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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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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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Proud Day for Obama — Sticks to commitment to policies that will secure Israel's future, even at the expense of opportunistic attacks and political controversy. — Obliquely and with respect to his audience, in his speech to AIPAC today, President Obama also responded …
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Herman Cain Blunders on Palestinian ‘Right of Return’ — ABC News' Sarah Burke reports: — President Obama's renewed Middle East policy was brought into focus for the second time this week in his speech at the AIPAC conference in Washington D.C. today. — Minutes before he appeared at the podium …
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The Atlantic Online:
Netanyahu Continues to Needlessly Alienate — Like many of you, I watched the Prime Minister of Israel publicly lecture the President of the United States on Jewish history with a mixture of shock, amusement and bewilderment. (From the expression on the President's face, I would assume he was mostly feeling annoyance.)
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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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Directorblue / Doug Ross:
Obama doubles down: Israel needs to adopt 1967 borders, split itself into two pieces and accept a contiguous Palestinian state #aipac — Speaking at AIPAC this morning, President Barack Obama reiterated his call for a “sovereign, contiguous Palestinian state” using “1967 borders with mutually-agreed upon swaps”.
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Lynn Sweet, Media Matters for America, theblogprof, iOwnTheWorld.com and The Gateway Pundit
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, The Gateway Pundit and Daled Amos
Washington Wire:
Transcript of Obama's Remarks to AIPAC — Here is the White House transcript of President Barack Obama's remarks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference: — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Thank you very much. (Applause.) Good morning. Thank you. Thank you so much.
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Meryl Yourish / Yourish.com:
Live-blogging Obama at AIPAC
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Commentary Magazine, Maggie's Farm and Power Line
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Obama reiterates call for 1967 borders as ‘foundation’ for talks
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Taylor Marsh and FrumForum
Imtiyaz Delawala / ABCNEWS:
King Abdullah and George Mitchell: Tough Road Ahead for Mideast Peace
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Guardian:
Obama wants Cameron to back Palestinian state with pre-1967 borders
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The Elephant in the Green Room — The circus Roger Ailes created at Fox News made his network $900 million last year. But it may have lost him something more important: the next election. — On Monday afternoon, March 28, Fox News chairman Roger Ailes summoned Glenn Beck to a meeting …
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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
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
With Mitch Daniels out, GOP looking for new 2012 option
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Tom Hamburger / Los Angeles Times:
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels won't run for president
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Daniels Decides Against Republican Presidential Bid
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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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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Carter: I'm the superior former President — Guess which former President is Jimmy Carter's favorite? Three guesses: … Apparently, even Carter realized a little later how bad that sounded. He contacted NBC to amend his remarks to say that his role with a non-profit organization gave him “superior opportunities to do good.”
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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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