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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Sarah Palin's foolishness ruined U.S. politics — At some point while watching HBO's absolutely smashing (and terrifying) movie “Game Change,” it occurred to me that Sarah Palin has ruined America. The movie has been scalloped out of the book by the same name and focuses on Palin, rather than on the entire 2008 presidential campaign.
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Paul Glastris / Washington Monthly:
False Equivalence Watch, Richard Cohen Version — James Fallows, Jonathan Chait and others have done much to open our eyes to the wondrous breadth and diversity of false equivalence in American journalism—that is, the media's insistent efforts to match any mention of egregious lying by a member …
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Alabama and Mississippi primaries: Mitt Romney could seal deal in Dixie — RICHLAND, Miss — In a topsy-turvy GOP primary, where the unexpected has been the norm, such a final plot twist may be altogether fitting: the Mormon Yankee who thinks cheese grits are a revelation effectively seals the nomination in Alabama and Mississippi.
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Santorum: Fox News is ‘shilling’ for Mitt Romney
Santorum: Fox News is ‘shilling’ for Mitt Romney
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GOP 12, Hot Air, Don Surber, The Raw Story and Business Insider
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Santorum: Fox News is ‘shilling’ for Mitt Romney
Santorum: Fox News is ‘shilling’ for Mitt Romney
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National Review and Washington Post
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
The Slog to 1,144: So Far, Demographics Trumps Momentum
The Slog to 1,144: So Far, Demographics Trumps Momentum
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Hit & Run, Patterico's Pontifications and Washington Post
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney's 1994 Letter To The Log Cabin Republicans
Mitt Romney's 1994 Letter To The Log Cabin Republicans
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BuzzFeed, Daily Kos and Joe. My. God.
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Let's Talk About the Real Issues, Mr. President — The far Left continues to believe American voters are not smart enough to grasp the diversionary tactics it employs to distract us from the issues our President just doesn't want to talk about - issues that affect us all every day and must be addressed.
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Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA TARGETS BREITBART, PALIN, HANNITY WITH HEAVILY-EDITED AD — The Obama re-election campaign has released an internet ad targeting Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, and Breitbart.com. Coming up short in the fundraising department and under fire for President Obama's longtime association …
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Hullabaloo, Taylor Marsh, Hot Air, protein wisdom, Wake up America, Conservatives4Palin and Patterico's Pontifications
Pew Internet:
Social networking sites and politics — Home - > - Reports - > - Social networking sites and politics - > - Main findings - > - Social networking sites and politics — Main findings — Social networking sites have become places where political conversation, debate, and proselytizing occur, especially during campaign seasons.
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Wonkette, Mediaite, The Volokh Conspiracy and Mashable!
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Andrew Malcolm / Investor's Business Daily:
Online, liberals far less tolerant than normal people — Not exactly shocking news for those exposed to them for years, but the respected Pew Research Center has determined that political liberals are far less tolerant of opposing views than regular Americans.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Pew: Liberals most intolerant online
Pew: Liberals most intolerant online
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The PJ Tatler, Ed Driscoll, The Daily Caller and American Spectator
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Obama Poll Drop Mystery: Explained! — Yesterday morning, a new Washington Post poll showed a sharp drop in President Obama's approval rating, from 50 percent approval (and 46 percent disapproval) to the reverse. People on Twitter started tittering. Jonathan Bernstein insisted it was all just random statistical noise.
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Shannen W. Coffin / National Review:
New York Times: It's Just a Poll. Nothing to See Here.
New York Times: It's Just a Poll. Nothing to See Here.
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The PJ Tatler, New York Times, The Daily Caller, American Prospect and Cold Fury
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Church Puts Legal Pressure on Abuse Victims' Group — Turning the tables on an advocacy group that has long supported victims of pedophile priests, lawyers for the Roman Catholic Church and priests accused of sexual abuse in two Missouri cases have gone to court to compel the group to disclose …
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ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, Balloon Juice, The Daily Dish, Joe. My. God. and Campaign 2012
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Josh Glasstetter / rightwingwatch.org:
Bill Donohue Gets Tough on Rape Victims, Wants to Fight Them ‘One by One’
Bill Donohue Gets Tough on Rape Victims, Wants to Fight Them ‘One by One’
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The Raw Story and Newshoggers.com
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Rush Limbaugh Syndicator Suspends National Ads For Two Weeks — Radio-Info.com reports that Premiere Networks, which syndicates the Rush Limbaugh show, told its affiliate radio stations that they are suspending national advertising for two weeks. Rush Limbaugh is normally provided …
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David Frum / The Daily Beast:
Mike Huckabee Brings on Rush Limbaugh's Decline
Mike Huckabee Brings on Rush Limbaugh's Decline
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News Desk, The Mahablog, The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, Runnin' Scared and The Impolitic
Sandra Fluke / CNN:
Slurs won't silence women — Editor's note: Sandra Fluke is a third-year law student at Georgetown University Law Center and has served as president of Georgetown Law Students for Reproductive Justice. — (CNN) — Last month, students from several Catholic universities gathered to send …
Alec MacGillis / The New Republic:
Is The South Too Republican For Republicans? — The year before his 2010 retirement from the Senate, Ohio Republican George Voinovich offered one of the more candid and colorful recent assessments of what had happened to his party. Asked by The Columbus Dispatch what his party's biggest problem was …
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Washington Monthly, Washington Post, The Caucus and The Moderate Voice
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Polling in Deep South Has Posed Challenges
Polling in Deep South Has Posed Challenges
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Guardian, Time, The Other McCain, Crooks and Liars, americanthinker.com and News Desk
Greg Giroux / Bloomberg:
Super-PAC Ads Dominate Republican Race in Alabama, Mississippi
Super-PAC Ads Dominate Republican Race in Alabama, Mississippi
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Washington Post, ABCNEWS, WWL-TV, USA Today, al.com, Business Insider, Washington Monthly, Hot Air, ThinkProgress, Wall Street Journal and Politico
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Obama energy chief disavows '08 remark favoring higher gas prices — Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Tuesday disavowed his 2008 comments about increasing gas prices to European levels, remarks that Republicans have pounced on in recent weeks. — “I no longer share that view,” …
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Indecision Forever, Hot Air, NewsBusters.org blogs, Weasel Zippers and BREITBART.COM
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
The Problem With Polls About Whether Obama Is a Muslim — By asking voters what they think about the president's religion, pollsters help to perpetuate a falsehood. — Liberal blogs and sites are having a field day with new data from Public Policy Polling that shows that 52 percent …
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Outside the Beltway, BuzzFlash.org, Prairie Weather and 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
McConnell offers support for Obama Afghan drawdown — “I support the policy the administration has laid out to move toward a transition over the next couple of years,” McConnell said. — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he supports the Obama administration's plans …
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The Maddow Blog
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Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
Supervisors directed banks' mortgage misconduct, HUD report says — Employees at major banks who churned out fraudulent foreclosure documents, forged signatures, made up fake job titles and falsely notarized paperwork often did so at the behest of their superiors, according to a federal investigation released Tuesday.
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The Moderate Voice, Los Angeles Times and Reuters
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Eryn Brown / Los Angeles Times:
All red meat is bad for you, new study says — A long-term study finds that eating any amount and any type increases the risk of premature death. — Eating any amount and any type of red meat increases the risk of premature death, a new study says. (William Thomas Cain / Getty Images / March 12, 2012)
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Archives of Internal …, Ricochet Conversations Feed, Gothamist, Opinion L.A., Jezebel, Truthdig, Guardian and americanthinker.com
Ben White / Reuters:
Jake Siewert, former Geithner aide, heads to Goldman — Jake Siewert, former counselor to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and press secretary at the end of the second Clinton administration, has landed at Goldman Sachs, where he will be a managing director and head of global corporate communications.
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Kathy Potts / TheGazette:
Stand together — I am a proud evangelical Christian Republican and a native of Mississippi. I moved to Iowa and fell in love with the political process here during caucus season. — I love how candidates crisscross the state and make a point to engage with voters.
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ThinkProgress and Towleroad News #gay
Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
CBO: Obamacare to cost $1.76 trillion over 10 yrs — President Obama's national health care law will cost $1.76 trillion over a decade, according to a new projection released today by the Congressional Budget Office, rather than the $940 billion forecast when it was signed into law.
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Weasel Zippers, The Right Sphere and National Review
Saul Loeb / National Post:
Dick Cheney cancels Toronto trip, says Canada is too dangerous — TORONTO — Former U.S. vice-president Dick Cheney has cancelled an April appearance in Toronto citing concerns Canada is too dangerous. — “He felt that in Canada the risk of violent protest was simply too high,” …
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Washington Monthly, Los Angeles Times, The Impolitic, The Mahablog, The Raw Story and National Review
Felix Salmon:
The taco-truck mystery — Click here to view the embedded video. — Why is the food at food trucks better than the food in restaurants, at least when it comes to tacos? It doesn't make a huge amount of sense, on its face. Food trucks are much more limited in what they can cook …
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Marginal Revolution and Mother Jones
Rick Santorum / CNN:
TRENDING: Santorum rails against Maher on ‘Christian madrassa’ comment — (CNN) - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum hit back against Bill Maher Monday night after the liberal talk show host criticized Santorum for home-schooling his children, calling his home a “Christian madrassa.”
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