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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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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, Don Surber, JammieWearingFool and The Wire
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Romney's GOP Supporters Tilt Upscale; Palin's, Downscale
Romney's GOP Supporters Tilt Upscale; Palin's, Downscale
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USA Today, Mediaite, Wonkette, CNN, National Review, GOP 12 and Balloon Juice
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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Wall Street Journal, No More Mister Nice Blog, NationalJournal.com, Washington Post and Political Punch
The Note:
Newt Gingrich Previews 2012 Announcement: ‘My Run For President Of The United States’
Newt Gingrich Previews 2012 Announcement: ‘My Run For President Of The United States’
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Guardian, Gothamist, Washington Wire and Right Wing Watch
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Gingrich will announce presidential campaign Wednesday
Gingrich will announce presidential campaign Wednesday
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Cubachi, Crooks and Liars, Ballot Box, The Politico, Liberty Pundits Blog, Indecision Forever and Outside the Beltway
Kendra Marr / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich to (finally) announce 2012 run on Wednesday
Newt Gingrich to (finally) announce 2012 run on Wednesday
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Algemeiner.com
Declan Walsh / Guardian:
US's Bin Laden deal with Pakistan — US forces were given permission to conduct unilateral raid inside Pakistan if they knew where Bin Laden was hiding, officials say — The US and Pakistan struck a secret deal almost a decade ago permitting a US operation against Osama bin Laden …
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Hot Air, New York Magazine, Outside the Beltway, FrumForum and HotAirPundit
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Jane Perlez / New York Times:
Leak of C.I.A. Officer's Name Is Sign of Rift With Pakistan — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For the second time in five months, the Pakistani authorities have embarrassed the Central Intelligence Agency by leaking the name of the C.I.A. station chief in Islamabad to Pakistani news media …
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Firedoglake, Washington Post, Yglesias, Reuters, CANNONFIRE, Guardian, democracyarsenal.org, Pajamas Media, Outside the Beltway and New York Magazine
Fox News:
Pakistan PM Warns of ‘Full Force’ Response to Future U.S. Raids
Pakistan PM Warns of ‘Full Force’ Response to Future U.S. Raids
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Algemeiner.com and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
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, took herbal Viagra while living in compound
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Weasel Zippers
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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Ballot Box, Daily Kos, Shakesville, Taylor Marsh, The Moderate Voice and Ben Smith's Blog
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Philiana Ng / Hollywood Reporter:
NBC's Three-Hour ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Down 23% … A supersized edition of Donald Trump's competition series Celebrity Apprentice spanned three hours, going head-to-head against the rest of primetime on Sunday. — But, NBC's three-hour telecast — which saw Star Jones and LaToya Jackson fired …
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The Moderate Voice, Ben Smith's Blog and Don Surber
Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
Former Apprentice Contestant: Trump 'Doesn't Like Educated African-Americans Very Much' — A former contestant on The Apprentice, whose harsh treatment by Donald Trump drew accusations of racism in 2004, suggested to TPM on Monday that the billionaire Republican businessman's attacks …
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Mediaite, Indecision Forever, Talking Points Memo, FrumForum, Wonkette and National Review
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
Why I Will Not Support Jon Huntsman. Ever. [UPDATE] — UPDATE: A lot of people take issue with this and the core argument is, in essence, he was a good ambassador. This doesn't matter to me. My position is not about partisan, politics, or ideology. It's about being an American.
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The Daily Caller, Riehl World View, Ben Smith's Blog, Eunomia, The Page, GOP 12, AmSpecBlog and National Review
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?
What If Bush Had Been President These Past Eight Days?
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JustOneMinute
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
President Obama dashes ‘Jimmy Carter’ label
President Obama dashes ‘Jimmy Carter’ label
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Pundit Press, Right Wing News, Pajamas Media and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
John Boehner: Cut ‘trillions’ as debt limit nears — NEW YORK — Speaker John Boehner will call on Congress to offset a debt ceiling hike with spending cuts of a greater amount, an ambitious proposal that puts House Republicans on a collision course with Democrats who want much more modest spending restrictions attached to the vote.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
In praising Tea Party, Bachmann swipes at Boehner's leadership
In praising Tea Party, Bachmann swipes at Boehner's leadership
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Cubachi, National Review and Liberty Pundits Blog
The Politico:
Is Olympia Snowe feeling the heat?
Is Olympia Snowe feeling the heat?
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Washington Monthly, Hot Air and Moe Lane
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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DownWithTyranny!, Wonk Room and Pajamas Media
Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
Osama Bin Laden Tapes Show ‘Pathetic’ Side of Al Qaeda Leader: Experts — Osama bin Laden speaks in this undated image taken from video provided by the U.S. Department of Defense and released on Saturday, May 7, 2011. The videos show bin Laden watching himself on television and rehearsing for terrorist videos.
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iOwnTheWorld.com, Wonkette, The Reaction and FrumForum
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Hill Poll: Voters see president's ratings bounce vanishing soon
The Hill Poll: Voters see president's ratings bounce vanishing soon
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Washington Monthly and AMERICAblog News
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Eric Holder: U.S. will still close Guantanamo Bay
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?
Christopher Hitchens / Vanity Fair:
Unspoken Truths — Until cancer attacked his vocal cords, the author didn't fully appreciate what was meant by “a writer's voice,” or the essential link between speech and prose. As a man who loved to talk, he turns to the masters of such conversation, both in history and in his own circle.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Gallup poll sees growing support for third party in GOP, Tea Party — A majority of Republicans said for the first time that a third party was needed in American politics, according to a Gallup poll released Monday. — Fifty-two percent of Republicans, and an even stronger number of Tea Party supporters …
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Gallup, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
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David Nir / Daily Kos:
NY-26: Dem Kathy Hochul in the lead in new DK/SEIU poll
NY-26: Dem Kathy Hochul in the lead in new DK/SEIU poll
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Public Policy Polling, The New Republic, TPMDC, Washington Post and Ballot Box
Vos Iz Neias:
Brooklyn, NY - After Outrage Hasidic Newspaper Issues Statement On Altered White House Photo — Brooklyn, NY - Much has been written about a controversial altered photograph of the White House situation room published by Der Tzeitung, a Chareidi newspaper, based out of Brooklyn.
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Ben Smith's Blog and FailedMessiah.com
Nicolas Loris / The Foundry:
South Carolina Taking Light Bulb Ban into Its Own Hands — Fed up with the federal government's ban of the traditional incandescent light bulb, state representatives in South Carolina are pushing for the state to produce and use incandescents solely for its state.
David Leonhardt / Economix:
Why Success Starts With Failure — Tim Harford is a columnist for The Financial Times and the author of “The Undercover Economist.” He's part of the growing cadre of journalists who try to write about economics in plain English. His new book, “Adapt: Why Success Always Starts With Failure,” will be published this week.
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The Huffington Post:
Bristol Palin Reality Show: Palin, Massey Brothers In New BIO Channel Show … Bristol Palin , Bristol Palin Bio Channel , Bristol Palin Kyle Massey , Bristol Palin Reality Show , Entertainment News — Bristol Palin is making it a reality show hat trick. — The daughter of former Alaska …
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ArtsBeat, GOP 12, National Review and Jezebel
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.