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12:45 PM ET, March 29, 2012

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Valerie Boey / Orlando and Central Florida News …:
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Zimmerman interview  —  LAKE MARY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - For the first time since that fateful night on February 26, the father of a neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed an unarmed teenager sat down for a television interview.  —  Robert Zimmerman …
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Frances Martel / Mediaite:
New Police Video Shows George Zimmerman Unscathed On Night Of Trayvon Martin Shooting  —  ABC News has obtained exclusive video of Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman on the night he shot the Florida teenager, speaking to police.  While there is no audio, the video is key evidence …
Dan Riehl / BREITBART.COM:
BLAME PALIN?  ‘KILL ZIMMERMAN’ TWITTER ACCOUNT LAUNCHED  —  Barack Obama has remained silent as the usual suspects have been busy stirring up hate aimed at George Zimmerman, the Florida Hispanic involved in the shooting death of 17 year-old Trayvon Martin.  Now the anger has taken a new twist …
CBS News:
Bloomberg: We don't need vigilantes  —  (CBS News) — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday that Florida's so-called “Stand Your Ground” law which allows those who feel threatened to use deadly force against a would be attacker is counterproductive to keeping members of the community safe.
The Christian / Christian Science Monitor:
New police video casts doubt on George Zimmerman injuries
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
George Zimmerman's Father Relates George's Account of Encounter
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Newsy
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Judicial activists in the Supreme Court  —  Three days of Supreme Court arguments over the health-care law demonstrated for all to see that conservative justices are prepared to act as an alternative legislature, diving deeply into policy details as if they were members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Political Memo: Whatever the Ruling in Health Case, Bipartisan Fallout  —  WASHINGTON — The law professor side of President Obama is highly intrigued by the Supreme Court hearings over the constitutionality of his health care law.  He studied a summary of the arguments aboard Air Force …
Sahil Kapur / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC  —  Dems Warn Of ‘Grave Damage’ To SCOTUS If ‘Obamacare’ Is Struck Down
Discussion: TBogg, Swampland, Mediaite and Salon
Jay Firestone / jewishjournal.com:
Sheldon Adelson on Newt: 'He's at the end of his line'  —  Sheldon Adelson, who with wife Miri, has given more than $15 million to the Newt Gingrich Super PAC Winning Our Future, said Monday he believes Gingrich is “at the end of his line” regarding the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Gingrich says no deal after a secret talk with Romney  —  Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich met secretly with GOP rival Mitt Romney on Saturday, according to a source close to the campaign, but the former House speaker says he has made no deal to end his bid for the GOP nomination.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Report: Gingrich and Romney held secret meeting
Discussion: Wonkette, Shakesville and The Hill
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Tony Scalia's Retirement Has Started Early  —  Here's the deal.  I think Justice Antonin Scalia isn't even really trying any more.  It's been clear for some time now that he's short-timing his job on the Supreme Court.  The job bores him.  All these inferior intellects coming before him.
Discussion: Balkinization
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Conservative Judicial Activists Run Amok  —  The joke is on you, judicial restraint.  —  Five years ago, Jeffrey Rosen wrote a startling essay in the New York Times Magazine, describing a radical turn of events that is being borne out before our eyes.  In the piece, Rosen described the rise …
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama budget defeated 414-0  —  President Obama's budget was defeated 414-0 in the House late Wednesday, in a vote Republicans arranged to try to embarrass him and shelve his plan for the rest of the year.  —  The vote came as the House worked its way through its own fiscal year 2013 budget proposal …
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Quinnipiac University:
Brown Is 10 Points Up In Ohio Senate Race Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Women Back Democrat By 17 Points  —  With a commanding lead among women, Ohio U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, the Democratic incumbent, leads Republican challenger Josh Mandel 46 - 36 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
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msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Santorum's last chance (really, this is it)
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Riptide 2.0
Washington Examiner:
Santorum details new delegate math
Discussion: Daily Kos
Associated Press:
Obama outspends Republican campaigns by millions  —  CHICAGO (AP) — With Republicans locked in a contentious and expensive primary, President Barack Obama has spent a small fortune in recent months to build and maintain a campaign operation that is larger, more diverse and more focused …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Report: Obama outspends GOP rivals combined
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Early Outlook for the 2012 Congressional Elections: A Forecasting Perspective  —  In today's Crystal Ball, Alan Abramowitz — whose election models are among the best in the business — provides an early look at what they tell us about the race for the House and the Senate.
Discussion: Ezra Klein
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Keith Laing / The Hill:
GOP shifts to offense in highway bill fight
Mark Perry / Foreign Policy:
Israel's Secret Staging Ground  —  U.S. officials believe that the Israelis have gained access to airbases in Azerbaijan.  Does this bring them one step closer to a war with Iran?  —  In 2009, the deputy chief of mission of the U.S. embassy in Baku, Donald Lu, sent a cable …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Limbaugh sees heat over comments turn down to a simmer  —  View Photo Gallery — Rush Limbaugh is no stranger to controversial statements: A month after conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh called Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a “slut,” the heat on him is fading.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
WaPo: This Rush Limbaugh boycott has pretty much fizzled, huh?
hrc.org:
Rick Santorum Tells Boy Not to Use Pink Bowling Ball  —  Washington - At a campaign event at a bowling alley in Wisconsin today, GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum told a boy who reached for a pink bowling ball: “You're not gonna use the pink ball.  We're not gonna let you do that.  Not on camera.”
JSOnline:
Romney gets flak over Wisconsin anecdote from long ago  —  Normal  —  false  —  false  —  false  —  EN-US  —  X-NONE  —  X-NONE  —  MicrosoftInternetExplorer4  —  <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"  —  DefSemiHidden="true" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99"
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ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney's Story About Dad's Lay Offs Draws Ire from Dems
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Hot Air
 
 
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Brian Tashman / rightwingwatch.org:
Family Research Council Prays Against ‘Homosexual Tyranny’
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Ron Ben-Yishai / Ynetnews:
Analysis: US thwarting Israeli strike on Iran
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
British Freedom of Speech Endangered
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Free exchange:
The long bust  —  NEW data revealed this morning that Britain's …
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Chad Pergram / Fox News:
Congressional Black Caucus Chairman to ask Boehner to enforce House dress code across the board
Discussion: Politico and Weasel Zippers
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
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Keach Hagey / Politico:
Ex-Rocky editor offered WashPost ME job
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Ed Henry / Fox News:
Lawmakers push to interview ex-White House aide in ‘Fast and Furious’
John Henrehan / myfoxdc WTTG FOX 5:
TSA Manager Arrested for Running Prostitution Ring
Discussion: Hit & Run
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Business Bets on the G.O.P. May Be Backfiring
Larry Shaughnessy / CNN:
U.S. soldier dies saving Afghan girl
Janet Reitman / Rolling Stone:
Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy: Inside Dartmouth's Hazing Abuses
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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