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12:20 AM ET, March 26, 2012

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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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Chris Wallace / Fox News:
David Plouffe talks energy, elections; Rep. Paul Ryan defends GOP budget plan  —  Special Guests: David Plouffe, Rep. Paul Ryan … CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: I'm Chris Wallace.  —  As November draws closer, battle lines are drawn between the two parties — on high gas prices and how Washington spends our money.
Kevin Baker / Campaign Stops:
The Outsourced Party  —  Who speaks for the Republican party?  The answer is that everyone does — and therefore, no one does.  —  Much air time and many trees have been wasted trying to explain the division, rancor and lethargy that have beset the Republican nominating campaign …
Discussion: Philly.com
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Spike Lee didn't “Do the right thing”  —  There have been numerous threats made against George Zimmerman, the shooter of Trayvon Martin.  It is unclear whether a crime was committed, and Zimmerman has not been charged.  —  Spike Lee's most famous film was Do the Right Thing, about racial tensions which spill into violence:
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.
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.
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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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
At CIA, a convert to Islam leads the terrorism hunt  —  For every cloud of smoke that follows a CIA drone strike in Pakistan, dozens of smaller plumes can be traced to a gaunt figure standing in a courtyard near the center of the agency's Langley campus in Virginia.
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 …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
A Bailout by Another Name  —  ED DeMARCO is a marked man.  —  The acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and overseer of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Mr. DeMarco is a soft-spoken, career public servant — and under fire.  In the thankless job of conservator …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Felix Salmon
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 …
Mary Eberstadt / Wall Street Journal:
Has the Sexual Revolution Been Good for Women?  No  —  Spring came early to most of the 50 states this year—and with it, at least in the political fields, the usual crop of mixed truths, untruths, and wildly growing falsehoods.  Let's yank up one of those weeds for a little inspection …
Discussion: Balloon Juice, Jezebel and Althouse
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.
Discussion: Belmont Club and Althouse
 
 
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Keith Laing / Ballot Box:
Bachmann: GOP will unify behind nominee ‘long before the Democrats did in 2008’
Discussion: Politico
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Sen. Schumer presses DOJ to probe ‘stand your ground’ laws
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Politico
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
A Festival of Lies  —  THE historian Victor Davis Hanson recently wrote …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Rep. Paul Ryan says he'd ‘consider’ a vice presidential candidacy
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New York Times:
Breakdown: Death and Disarray at America's Racetracks
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Dick Cheney / Associated Press:
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