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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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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, Hullabaloo and Hot Air
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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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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First Read / msnbc.com:
The first place for news and analysis from the NBC News Political Unit. Follow us on Twitter.
The first place for news and analysis from the NBC News Political Unit. Follow us on Twitter.
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Associated Press and Hot Air
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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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
Joe / Joe. My. God.:
NORTH CAROLINA: Man Films Himself Firing A Shotgun Into Neighbor's Yard Sign Against Amendment One — How is NOM going to spin THIS? Somebody please mirror this clip immediately onto your own YouTube channel and send me a back-up link. — UPDATE: Thanks folks, we've now got back-up copies of this shameless a**holery.
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Mark Duffy / BuzzFeed:
The North Carolina Legislature Really Doesn't Like Gays
The North Carolina Legislature Really Doesn't Like Gays
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ThinkProgress
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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Chris Cassidy / Boston Herald:
Scott Brown calls on Warren camp to ‘come clean’ — Liz listed self as minority in professional directories — Despite claiming she never used her Native American heritage when applying for a job, Elizabeth Warren's campaign admitted last night the Democrat listed her minority status …
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Stephanie Ebbert / Boston Globe:
Directories identified Warren as minority
Directories identified Warren as minority
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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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Victor Morton / Washington Times:
New Obama slogan has long ties to Marxism, socialism — The Obama campaign apparently didn't look backwards into history when selecting its new campaign slogan, “Forward” — a word with a long and rich association with European Marxism. — Many Communist and radical publications …
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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
COMRADES! OBAMA'S NEW SLOGAN: FORWARD!
COMRADES! OBAMA'S NEW SLOGAN: FORWARD!
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Los Angeles Times, The Gateway Pundit, americanthinker.com and Jammie Wearing Fools
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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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
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, 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
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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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.
James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
Why the presidential election could be over at 8:30 a.m., October 26 — This may be as good as it gets. Sputter-speed growth of around 2% and a moribund labor market. As the above chart suggests, the recovery is losing momentum. Here's Goldman economist Jan Hatzius:
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Hot Air
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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Bristol Palin:
Defending the “Palin Pick” — Most of you know I'd rather post photos of my family and write about Alaska than talk about politics. But after reading and watching some recent commentary, I can't help myself. — The chattering class is talking - endlessly - about Mitt Romney's choice of a Vice Presidential running mate.
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Politico, GOP 12, The Immoral Minority, Wonkette and Conservatives4Palin