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Rob Bluey / The Heritage Foundation:
Conservative Nabs Naming Rights to ‘American Jobs Act’ After Obama Delay — President Obama repeatedly asked members of Congress to pass the American Jobs Act last week. But when no Democrat filed Obama's bill after he presented it to Congress, a conservative congressman swiped the name for his own legislation.
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Julianna Goldman / Bloomberg:
Obama Approval Plummets on Jobs Plan: Poll — A majority of Americans don't believe President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs plan will help lower the unemployment rate, skepticism he must overcome as he presses Congress for action and positions himself for re- election.
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Obama: 'If you love me, you've got to help me pass this bill' — Obama promoted his jobs bill in North Carolina on Wednesday, the third stop on what White House press secretary Jay Carney has called a “campaign” for jobs. — Not for the first time, Obama called back to an audience member who shouted …
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Hill Dems pick apart Obama jobs plan — President Barack Obama's new jobs plan is hitting some unexpected turbulence in the halls of Congress: lawmakers from his own party. — As he demands Congress quickly approve his ambitious proposal aimed at reviving the sagging economy …
Financial Times:
Obama to propose Medicare and Medicaid cuts
Obama to propose Medicare and Medicaid cuts
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Elizabeth Flock / Washington Post:
Attack Watch, new Obama campaign site to ‘fight smears,’ becomes laughing stock of the Internet — As the 2012 presidential campaign heats up, President Obama's campaign team has set up a new Web site, AttackWatch.com, to challenge negative statements about the president made by Republican presidential candidates and conservatives.
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Michelle Malkin:
Attaaaaack Waaaaaaatch; Update: The laughter continues — This is simply brilliant. — Ezra Dulis and Misfit Politics with Brandon Morse cranked out a quick, hilarious rejoinder to Obama's 4th Brigade of Snitch. — Humor is always the best revenge. — Watch Attaaaaack Waaaaaatch. YouTube gold:
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National Enquirer:
WORLD EXCLUSIVE! SARAH PALIN BOMBSHELL BOOK SHOCKING CLAIMS! — In a bombshell NATIONAL ENQUIRER world exclusive, the new issue of The ENQUIRER hitting newsstands today breaks major news on SARAH PALIN and her husband TODD, according to a new book. — Publishing sources familiar …
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Jack Dickey / Deadspin:
New Biography Claims Sarah Palin Had A One-Night Stand With Glen Rice In 1987 — The National Enquirer grabbed some details from the upcoming Joe McGinniss Sarah Palin book, and this chunk is too delightful not to share with you immediately. Apparently Palin had a fling …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Ridiculous NY-09 spin: “It's a very difficult district for Democrats” — Republicans won two House seats in a special election last night. One, in Nevada, had been a relatively safe district, and Republican Mark Amodei cruised to victory over Democrat Kate Marshall as expected.
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Michael Barone / Campaign 2012:
New York 9: Stunning Repudiation of Chuck Schumer
New York 9: Stunning Repudiation of Chuck Schumer
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The Politico:
Twin defeats spark Democratic fears
Twin defeats spark Democratic fears
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David Seifman / New York Post:
Disaster looms for O in 2012 — Republican Bob Turner's victory …
Disaster looms for O in 2012 — Republican Bob Turner's victory …
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Seth Abramovitch / Gawker:
Ron Paul's Campaign Manager Died of Pneumonia, Penniless and Uninsured — At CNN's Tea Party-indulging debate on Monday, Ron Paul, a medical doctor, faced a pointed line of questioning from Wolf Blitzer regarding the case of an uninsured young man who suddenly found himself in dire need of intensive health care.
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Gosh, Could Obamacare Be Working? — Need a reason to believe the Affordable Care Act is starting to work? The Census Bureau just gave you a half million of them. — That's how many young adults had health insurance in 2010, as compared to 2009, according to the official estimates.
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Perry knocks Bachmann's HPV story — RICHMOND, Va. - Rick Perry criticized Michele Bachmann Wednesday for relaying the story of a woman who claimed her daughter became mentally retarded after being vaccinated against HPV. — “I think that was a statement that had no truth in it …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Is It Weird Enough Yet?
Is It Weird Enough Yet?
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Nick Baumann / Mother Jones:
The GOP's Genius Plan to Beat Obama in 2012 — If Pennsylvania Republicans and their buddies in other states execute a plan to change election rules, Obama has a one-way ticket to Losertown. — Post Comment — Republican state legislators in Pennsylvania are pushing a scheme that …
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ABCNEWS:
Solyndra Loan: Now Treasury Dept. Is Launching Investigation — The Treasury Department's inspector general has opened a new front in the investigation of the government loan to Solyndra, the now bankrupt company that had been touted as a model of President Obama's ambitious green energy program …
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Republican State Legislators Can Win The 2012 Election Tomorrow If They Want To — “Pennsylvania Ponders Bold Democrat-Screwing Electoral Plan” is Dave Weigel's brilliant headline for a proposal pending in the PA state legislature. The way this would work is for Pennsylvania …
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David Weigel / Slate:
Pennsylvania Ponders Bold Democrat-Screwing Electoral Plan
Pennsylvania Ponders Bold Democrat-Screwing Electoral Plan
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Mariano Castillo / CNN:
Bodies hanging from bridge in Mexico are warning to social media users — (CNN) — Social media users who denounce drug cartel activities along the Mexican border received a brutal warning this week: two mangled bodies hanging like cuts of meat from a pedestrian bridge.
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Dan Senor / Wall Street Journal:
Why Obama Is Losing the Jewish Vote — He doesn't have a ‘messaging’ problem. He has a record of bad policies and anti-Israel rhetoric. — New York's special congressional election on Tuesday was the first electoral outcome directly affected by President Obama's Israel policy.
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The Politico:
GOP: Python ban squeezes economy — Snakes alive! Giant pythons in the Everglades are the latest focal point in the Hill's partisan squabble over federal regulations that House Republicans say are squeezing the nation's job growth. — At issue is a proposed rule from the Interior Department …
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Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Long-term care plan alarms ignored — WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as leading Democrats offered assurances to the contrary, government experts repeatedly warned that a new long-term care insurance plan could go belly up, saddling taxpayers with another underfunded benefit program …
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Hit & Run, Campaign 2012 and Healthwatch
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Be The Change You Want To See In The World — I got a great email today from a self-described “well-educated, politically literate, 30-something person with a job and a kid” who spends “let's say 45 minutes a day that I spend thinking about politics” and who had a great question:
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Paul Tough / New York Times:
What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? — Dominic Randolph can seem a little out of place at Riverdale Country School — which is odd, because he's the headmaster. Riverdale is one of New York City's most prestigious private schools, with a 104-year-old campus that looks down grandly …