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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Obama elaborates on '67 lines — President Obama is telling AIPAC at the moment that he expected the controversy over his comments Thursday on the 1967 lines, and elaborates: … The tension here is that while Obama advanced the new framework out of “urgency” — and while perhaps …
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Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
GOP Contender Herman Cain Demonstrates Clueslessness On Middle East Policy, Confused By ‘Right Of Return’ — Former pizza executive Herman Cain announced on Saturday in Atlanta that he is “running for the president of the United States, and I'm not running for second.”
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San Francisco Chronicle, NEWS.com.au and Outside the Beltway
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Obama reiterates call for 1967 borders as ‘foundation’ for talks — Facing criticism about his Middle East peace proposal, President Obama on Sunday reiterated his recent call to base negotiations for a Palestinian state on Israel's 1967 borders. — The president was quick …
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Washington Post, Taylor Marsh and FrumForum
Imtiyaz Delawala / ABCNEWS:
King Abdullah and George Mitchell: Tough Road Ahead for Mideast Peace — King Abdullah II of Jordan, a key American ally and advocate of the Middle East peace process, says he does not have much hope for progress on negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians in the coming months.
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The Note:
Sarah Palin Slams Obama on Israel, Wants ‘Redneck Woman’ to Be Her Ringtone — ABC News' Sheila Marikar reports: In a Fox News appearance Saturday night, Sarah Palin slammed President Barack Obama's Middle East speech and revealed that she'd like to change her cell phone ringtone to Gretchen Wilson's “Redneck Woman.”
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The Gateway Pundit and Scared Monkeys
Haaretz:
Erekat: Netanyahu must accept Obama peace guidelines for talks to resume — Chief negotiator Palestinians share the same principles laid out by U.S. President, including 1967 borders as basis for future Palestinian state. — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must accept U.S. President Obama's vision …
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Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
Daniel Leblanc / Globe and Mail:
Ottawa won't back Obama's Mideast peace proposal
Ottawa won't back Obama's Mideast peace proposal
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The Jawa Report, Weasel Zippers, Maggie's Farm, Israel Matzav, HotAirPundit and FrumForum
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Mitchell: Obama's stance on 1967 border does not threaten Israel
Eric Johnson / Reuters:
Top Jewish Americans ponder support for Obama
Top Jewish Americans ponder support for Obama
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Los Angeles Times, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and Israel Matzav
Guardian:
Obama wants Cameron to back Palestinian state with pre-1967 borders
Obama wants Cameron to back Palestinian state with pre-1967 borders
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Weasel Zippers and HotAirPundit
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Bibi-Barack Chess Game
The Bibi-Barack Chess Game
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Salon, The only adult in the room and Taylor Marsh
Dore Gold / Wall Street Journal:
Israel's 1967 Borders Aren't Defensible
Israel's 1967 Borders Aren't Defensible
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Israel Matzav and New York Times
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Mitch Daniels won't run in 2012 — Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels told supporters in a midnight email early Sunday that he is opting against a 2012 presidential run, a decision that he said ultimately came down to family concerns. — The decision by the former political operative and favorite …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Mitch Daniels won't run for president in 2012 — Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels won't run for president in 2012. (AP Photo/South Bend Tribune, Greg Swiercz)Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels won't seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, a decision that could well throw the field open to other late entrants.
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
With Mitch Daniels out, GOP looking for new 2012 option — Mitch Daniels's overnight decision against a presidential bid will immediately raise the volume on the low-hum grumbling among Republican insiders that they're gearing up to face President Obama with the weakest primary field in recent memory.
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FiveThirtyEight, The Page and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Daniels Decides Against Republican Presidential Bid
Daniels Decides Against Republican Presidential Bid
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Yglesias, A plain blog about politics, Hit & Run, RedState, Connecting.the.Dots and Freedom's Lighthouse
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Daniels bows out, will skip 2012 race
The Note:
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels Chooses NOT to Run
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels Chooses NOT to Run
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Indianapolis Star, Democracy in America and Ben Smith's Blog
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Horton's ghost haunts GOP field
Horton's ghost haunts GOP field
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Right Wing News, The Caucus and Booman Tribune
Jacob Weisberg / Slate Magazine:
Fantasy Island — Are Republicans losing their grip on reality? — At a press conference last week, someone asked Chris Christie for his views on evolution vs. creationism. “That's none of your business,” the New Jersey governor barked in response. — This minor incident …
Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:
Harassment Incentives — Penelope Trunk: … On the other hand, Steven Greenhouse reports that various kinds of harassment and assault of hotel maids are extremely common. Is it true, after all, that a maid has “nothing to lose”? Perhaps that would be true if the economy operated at a permanent full-employment state.
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Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality … and New York Times
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blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
The Rapture aside, America's evangelical Christians deserve a little respect — Last week I went to a small evangelical church in West Los Angeles to test the mood pre-Rapture. This particular congregation did not buy the prediction by Christian broadcaster Harold Camping that the End was now …
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Dean's World, Guardian, driftglass and L.A. NOW
Joel Rubin / Los Angeles Times:
Suspect in Dodger Stadium beating of Bryan Stow is in custody — Police this morning took into custody one of two men suspected in the opening-day beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow. — In the aftermath of the beating at Dodger Stadium, sketches of the suspects were placed on billboards in the L.A. area.
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The Moderate Voice, L.A. NOW and TMZ.com