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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Romney Support Up; Widens Advantage in 2012 Preferences — PRINCETON, NJ — Republicans' support for Mitt Romney as their party's 2012 presidential nominee has increased significantly to 24%, compared with 17% in late May. As a result, Romney has widened his advantage over Sarah Palin …
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Z. Byron Wolf / ABCNEWS:
GOP Debate: What to Watch for in New Hampshire — The stage is set for the first major Republican presidential debate of the 2012 season tonight in Manchester, N.H. — and candidates are starting to assume roles. Here is a look at who will be on the stage, who won't, and what to expect.
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: CNN Poll: Romney at top of the GOP field
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Melissa Bell / Washington Post:
‘A Gay Girl in Damascus’ comes clean — In recent days, the world has followed closely the saga of Amina Araff, the blogger who presented herself online as “A Gay Girl in Damascus” and who drew attention with her passionate writings about the Syrian government's crackdown on Arab Spring protesters.
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Amina A. / A Gay Girl in Damascus:
Apology to readers — I never expected this level of attention. While the narrative voce may have been fictional, the facts on ths blog are true and not msleading as to the situation on the ground. I do not believe that I have harmed anyone — I feel that I have created an important voice for issues that I feel strongly about.
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Robert Mackey / The Lede:
‘Gay Girl in Damascus’ Blogger Admits to Writing Fiction Disguised as Fact
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Alison Gendar / NY Daily News:
Rep. Anthony Weiner finally considering he may have to resign amid sexting scandal, says source — WASHINGTON - As a cache of embarrassing new photos appeared Sunday, Rep. Anthony Weiner finally began considering the possibility that he may have to resign. — A source close to the congressman told …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
RNC chair struggles to defend double standard
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Obama Seeks to Win Back Wall St. Cash — WASHINGTON — A few weeks before announcing his re-election campaign, President Obama convened two dozen Wall Street executives, many of them longtime donors, in the White House's Blue Room. — The guests were asked for their thoughts on how to speed …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
F.B.I. Agents Get Leeway to Push Privacy Bounds — WASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is giving significant new powers to its roughly 14,000 agents, allowing them more leeway to search databases, go through household trash or use surveillance teams to scrutinize the lives of people who have attracted their attention.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Medicare Saves Money — Every once in a while a politician comes up with an idea that's so bad, so wrongheaded, that you're almost grateful. For really bad ideas can help illustrate the extent to which policy discourse has gone off the rails. — And so it was with Senator Joseph Lieberman's proposal …
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Chronicle of Higher Education:
How educated are state legislators? — The Chronicle has looked at where each of the 7,000-plus state legislators in America went to college - or whether they went at all. In doing so, we got a glimpse of how the citizens who hold these seats reflect the average American experience.
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Winnie Hu / New York Times:
Many State Legislators Lack College Degrees
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New York Post:
GOP swings both ways on gay-marriage bill — Seven or more Senate Republicans have signaled Gov. Cuomo that they're ready to legalize same-sex marriage, more than enough to put the controversial and historic measure over the top this week, The Post has learned.
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Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:
Late Push for Gay Marriage
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Washington Post:
How to avoid a lost decade — What then is to be done? There is no time for fatalism or for traditional political agendas. The central irony of financial crisis is that while it is caused by too much confidence, borrowing and lending, and spending, it is resolved only by increases in confidence, borrowing and lending, and spending.
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Lawrence Summers / Washington Post:
How to avoid a lost decade
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Reid J. Epstein / Reuters:
Report: States deep in debt, too — It's not just the federal government - the states are broke, too. — The 50 state governments owe more than $1 trillion in unfunded pension contributions and health care obligations to retired public employees, according to an Associated Press survey of state-level budget data.
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Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
U.S. pressuring Netanyahu to accept Obama's peace plan — Israeli source says Americans frustrated with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for hampering U.S. efforts to stop Palestinians trying UN route to statehood in September. — Washington is pressuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …
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Paul Richter / Los Angeles Times:
Missing Iraq money may have been stolen, auditors say — U.S. Defense officials still cannot say what happened to $6.6 billion, sent by the planeload in cash and intended for Iraq's reconstruction after the start of the war. — Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Beverly Hills, pictured last month, has held hearings on waste and fraud in Iraq.
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Tim Unruh / saljournal.com:
Dole misses being ‘in the eye’ of politics — RUSSELL — Decades after retiring from office, commanding the U.S. Senate and twice pursuing a promotion to the White House, former Sen. Bob Dole said he still craves politics. — “I miss being in the eye of the storm, trying to work out compromises …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
HILL POLL: Politicians, Congress unethical — and getting worse — More than two-thirds of voters think the ethical standards of politicians have declined over the past generation, and almost as many say Capitol Hill lawmakers are downright unscrupulous, according to the results of a new poll commissioned by The Hill.
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Henry Chu / Los Angeles Times:
British fear ‘American-style’ healthcare system — As leaders debate ways to reform healthcare, politicians repeatedly tell a worried public that Britain will not turn the National Health Service into an ‘American-style’ private system. — British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks …
Wall Street Journal:
How We're Meeting the Job Creation Challenge — The President's Jobs and Competitiveness Council, comprised of 26 private-sector leaders, is developing ideas that will accelerate job growth and improve America's competitiveness. — The U.S. economy is resilient, but the inescapable truth …
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The Daily Caller:
After running pizza chain, Cain says he can make foreign policy decisions — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Is running a pizza chain similar to being commander in chief of the armed forces? — Herman Cain, the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza running for president, said he's suited …
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Anika Anand / msnbc.com:
Affluent black county mired in mortgage mess — Prince George's leads Maryland with highest foreclosure rate — Below: — America's wealthiest black county is in trouble. — Prince George's County, Md., has gained prominence in recent years as the most affluent county in America with a majority African-American population.
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Meg Heckman / Concord Monitor:
Rick Santorum vs. the internet — Candidate grapples with online prank — Staff Photo by Grant Morris Former US Senator from Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum, center, shakes hands with Steve Bickson, Thursday evening, before the start of a Nashua Republican City Committee meeting at The Crown Plaza in Nashua.
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Same-Sex Vote Unlikely in California — SAN FRANCISCO — It was three years ago this month that thousands of gay couples began to wed in California after the state's highest court legalized same-sex marriage, setting off a joyous — if short-lived — period for supporters.
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