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Sen. Scott Brown / The Politico:
Why I don't back Ryan Medicare plan — As part of the 2012 budget discussions, Congress is dealing with Medicare reform. This debate is long overdue, since its increasing cost must be addressed if we are serious about the nation's growing $14 trillion debt and $1.6 trillion annual deficit.
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The Politico:
Republicans ignored warnings on Paul Ryan plan — It might be a political time bomb — that's what GOP pollsters warned as House Republicans prepared for the April 15 vote on Rep. Paul Ryan's proposed budget, with its plan to dramatically remake Medicare. — No matter how favorably pollsters …
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Cantor nudges Rep. Ryan to jump into 2012 White House race — Count House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) as one top Republican who'd like to see Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) jump into the presidential race. — Cantor responded immediately when asked Monday whether Ryan …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker says Sen. Scott Brown ‘should be ashamed of himself’
GOP lawmaker says Sen. Scott Brown ‘should be ashamed of himself’
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
“The Tea Party itch has not been scratched”: How the Ryan plan went down
“The Tea Party itch has not been scratched”: How the Ryan plan went down
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Boehner, The Debt Ceiling, And The Young Guns Of August
Boehner, The Debt Ceiling, And The Young Guns Of August
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
What GOP leaders were thinking on Medicare
What GOP leaders were thinking on Medicare
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Crooks and Liars
Wall Street Journal:
Republicans and Mediscare — Paul Ryan's GOP critics are ObamaCare's best friends.
Republicans and Mediscare — Paul Ryan's GOP critics are ObamaCare's best friends.
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John Cole / Balloon Juice:
Things Done Changed
Things Done Changed
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court orders California to release tens of thousands of prison inmates — The 5-4 decision represents one of the largest prison release orders in U.S. history. The court majority says overcrowding has caused ‘suffering and death.’ In a sharp dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia warns ‘terrible things are sure to happen.’
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Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Not the whole truth in Pawlenty claims — WASHINGTON (AP) — “Truth” was Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's buzzword Monday when he announced his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. He said he will tell the truth about hard choices facing the nation while others …
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Kendra Marr / The Politico:
Pawlenty: ‘We may lose our country’
Pawlenty: ‘We may lose our country’
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Pawlenty Campaign Already Dead?
Pawlenty Campaign Already Dead?
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Pawlenty In Iowa: Phase Out Ethanol Subsidies
Pawlenty In Iowa: Phase Out Ethanol Subsidies
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Tim Pawlenty bets on boldness
Tim Pawlenty bets on boldness
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Daily Mail:
Codename ‘smart alec’: British police label Obama with ‘mildly offensive’ Punjabi word for visit to UK — More than one person has wanted to call Barack Obama a ‘smart alec’, and now British police will get the chance to do so without getting reprimanded. — That's because Scotland Yard …
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Daily Mail:
The best-protected car in the world... defeated by an Irish ramp: Obama's limo ‘The Beast’ gets stuck at U.S. Embassy — Red faces all round as President and First Lady forced to swap vehicles for trip to ancestral home — It's supposed to protect him from terror attacks but President Barack Obama …
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Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Strauss-Kahn Told Maid 'Don't You Know Who I Am?' During Alleged Sex Attack — Dominique Strauss-Kahn told a New York City hotel maid, “Don't you know who I am! Don't you know who I am?” while pinning her down during the alleged sexual assault, law enforcement sources close to the investigation told FoxNews.com.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn / Telegraph:
DNA samples confirm sperm traces on maid's dress — DNA samples taken in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case have confirmed traces of sperm on the maid's dress, according to reports. — Mr Strauss-Kahn has been indicted on seven charges. If he is convicted, he would face up to 25 years in prison
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Biden tells donors: Keep me in mind for 2016 — Vice President Joe Biden surprised a gathering of donors in Cincinnati last week when he floated the prospect of his succeeding President Barack Obama in the White House. — Biden, who started in the Senate young and would be just 70 in 2012 …
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Wisconsin Orders Recall Election For Three GOP State Senators — Despite massive protests, procedural obstacles, and restraining orders, the Wisconsin GOP hustled Gov. Scott Walker's (R) anti-union bill into law in March. Now, they're paying a steep political price.
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Still Split Along “Pro-Choice,” “Pro-Life” Lines — Majorities believe abortion is morally wrong, legal access to it should be restricted — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans are closely divided between those calling themselves “pro-choice” and those who are “pro-life,” now 49% and 45% …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Special Election Warrants Caution for Forecasters — and for Republicans — Two new polls of Tuesday's special election in New York's upstate 26th Congressional District show similar results — and both suggest that the Democrat, Kathy Hochul, is the slight favorite in the traditionally Republican-leaning district.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Hochul continues to lead in NY-26
Hochul continues to lead in NY-26
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Jerry Zremski / Politics Now:
Bill Clinton, Chris Christie calling NY26 voters
Bill Clinton, Chris Christie calling NY26 voters
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USA Today and The Daily Caller
Steven Levingston / Washington Post:
‘Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin,’ by former staffer Frank Bailey — By Frank Bailey with Ken Morris & Jeanne Devon — Howard. 383 pp. $26 — Frank Bailey joined Sarah Palin's campaign for governor of Alaska in its earliest days, showing up at her shabby headquarters in Anchorage with a paintbrush …
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
The Next President Isn't Currently Running (Updated) — There's no GOP operative for whom I have higher regard than former RNC chair and senior Bush advisor Ed Gillespie. He deserves to be taken seriously when he says (according to Politico): “For all intents and purposes, the field is set.
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AccuWeather.com:
More Severe Weather Expected Today — The area will have little time to clean up as another round of severe weather is expected again today. — A complex of severe thunderstorms tracked across Joplin and southwestern Missouri this morning producing gusty winds and hail.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Kucinich, Losing District, Looks Very Far Afield — SEATTLE — Representative Dennis Kucinich, the liberal Democrat from Cleveland, was a long way from home — 2,000 miles give or take. But he found plenty of political admirers in this stronghold of progressive political thought.
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Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:
Bibi Netanyahu's Victory — To further the weekend pushback against the idea that Bibi Netanyahu is somehow blundering by showing Barack Obama the back of his hand, read this article in the Hill: … It's noteworthy that these attacks not only involve misrepresenting what Obama said …
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