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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney on OBL: ‘Even Jimmy Carter would have given that order’ — Mitt Romney, asked if he would have given the order to go after Osama Bin Laden, as President Obama's new video and his campaign aides have suggested he wouldn't have done, per POLITICO's Ginger Gibson: “Of course, even Jimmy Carter would have given that order.”
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Little Green Footballs, Wake up America, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Inside the Mitt Laden Smackdown — As you know, on the eve of the anniversary of the targeted killing of arch-terrorist Osama bin Laden, the Obama reelection campaign launched a frontal attack on Mitt Romney. They not only celebrated Obama's decision but freely suggested that Romney …
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Washington Monthly, Hot Air and Hullabaloo
CBS News:
Arianna Huffington: President's bin Laden ad “despicable” — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — (CBS News) Arianna Huffington, founder and editor-in-chief of the The Huffington Post, called the Obama campaign's decision to tout the assassination of Osama bin Laden in a campaign advertisement “despicable.”
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CNN, New York Magazine, Indecision Forever, Washington Wire, Global Public Square, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller and Hot Air
Jon Meacham / TIME Ideas:
Why Obama Owns bin Laden — Judging from the Republican response, President Obama's ad asking whether Mitt Romney would have ordered the raid that captured Osama bin Laden raises serious questions — U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to American troops in Hinesville, Ga., on April 27, 2012
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PERRspectives and ABCNEWS
Olivier Knox / ABCNEWS:
Depressed Bin Laden thought about ‘al-Qaida’ name change, White House says
Depressed Bin Laden thought about ‘al-Qaida’ name change, White House says
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Politico
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Arianna Huffington Defends Mitt Romney On Bin Laden, Calls Obama Ad ‘Despicable’
Arianna Huffington Defends Mitt Romney On Bin Laden, Calls Obama Ad ‘Despicable’
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Washington Post, Daily Kos and Guardian
Chris Christie / CNN:
Romney might convince me, Christie says — (CNN) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Monday said Romney “might be able to convince” him to serve as his No. 2 on the Republican presidential ticket. — “He might be able to convince me. He's a convincing guy, but I really love this job.
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ABCNEWS, National Review and The Page
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CNN:
Sununu: ‘19 or 20’ names in the VP bowl
Sununu: ‘19 or 20’ names in the VP bowl
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ABCNEWS, Indecision Forever, Politico and GOP 12
Dana Loesch / Twitchy:
Twitter suspends another conservative account; Update: Chris Loesch free, flag-spam prog brigade still loose; Update: Loesch suspended again … Just as with @FreeMarket_US last week, Twitter has suspended the account of conservative Chis Loesch. Chis is the husband of talk radio host …
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Hot Air, Fox News, Washington Times, BuzzFeed, Datechguy's Blog, The Lonely Conservative, The Other McCain, NewsBusters.org blogs and Nice Deb
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Dana Loesch / BREITBART.COM:
FREECHRISLOESCH: TWITTER AND CONSERVATIVES
FREECHRISLOESCH: TWITTER AND CONSERVATIVES
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The Gateway Pundit, Twitchy, Daily Pundit, The Mental Recession and iOwnTheWorld.com
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Legendary Paul Ryan — Mitt who? — The implosion of the Newt Gingrich presidential campaign—the first implosion, before the weird resurrection and inevitable second implosion—came because he used four words: right-wing social engineering. He used the phrase, last May …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
The Ticket: Paul Ryan's Kinetic Rise in G.O.P. — WASHINGTON — Representative Paul D. Ryan strolls the halls of Capitol Hill with the anarchist band Rage Against the Machine pounding through his earbuds. — At 6:30 every morning, he leads an adoring cast of young, conservative members …
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American Spectator, GOP 12, American Prospect, Hotline On Call, Washington Monthly, Campaign 2012 and BuzzFeed
Mark Duffy / BuzzFeed:
The North Carolina Legislature Really Doesn't Like Gays — A week from Tuesday, North Carolinians vote on whether to make gay marriage constitutionally illegal. This print ad campaign was launched to shock voters into defeating the Amendment. — This is how the Amendment One question will appear on the ballot:
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ThinkProgress
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ABCNEWS:
Christie Willing to Be Sold on VP Slot — Chris Christie has said he's “not looking to become vice president,” but the New Jersey governor said today the presumptive GOP nominee might be able to convince him otherwise. — “He might be able to convince me.
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Mediaite and The PJ Tatler
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Fox News:
Top EPA official resigns after ‘crucify’ comment — A top EPA official has resigned after coming under scrutiny for 2010 remarks in which he compared the agency's enforcement strategy to Roman crucifixion. — Al Armendariz, the top environmental official in the oil-rich South and Southwest region …
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Green, The PJ Tatler, NO QUARTER, Taylor Marsh, Fire Andrea Mitchell! and RedState
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Dina Cappiello / Associated Press:
Top EPA official resigns over ‘crucify’ comment
Top EPA official resigns over ‘crucify’ comment
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The Scoop, Indecision Forever, FreeEnterprise.com, Fuel, The Other McCain and Mother Jones
Stephen King / The Daily Beast:
Stephen King: Tax Me, for F@%&'s Sake! — The iconic writer scolds the superrich (including himself—and Mitt Romney) for not giving back, and warns of a Kingsian apocalyptic scenario if inequality is not addressed in America. — Chris Christie may be fat, but he ain't Santa Claus.
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The Enterprise Blog, The Raw Story, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, MetaFilter, Conservatives4Palin and Mediaite
Congressman Allen West / Facebook:
On Saturday night I was honored to be invited to the White House Correspondents Association dinner... On Saturday night I was honored to be invited to the White House Correspondents Association dinner. There was much glam, glamour, and humor flowing. However, as I walked from the Washington Hilton …
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Ballot Box and The Hill
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
NICK GILLESPIE COMMENTS ON MY NEW YORK POST OPED ON STUDENT LOANS: … He's right, of course. You can learn a lot — even substantive stuff that's useful — in any course, potentially. I was mocking “gender studies” classes, but even those can potentially be valuable.
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Hit & Run, Clayton Cramer's Blog and Daily Pundit
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Bloomberg:
Occupy Wall Street Plans Global Disruption of Status Quo May 1 — Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, whose anti-greed message spread worldwide during an eight-week encampment in Lower Manhattan last year, plan marches across the globe tomorrow calling attention to what they say are abuses of power and wealth.
Rasmussen Reports:
Only 11% Think War on Terror Is Over — Voters overwhelmingly reject the idea that the war on terror is over one year after the death of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, although most feel his al Qaeda terrorist group is weaker today. But a majority also still thinks a terrorist attack is possible in the next year.
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The Heritage Foundation, HotAirPundit and Via Meadia
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
TV in real dime — Viewers who stream network TV shows may soon discover the free ride is not so free. — Hulu, which attracted 31 million unique users in March under a free-for-all model, is taking its first steps to change to a model where viewers will have to prove they are a pay-TV customer …
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TechCrunch, GigaOM, Techdirt, The Verge and ThinkProgress, more at Mediagazer »
ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney Secretly Drops By Grieving Police Station — PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — It's not often that Mitt Romney omits from his remarks that he's running for president, but today the presumptive GOP nominee did just that, secretly dropping by a New Hampshire police station to offer his condolences …
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The Hill
Joe Kovacs / WND:
BREITBART'S CORONER POISONED TO DEATH? — Police probe mysterious demise of L.A. medical examiner — Medical examiners in Los Angeles are investigating the possible poisoning death of one of their own officials who may have worked on the case of Andrew Breitbart, the conservative firebrand …
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Washington Monthly, Wonkette, Vox Popoli, TBogg and Joe. My. God.
Darius Dixon / Politico:
Elijah Cummings to Darrell Issa: Stop ‘witch hunt’ — Rep. Elijah Cummings warned Rep. Darrell Issa against turning a potential contempt resolution against Attorney General Eric Holder over the Fast and Furious scandal into “an election-year witch hunt,” he wrote in a letter late last week.
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Sister Toldjah, The Gateway Pundit and The PJ Tatler