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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney's Terrible Fox News Interview — Why does he save his worst performances for the right-leaning network? — When Mitt Romney sits down with a Fox News anchor, things can get hairy. — That fact was on full display Wednesday when the candidate went on Megyn Kelly's show …
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Guardian, Taylor Marsh, Jezebel and Erick's blog
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Romney Leads GOP Contest, Trails in Matchup with Obama — Gas Prices Offset Good News about Jobs — With rising job approval and favorability ratings, Barack Obama also holds a growing advantage in voter preferences as they look toward November. Among registered voters …
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Politico, American Prospect, Washington Post and Frontloading HQ
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Mitt Romney's plans for Planned Parenthood — WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney told the Chicago Sun-Times on Wednesday he does not want to close Planned Parenthood, just strip it of federal money. Romney's comments were the subject of Democratic attacks after he said he wanted to “get rid” of the organization.
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The Moderate Voice, The Agonist, Taylor Marsh and Ballot Box
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's dog-on-the-car-roof story still proves to be his critics' best friend
Mitt Romney's dog-on-the-car-roof story still proves to be his critics' best friend
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Prairie Weather and BuzzFeed
Rick Santorum / CNN:
First on CNN: Pro Santorum super PAC hits Illinois airwaves
First on CNN: Pro Santorum super PAC hits Illinois airwaves
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Politico
Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's dog-on-the-car-roof story still proves to be his critics' best friend
Mitt Romney's dog-on-the-car-roof story still proves to be his critics' best friend
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The Right Sphere and Daily Kos
Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics:
How Gingrich's Candidacy Could Help Santorum
How Gingrich's Candidacy Could Help Santorum
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Business Insider, Guardian, Booman Tribune and The New Republic
ABCNEWS:
Four Questions for Bill Maher — JAKE TAPPER: Bill, thanks for doing this. I just wanted to make sure that — as I cover this debate about appropriate language and such, I'm not — excluding any points you think should be made. — BILL MAHER: I don't really know all the “points,” but as I said on my show
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Outside the Beltway, Hit & Run, The Daily Caller, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Mediaite and Taylor Marsh
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Media Matters astroturfed the Limbaugh secondary boycott
Media Matters astroturfed the Limbaugh secondary boycott
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The Daily Caller and Cold Fury
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
U.N. to Investigate Voter I.D. Laws — This is really the last straw. It is time to get out of the United Nations: “UN rights council delves into US voter I.D. laws.” … That isn't treason, but it is disloyal; disgracefully so. … This is hilarious, in a black comedy sort of way:
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Israel Matzav and National Review
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Richard Mably / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S., Britain to agree emergency oil stocks release — (Reuters) - Britain has decided to cooperate with the United States in a bilateral agreement to release strategic oil stocks, two British sources said, in an effort to prevent high fuel prices derailing economic growth in a U.S. election year.
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Sense of Events, MarketBeat, FT Alphaville and Campaign 2012
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John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Scarce Oil? U.S. Has 60 Times More Than Obama Claims — When he was running for the Oval Office four years ago amid $4-a-gallon gasoline prices, then-Sen. Barack Obama dismissed the idea of expanded oil production as a way to relieve the pain at the pump.
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The Gateway Pundit, Cold Fury, americanthinker.com and Doug Ross
Brooks Bayne / The Graph:
Sandra Fluke's Boyfriend, Adam “Cutie Pants” Mutterperl, And His Radical Socialist Family — Behold! Sandra Fluke's boyfriend, Adam Mutterperl! — Recently, it was reported that Sandra Fluke is connected to none other than 1%'er, William (Bill) Mutterperl, through her boyfriend.
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The Gateway Pundit, Lawyers, Guns & Money, TBogg, Balloon Juice, The Jawa Report and Riehl World View
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Face It, He Hates You... Obama in 1990: We're Going to Reshape ‘Mean-Spirited’ and Selfish America — Barack Obama 1990 Interview: Harvard student tackles racism at it's core — Via Ironic Surrealism: — From his 1990 interview: … Hat Tip Ed
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Washington Monthly
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Washington Post:
Taliban suspends peace talks with U.S. as Panetta concludes Karzai visit — View Photo Gallery — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says despite recent high-profile tragedies, U.S.-Afghan relations remains solid. View photos from the aftermath of an incident where an American service member …
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emptywheel, The Agonist, americanthinker.com, Business Insider and Weasel Zippers
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Washington Post:
Obama's troubled handling of Afghanistan
Obama's troubled handling of Afghanistan
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JustOneMinute, Hot Air and Israel Matzav
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
In U.S., Half Say U.S. Should Speed Up Afghanistan Withdrawal
In U.S., Half Say U.S. Should Speed Up Afghanistan Withdrawal
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The Hill, Politico and Outside the Beltway
Christine Harper / Bloomberg:
Goldman Roiled by Op-Ed Loses $2.2B for Shareholders — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) saw $2.15 billion of its market value wiped out after an employee assailed Chief Executive Officer Lloyd C. Blankfein's management and the firm's treatment of clients, sparking debate across Wall Street.
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ABCNEWS, Politico, Firedoglake, Crooks and Liars, The Huffington Post, Truthdig and The Daily Caller
Lindsay Champion / Broadway.com:
Kristin Chenoweth Defends GCB from Newt Gingrich Attacks: 'Don't Talk About My Show!' — Kristin Chenoweth defends ‘GCB’ from Newt Gingrich blasts. — Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth's new TV series GCB may be all about “characters and fun,” according to the Broadway vet …
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ThinkProgress and Mediaite
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
CBO: Health law could cause as many as 20M to lose coverage — As many as 20 million Americans could lose their employer-provided coverage because of President Obama's healthcare reform law, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in a new report Thursday.
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ThinkProgress and White House.gov Blog
Jon Murray / IndyStar Bloggers:
Sen. Lugar: Marion County Election Board declares senator and wife ineligible to vote in home precinct — UPDATE: The Election Board has voted 2-1 along party lines to find Sen. Richard Lugar, a Republican, and his wife ineligible to vote in their former home precinct.
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Outside the Beltway and Hotline On Call
ABCNEWS:
Obama's Top Campaign Bundlers Among State Dinner Guests — More than three dozen of President Obama's top re-election campaign financiers are guests at tonight's White House state dinner in honor of British Prime Minister David Cameron. — They include Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Violence Against Women Act Divides Senate — WASHINGTON — With emotions still raw from the fight over President Obama's contraception mandate, Senate Democrats are beginning a push to renew the Violence Against Women Act, the once broadly bipartisan 1994 legislation that now faces fierce opposition from conservatives.
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Wonkette, NewsBusters.org blogs, Jezebel, The Caucus, The Mahablog and The BLT
Jim Morrill / The Charlotte Observer:
N.C. Democrats disown ‘racist’ state candidates — Bivins Hollar likes to post videos from his bedroom. About weight loss. About Pokemon cards. About selling chewing gum at a flea market. — But it's the video where he casually talks about “shooting” and starving black South Africans …
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Weasel Zippers, Jammie Wearing Fools and Poynter