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Mark Halperin / Swampland:
The View from One Prudential Plaza: Why the Obama Campaign Is So Confident About Beating Romney — President Obama pauses while speaking at a campaign event in Columbus, Ohio, on May 5, 2012 — Barack Obama's decision to base his re-election campaign outside of Washington seems to be working pretty darn well.
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The Moderate Voice, GOP 12, Taylor Marsh and ABCNEWS
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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 …
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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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
It's the Economy, Smartypants
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Washington Monthly, Mother Jones and ABCNEWS
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama-Romney Race Competitive in 2012 Swing States
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ABCNEWS, Politico, msnbc.com, Firedoglake, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, American Prospect, The Daily Caller, The Moderate Voice and GOP 12
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 …
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BuzzFeed:
Romney Silent As Woman Says Obama Should Be Tried For Treason — A town hall bubbles over. — EUCLID, Ohio — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney didn't comment on a supporter's assertion that President Barack Obama should be tried for treason at a town hall event here.
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Plain Dealer, No More Mister Nice Blog, Mediaite, Business Insider, Daily Kos and Guardian
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama team: Romney must rebuke ‘extreme voices’ after ‘treason’ call at rally — President Obama's campaign is looking to seize on a pair of controversial comments by supporters at Mitt Romney's town hall meeting in Cleveland Monday, calling on the presumptive Republican nominee to “stand up to the extreme voices in his party.”
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Weasel Zippers and The PJ Tatler
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Barack Obama Accused Of Treason At Mitt Romney Town Hall (VIDEO) … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Barack Obama , Mitt Romney, Barack Obama 2012 , Elections 2012, Video, Election 2012, Barack Obama Treason, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney Treason, Obama Treason, Politics News
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Romney Refuses To Stand Up To Woman Who Says Obama Should Be ‘Tried For Treason’
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ABCNEWS, Washington Post and Weasel Zippers
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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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Clinton hopes to see female US president — KOLKATA, India (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday she has no desire to make another run for the White House but hopes to see an American woman president in her lifetime. — Politely turning aside questions …
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Hillary Clinton : I will see a woman in White House — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday the United States will have a female president in her lifetime — but it won't be her. — Clinton said at a town hall meeting in Kolkata, India, that she wants to see “that final glass ceiling broken,” The Associated Press reported.
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The Hill and The PJ Tatler
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Obama administration advises new French president: For sake of world economy, don't raise taxes and increase spending — “Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes...” — President Obama was quick to invite France's Socialist president-elect to Washington for a visit, but the White House …
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Brian Topp / Globe and Mail:
With Hollande's defeat of Sarkozy, France dodges a bullet
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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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Adweek:
Secret Meeting Has ‘Washington Post’ Buzzing As paper struggles, big-name journalists meet with the paper's top business exec By Lucia Moses — Washington Post staffers are buzzing about a secret meeting between some 10 big-name Post journalists including Dana Priest, David Finkel and Carol Leonnig …
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
W.H. won't say whether Obama supports gay marriage — The White House wouldn't say Monday whether President Obama's views on gay marriage have changed, even as two high-level members of his administration have voiced support for the issue this week. — “The president is the right person to describe his own personal views.
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Adam Goldman / Associated Press:
US: CIA thwarts new al-Qaida underwear bomb plot — WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, The Associated Press has learned.
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msnbc.com, Guardian, New York Magazine, Hot Air, ThinkProgress and The Stranger …
Bloomberg:
Look Who's Pushing Homeowners Off the Foreclosure Cliff — One of the more confounding aspects of the U.S. housing crisis has been the reluctance of lenders to do more to assist troubled borrowers. After all, when homes go into foreclosure, banks lose money.
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Firedoglake and Eschaton
Jonathan Rauch / NY Daily News:
Brace for Ted Kennedy's revenge — The path to national health insurance — President Obama and Ted Kennedy championed health care reform — a cause that may, paradoxically, be advanced if the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act. — “You know, liberals will be the big winners …
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The Volokh Conspiracy and National Review
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
This 93-Year-Old Grandmother Is Suing Pennsylvania Over Voter ID Laws — The first time Viviette Applewhite went to the polls, she cast her vote for John F. Kennedy. But this year, a strict new voter identification law will likely prevent the now-93-year old woman and many others in Pennsylvania …
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ABCNEWS:
Rob Portman: No More Mr. Nice Guy — He's polite, smart and a little nerdy. But as Rob Portman has climbed to the top of the list of potential running mates for Mitt Romney, the political world is now seeing a different side of him: the attack dog. — Just over the past week …
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Washington Monthly and GOP 12
Judd Gregg / The Hill:
Opinion: Vote in French presidential election should be a warning for America — The French have now elected a socialist government. This event should be instructive to us. — France currently has a government that absorbs more than 50 percent of its economy.
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Washington Wire and neo-neocon
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Delta Pulls “Daily Show” Ads After Catholic Complaints — Catholic League chief Bill Donohue is still on his campaign against Jon Stewart for a weeks-old “vagina manger” bit. The next target: Kellogg's. — Catholic League president Bill Donohue declared an early victory in his campaign …
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