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Medical help for illegal immigrants could haunt Mitt Romney — On the Republican campaign trail, he derides any such public aid. But the healthcare law he signed as Massachusetts governor allows it. — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney sharply criticizes public aid for illegal immigrants.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Rick Perry=Rick Scott?
Rick Perry=Rick Scott?
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
What to expect from a Romney budget
What to expect from a Romney budget
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Romney blames successor for illegal immigrant health care
Romney blames successor for illegal immigrant health care
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
What ‘Romneycare’ offers undocumented immigrants
What ‘Romneycare’ offers undocumented immigrants
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Karl Rove sticks a fork in Herman Cain — The Republican super-strategist pulls out a whiteboard on Fox News to tick off Herman Cain's self-destructive mistakes, concluding: “I think it has created an image of him as not being up to this task. That's really deadly.” — More on POLITICO
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The Mystery of the Missing Presidential Campaign: Cain Operation MIA in Key States — Republican Presidential candidate Herman Cain appears on “Meet the Press” Oct. 16, 2011 in Washington. — In early October, as Herman Cain caught fire in national polls and began to climb into the first tier …
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Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Cain: Rove deliberately talking down my campaign
Cain: Rove deliberately talking down my campaign
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CNN:
Wall Street discontent high but Occupy Wall Street largely unknown — (CNN) - Although most Americans don't trust Wall Street, that hasn't translated into full support -or understanding- of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Despite large majorities who think that Wall Street bankers are greedy …
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Brad Hamilton / New York Post:
Shootings way up in two weeks — Bullets are flying over Broadway — and everywhere else in the city. — The number of people shot surged 154 percent two weeks ago — to 56 from 22 over the same week last year — and spiked 28 percent in the last month. — Last week tallied another increase …
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Nurses Condemn Chicago Mayor Emanuel for Arrest Of Nurses, Medical Volunteers at Occupy Chicago
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Occupy Cuomo — Fred Dicker reports that Andrew Cuomo …
Occupy Cuomo — Fred Dicker reports that Andrew Cuomo …
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Santorum: Because Of Obama, We've ‘Lost The War In Iraq’ — Last Friday, President Obama announced a total troop withdrawal from Iraq at the end of year to signify that “after nine years, America's war in Iraq will be over.” Naturally, the 2012 GOP presidential field took this historic opportunity …
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Key general: Iraq pullout plan a ‘disaster’
Key general: Iraq pullout plan a ‘disaster’
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The great gamble of Iraq 2012, what to read about post-surge Iraq, and a new book of Saddam Hussein's transcripts
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
WikiLeaks cables and the Iraq War
WikiLeaks cables and the Iraq War
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Obama to announce actions on housing, student loans — (Reuters) - President Barack Obama this week will announce a series of actions to help the economy that will not require congressional approval, including an initiative to make it easier for homeowners to refinance their mortgages, according to a White House official.
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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Jobs Plan Stalled, Obama to Try New Economic Drive
Jobs Plan Stalled, Obama to Try New Economic Drive
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Dennis Hoey / Portland Press-Herald:
Chemical bomb tossed into Occupy Maine encampment — PORTLAND — Portland police are looking for the person who threw a chemical bomb at the Occupy Maine encampment in Portland during the early morning hours today. — Sgt. Glen McGary said police responded around 4 a.m. today to an explosion …
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The Outsider — In an exclusive interview, Raj Rajaratnam reveals his surprising motivations—and the reasons he didn't take a plea that could have saved him from 11 years in jail. — It was 6 a.m. on Oct. 16, 2009, and Raj Rajaratnam, head of the Galleon Group hedge fund …
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Cain, Gingrich Set to Spar — A group of tea-party activists in Texas will host a “modified Lincoln-Douglas debate” between Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich next month. — Bill O'Sullivan, the treasurer of Texas Tea Party Patriots, tells National Review Online that both candidates have confirmed …
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Newt's Resurrection? — In June, after his top advisers bolted …
Newt's Resurrection? — In June, after his top advisers bolted …
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Yes, the GOP Just Might Nominate a Candidate Patently Unqualified to Be President — Herman Cain's recent stumbles over substantive issues have a way of making Rick Perry seem like the Stephen Hawking of politics. In the midst of a softball CNN interview last week, he appeared to abandon his no-exceptions anti-abortion stance.
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Booman Tribune and Don Surber
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Would Swap Electoral College for Popular Vote — Majority of Republicans now agree with most Democrats that Constitution should be amended — PRINCETON, NJ — Nearly 11 years after the 2000 presidential election brought the idiosyncrasies of the United States' Electoral College into full view …
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Bachmann's ex-NH staff releases scathing letter about campaign — A backbiting joint letter from presidential contender Michele Bachmann's former New Hampshire staff spells out how frustration with the Minnesota Republican's national staff led the entire team to jump ship.
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Democrats duck President Obama — Despite President Barack Obama's sagging poll ratings, top Democratic leaders from around the country insist they'd love for him to visit. From state party chairmen to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, the message remains remarkably consistent: No one views the president as a political liability.
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Lieberman Irks Democrats Before Race for His Senate Seat — WASHINGTON — A few months ago, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut who is allied with the Democratic majority in the Senate, had a surprising guest at his office: Linda E. McMahon, the former wrestling mogul …
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The Romney Economy — At Bain Capital, Romney remade one American business after another, overhauling management and directing vast sums of money to the top of the labor pyramid. The results made him a fortune. They also changed the world we live in. — One day early this August …
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Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post:
Michele Bachmann, Husband Marcus Defend Characterizing Being Gay As ‘Personal Enslavement’ … 2012 Elections , Michele Bachmann , Republican Candidates , Elections 2012 , Gay Marriage , Gay Rights , Michele Bachmann 2012 , Republican Primary , Same-Sex Marriage , Video , Bachmann …
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Natalia on Your tax dollars at work. — Natalia on The Pervocracy nails it on misguided critiques of sex-positive feminism — Hot Chicks, Cold Sexists and Occupy Wall Street | POLITICAL MOSAIC on Steven Greenstreet proves he's definitely not a misogynist by making rape jokes.
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At Zuccotti Park, Love Under the Tarps … Occupy Wall Street is an experiment in communal living, with basic human needs on public display. Even, at times, very intimate human needs. — Outdoor sex has been a topic of discussion at quality-of-life meetings held each afternoon inside Zuccotti Park.
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Obama campaign brings on ex-lobbyist as senior adviser — President Obama's reelection campaign has hired a former lobbyist to serve as a senior adviser to the 2012 team. — The Obama campaign announced Monday the hiring of Broderick Johnson, a veteran of the Clinton White House and Sen. John Kerry's …
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State mum on Libya's Sharia law — The Obama administration on Monday treaded carefully around the announcement that Sharia law will be enforced in post-Muammar Qadhafi Libya, refraining from expressing disapproval of Islamic law as the foundation of the country's new legal system.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Berkley denies Wynn's claim she was forced into health care vote — The gambling magnate Steve Wynn, a major Nevada political player and key supporter of local figures of both parties told Fox Business yesterday that Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley, who is running for Senate …
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