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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Axelrod: Immigration reform blocked by Tea Party ‘reign of terror’ in Congress — David Axelrod, a top campaign adviser to President Obama, said comprehensive immigration reform had not occurred during Obama's first term because the Republican senators who'd backed it during President George …
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Republican Insiders Have A Favorite For Veep: Senator Rob Portman — BuzzFeed's survey of Republican National Committee members gathered in Arizona this weekend finds a clear preference for the solid Ohioian. “He was born to be the guy standing next to the guy,” says an RNC member.
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Jeb Bush / CNN:
TRENDING: Rubio backs Jeb Bush for VP — (CNN) - Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, who consistently makes the short list of potential GOP vice-presidential candidates, on Sunday offered a ringing endorsement of Jeb Bush for the No.2 spot. — Bush, the former Florida governor …
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Border hawks warn Mitt Romney not to soften immigration stance — Immigration hawks are warning Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee, not to moderate the hard-line stances on border security and deportation that he took during the GOP primary. — Conservatives who focus …
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David Barstow / New York Times:
At Wal-Mart in Mexico, a Bribe Inquiry Silenced — Confronted with evidence of widespread corruption in Mexico, top Wal-Mart executives focused more on damage control than on rooting out wrongdoing, an examination by The New York Times found. — In Mexico, Wal-Mart advertises its stores on green signs …
Tim Weiner / New York Times:
Charles W. Colson, Watergate Felon Who Became Evangelical Leader, Dies at 80 — Charles W. Colson, who served as a political saboteur for President Richard M. Nixon, masterminded some of the dirty tricks that led to the president's downfall, then emerged from prison to become an important evangelical leader …
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Michael Dobbs / Washington Post:
Chuck Colson dies at 80: Watergate scandal figure became an evangelist
Chuck Colson dies at 80: Watergate scandal figure became an evangelist
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Timothy M. Phelps / Los Angeles Times:
Charles Colson dies at 80; Watergate felon and prison reformer
Charles Colson dies at 80; Watergate felon and prison reformer
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Tim Mak / Politico:
Lieberman says he's staying out of 2012 — Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), who was Democrat Al Gore's vice presidential running mate and supported Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for president in 2008, insisted he's of the 2012 race. — “I'm going to try something different this year,” the senator said on “Fox News Sunday.”
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Lauren Slater / New York Times:
How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death — Pam Sakuda was 55 when she found out she was dying. Shortly after having a tumor removed from her colon, she heard the doctor's dreaded words: Stage 4; metastatic. Sakuda was given 6 to 14 months to live.
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Byron York / Campaign 2012:
MSNBC host condemns Romney to Hell — Republicans wondering whether Mitt Romney's political adversaries will use Mormonism against him got yet another answer to their question Thursday when MSNBC host Martin Bashir read from Mormon scriptures to condemn Romney to damnation for “lying” about Barack Obama's jobs record.
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Mitt Romney plays the victim card — Meet Mitt Romney the victim. And that may be a good thing for his campaign. — Following the still-rippling kerfuffle over Hilary Rosen's comments that Ann Romney “hasn't worked a day in her life,” Romney is portraying himself as the victim …
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Mike McIntire / New York Times:
ALEC, a Tax-Exempt Group, Mixes Legislators and Lobbyists — Desperate for new revenue, Ohio lawmakers introduced legislation last year that would make it easier to recover money from businesses that defraud the state. — It was quickly flagged at the Washington headquarters …
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Telegraph:
Archbishop of York victim of ‘naked racism’, claims ally — The early favourite to become the next Archbishop of Canterbury is the victim of “naked racism” by critics who are trying to besmirch his name, one of his closest supporters has claimed. — Dr Sentamu has spoken in the past …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Down With Everything — DOES America need an Arab Spring? That was the question on my mind when I called Frank Fukuyama, the Stanford professor and author of “The End of History and the Last Man.” Fukuyama has been working on a two-volume opus called “The Origins of Political Order,” …
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Chicago News and Weather:
Suspect: I Beat Up White Man Because I Am Mad About Trayvon Martin Case — Maywood, Ill. - Alton L. Hayes III, a west suburban man charged with a hate crime, told police he was so upset about the Trayvon Martin case in Florida that he beat up a white man early Tuesday.
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Mark Strassmann / CBS News:
George Zimmerman's release could be imminent
George Zimmerman's release could be imminent
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