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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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Ballot Box, Howey Politics Indiana and Online NewsHour
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Daniels solves Cheri problem? — It's long been public, if in a quiet way, that Mitch Daniels' wife's jitters were central to his decision, and that they related to her not wanting media scrutiny on the period in the ‘90s when she left him for another guy. — Daniels’ hesitation has now forced …
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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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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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Hot Air, Confederate Yankee and NewsBusters.org
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Members of Congress see bin Laden photos — Washington (CNN) — More members of Congress are seeing something cleared for only a select group of Americans: Photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse. — Republican Sen. James Inhofe told CNN's Eliot Spitzer on Wednesday he saw about 15 photos of bin Laden's body …
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The Daily Beast, Vos Iz Neias and YID With LID
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Ron Paul would not have ordered bin Laden mission
Ron Paul would not have ordered bin Laden mission
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Weasel Zippers and Hotline On Call
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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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CNN, Wonkette, The Note and Big Hollywood
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Palin: Rapper's invite to White House lacks ‘class and decency’
Palin: Rapper's invite to White House lacks ‘class and decency’
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The Politico, Washington Post, Weasel Zippers, GOP 12, Political Punch, The Daily Beast and No More Mister Nice Blog
The Note:
Orrin Hatch Defends SUV's, Minivans and Oil Company Tax Breaks — ABC's Z. Byron Wolf (@zbyronwolf) reports: — Oil company executives have only just started testifying on Capitol Hill. They'll face questions from Democrats who want to do away with tax breaks for oil companies that are mean …
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Congress Set to Grill Big Oil Bosses on Tax Subsidies, Gas Prices
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Dan Berman / The Politico:
What to watch when Big Oil testifies
What to watch when Big Oil testifies
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The Atlantic Online:
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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The Moderate Voice, Washington Monthly, Outside the Beltway, The New Republic and The Hill
Al Baker / New York Times:
Two Men Arrested in New York Terror Case — Two men who the authorities said intended to carry out a terrorist attack in New York City were arrested late Wednesday, two law enforcement officials said. — Details were not immediately available, and the identities of the men were not released.
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Associated Press:
Two Men Arrested Over Alleged Synagogue Plot in New York — Two Americans have been arrested by New York City police for allegedly plotting to attack a synagogue in the New York area, Fox News has learned. — One source described the case as the latest example of “homegrown” radicalization.
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National Review, Hot Air and Pundit Press
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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Politico, Taylor Marsh, The Daily Dish, Emptywheel, Wonk Room, The Gateway Pundit, The Raw Story and The Nation
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Introducing: The Barack Obama SEAL Team Six Action Figure — After the excitement of hearing that President Obama orchestrated the strike and kill against Osama bin Laden, it didn't take long to put out an action figure of the Commander in Chief. — Oxford, Conn.-based toymaker Herobuilders …
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Outside the Beltway, Sister Toldjah and BLACKFIVE
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LeAnne Gendreau / msnbc.com:
Obama SEAL doll marks bin Laden killing
Obama SEAL doll marks bin Laden killing
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Weasel Zippers and JammieWearingFool
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John Sides and The Monkey Cage: Blogger of The Year — Meet the winner of The Week's Blogger of the Year award — The Politico's Politico — Nate Silver became a superstar during the 2008 election by bringing serious statistical rigor to the horse-race coverage of presidential polling.
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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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Danger Room, Sweetness & Light, Gawker, Mother Jones, Hot Air and Marbury
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Florida Senate fails basic biology, accidentally outlaws sex. — Question: If your elected officials fail basic taxonomy, promote anti-science curriculum, and consistently attempt to undermine the fundamental unpinning of all biology, what happens when they start trying to legislate from this flawed view of reality?
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The Millionaire Retirees Next Door — Typical retired couples will collect $1 million or more in Social Security and Medicare. This is more than they paid in, and the cost will fall on today's workers. — Readers may recall the 1950s TV show, “The Millionaire,” which portrayed stories …
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The Lonely Conservative and Right Wing News
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Setbacks at Japan nuclear plant — Workers found a water level monitoring gauge at reactor 1 was faulty — A reactor at Japan's crippled nuclear plant has been more badly damaged than originally thought, operator Tepco has said. — Water is leaking from the pressure vessel surrounding reactor 1 …
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GOP Alleges Jack Davis “Assault” Caught On Camera; Davis Calls It a Setup — The Erie County GOP sent out a chain e-mail that read, “At a campaign event tonight in Greece, NY, congressional candidate Jack Davis assaulted a Republican volunteer. Video is located at the youtube link below.”
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RedState, NY Daily News, The Daily Caller, TPMDC and National Review
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Jim Lehrer to step down from daily broadcast at ‘NewsHour’ — Jim Lehrer, who has anchored PBS's “NewsHour” program for 36 years, said Thursday morning that he is stepping down from the daily broadcast, ending the longest run of a national anchorman. — Lehrer, 76, said he would leave …
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Online NewsHour, Mediaite, PopEater and Poynter
New York Times:
Mr. Gingrich's Intolerant History — Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and latest entrant in the Republican presidential field, has money, experience and name recognition. His introductory video is all serenity and hope, a deceptively calm way for many voters to meet a splenetic politician …
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The Cool Kid — 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. But Obama's lean, understated former ambassador to China is really here to prove …
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Ben Smith's Blog, National Review, Swampland, msnbc.com and Ballot Box
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Schumer ‘optimistic’ on immigration — Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) told an audience at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast he is “optimistic” Congress will pass an immigration reform bill before the 2012 elections. — Schumer said he is committed to working with Republican lawmakers …
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
An Interview With Warren Farrell, The Author Of “Why Men Are the Way They Are.” — I really enjoyed Warren Farrell's incredibly insightful book, Why Men Are the Way They Are. In fact, I liked it so much I put together a list of quotations from the book. I've also just finished one of his other books, The Myth of Male Power.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Cindy McCain to Glenn Beck: ‘Enough vitriol and hate’ — Cindy McCain says she's had enough of Glenn Beck's “vitriol and hate.” — Her comments, via Twitter Wednesday, came after the conservative Fox News host criticized a public-service announcement on the dangers of skin cancer in which her daughter, Meghan McCain, appeared.
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WikiLeaks Threatens Its Own Leakers With $20 Million Penalty — Julian Assange. Photo: Wikimedia Commons — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange now makes his associates sign a draconian nondisclosure agreement that, among other things, asserts that the organization's huge trove of leaked material is …
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Squeezed Cities Ask Nonprofits for More Money — As recession-racked cities struggle to balance their budgets with everything short of feeling behind sofa cushions for loose change, a growing number are seeking more money — just don't use the word taxes — from nonprofit institutions …
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