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Obama's Running Mate — Mitt Romney's ObamaCare problem. — Mitt Romney travels to Ann Arbor today to deliver what his campaign bills as a major address laying out his “2012 principles for health-care reform.” These are likely to be sensible, but what we'll be listening for is how he explains …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Newt Gingrich Was More Supportive Of Individual Mandates Than Mitt Romney … Elections 2012 , Newt Gingrich , Romney Health Care , Gingrich Mandates , Gingrich Mandates Health Care , Healt Care Reform , Newt Gingrich Individual Mandate , Newt Health Care , Romney Individual Mandates , Politics News
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Romney doesn't apologize for Massachusetts healthcare law
Romney doesn't apologize for Massachusetts healthcare law
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The Note:
Has Mitt Romney's Massachusetts Health Care Law Worked?
Has Mitt Romney's Massachusetts Health Care Law Worked?
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Igor Volsky / Wonk Room:
Romney On Obamacare: ‘President Should Have Been More Attuned To What We Did In Our Own State’
Romney On Obamacare: ‘President Should Have Been More Attuned To What We Did In Our Own State’
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John McCain / Washington Post:
Bin Laden's death and the debate over torture — Osama bin Laden's welcome death has ignited debate over whether the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques used on enemy prisoners were instrumental in locating bin Laden, and whether they are a justifiable means for gathering intelligence.
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Ron Paul wouldn't have approved Osama bin Laden operation — Ron Paul says he would not have authorized the mission that led to the death of Osama bin Laden, and that President Barack Obama should have worked with the Pakistani government instead of authorizing a raid.
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New Details in the bin Laden Docs: Portrait of a Fugitive Micro-Manager — During his final years, Osama bin Laden expressed interest in everything from killing President Obama to his deputies' personalities to an article in an extremist magazine that he didn't like, according …
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Barack Obama's Grandmother Threatened By Al Qaeda — Security has been increased around the home of President Barack Obama's step-grandmother in Kenya after an African al Qaeda branch issued a personal threat against her, police said today. — Kenyan police told ABC News they are patrolling round …
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Ariel Zirulnick / Christian Science Monitor:
Bin Laden journal reveals his calculations for another 9/11-style attack
Bin Laden journal reveals his calculations for another 9/11-style attack
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Weighing a White House Bid as Opening a Door to Past Pain — INDIANAPOLIS — Cheri Daniels has made no secret of her distaste for politics. She did not campaign for her husband, Mitch Daniels, during two races for governor. She did not fully move into the governor's mansion after his election.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Daniels solves Cheri problem?
Daniels solves Cheri problem?
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GOP Aide: Republicans Not ‘Intellectually Honest’ on Taxes — House Speaker John Boehner said he will not agree to any budget compromise that raises taxes, even if it threatens our debt limit, in a speech Monday to the Economic Club of New York. His message was consistent with the GOP's platform …
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
John Boehner dodges specifics on debt limit cuts
John Boehner dodges specifics on debt limit cuts
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Two men arrested over alleged terror plot in New York — Two men arrested in relation to an alleged terror plot in New York City were of Moroccan and Algerian descent, FOX News reported Thursday. — Moroccan Mohammad Mamdouh and Algerian Ahmed Serhani were arrested late Wednesday …
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Al Baker / New York Times:
Two Men Arrested in New York Terror Case
Two Men Arrested in New York Terror Case
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Ensign Accused of Violating Laws, Senate Rules — Senate Ethics Committee special counsel found “substantial credible evidence that provides substantial cause to conclude that [former Sen. John] Ensign violated Senate Rules and federal civil and criminal laws, and engaged in improper conduct reflecting upon …
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Ethics Panel Asks That Ensign Inquiry Be Reopened — WASHINGTON — The Senate Ethics Committee on Thursday asked the Justice Department to reopen its investigation of former Senator John Ensign, saying it had found evidence that he had conspired to help his former aide violate a lobbying ban …
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Palin: ‘Easy’ to criticize W.H. show — Sarah Palin threw some more fuel onto the fire of the Drudge Report-led controversy swirling around the White House's decision to host the rapper Common at a celebration of poetry. — “It is just too easy,” Palin said of criticizing the decision …
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People Who Liked This Candidate Also Liked ... Like This Story — Follow Slate's Politics … - Vermont's Not-So-Secret Plan To Bring Canadian-Style Health Care Into America- Neo-Nazi Plumber Murder: Can a Court Deny Child Custody to a Parent Who's a White Supremacist?
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Democrats slam Issa for rejecting witness — House Democrats say Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has refused to allow one of their invited witnesses to testify at a hearing on Thursday. — Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee invited Fred Wertheimer …
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John T. Bennett / The Hill:
Kerry: Libya mission a ‘stalemate’ — The Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday described the Libyan conflict as a “stalemate,” while the panel's top Republican called the mission a “diversion” for Washington. — Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) …
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Gov. Christie won't say if he believes in evolution or creationism — JERSEY CITY — Gov. Chris Christie refused to comment when asked if he believes in evolution or the theory of creationism when asked at a press conference earlier today. — “That's none of your business,” Christie said.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
President Obama, Completely Wrong on Reason for High Unemployment — CBS's Mark Knoller, covering a town hall on the economy with the president this morning, reports: “President Obama blames high unemployment rate on ‘huge layoffs of government workers’ at federal, state and local levels.”
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Obama SEAL doll marks bin Laden killing — Company's action figure features muscular president with assault rifle — Below: — NBCConnecticut.com — Navy SEALs have become national heroes since news broke that they took down Osama bin Laden, so it's fitting that the newest action figure …
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NASA-Funded Group Doctors Sea Level Data — Catastrophic sea level rise is one of the most valued hole cards played by alarmists in the global warming debate. In An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore showed computer generated images of what Manhattan would look like if sea level rose 20 feet.
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Jon Huntsman: The Would Be Republican Presidential Candidate Democrats Most Fear — Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman has just proved he can keep 1,100 graduating college kids awake for 17 minutes — and even led them in a popular local cheer about kicking ass.
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Facebook Busted in Clumsy Smear on Google — THE DAILY BEAST ON: — The social network secretly hired a PR firm to plant negative stories about the search giant, The Daily Beast's Dan Lyons reveals—a caper that is blowing up in their face, and escalating their war.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Who you calling ‘un-American’? — ConocoPhillips, one of the world's largest and most profitable oil companies, yesterday said it's “un-American” to take away taxpayer subsidies from the oil industry. This wasn't a verbal slip; the comment was put in a press release.
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Taller Buildings Would Improve The Efficacy Of Regional Mass Transit Systems — Dana Hedgpeth writes up new research comparing metropolitan areas by the efficacy of their transit systems in getting people to work: … Robert Puentes is quoted as saying that the general problem nationwide …
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Mike Huckabee Fixes American History (VIDEO) — Don't worry, American youth: Mike Huckabee has fixed American history. No longer will you suffer under what Huckabee calls “the ‘blame America first’ attitude prevalent in today's teaching.” — Late Wednesday, Huckabee announced LearnOurHistory.com …