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Palin fires shot at Romney at Bunker Hill — By NBC's Shawna Thomas, Alex Moe, and Mark Murray — In remarks made at Bunker Hill in Massachusetts — of all places — Sarah Palin fired a shot at Mitt Romney over the health-care mandate that Romney signed into law in the state in 2006.
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Associated Press:
Romney opens presidential bid challenging Obama — STRATHAM, N.H. (AP) — Just as Mitt Romney declared Thursday that he's in, it's suddenly looking like he'll have more company in his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. — While Romney made his candidacy official in New Hampshire …
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Romney Makes Official His Run for President — Mitt Romney announced that he is formally entering the race for the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday. — 2:17 p.m. | Updated STRATHAM, N.H. — Declaring America to be broken, Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Someday, Romney will pick a persona and stick with it — Any minute now, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) will stand on a New Hampshire stage and launch his second presidential campaign, following a third-place finish in 2008. He'll have a hard-hitting message to share, which we certainly haven't heard from Romney before.
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Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
Why Going Rogue Won't Work — Sarah Palin is dominating the political conversation. But if she really wants to be president, she's going about it all wrong. — Even before donning biker leather and mounting a Harley-Davidson for a motorcycle rally in Washington last weekend …
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Palin attacks Romney's record on his announcement day
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James Oliphant / Los Angeles Times:
Sarah Palin to collide with Mitt Romney rollout in New Hampshire
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney, Palin lead the way
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Romney will say Obama ‘has failed America’ in 2012 launch speech
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Palin: Timing of New Hampshire visit ‘coincidental’
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's strange counting of pages to distinguish ‘Romneycare’ from ‘Obamacare’
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Employment Data May Be the Key to the President's Job — WASHINGTON — No American president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has won a second term in office when the unemployment rate on Election Day topped 7.2 percent. — Seventeen months before the next election, it is increasingly clear …
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Nile Gardiner / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Why Barack Obama may be heading for electoral disaster in 2012 — On a recent visit to London I was struck by how much faith many British politicians, journalists and political advisers have in Barack Obama being re-elected in 2012. In the aftermath of the hugely successful Special Forces operation …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Presidents, unemployment rates, and context
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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
GOP drafts alternative Libya resolution — House GOP leaders have scheduled a vote on Friday on U.S. participation in the NATO-led effort to topple Muammar Qadhafi, but what lawmakers will be voting on is still unclear. — Top House Republicans are drafting an alternative proposal …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Making the hostage strategy explicit
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
The Lame Justification For Debt Ceiling Hostage-Taking
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Los Angeles Times:
President Obama, House Republicans meet on debt ceiling
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Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Obama, Paul Ryan clash in White House meeting on debt
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The Smoking Gun:
The Wolfe At Anthony Weiner's Front Door — Paranoid Twitter mystery man fears pol's “Clinton connections” … The prescient Twitter provocateur who, weeks ago, somehow divined that a lewd photo scandal was looming for Rep. Anthony Weiner claims he is fearful that his leading role in …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
GOP's Cantor urges Weiner to ‘come clean’ on controversy
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Abramson to Replace Keller as The Times's Executive Editor — Jill Abramson, a former investigative reporter and Washington bureau chief for The New York Times, will become the paper's executive editor, succeeding Bill Keller, who is stepping down to become a full-time writer for the paper.
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Exclusive: Glenn Beck's Last Day On Fox News Will Be June 30th — Mediaite has learned that Glenn Beck's last day on Fox News is currently scheduled to be June 30th. Fox News has confirmed this information to Mediaite. — In the past month, ratings for Beck's ratings saw a double digit decline …
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Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
The Curious Case Of Hayley Williams — WeinerGate has hit, and I do use this term advisedly, the decadent phase, where people are just trying to outclever each other with outre and novel theories of the case. Even among conservatives, or those who initially doubted Rep. Weiner's bizarre story …
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Caleb Howe / RedState:
Case Closed? Leftblog Claims Definitive Proof Weiner Was Framed.
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Carolyn Hax / Washington Post:
Listen up, fellas: Naked man-parts? Not so sexy. — A general note for men: — Over the weekend, it was revealed that Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), or someone pretending to be Weiner, allegedly sent a photo of his bulging briefs to one of his Twitter followers.
Sarah Laskow / TAPPED:
Putting a Value on Wild Lands — Near the end of 2010, the Interior Department tried to revive the idea that keeping public lands wild might serve the public interest. But House Republicans have made quick work of that idea. They defunded the policy in April, and although the Obama administration …
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The Official Google Blog:
Ensuring your information is safe online — The Internet has been an amazing force for good in the world—opening up communications, boosting economic growth and promoting free expression. But like all technologies, it can also be used for bad things. Today, despite the efforts …
Observer:
Global war on drugs has ‘failed’ say former leaders — Opiate use increased by 35% worldwide from 1998-2008, in spite of anti-drug efforts — The global war on drugs has “failed” according to a new report by group of politicians and former world leaders.
Townhall.com:
Steve Breen Political Cartoons — Townhall Cartoons Steve Breen — Stephen Paul Breen (born April 26, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is a nationally syndicated cartoonist. He twice won the Pulitzer Prize, in 1998 and 2009. — He graduated from Huntington Beach High School in 1988 …
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New Jersey Online:
Christie refuses to reimburse N.J. for traveling by helicopter to see son's baseball game — TRENTON — Facing broad criticism for flying by helicopter to watch his son's high school baseball game in Bergen County, Gov. Chris Christie refused today to refund the state for Tuesday's $2,500-an-hour flight.
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
O'Donnell: FEC complaint dismissed — Former Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell says the Federal Elections Commission has dropped a campaign finance complaint filed against her last year by the state's Republican Party. — O'Donnell's attorney, Cleta Mitchell …
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Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
Gov. Christie Thinks A Family Making $6,000 A Year Is Too Rich To Qualify For Medicaid — Despite recent polls that show Americans are just as protective of Medicaid as they are of Medicare, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is trying to gut the popular program in his state and prevent 23,000 people from receiving benefits.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Other Options For Reducing Health Costs: All-Payer Rate Setting — Austin Frakt argues that the Affordable Care Act's investment in Affordable Care Organizations (ACO) — which proponents believe would help improve care coordination — could increase the market power of hospitals and doctors …
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