin Laden, We May Be ‘Monsters’
Rosie O'Donnell: Without Due Process For Bin Laden, We May Be ‘Monsters’
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Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
Osama Bin Laden Tapes Show ‘Pathetic’ Side of Al Qaeda Leader: Experts
Osama Bin Laden Tapes Show ‘Pathetic’ Side of Al Qaeda Leader: Experts
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The Reaction, Wonkette and FrumForum
Munir Ahmed / Associated Press:
Pakistan premier defends country in bin Laden case
Pakistan premier defends country in bin Laden case
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, ABCNEWS, CANNONFIRE, The Daily Beast and Politics
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Randi Rhodes: Bush Knew Bin Laden's Location, Protected Him There
Randi Rhodes: Bush Knew Bin Laden's Location, Protected Him There
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Trump: ‘I Am The Least Racist Person There Is’ Because A Black Guy Won The Apprentice Six Years Ago — Potential presidential candidate Donald Trump has often found himself in hot water for making racially-tinged comments — saying in the span of a single press conference, for example …
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Michael O'Brien / Ballot Box:
Trump: ‘I am the least racist person there is’
Trump: ‘I am the least racist person there is’
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Taylor Marsh and FrumForum
Jillian Rayfield / TPMDC:
Donald Trump: I'm Not Racist — One Of My Apprentice Winners Is Black
Donald Trump: I'm Not Racist — One Of My Apprentice Winners Is Black
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Talking Points Memo, Indecision Forever, National Review, Wonkette, Weasel Zippers and The Lonely Conservative
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Unwisdom of Elites — The past three years have been a disaster for most Western economies. The United States has mass long-term unemployment for the first time since the 1930s. Meanwhile, Europe's single currency is coming apart at the seams. How did it all go so wrong?
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Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
Falsehood? Or Mostly Accurate Prediction? — Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler isn't so enamored with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius after she made this claim last week: … Kessler gives Sebelius three “Pincocchios” (out of a possible four) and offers this explanation:
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
OPINION: Ron Paul driving Republicans' White House campaign — Here's a news bulletin — it is becoming increasingly clear that we are living in a time when Republican politics are being shaped by a 75-year-old, 12-term Texas congressman with a son in the Senate.
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The Moderate Voice, JammieWearingFool and The Wire
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats See Strategy to End Big Oil Tax Breaks — WASHINGTON — Linking two of the politically volatile issues of the moment, Senate Democrats say they will move forward this week with a plan that would eliminate tax breaks for big oil companies and divert the savings to offset the deficit.
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Hot Air, ThinkProgress, Prairie Weather, RedState, The Caucus, The Maddow Blog and Instapundit
The Politico:
Gay donors fuel Obama's 2012 campaign — President Barack Obama's reelection campaign is banking on gay donors to make up the cash it's losing from other groups of wealthy supporters who have been alienated and disappointed by elements of Obama's first term.
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Pam's House Blend, Balloon Juice, Taylor Marsh and Towleroad News #gay
Journalism.org:
WHERE PEOPLE GO, HOW THEY GET THERE AND WHAT LURES THEM AWAY — Whatever the future of journalism, much of it depends on understanding the ways that people navigate the digital news environment—the behavior of what might be called the new news consumer. — Despite the unprecedented level …
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Taegan Goddard's …, MediaMemo, Online NewsHour and Poynter, more at Mediagazer »
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Over 100 Michigan Law Students Walk Out Of Own Graduation To Protest Anti-Gay Speaker Rob Portman — Over 100 newly-minted lawyers walked out of their own graduation at the University of Michigan Law School on Saturday to protest the ceremony's commencement speaker, anti-gay Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH).
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Wall Street Journal:
Gingrich's Secret Weapon: Newt Inc. — In the 13 years since he suffered a string of political setbacks and quit the third most powerful job in Washington, Newt Gingrich has been busily laying the foundation for a comeback to an even grander perch. — On any given day, the former Speaker …
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New York Post:
Hobbling gasbag — Gasbag Keith Olbermann can't seem to wrangle staff for his Current TV show, “Countdown.” Still in need of an executive producer and other staff, famously difficult Olbermann has crawled back to his contacts at MSNBC, many of whom he offended while there, to beg for staff.
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Julian Pecquet / Healthwatch:
GOP senator expected to release budget leaving Medicare alone — Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) is expected to unveil a budget blueprint Tuesday that leaves Medicare alone, the strongest signal yet that Senate Republicans have no intention of duplicating an ambitious — and controversial — overhaul put forward by the House GOP.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama to meet with both Senate caucuses on how to cut deficit — President Obama will meet separately with Senate Democrats and Republicans this week to discuss how to craft a deal on a deficit-reduction plan, the White House said Monday. — Obama will meet with Democratic senators on Wednesday …
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