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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
GOP Rep. Ryan swipes at Gingrich: ‘With allies like that, who needs the left?’ — Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) took a swipe Monday at Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich after the former House Speaker criticized hiss proposed Medicare reforms. — “With allies like that, who needs the left?”
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Gingrich Blasts House GOP's Medicare Plan — Presidential Candidate Calls It ‘Right-Wing Social Engineering,’ Agrees With Obama About Need for Insurance Mandate — White House hopeful Newt Gingrich called the House Republican plan for Medicare “right-wing social engineering,” …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — Gingrich reaction: Republicans livid …
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Gingrich Spokesman: ‘There Is Little Daylight Between Ryan and Gingrich’ on Medicare Reform
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Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
GOP Looks To Shock Failing Medicare Plan Back To Life With New Message
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The Note:
Trump Not Running for President: ‘Decision Does Not Come Easily Or Without Regret’ — ABC News' Michael Falcone, Jen Wlach, & Sara Just report: — After a roller-coaster flirtation with a presidential bid, Donald Trump bowed out of the 2012 contest in true Trump fashion …
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CNN:
Full release: — “After considerable deliberation and reflection, I have decided not to pursue the office of the Presidency. This decision does not come easily or without regret; especially when my potential candidacy continues to be validated by ranking at the top of the Republican contenders in polls across the country.
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
BREAKING: Trump not running for president — (CNN) - Real estate mogul and television celebrity Donald Trump, who generated a media publicity blitz by saying he might run for president in 2012, announced Monday that he will instead remain a businessman. — “After considerable deliberation …
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Sean Daly / New York Post:
Big Trump news due today — Donald Trump plans to announce today whether he'll fire himself from “Celebrity Apprentice,” a source told The Post last night. — The billionaire businessman, who has been mulling a run for the White House, has been trying to decide whether to trade his TV show for politics.
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Wall Street Journal:
As Debt Limit Reached, Agreement Still Far Off — The U.S. government is expected to hit the $14.294 trillion debt ceiling Monday, setting in motion an uncertain, 11-week political scramble to avoid a default. — The Treasury Department plans to announce Monday it will stop issuing …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
America Held Hostage — Six months ago President Obama faced a hostage situation. Republicans threatened to block an extension of middle-class tax cuts unless Mr. Obama gave in and extended tax cuts for the rich too. And the president essentially folded, giving the G.O.P. everything it wanted.
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Geithner tells Congress the US has reached $14.3T debt limit
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Zachary a. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Treasury to tap pensions to help fund government
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Kim Willsher / Guardian:
Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces further claim of sexual assault — Socialist party official says her daughter was left traumatised after alleged attack by Strauss-Kahn in 2002 — By this time next year, Dominique Strauss-Kahn might well have been president of France.
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New York Post:
French gals burned by pol ‘in heat’ — He's un animal. — IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn acted like a “chimpanzee in heat” during a creepy previous grab-and-grope with a French journalist — an incident with eerie similarities to his alleged attack on a Manhattan hotel maid Saturday, according to an explosive interview.
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Kim Willsher / Guardian:
Dominique Strauss-Kahn to face fresh sex assault complaint
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Paul Krugman:
What's In A Name? — Urk. Politico: … It's not misleading! I know that serious people are supposed to be shocked, shocked at the Democrats calling the Ryan plan a plan to dismantle Medicare — but that's just what it is. If you replace a system that actually pays seniors' medical bills …
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David Carr / New York Times:
How Drudge Has Stayed on Top
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Game change: Battleground Poll finds Obama immune on economy: 72% personal support …
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Washington Monthly and Paul Krugman
Bill Carter / New York Times:
Gay CNN Anchor Sees Risk in Book — Don Lemon, the weekend prime-time anchor for CNN, was on the air on Sunday night this month when the news broke that President Obama would address the nation at the unusual hour of 10:30 p.m. — By the time the news network was confirming the reports …
Andy Barr / The Politico:
President Obama polls well despite jobs fears — Despite widespread disapproval of Barack Obama's handling of the economy, more than half of Americans approve of the president and are open to reelecting him. — The economy and government spending stand as the dominant issues on the minds …
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The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos, Don Surber, The Page and Taylor Marsh
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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Trump has no chance of being prez, Americans say
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The Politico and Mediaite
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sizing Up Iowa Without Huckabee — Mike Huckabee's decision not to run for president in 2012 may be the most consequential event of the Republican primary campaign so far. And nowhere will that impact be felt more than in Iowa, where Mr. Huckabee won the caucuses in 2008.
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Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:
Romney's Path — With the field clarifying, Mitt Romney's interests …
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Eunomia, AmSpecBlog, Outside the Beltway and GOP 12
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Nursing Homes Seek Exemptions From Health Law — WASHINGTON — It is an oddity of American health care: Many nursing homes and home care agencies do not provide health insurance to their workers, or they pay wages so low that employees cannot afford the coverage that is offered. — The numbers are stark.
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Tim Collie / NewsMax.com:
Gingrich Backs Obamacare's Individual Mandate Requiring Health Insurance
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Herman Cain sounds off on race, a debate win, and the need to simplify government — Chief Political Correspondent Follow Him @ByronYork — STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. - Herman Cain's handsome glass-walled office overlooks the first fairway of the Eagle's Landing Country Club in this exurb of Atlanta …
Stuart Rothenberg / The Rothenberg Political Report:
New York 26: Move to Toss-Up/Tilt Democratic — With a week to go until the May 24 special election in New York's open 26th C.D., Democrat Kathy Hochul now looks well-positioned to pull off a significant upset. — Both parties agree that the race remains close - “within the margin of error” …
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