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Mitt Romney: “Women account for 92.3 percent of the jobs lost under Obama.” — Romney campaign says women were hit hard by job losses under Obama — Mitt Romney's campaign wants you to know that the same president who argues for contraceptive coverage and suggests that a Congress …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Telegraphing Loss — As noted this morning, Wednesday April 11th is day one of the general election. But there are things I'm seeing that tell me that Mitt Romney is kicking off the campaign in a telling defensive posture. What I mean is that on various fronts, Romney is kicking off within Obama's campaign narrative.
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Rick Santorum / CNN:
Romney on Dems' ‘war on women’ — Wilmington, Del. (CNN) - As the Republican field winnowed Tuesday, Mitt Romney made an appeal to a voting bloc key to any candidate's success in November: women. — Though the day's headlines revolved around a decision by former Sen. Rick Santorum to suspend his campaign …
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CNN:
TRENDING: Obama campaign: Romney's greatest hits
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
National Organization for Marriage to back Romney
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ThinkProgress, New York Times, Washington Monthly, NOM Blog and Good As You
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Co-Founder Of NotMittRomney.Com's Reaction To Mitt Sewing Up The Nomination
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Olivier Knox / ABCNEWS:
New Obama campaign video attacks Romney as ‘severely conservative’
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney, a ‘private man in a public world,’ is silent on tales of altruism
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Democracy in America, Instapundit, NO QUARTER and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Jonathan Mattise / Palm Beach Post:
Allen West hears cheers, jeers at town-hall meetings in Palm City, Jensen Beach — U.S. Rep. Allen West told about 90 largely supportive Palm City voters Tuesday that locally prioritized federal projects — such as the St. Lucie Inlet dredging — aren't going to matter if Washington officials don't address a mounting deficit.
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Allen West: I've ‘Heard’ 80 House Democrats Are Communist Party Members … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Allen West, Allen West Barack Obama, Allen West Communist Party, Allen West Democrats Commies, Politics News — WASHINGTON — As many as 80 House Democrats are communists, according to Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.).
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Allen West: Half the Democrats in Congress are Communists — Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) says he's heard that almost half of all the Democrats in Congress are secretly part of the Communist Party. — He offered no names or proof of his accusation. — West told almost 100 Floridians …
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Darius Dixon / Politico:
Allen West: 80 communists in the House
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Campaign 2012 and Outside the Beltway
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
U.S. Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple, Hachette — The U.S. sued Apple Inc. (AAPL), Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster in New York district court, claiming the publishers colluded to fix eBook prices. — CBS Corp. (CBS)'s Simon & Schuster …
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
National Review Fires Another Racist Writer — National Review Writer Robert Weissberg Speaks At White Nationalist Conference — Following the uproar over John Derbyshire's racist rant that led to his firing last week, National Review ended its relationship with another racist writer today.
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Rich Lowry / National Review:
Regarding Robert Weissberg — Unbeknowst to us, occasional Phi Beta Cons contributor Robert Weissberg (whose book was published a few years ago by Transaction) participated in an American Renaissance conference where he delivered a noxious talk about the future of white nationalism.
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Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Too much ‘Boss’ for NJ gov — Bruce Springsteen's marathon, highenergy gig at MSG had a celebrity crowd rocking — except for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who was caught dozing by fans. — Christie — an ardent Boss buff who's said to have caught fellow New Jersey heavy-hitter Springsteen's show …
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Jon Bershad / Mediaite:
Fox News Spokesperson Tells Mediaite: We Found The Mole — So, when we asked readers how long it would take for Fox News to find the mole that Gawker had in their midst, did anyone put money down on “24 hours”? If so, it would appear that you just won the jackpot.
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The Fox Mole / Gawker:
Announcing Our Newest Hire: A Current Fox News Channel Employee
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Gabriel Arana / American Prospect:
My So-Called Ex-Gay Life — Early in my freshman year of high school, I came home to find my mom sitting on her bed, crying. She had snooped through my e-mail and discovered a message in which I confessed to having a crush on a male classmate. — “Are you gay?” she asked. I blurted out that I was.
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Towleroad News #gay, Gay Politics, PinkNews.co.uk and Truth Wins Out
Washington Post:
Poll: More Americans expect Supreme Court's health-care decision to be political — More Americans think Supreme Court justices will be acting mainly on their partisan political views than on a neutral reading of the law when they decide the constitutionality of President Obama's health-care law …
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Sean Higgins / Capital Hill:
Poll: Half Of Democrats Want To Get Rid of Individual Mandate
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Campaign 2012, JustOneMinute, The PJ Tatler, Weasel Zippers, americanthinker.com and Hit & Run
Washington Examiner:
Astronauts condemn NASA's global warming endorsement — Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, left , and Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7 astronaut, in front of the Apollo 14 capsule at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Cunningham has signed a letter demanding that NASA stop endorsing global warming.
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Raleigh News & Observer:
Amendment goes too far — We are native Southerners and we oppose legalizing same-sex marriage. — One of us (David), reared in Mississippi, has for more than two decades directed a think tank, the Institute for American Values, that aims to strengthen marriage and reduce divorce and unwed childbearing.
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Claudia De La Roca / Arts & Culture:
Matt Groening Reveals the Location of the Real Springfield — Twenty-five years after The Simpsons made their TV debut, the show's creator talks about Homer's odyssey—and his own — Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons, was going to name the main character Matt but didn't think it would …
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Jason Millman / Politico:
White House pushes back against report - Experts: Too early to judge ACO interest - Arizona Legislature approves abortion restrictions - Nursing homes back Hatch — With help from Brett Norman and Kathryn Smith — WHITE HOUSE ON ACA DEFENSE — What else is new?
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