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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.”
The Note:
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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National Review
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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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Firedoglake, The Gateway Pundit, Los Angeles Times and Scared Monkeys
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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Little Green Footballs and Associated Press
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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Marathon Pundit
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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Taylor Marsh and FrumForum
Haaretz:
Erekat: Netanyahu must accept Obama peace guidelines for talks to resume
Erekat: Netanyahu must accept Obama peace guidelines for talks to resume
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Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
Directorblue / Doug Ross:
Obama doubles down: Israel needs to adopt 1967 borders, split itself into two pieces and accept …
Obama doubles down: Israel needs to adopt 1967 borders, split itself into two pieces and accept …
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Lynn Sweet, iOwnTheWorld.com 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, Maggie's Farm, Weasel Zippers, Atlas Shrugs, 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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Salon, No More Mister Nice Blog, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Dish and Israel Matzav
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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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
With Mitch Daniels out, GOP looking for new 2012 option
With Mitch Daniels out, GOP looking for new 2012 option
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The Page, FiveThirtyEight and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Mitch Daniels won't run for president in 2012
Mitch Daniels won't run for president in 2012
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Outside the Beltway, FrumForum, Booman Tribune, Power Line, The Moderate Voice and Althouse
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Daniels Decides Against Republican Presidential Bid
Daniels Decides Against Republican Presidential Bid
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A plain blog about politics, Hit & Run, RedState, Yglesias, Connecting.the.Dots and Freedom's Lighthouse
Tom Hamburger / Los Angeles Times:
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels won't run for president
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels won't run for president
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Associated Press, Mediaite and Towleroad News #gay
Associated Press:
Indiana's Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels rules out run for the White House
Indiana's Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels rules out run for the White House
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Pundit & Pundette, Taylor Marsh and Vox Popoli
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
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Daniels bows out, will skip 2012 race
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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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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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
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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Guardian, Dean's World, driftglass and L.A. NOW
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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Penelope Trunk, Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality … and New York Times