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NBC's Andrew Rafferty / msnbc.com:
Santorum: GOP better off with Obama than ‘Etch A Sketch’ Republican — SAN ANTONIO, TX — Rick Santorum today suggested it would be better to stick with President Obama over a candidate that might be “the Etch A Sketch candidate of the future” — a shot at chief rival Mitt Romney.
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Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
Santorum suggests Obama preferable to ‘Etch-A-Sketch’ Romney — Rick Santorum holds an Etch-A-Sketch as he speaks during a campaign stop in San Antonio, Texas. (Eric Gay / Associated Press / March 22, 2012) — Rick Santorum's latest attempt to use a Mitt Romney aide's “Etch-A-Sketch” …
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CBS DC:
Santorum: Might As Well Have Obama Over Romney
Santorum: Might As Well Have Obama Over Romney
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Santorum: Maybe America's better off with Obama than taking a risk on an “Etch-a-Sketch” candidate
Santorum: Maybe America's better off with Obama than taking a risk on an “Etch-a-Sketch” candidate
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Washington Examiner, The Right Scoop, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Democracy in America
Matt Townsend / Bloomberg:
Etch A Sketch Maker Doubles After Romney Aide Mention
Etch A Sketch Maker Doubles After Romney Aide Mention
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Jim DeMint / CNN:
DeMint calls for GOP assessment of race, praises Romney
DeMint calls for GOP assessment of race, praises Romney
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Politico, The Lonely Conservative, Washington Monthly, Washington Post and GOP 12
Maureen O'Connor / Gawker:
James O'Keefe's Panty-Stealing ‘Rape Barn’ Sex Scandal — It's a right-wing rabble-rouser showdown! Jazz-handed pimp impersonator James O'Keefe is at “#WAR” with a former Project Veritas colleague who is now blogging an O'Keefe tell-all involving stolen panties, drugged beers, a “rape barn …
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Former James O'Keefe ‘Accomplice’ Reveals ‘Barn Incident’ And Harassment Complaint — Last week, we reported that Nadia Naffe, self-described “accomplice” to conservative activist James O'Keefe , had begun publishing a multi-part tell-all series of posts to her blog.
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msnbc.com:
Florida governor appoints new prosecutor in Trayvon Martin case — Gun control advocates say the Florida law that authorizes using deadly force to stop someone from committing a serious crime also encourages violent behavior. NBC's Pete Williams reports. — By msnbc.com staff
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: Sanford Commissioners Who Voted In Support Of Police Chief To Face Recall — SANFORD, FL — Two Sanford city commissioners who, amidst widespread outrage at the police investigation of Trayvon Martin's death, sided with police chief Bill Lee at a meeting last night …
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Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Obama heckled during energy speech in Ohio — A heckler interrupted President Obama's speech on energy policy Thursday at Ohio State University. — The president, looking frustrated, stopped speaking and addressed the man — “Sir. Im here to speak to these folks. You can hold your own rally.
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Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite:
Pres. Obama To Heckler: 'You Can Hold Your Own Rally. You're Being Rude'
Pres. Obama To Heckler: 'You Can Hold Your Own Rally. You're Being Rude'
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Carrie Budoff Brown / Politico:
5 things Dems got wrong on health care — President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies thought their political assumptions were airtight during the yearlong battle to overhaul the health care system. — Voters would reward them, they thought, even if Democrats muscled a bill through without Republican support.
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Chris Stirewalt / Fox News:
Obama tries to spread blame on Solyndra, Keystone
Obama tries to spread blame on Solyndra, Keystone
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Karl Rove: Bin Laden killing was no biggie — Keep an eye on this one, too, because it will also be central to GOP efforts to rewrite the history of the Obama presidency. — In his big Wall Street Journal Op ed piece today atttacking Obama's campaign documentary and minimizing the magnitude …
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Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Tilting the Toss Ups - the Eight Races That Will Decide the Senate — Ah, the Senate. The battle for control fascinates us — and all election observers — because there are so many intriguing races and personalities. Yet, as we update our ratings today and move in a new direction …
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Daily Mail:
SUSPECT ‘KIDNAPPED MAN’ AND THEN ‘WALKED AROUND CITY WITH SWORD IN HIS HAND’ — Suspected serial killer Mohammad Mera, who broke out of an Afghanistan jail in 2008 as part of a mass Taliban escape, once kidnapped another man, it has been reported. — A close family friend …
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Alexander Bolton / Ballot Box:
Specter says he may vote for Romney — Former Sen. Arlen Specter says he may vote for Mitt Romney in November, depending on which version of Romney shows up for the general election. — “I'm going to wait to see which Romney it is,” said Specter in an interview with The Hill at his elegant apartment in Georgetown.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate passes JOBS Act, with tweak — The Senate on Thursday approved a package of bills that relaxes federal regulations to help boost small businesses and startup companies as the economy continues to recover. — Senators passed the JOBS Act on a 73-26 vote Thursday, two weeks after the House voted 390-23 to approve it.
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Senate Passes JOBS Act, STOCK Act
Senate Passes JOBS Act, STOCK Act
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Chris Kromm / Pope Watch:
Locke Foundation blog uses racist image in blog on NC's Amendment One (UPDATED) — The Meck Deck, an official blog of the Art Pope-funded conservative John Locke Foundation, this week published racially-charged and homophobic imagery of President Obama in a piece this on the president's opposition …
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Mike Lillis / Ballot Box:
Rep. King: GOP hopefuls not fighting hard enough for balanced budget — None of the Republican presidential contenders has emphasized fiscal responsibility enough to get the job done, Rep. Steve King charged. — None of the Republican presidential contenders has emphasized fiscal responsibility enough …
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Economist:
Self-sustaining stimulus — Larry Summers says fiscal stimulus can pay for itself — WHEN he was at the Treasury nearly 20 years ago Larry Summers would counsel President Bill Clinton on the merits of “stimulative austerity”: cut deficits, and interest rates will fall by enough to produce stronger economic growth.