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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Specter scoffs at Santorum's endorsement claim — Former Pennsylvania senator Arlen Specter said Thursday that Rick Santorum got his facts wrong when he said that he endorsed Specter only after securing a promise that Specter would support GOP Supreme Court nominees.
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ThinkProgress, The Spectacle Blog, The Hill, American Spectator, American Power and Riehl World View
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Washington Examiner:
In Arizona, GOP debates end on low point — MESA, Ariz. — Rick Santorum suspects something is up between Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. Santorum had a tough night at the 20th, and likely last, Republican debate, held here at the Mesa Arts Center. He took a lot of attacks from Romney and a few from Paul …
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Gene J. Puskar / ABCNEWS:
Arlen Specter: ‘Leave Me Out of It’
Arlen Specter: ‘Leave Me Out of It’
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Mediaite
Toby Harnden / Mail Online:
Santorum campaign suggests Mitt Romney may have done deal to make Ron Paul his running mate
Santorum campaign suggests Mitt Romney may have done deal to make Ron Paul his running mate
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89.3 WFPL News, National Review, The Lonely Conservative, Washington Post, The Other McCain and Israel Matzav
Roger Simon / Politico:
Will GOP perp walk lead to White House?
Will GOP perp walk lead to White House?
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CNN, Reuters, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Impolitic, Don Surber, Connecting.the.Dots, The Hill and ABCNEWS
Detroit Free Press:
Poll graphic: Who would you vote for in Republican primary? | Poll graphic: What do you think of Romney, Santorum TV ads? | Poll graphic: How satisfied are you with the choices? — After jumping out to an improbable lead in Michigan a week ago following a sweep in three western states …
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Firedoglake, Ballot Box and Marist Poll
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Bloomberg:
Michigan's Airwaves Saturated With ‘Fast and Furious’ Political Ad Blitz
Michigan's Airwaves Saturated With ‘Fast and Furious’ Political Ad Blitz
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Daily Kos, Lynn Sweet, blogs.telegraph.co.uk and News Desk
CNN:
New Poll: All tied up in Michigan
New Poll: All tied up in Michigan
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Politico, Nice Deb, The Week, The Moderate Voice and Wake up America
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Pro-Romney group's new ad says he saved a teen girl
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Romney, Santorum Closely Matched Against Obama Nationally
Romney, Santorum Closely Matched Against Obama Nationally
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Washington Post, YID With LID, Hot Air and CNN
Rick Santorum / CNN:
Romney: ‘I wonder which team Santorum was taking it for’
Romney: ‘I wonder which team Santorum was taking it for’
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The PJ Tatler, Swampland and ABCNEWS
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama tells Univision he'll be in White House ‘another five years’ — President Obama declared Monday that his presidency “is not over” and that he'll be occupying the White House for another five years. — In an interview with Univision, a seemingly confident Obama said he'll …
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Hot Air, Politico, Verum Serum and The Daily Caller
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Ben Geman / The Hill:
DNC chairwoman slams GOP on energy ahead of Obama speech
DNC chairwoman slams GOP on energy ahead of Obama speech
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CNN, Michelle Malkin, Politico, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
Sorourke / nation.foxnews.com:
President Obama: 'My Presidency Is Not Over. I've Got Another Five Years'
President Obama: 'My Presidency Is Not Over. I've Got Another Five Years'
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Fausta's Blog, The Lonely Conservative and The Gateway Pundit
Jared A. Favole / Washington Wire:
Obama to Hispanics: 'I've Got Another 5 Years' to Fix Immigration
Obama to Hispanics: 'I've Got Another 5 Years' to Fix Immigration
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Exclusive: Marco Rubio's Mormon Roots — As a child, he was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ticket balancing is a great tradition, and this could affect Romney's Vice Presidential calculation. — Do Rubio's Mormon roots complicate the Republican's electable dream ticket?
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ABCNEWS, The Hill, msnbc.com, Taylor Marsh, US Politics, Swampland, The Daily Caller and Naked Politics
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Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:
Three things you didn't know about Marco Rubio — From vice-presidential shortlister to auto-biographer, Marco Rubio is gaining the type of nationwide attention that most freshmen U.S. Senators only dream of. — Late last year, Rubio announced he inked a book deal with Sentinel …
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Washington Monthly, News Desk and blogs.telegraph.co.uk
Jim R. Bounds / ABCNEWS:
Rielle Hunter Settles John Edwards Sex Tape Suit — The long-running court battle over a sexually explicit videotape featuring former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards and his mistress, Rielle Hunter, has been settled out of court today and all copies of the tape will be destroyed, ABC News has learned.
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The Raw Story and Sister Toldjah
Dave Stopera / BuzzFeed:
Jason Alexander Responds To Mitt Romney's George Costanza Misquote — Ryan Alexander Jenkins [Second Update] Is a Person of Interest to the Police! Megan Wants A Millionaire contestant Ryan Alexander Jenkins is being sought for questioning about the murder of Jasmine Fiore.
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Scott Lamb / BuzzFeed:
Romney Misquotes George Costanza — In his opening remarks at the Arizona debate, Mitt Romney stepped on his own applause and tried to throw in a Seinfeld reference for cover. Unfortunately, he got the quote and the speaker wrong. — Source: youtube.com — Romney, tonight at the Arizona debate (one he's used before:
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Female Witness Hits Back At Issa: 'I'm A Woman Who Uses Contraception, That Makes Me Qualified' To Testify — Democrats on the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee held a special hearing Thursday morning in response to the GOP's decision to prevent women from testifying in support …
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msnbc.com and The Raw Story
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Joel Gehrke / Campaign 2012:
Obama: Use ‘algae’ as substitute for oil — President Obama admitted today that he does not have a “silver bullet” solution for skyrocketing gas prices, but he proposed alternative energy sources such as “a plant-like substance, algae” as a way of cutting dependence on oil by 17 percent.
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Hot Air, Houston Chronicle, Weasel Zippers and The Lonely Conservative
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Politico Sends In The Clowns — In the course of thumping Gingrich Alexander Burns of Politico delivers a howler: — Newt: Media never asked Obama about ‘infanticide’ - except it did (UPDATE: Or did it?) — That is quite an UPDATE. As if to illustrate Newt's point that the Elite Media turned …
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Washington Post and The New Civil Rights Movement
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — GOP Rep: I'd Have To Personally Kill Some Senators To Get The Ryan Budget Passed (AUDIO) — Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK) sent TPM a public apology Thursday after we obtained audio of the five-term Republican telling constituents at a town hall this week that he'd have to personally shoot members …
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The Hill, ThinkProgress, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and Wonkette
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Huntsman calls for third party, says GOP '12 field lacks big ideas — Jon Huntsman called for the rise of a third party on Thursday as he argued the remaining GOP presidential candidates lack big ideas. — The comments from the former Utah governor, who dropped out of the race in January …
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Politico, ABCNEWS, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Washington Monthly
Ben Smith / Politico:
A secret history of the 2008 campaign — Modern political conventions are notoriously stage-managed events, scripted, vetted and produced for television. But on Aug. 27, 2008, the climactic scene nearly went horribly awry. — According to a careful plan negotiated between the Clinton …
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Don Surber and Sky Dancing
Mj Lee / Politico:
Allen West fills Hummer, blames Obama — Rep. Allen West says he is not happy that he had to spend $70 this week to fill up the gas tank of his Hummer, and he's directing his anger at President Barack Obama. — “People have asked me before is there any area where I could praise President Obama?
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BuzzFeed and The Maddow Blog
Politico:
GOP fears rise over 2012 tone, message — MESA, Ariz. — In 2008, after Republicans were routed in the presidential and congressional elections, there was widespread consensus within elite GOP circles about the party's structural problems: The Republican voter base was too old, too white …
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The Week, Booman Tribune and Wonkette
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Unplanned Parenthood — Illegitimacy and the liberal elite. — (Best of the tube tonight: We'll appear on Fox Business's “Lou Dobbs Tonight.” The program starts at 7 p.m. ET, with our panel around 7:40.) — Social issues are so fascinating for the same reason debates over them are so often dull …
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Don Surber, Shakesville and Prairie Weather
Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:
Mutated Trout Raise New Concerns Near Mine Sites — It was the two-headed baby trout that got everyone's attention. — Photographs of variously mutated brown trout were relegated to an appendix of a scientific study commissioned by the J. R. Simplot Company, whose mining operations have polluted nearby creeks in southern Idaho.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and BuzzFeed
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
TX GOP Senate Candidate Craig James Claims That Being Gay Is A Choice That Will Be Punished By God — Texas Republican senate candidates Craig James, a former NFL player, and Ted Cruz went after former Dallas mayor Tom Leppert (R) for marching in a gay pride parade during a debate yesterday …
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KERA News, Dallas Voice and SBNation.com