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9:30 AM ET, May 3, 2012

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Meets With Conservative Media Off The Record … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Video, Ann Romney, Daily Caller, National Review, Washington Examiner, Conservative Media, Media News, Mitt Romney 2012, Powerline, Reince Priebus, Right Wing News …
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ABCNEWS:
Designer of Ann Romney's $1K Shirt Says It's Off The Rack  —  CHANTILLY, Va. — The fashion house that makes the nearly $1,000 blouse worn by Ann Romney on morning television earlier this week tells ABC News that they had nothing to do with the wardrobe choice, remarking that they'd prefer to stay out of politics.
Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:
Ann Romney's $990 shirt - worth it?
Melinda Liu / The Daily Beast:
Activist Chen Guangcheng: Let Me Leave China on Hillary Clinton's Plane  —  In an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast's Melinda Liu, blind dissident Chen Guangcheng says he's been abandoned by American officials at a Chinese hospital and begs to leave the country on Hillary Clinton's plane.
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Jane Perlez / New York Times:
Activist, Out of Embassy, Now Says He Wants to Leave China
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Barry's Imaginary Girlfriend  —  There has been a lot of hilarity today over the revelation that the “New York girlfriend” who plays a significant role in Barack Obama's autobiography Dreams From My Father did not, strictly speaking, exist.  Rather, she was a composite or “compression” …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Obama: ‘New York girlfriend’ was composite
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: The freaky quadruple deaky “tanning mom” clip  —  It's come to this.  —  Via Mediaite, I've been looking around all day for a palate cleanser.  And now, at last, I've found it.  Trust me: Whatever you have on your news palate right now, this'll clean it right out.  Doesn't matter how important it is.
Arizona Republic:
Gilbert mass killing: Border militia leader identified as shooter  —  A border militia leader on Wednesday shot and killed four people at a Gilbert home, including a toddler, before committing suicide, sources said.  —  Sources identified the shooter as Jason “J.T.” Ready …
New York Times:
Behind Richard Grenell's Departure, a Right-Wing Storm  —  It was the biggest moment yet for Mitt Romney's foreign policy team: a conference call last Thursday, dialed into by dozens of news outlets from around the globe, to dissect and denounce President's Obama record on national security.
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John Sexton / BREITBART.COM:
FRIENDLY FIRE: OCCUPIER HITS OCCUPIER WITH BRICK TO FACE  —  Yesterday afternoon, San Francisco protesters returned to 888 Turk Street, a vacant building they briefly occupied last month.  After re-occupying the vacant building Tuesday, some members of the group climbed onto the roof …
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Zombie / The PJ Tatler:
SF May Day Occupier hurls bricks and iron bars at police, injures bystander—live video
New York Post:
OWS bums are a big joke  —  MELEE: A cop, facing a threat from behind him, wields his club at OWS protesters in Greenwich Village yesterday amid rallies that were far from crippling.  —  Occupy Wall Street's call for May Day mayhem largely fizzled yesterday — but at least provided a good laugh …
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Amitai Etzioni / CNN:
Why Occupy May Day fizzled  —  Occupy Wall Street participants stage …
Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
Senators urge Village Voice to pull online sex ads  —  A group of senators has introduced a resolution urging Village Voice Media to take down the “adult entertainment” section of its classified-ads site, Backpage.com.  —  In a statement released Wednesday, Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) …
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
GOP seeks to portray President Obama as nation's divider-in-chief  —  Republicans are seeking to portray President Obama as the divider-in-chief, arguing the presidential candidate who trumpeted hope and change four years ago is now running an increasingly negative campaign.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Treasury: Tax receipts not changing deadline on $16.4T debt limit  —  Lawmakers will not have to re-fight their epic battle over raising the debt ceiling until after the November elections, according to the Treasury Department.  —  April tax receipts have not moved Treasury's debt-ceiling target date …
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
Spike that football, Dogeater-in-Chief.  Spike it as hard as you can.  —  Neil Munro reports: … Well, yeah, but other than that.  —  And why was Obama in Afghanistan?  To remind everybody that one year ago today, he climbed through Osama Bin Laden's window with a knife between his teeth and took the bastard out personally.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Rebel Pundit / BREITBART.COM:
MAY DAY PROTESTORS CANNOT EXPLAIN THEIR SIGNS OR THEIR CAUSE  —  Yesterday at Chicago's Union Park for the May Day march, I found group of protesters from the Asociación de Vendedores Ambulantes (Street Vendors Association) holding signs from the Chicago Community and Workers' Rights.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
RNC looks to bracket Obama re-election kickoff with ‘hype and blame’ messaging  —  After a week where the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden effectively dominated the political news arena, Republicans are looking to shift the message back to a critical examination of President Obama's economic record.
Discussion: CNN
Jonathan Martinand Alexander Burns / Reuters:
The state both parties want  —  The verdict is in: Barack Obama's 2008 victory in Virginia was not a fluke.  For the once reliably Republican state, competitive presidential elections are the new normal.  —  Just look at the candidates' schedules.  President Obama will make Richmond …
Ginger Gibson / Politico:
Newt Gingrich drops out: ‘Truly wild ride’ is over  —  ARLINGTON, Va. — Newt Gingrich finally called it quits.  —  For all intents and purposes, his campaign was over months ago.  —  In a crowded hotel ballroom steps from a Washington, D.C.-area subway stop Wednesday afternoon …
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Fox News:
Candidate Gingrich ends campaign but vows to keep fighting as ‘Citizen’ Gingrich
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Newt Gingrich brings campaign to a close, with swipes at Obama, jokes at his own expense
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
 
 
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Glenn Thrush / Reuters:
Rumsfeld scrapped raid - 6 years before calling OBL kill ‘easy call’
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Amy Bingham / Reuters:
Water Guns Banned, Handguns Allowed at GOP Convention
Discussion: Firedoglake
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney mocks Obama moving ‘forward’
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
‘Saturday Night Live’ creator: Romney won't be on show this season
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CNN:
‘No Swiss Mitt’  —  Washington (CNN) - About 10 people from …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Joel Gehrke / Campaign 2012:
Pelosi denies lying about waterboarding
Fergal O'Brien / Bloomberg:
European Unemployment Rate Rises to Highest in Almost 15 Years
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
A Paper Of Cowards  —  Drudge links to a Virginian-Pilot …
Discussion: Chicago Boyz and American Power
Andrew Feinberg / The Hill:
Ethics watchdog asks FCC to revoke Fox's broadcast licenses
 

 
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