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David Plouffe / CNN:
Plouffe calls out GOP candidates over Obama reaction — Washington (CNN) - “Reprehensible.” “Irresponsible.” “Hard to stomach.” — White House senior adviser David Plouffe did not mince words Sunday when talking about the reaction by Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Friend Suggests Zimmerman Used ‘Term Of Endearment,’ Not Racial Slur, Before Killing Trayvon Martin — George Zimmerman's attorney Craig Sonner and his longtime friend Joe Oliver have launched a public relations offensive arguing that Zimmerman acted in self-defense.
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The Political Carnival, The Raw Story, Obsidian Wings, ABCNEWS and Angry Black Lady Chronicles
Rick Moran / americanthinker.com:
Plouffe calls out GOP candidates for criticizing Obama's Martin comments (Updated with clarification) — The president jumps into the Trayvon Martin controversy without all the facts being known, essentially calling for the shooter to be arrested and convicted, and yet it is GOP cadidates criticizing …
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Washington Monthly, Examiner, Associated Press, Balloon Juice and The Daily Caller
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Sen. Schumer presses DOJ to probe ‘stand your ground’ laws
Sen. Schumer presses DOJ to probe ‘stand your ground’ laws
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Politico and Weasel Zippers
Robert Farley / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Stupid or Lying: Wildly Overpaid Faculty Edition — The Kaplan Test Prep Daily has determined that American faculty are overpaid: … Right; the reason for the increase in college tuition is “insufficient teaching schedules,” not the massive increase in administrative costs.
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Paul Krugman, Outside the Beltway and Eschaton
Fox News:
Santorum wins Louisiana, next matchup Wisconsin — Rick Santorum won the Louisiana primary Saturday as project, solidify his support from conservative in the Deep South but still faces a tough next few weeks as he competes in Northern states where frontrunner Mitt Romney has done well.
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The Moderate Voice, Left Coast Rebel, The Other McCain, Conservatives4Palin and Scared Monkeys
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Rick Santorum / Associated Press:
After Louisiana Win, Santorum Eyes Wisconsin — GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Another victory in hand but still badly trailing rival Mitt Romney, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum vowed to continue his campaign despite an increasingly steep climb to the nomination.
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Dean's World
New York Times:
Santorum Wins Louisiana Primary
Santorum Wins Louisiana Primary
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Los Angeles Times, The Maddow Blog, Outside the Beltway, The Caucus, News Desk, Washington Post and American Power
Washington Post:
Santorum wins Louisiana primary
Santorum wins Louisiana primary
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Booman Tribune, State of the Union and Prairie Weather
Ginger Gibsonand Mj Lee / Politico:
Santorum locks in Louisiana
Santorum locks in Louisiana
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Don Surber, Washington Monthly, CNN, americanthinker.com and New York Times
Lisa Belkin / The Huffington Post:
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William Saletan / New York Times:
Why Won't They Listen? — ‘The Righteous Mind,’ by Jonathan Haidt — You're smart. You're liberal. You're well informed. You think conservatives are narrow-minded. You can't understand why working-class Americans vote Republican. You figure they're being duped. You're wrong.
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Washington Monthly, The Monkey Cage and Truthdig
Oliver Pickup / The Independent:
Hippies head for Noah's Ark: Queue here for rescue aboard alien spaceship — Thousands of New Agers descend on mountain they see as haven from December's apocalypse — NOTE: WE DO NOT STORE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) BUT YOUR IP ADDRESS WILL BE LOGGED TO PREVENT ABUSE OF THIS FEATURE.
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New York Post:
A GOP grows in Brooklyn — Hold on to your hats, folks: Brooklyn — or at least a small slice of it — may actually be turning red, politically speaking. — Officials this week may formally crown Republican attorney David Storobin the winner in last week's special election for ex …
Peter Allen / Daily Mail:
Toulouse gunman Mohammed Merah had links to Islamic extremists in Britain — The Al Qaeda gunman who shot dead seven people in France was in touch with British Islamic extremists as recently as last year, security sources in Paris said yesterday. — Mohammed Merah, 23 …
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Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers
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Dick Cheney / Associated Press:
Police in CA looking into possibility of hate crime in death of severely beaten Iraqi woman — EL CAJON, Calif. — A woman from Iraq who was found beaten next to a threatening note saying “go back to your country” has died, and police are investigating the possibility of a hate crime.
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Crooks and Liars and The Moderate Voice
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
A Festival of Lies — THE historian Victor Davis Hanson recently wrote a brutally clear-eyed piece in The National Review, looking back at America's different approaches to Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, Egypt, Pakistan and Afghanistan and how, sadly, none of them could be said to have worked yet.