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10:30 AM ET, May 7, 2012

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Susan Page / USA Today:
Swing states' poll: Big challenges loom for Obama, Romney  —  Six months out, it's a tie.  —  The first USA TODAY/Gallup Swing States Poll since the GOP settled on a presumptive nominee shows big challenges for each side: Mitt Romney in generating enthusiasm and a personal connection with his supporters …
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Battleground Poll: Obama, Romney in dead heat  —  A new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll finds a dead heat in the presidential race six months before the election.  —  Mitt Romney edged out President Barack Obama 48 percent to 47 percent among likely voters …
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama-Romney Race Competitive in 2012 Swing States
Politico:
Republican poll analysis: The race to November begins
Discussion: CNN
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Those Revolting Europeans  —  The French are revolting.  The Greeks, too.  And it's about time.  —  Both countries held elections Sunday that were in effect referendums on the current European economic strategy, and in both countries voters turned two thumbs down.
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Noah Barkin / Reuters:
Analysis: Greek, French voters reject German-led austerity
Discussion: National Review
Brian Topp / Globe and Mail:
With Hollande's defeat of Sarkozy, France dodges a bullet  —  On election day in Paris, Place de la Bastille (home of the left) was full and Place de la Concorde (home of the right) was empty.  As sure a sign as any that the Socialist Party was about to win the presidency, as it went on to do.
Discussion: The Reaction
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Agence France Presse:
Obama invites Hollande to White House  —  President Barack Obama congratulated French president-elect Francois Hollande for his victory Sunday, but warned of “challenges” ahead, a clear reference to Afghanistan and eurozone debt crisis.  —  The US president was among the first world leaders …
John Cassidy / Rational Irrationality:
Sarko's Defeat: Good and Bad News for Obama
Reuters:
Socialist Hollande ousts Sarkozy as French leader
NBC / msnbc.com:   French President Sarkozy admits defeat in presidential bid
Kevin Sieff / Washington Post:
Secret U.S. program releases high-level insurgents in exchange for pledges of peace  —  KABUL — The United States has for several years been secretly releasing high-level detainees from a military prison in Afghanistan as part of negotiations with insurgent groups, a bold effort to quell violence …
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Ernesto Londoño / Washington Post:
U.S. abandons consulate site in Afghanistan, citing security risks
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Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
Biden's “Words Speak for Themselves” on His “Belief in Marriage Equality,” Incoming HRC Head Griffin Says
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Joe. My. God.
Dave Umhoefer / PolitiFact:
Behind the rhetoric: Why Scott Walker was able to raise unlimited funds  —  Democrats and their recall allies decry the law that has helped Gov. Scott Walker out-raise his opponents combined by $11 million dollars without regard to normal campaign contribution limits.
Steve Mistler / Portland Press-Herald:
Ron Paul in Maine: Delegates in hand, but trouble afoot?  —  Mitt Romney supporters consider challenging the results of Maine's GOP convention.  —  AUGUSTA - Chaos.  Turmoil.  Insane.  —  Those were just three of the words attendees used Sunday to describe the Maine Republican State Convention …
Discussion: Politico and Balloon Juice
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BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney Was Arrested For Disorderly Conduct In 1981  —  The charges were dropped after Romney threatened to sue.  “I was not a disorderly person,” Romney said.  —  Mitt Romney campaigns in Pittsburgh.  —  It's a little reported anecdote, but in 1981 presumptive Republican Presidential …
Discussion: GOP 12
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
A Scramble as Biden Backs Same-Sex Marriage  —  Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said on Sunday that he was “absolutely comfortable” with same-sex marriages and was heartened by their growing acceptance across the country, a position that moves well beyond the “evolving” views that President Obama has said he holds on the issue.
David Ford / ABCNEWS:
ABC News President Ben Sherwood Announces Plans for New Joint Venture with Univision to News Division  —  ABC News President Ben Sherwood sent the following note to ABC News staff announcing plans for a new pioneering joint venture with Univision:  —  This morning we're announcing …
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
Khaled Yacoub Oweis / Reuters:
Syria's Muslim Brotherhood rise from the ashes  —  (Reuters) - At a meeting of Syria's opposition, Muslim Brotherhood officials gather round Marxists colleagues, nudging them to produce policy statements for the Syrian National Council, the main political group challenging President Bashar al-Assad.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Jihad Watch
 
 
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