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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
DNC chairwoman doesn't drive American — The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) appears to drive a foreign car, despite criticizing Republican presidential candidates for supposedly favoring foreign auto manufacturers. — Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) …
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
DNC chairwoman supports U.S. auto industry so much she owns a Japanese car — Oh, how embarrassing. — Like roll-up-the-tinted-windows-and-slouch- down-in-your-seat embarrassing. — The new chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee was criticizing Republicans who opposed President Obama's bailout …
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The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, The Hill and Nice Deb
Paul Bedard / US News:
New DNC Boss Calls GOP ‘Anti-Women’ — In an emotional assault on the Republicans, new Democratic Party Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Shultz today called the GOP agenda “anti-women” and “a war on women” that will backfire on Republicans in the 2012 election and provide a cushion for President Obama's re-election bid.
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Weasel Zippers and National Review
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
DNC Chair: Republicans Are Waging a ‘War on Women’
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LifeNews.com, TPMDC and AmSpecBlog
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Medicare and Mediscares — Yes, Paul Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, is a sore loser. Why do you ask? — To be sure, Mr. Ryan had reason to be upset after Tuesday's special election in New York's 26th Congressional District. It's a very conservative district …
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Matt Miller / Washington Post:
Wait! Paul Ryan has a point
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The Incidental Economist and Firedoglake
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Clinton walks back debt remarks
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The Note:
Mitt Romney Sends Leftover Pizza to Obama Chicago HQ — ABC's Emily Friedman (@abcemily) reports: After spending the day in Chicago fundraising, Mitt Romney sat down with small business owners at Gino's East, a pizza joint famous for their deep-dish pizza. — Not wanting any of the leftover slices …
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CNN, Outside the Beltway and New York Magazine
The Note:
Obama Won't Personally Sign Patriot Act Extension — ABC News' Matthew Jaffe (@jaffematt) and Devin Dwyer (@devindwyer) report: Congress officially passed an extension of the Patriot Act tonight, just hours before key provisions of the national security law were due to lapse at midnight.
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Julian Sanchez / Cato @ Liberty:
Manufactured Panic over Patriot Act
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Emptywheel, Danger Room, Weigel, Eschaton and Salon
Bloomberg:
U.S. Congress Passes Extension of Patriot Act Wiretap Power
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Outside the Beltway, The Moderate Voice and Danger Room
Scott Wong / The Politico:
Patriot Act clears House, Senate
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CNN, Ballot Box and The Note
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
State of Uncertainty for Romney Camp as It Looks to Iowa — URBANDALE, Iowa — At this point four years ago, Mitt Romney's television commercials had been running here for 13 weeks. His campaign headquarters, bustling with activity, provided one of the best jobs around for Republican operatives.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Palin creates buzz but rivals bet she won't run
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Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Romney, Palin lead in new GOP poll, Herman Cain not far behind
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Crooks and Liars, Gallup, FiveThirtyEight, CBS News and ThinkProgress
Brendan Greeley / Business Week:
Tyler Cowen, America's Hottest Economist — The George Mason University professor has written a bestseller, The Great Stagnation, keeps an influential blog, and reads way too many books — Tyler Cowen sits with a cranberry juice and a pile of books he no longer intends to read.
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Outside the Beltway and The Moderate Voice
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House defeats effort to scale down Afghan war in close 204-215 vote — The House on Thursday narrowly shot down an amendment to scale back military operations in Afghanistan. — In a close 204-215 vote, the House rejected a bipartisan amendment from Reps. James McGovern (D-Mass.) …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Allen West Suggests Anti-War Congressmen Should ‘Get Shot At A Few Times’
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
What Obama did to Israel — Every Arab-Israeli negotiation contains a fundamental asymmetry: Israel gives up land, which is tangible; the Arabs make promises, which are ephemeral. The long-standing American solution has been to nonetheless urge Israel to take risks for peace …
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The Hill:
GOP forces Senate pro-forma session, blocking Warren recess appointment — GOP opposition is preventing the Senate from completely adjourning for the Memorial Day recess. — GOP opposition is preventing the Senate from completely adjourning for the Memorial Day recess.
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ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, naked capitalism, Pajamas Media and The Lonely Conservative
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
In 2012 campaigns, spoilers from the Tea Party worry GOP — The Democrats' upset victory in New York's special election Tuesday shows that Tea Party candidates could prevent Republicans from winning the White House and Senate, GOP senators say. — Political analysts interpret Kathy Hochul's …
B. Daniel Blatt / GayPatriot:
Barney admits helping his partner get a job at Fannie Mae in 1990s — Back in the George W. Bush era, Barney Frank, either in his role as a senior member or Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, was one of the Congress's biggest cheerleaders for Fannie Mae, the Government Sponsored Enterprise …
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POWIP, JammieWearingFool and Boston Herald
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Patricia Sellers / Fortune:
Mark Zuckerberg's new challenge: Eating only what he kills (and yes, we do mean literally...) — Last year Mark Zuckerberg set out to learn Chinese. Now he's determined to get in touch with his food. If the goats, lobsters and chickens of Silicon Valley aren't trembling, they should be.
Aharding / CNN:
Pawlenty spins low poll numbers — (CNN) - Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty said he sees his low national poll numbers as an opportunity for his candidacy. — “I like the fact that these folks who are established, well known and yet and there's no real favorite in the face …
James Zilenziger / CNSNews:
$500 Million Obama Administration Program Will Help Kids ‘Sit Still’ in Kindergarten — (CNSNews.com) - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told CNSNews.com on Wednesday that the administration's new $500 million early learning initiative is designed to deal with children …
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iOwnTheWorld.com, The Lonely Conservative and Don Surber
Ed Rogers / Washington Post:
Huntsman-Bachmann in 2012! — Former governor and ambassador Jon Huntsman is an articulate, attractive, cerebral, urbane internationalist. He's a proven conservative with a reassuring, moderate tone and a model family. His vast experience in state and federal government …
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The Politico, Pirate's Cove and The Daily Caller
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Economy Is Wavering. Does Washington Notice? — The latest economic numbers have not been good. Jobless claims rose last week, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Another report showed that economic growth at the start of the year was no faster than the Commerce Department initially reported …
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