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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Mitt Romney's Debt to Newt Gingrich — Given the way Gingrich wore out his welcome, Romney could easily leave him out in the cold. But he owes his rival for one big favor. — Newt Gingrich is preparing to drop out of the presidential race, and not a moment too soon.
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Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Perry endorses Romney after Gingrich signals an exit — Texas governor Rick Perry announced Wednesday night that he would endorse Mitt Romney's presidential bid, hours the campaign of Newt Gingrich — Perry's previous choice — announced that the former Speaker would be ending his bid for the White House.
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Romney's principled, radical view for America — It turns out that there is at least one question on which Mitt Romney is not a flip-flopper: He has a utopian view of what an unfettered, lightly taxed market economy can achieve. — He would never put it this way, of course …
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Right Wing News, Campaign Stops, Daily Kos, The Maddow Blog, Ezra Klein and American Prospect
Newt Gingrich / CNN:
Texas governor switches endorsement from Gingrich to Romney
Texas governor switches endorsement from Gingrich to Romney
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Politico, No More Mister Nice Blog and Politicker
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A Bad Day In Court for the Obama Administration — Some years ago, I worked on a big case in Alaska and spent a lot of time there. At that time, the local bar was buzzing about a lawyer who had a really bad day in court: he was kicked to death by a moose in the parking lot of the federal courthouse in Anchorage.
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David Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court skeptical of striking down Arizona immigration law
Supreme Court skeptical of striking down Arizona immigration law
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Supreme Court seems favorable to Arizona illegal immigration law
Supreme Court seems favorable to Arizona illegal immigration law
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ABC News, Christian Science Monitor, Politico, The Week, The Moderate Voice, Washington Post, Wake up America and Sky Dancing
CNN:
TRENDING: Republicans request investigation of Obama travel — (CNN) - President Barack Obama isn't just playing politics - he may be committing fraud on the taxpayer's dime, the Republican National Committee charged on Wednesday. — In a letter to the Government Accountability Office …
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Politico and his vorpal sword
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Chris Francescani / Reuters:
George Zimmerman: Prelude to a shooting — (Reuters) - A pit bull named Big Boi began menacing George and Shellie Zimmerman in the fall of 2009. — The first time the dog ran free and cornered Shellie in their gated community in Sanford, Florida, George called the owner to complain.
Washington Free Beacon:
Liberal Media Mock Obama for Faux Campaign — Members of the media are questioning the Obama administration's numerous “official business” trips to swing states, during which he has been giving stump speeches and raising campaign funds. — High-profile Washington reporters engaged in a line …
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Campaign 2012, Washington Post, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
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Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
OVERNIGHT TECH: House weighs changes to cybersecurity bill after veto threat
OVERNIGHT TECH: House weighs changes to cybersecurity bill after veto threat
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CANNONFIRE and Politico
Mary Milliken / Reuters:
Kimmel to “feast on stupid comments” at White House dinner
Kimmel to “feast on stupid comments” at White House dinner
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NewsBusters.org, RedState, Mediaite and The Immoral Minority
ABCNEWS:
Behind Obama's Definition of Wealth and Paying Off Student Loans — President Obama told students at the University of North Carolina Tuesday that he knows what it is like to struggle with student loan debt because he and his wife didn't pay off their student loans until eight years ago.
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National Review, Hot Air and Betsy's Page
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum: GOP backed into corner on student loans?
The Morning Plum: GOP backed into corner on student loans?
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msnbc.com, The Caucus, US Politics, The Maddow Blog, Daily Kos and CNN
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Pennsylvania Primary: Blue Dog Democrats Lose Seats
Pennsylvania Primary: Blue Dog Democrats Lose Seats
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
House GOP to back lower student loan rates
House GOP to back lower student loan rates
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The Maddow Blog, Washington Monthly, National Review, Weasel Zippers, HotAirPundit, Mediaite, CNN and Towleroad News #gay
Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA'S FALLON APPEARANCE VIOLATED CAMPAIGN LAW — Last night, President Obama appeared on Jimmy Fallon's unwatchable show to “slow-jam the news.” By this, Fallon meant that Obama would read a campaign speech about student loans, Fallon would utter a few lines to back him up every so often …
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Lachlan Markay / The Heritage Foundation:
VIDEO: EPA Official Compares Agency Enforcement to Roman Crucifixions — A video surfaced on Wednesday showing a regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency comparing his agency's philosophy with respect to regulation of oil and gas companies to brutal tactics employed …
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Politico, U.S. Senate Committee …, Campaign 2012, The Daily Caller, Scared Monkeys, Doug Ross, The Gateway Pundit, Hot Air, Nice Deb and Weasel Zippers
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Noreen O'Donnell / The Daily:
Family misses flight after TSA screeners target disabled 7-year-old — Dina Frank, who is developmentally disabled, wound up on the TSA's radar at John F. Kennedy Airport — Dr. Joshua Frank, a pediatrician, and his 7-year-old daughter Dina, who has cerebral palsy.
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The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys, Boing Boing, Gawker, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Consumerist
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Obama camp targets Romney's ‘back to the future’ foreign policy — The Obama campaign is winding up for an attack on Mitt Romney over foreign policy, with a speech by the vice president accusing Romney of a “back to the future” approach and a new web video criticizing Romney statements on world affairs.
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Obama and Romney tied, but majority of voters say neither has plan to fix the economy — The race between Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney is dead even in a new Fox News poll that also shows majorities of American voters say neither candidate has a plan for fixing the economy.
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Ballot Box, GOP 12, HotAirPundit, Rasmussen Reports, Taegan Goddard's …, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Page, Weasel Zippers and Hot Air
Stephen Hilger / ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney's Appointment of Gay Aide Richard Grenell Signals New Attitude — Last week, Mitt Romney hired Richard Grenell as his new foreign policy spokesman. Grenell was President Bush's communications director at the United Nations for eight years, and has been a spokesman for a handful …
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Towleroad News #gay
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Senate approves changes to the U.S. Postal Service — Congress moved one step closer Wednesday to overhauling the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service by approving sweeping reforms to rebalance the mail agency's finances and help cut the size of its delivery network.
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Crooks and Liars, Hit & Run and Daily Kos
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Robert Draper Book: GOP's Anti-Obama Campaign Started Night Of Inauguration … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Republican Party, Barack Obama , Obama's Inauguration, Republican Party, Video, Obama Election, Obama Congressional Republicans, Robert Draper, Robert Draper Obama, Politics News
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his vorpal sword and Indecision Forever
Spencer Ackerman / Wired:
Exclusive: Senior U.S. General Orders Top-to-Bottom Review of Military's Islam Training — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Tuesday ordered the entire U.S. military to scour its training material to ensure it doesn't contain anti-Islamic content, Danger Room has learned.
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New York Times, Israel Matzav and Weasel Zippers