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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Top Romney Adviser Says Romney Can Change His Positions After The Primaries: 'It's Almost Like An Etch A Sketch' — Mitt Romney can't be held accountable for his extreme right-wing views, at least according to his campaign's senior adviser, who said the candidate should be given a …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Top Romney adviser: Mitt will erase his conservative positions once he's the nominee — Think Progress flags an amazing exchange on CNN, in which Eric Fehrnstrom, a top adviser to Mitt Romney, seems to confirm that the conservative positions Romney has been forced to take during the primary …
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Alfredo Rocha / ABCNEWS:
Jeb Bush Endorses Mitt Romney in GOP Primary — Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush endorsed Mitt Romney after Romney's lopsided win in Illinois Tuesday night. The former Florida Governor - a Republican heavyweight - called on members of the party to coalesce behind Romney.
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
The Nominee — It is a mathematical improbability that Rick Santorum will get to the magic number of 1,144 — the number of delegates needed to be the Republican Presidential nominee. It is a political improbability that Rick Santorum will stop Mitt Romney from getting to 1,144.
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Alicia M. Cohn / Ballot Box:
Romney adviser says campaign can start fresh for general election, ‘like an Etch A Sketch’ — Mitt Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom on Wednesday dismissed concern that the nastiness of the GOP primary race could negatively affect the fight to replace President Obama.
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Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama staffers seize on ‘Etch-a-Sketch’ quip — Staffers for President Obama's reelection campaign are taking to Twitter to pile on Mitt Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom after he said on CNN Wednesday that the general election will be like an “Etch-A-Sketch.”
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Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
Romney advisor says his conservatism can be erased
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ABCNEWS:
‘Etch-A-Sketch’: Romney Aide Suggests Campaign Reset After Primary
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Jeb Bush / CNN:
Jeb Bush endorses Romney, calls on party to unite
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Soledad O'Brien / CNN:
Romney advisor: ‘Big win in a big state;’ ‘you hit a reset button for the fall campaign’
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Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Finally, Romney gets tea party support
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney holds small lead nationally — PPP's newest national poll finds that Mitt Romney leads with 34% to 31% for Rick Santorum, 20% for Newt Gingrich, and 9% for Ron Paul. But if Gingrich dropped out Santorum would have a small lead with 41% to 40% for Romney and 11% for Paul.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
G.O.P. Nomination Becoming a One-Man Race
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Beatdown — It wasn't particularly surprising, but Mitt …
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New York Times:
Romney Wins by Wide Margin in Illinois Contest
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Ezra Klein:
Wonkbook: Why the Republican budgets make the poor pay — I don't think Paul Ryan intended to write a budget that concentrated its cuts on the poorest Americans. Similarly, I don't think Mitt Romney intended to write a budget that concentrated its cuts on the poorest Americans.
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Romney-Ryan? — Mitt Romney is close to finishing off his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, talk of a brokered GOP convention in August, and the prospect of a new candidate suddenly entering the contest. — This would be a political hat trick once it happens …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan, helping the poor by hurting them
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H. HooVer / Distriction:
Sign of the Times — Stephon stood just a few feet away from Barack Obama. The president, busy shaking hands, looked right at him. “It was like he was waiting for me to say something,” he said later. — So the 26-year-old Prince George's Community College student took his cue and spoke …
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BBC:
Raid on Toulouse shooting suspect — French police surrounded Mohammed Merah in Toulouse — Mohammed Merah, the man believed to be the gunman on a scooter who killed seven people in south-western France, is a 23-year-old French citizen of Algerian extraction.
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Murray Wardrop / Telegraph:
Toulouse siege: live — Live coverage of the siege at the home of the suspected Toulouse serial killer responsible for the murders of four people outside a Jewish school and three paratroopers in south west France. — Members of the RAID special police forces unit near the Belle Paule residence …
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Ilya Somin / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Unanimous Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Property Owners in Sackett v. EPA — The Supreme Court today issued a unanimous decision in favor of the property owners in the important case of Sackett v. EPA [HT: GMU law student Matthew Roberts]. The opinions in the case (an opinion for the court …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court allows Idaho couple to challenge EPA on wetlands ruling
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Mytheos Holt / TheBlaze.com:
UPDATED (STORY PULLED): U2 SINGER BONO GRILLED ON CAMERA OVER BAND'S MOVE TO AVOID TAXES — Editor's note: The original Breitbart.com story has been removed and the Jason Mattera videos have now been moved to “private” on YouTube. There is widespread discussion on Twitter …
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Steve Doughty / Daily Mail:
Gay marriage is not a ‘human right’: European ruling torpedoes Coalition stance — Same-sex marriages are not a human right, European judges have ruled. — Their decision shreds the claim by ministers that gay marriage is a universal human right and that same-sex couples have a right …
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Donna Bowater / Telegraph:
Gay marriage is not a human right, according to European ruling
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Feelin' Blue — Looking back at the day's news, I must admit I'm having trouble maintaining my customary good cheer. — Watching Mitt Romney's victory speech in Illinois didn't reassure me about his chances against President Obama. (Watch it yourself to see if I'm being unfair.)
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Andrew Sullivan Is Frightened by Complexity — Somehow, in the midst of grappling with Andrew Sullivan's attack on me (in which he lied about what I have written, what I think, what I believe, and what I've reported, and shows no understanding, by the way, of reporting itself — but, hey, what are friends for?)
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama will avoid healthcare defense during court review — President Obama will not mark the two-year anniversary of his signing of the healthcare law — which takes place days before the Supreme Court offers a decision on the constitutionality of his signature legislative achievement.
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Jason Leopold / truth-out.org:
DHS Turns Over Occupy Wall Street Documents to Truthout — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) closely monitored the Occupy Wall Street movement, providing agency officials with regular updates about protests taking place throughout the country, responding to requests from fusion centers …
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NBC's Alex Moe / msnbc.com:
RNC rule means hurdle for Gingrich convention strategy — MONROE, LA - Newt Gingrich faces a significant hurdle in his strategy of winning the GOP presidential nomination at the party's August convention, lengthening the already-long odds of him becoming the Republican nominee.
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Vince Coglianese / The Daily Caller:
Media Matters wants a fight, but can't take a punch — After facing down over a month of tough reporting, David Brock's Media Matters still has nothing to say for itself. The progressive messaging group has all but clammed up under a constant barrage of scrutiny from conservatives and liberals alike.
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