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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Grand Strategy Behind Obama's Recess Appointment — Large American flags for all, Daily Show correspondent soundalikes for others! — President Obama's decision to use a recess appointment to seat Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was a no-brainer …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A telling sign: Scott Brown comes out in support of Cordray recess appointment — Here's a pretty clear sign of which way the politics are moving in the fight over Obama's decision to employ a recess appointment to install Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Investor's Business Daily:
Acting Like A King Isn't Among The President's Duties — Leadership: A spokesman says the president “can't wait for Congress to act” and promised that he's “going to take action.” This is the president who was “ready to rule” in 2008. Is he an elected chief executive or an emperor?
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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
New Chief at Consumer Bureau Promises Vigorous Agenda — WASHINGTON — The new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday outlined a vigorous oversight and enforcement agenda, saying that companies that take unfair advantage of consumers of financial products will face “real consequences.”
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John Yoo / National Review:
Richard Cordray & the Use and Abuse of Executive Power — Some think me a zealous advocate of executive power, and often I am when it comes to national security issues. But I think President Obama has exceeded his powers by making a recess appointment for Richard Cordray …
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: The radical Republican tactic behind Obama's controversial nominations — The straightforward interpretation of Wednesday's controversial recess appointments is that they were just another salvo in the ongoing war being waged by the Obama administration and congressional Republicans over nominations.
Roger Pilon / Cato @ Liberty:
Playing Politics with the Constitution and the Law
Playing Politics with the Constitution and the Law
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Santorum says Senate should sue over Obama appointments
Santorum says Senate should sue over Obama appointments
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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
Face It: Romney's the Nominee — The media will desperately try to persuade you there is still a Republican race. Do not pay attention. — Is there anyone not annoyed by Mitt Romney's narrow win in the Iowa caucus? Conservatives are disappointed because they recognize …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney out of control — MANCHESTER, N.H. — If this is Mitt Romney's idea of a victory rally, one shudders to think what would have happened if he had lost the Iowa caucuses. — The day after his impossibly thin eight-vote victory, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination flew …
The Politico:
Newt Gingrich suffers from super PAC buyer's remorse
Newt Gingrich suffers from super PAC buyer's remorse
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Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
New Hampshire Polls Show Small Movement
New Hampshire Polls Show Small Movement
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msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Here come the attacks on Romney
First Thoughts: Here come the attacks on Romney
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Suffolk poll in NH: Romney 41, Paul 18, Santorum 8
Suffolk poll in NH: Romney 41, Paul 18, Santorum 8
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
A Big Win for Romney in Iowa
A Big Win for Romney in Iowa
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Frank James / NPR:
South Carolina Tea Partiers Wish Romney Would Just Go Away
South Carolina Tea Partiers Wish Romney Would Just Go Away
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Wallacegw / CNN:
Poll: Romney remains way ahead in New Hampshire
Poll: Romney remains way ahead in New Hampshire
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Keith Olbermann Clashes With Current TV — The broadcaster Keith Olbermann is famous for estranging himself from his bosses, be it at ESPN, Fox or MSNBC. — At his new home, Al Gore's Current TV, he has done it in record time. — Mr. Olbermann, who was hired last year to be the top star …
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The Wrap:
Rift Between Olbermann and Current TV Deepens: ‘Everybody Is Replaceable’
Rift Between Olbermann and Current TV Deepens: ‘Everybody Is Replaceable’
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Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
Olbermann Attorney: 'Keith's Lawyers and Current's Lawyers Are Communicating'
Olbermann Attorney: 'Keith's Lawyers and Current's Lawyers Are Communicating'
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
How to fight liberals: Imitate them — Impressed by the effectiveness of the liberal Center for American Progress, a group of conservative journalists and operatives is preparing to engage in their own sincerest form of flattery - launching their own advocacy group with a similar name and mission but very different target.
CNBC:
Jobs Picture: Claims Fall, Job Creation Surges; Layoffs Ease — The news is all good for the jobs market so far in 2012: Separate reports Thursday showed a surge in private-sector job creation, a sharp drop in weekly unemployment claims and planned layoffs at their lowest level in six months.
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Jason DeParle / New York Times:
Harder for Americans to Rise From Lower Rungs — WASHINGTON — Benjamin Franklin did it. Henry Ford did it. And American life is built on the faith that others can do it, too: rise from humble origins to economic heights. “Movin' on up,” George Jefferson-style, is not only a sitcom song but a civil religion.
Tdaedalus / The American Conservative Union:
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin Announced as CPAC 2012 Closing Speaker — Contacts: Kristy Campbell, (202) 347-9388, KCampbell@conservative.org — Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin Announced as CPAC 2012 Closing Speaker — Former Vice-Presidential Candidate will Conclude Three …
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Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Sarah Palin to Make Keynote Speech at CPAC
Sarah Palin to Make Keynote Speech at CPAC
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M.JOSEPH SHEPPARD'S … and Outside the Beltway
New York Times:
Obama Describes Refocused Strategy for Leaner Military — WASHINGTON — President Obama outlined a broad new military strategy for the United States on Thursday, one that refocuses the armed forces on threats in Asia and the Pacific region, continues a strong presence in the Middle East …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama to cut “tens of thousands of ground troops” from military
Obama to cut “tens of thousands of ground troops” from military
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Washington Monthly:
What If Obama Loses? — Imagining the consequences of a GOP victory. — Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Delicious — It's a common complaint—we've certainly made it over the years—that too much political campaign coverage focuses on the horse race.
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Scott Brown / Boston Globe:
Gingrich off base on judiciary — GOP PRESIDENTIAL hopeful Newt Gingrich recently made disturbing comments regarding the judiciary. He proposed that Congress should be able to impeach judges whose decisions he believes to be wrong. If elected, he would abolish courts that displease him …
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Peter Wehner / Commentary Magazine:
Partisan Politics and Vicious Assaults — First it was Alan Colmes; now it is Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, who went on MSNBC to mock Rick Santorum for how he and his wife Karen dealt with the death of their son Gabriel. (A severe prenatal development led to his very early delivery …
Jamie Weinstein / The Daily Caller:
Santorum commits Republican sacrilege: Attacks Ronald Reagan — BRENTWOOD, N.H. — Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum committed one of the gravest sins in Republican politics on Wednesday evening by knocking the revered former President Ronald Reagan at a packed town hall meeting.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Santorum Denies Making Racially-Charged Claim After Apparently Acknowledging Saying It — The NAACP and the Urban League have condemned GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum for reportedly saying in a rant against welfare this week, “I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money.”
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