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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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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, Mediaite, Race 4 2012, Daily Kos, Business Insider, No More Mister Nice Blog and Guardian
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 …
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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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Ballot Box, The Hill, Politico, Business Insider, ABCNEWS, Guardian, 2012 Decoded, Hot Air, Campaign 2012, Mediaite, Washington Monthly, The Hill, CNN, GOP 12, msnbc.com and National Review
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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Politico, The Hill, Hit & Run, The PJ Tatler and Weasel Zippers
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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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama-Romney Race Competitive in 2012 Swing States
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msnbc.com, Politico, ABCNEWS, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Firedoglake, GOP 12, American Prospect and The Daily Caller
Olivier Knox / ABCNEWS:
On gay marriage, Romney has tried to ‘roll back’ laws, Axelrod says
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Politico, Yahoo! News, CNN, Catholic Bandita, Weasel Zippers and Advocate
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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ABCNEWS, Guardian, New York Times, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Politicker, Daily Kos, Poynter, ThinkProgress, Business Insider and The Stranger …, more at Mediagazer »
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Carlo Munoz / The Hill:
CIA thwarts al Qaeda plot timed near bin Laden anniversary
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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
Amy Bingham / ABCNEWS:
Chelsea Clinton's Childhood: No Pizza, Cartoons on Weekdays
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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 …
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JustOneMinute, his vorpal sword, Associated Press, Catholic Bandita, The Reaction, Naked DC, Daily Kos, Indecision Forever and GOP 12
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
The Washington Post Is In Even Worse Shape Than You Think — The Washington Post Co. reported its first-quarter earnings on Friday, and the news coming out of the newspaper division was mostly grim. The unit lost $22.6 million in the quarter, with revenue down 8% and revenue from print advertising specifically falling 17%.
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TechCrunch, The Other McCain, Poynter, JIMROMENESKO.COM and Eschaton, more at Mediagazer »
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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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Tim Mak / Politico:
Blogs: A French lesson for Obama
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ABCNEWS, Facebook, American Prospect and Human Events
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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ThinkProgress and Mediaite
Daily Kos:
WTF? Democratic Party of Wisconsin Cancels post-primary Unity Rally — Tomorrow, Tuesday, May 8th, Wisconsin voters will vote in a special recall election primary. On the Democratic ballot for governor are four legitimate contenders. The winner of the Democratic primary will face Republican Governor Scott Walker on June 5th.
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National Review, Campaign 2012, Washington Free Beacon and RedState
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
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Rick Berg, GOP Senate Candidate In North Dakota, Stumped On Minimum Wage (VIDEO) … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Video, North Dakota, North Dakota Democratic Party, Heidi Heitkamp, Minimum Wage, Rick-Berg, Rick-Berg-Campaign-Ad, Politics News — WASHINGTON — Rep. Rick Berg (R-N.D.) …
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ThinkProgress and The Maddow Blog
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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and FreakOutNation
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
The Daily Beast:
Why Can't Obama Bring Wall Street to Justice? — Despite his populist posturing, the president has failed to pin a single top finance exec on criminal charges since the economic collapse. Are the banks too big to jail—or is Washington's revolving door at to blame? Peter J. Boyer and Peter Schweizer investigate:
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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
Peter Grier / Christian Science Monitor:
Why Ron Paul's big wins in Maine and Nevada matter — When Ron Paul delegates show up at the Republican National Convention in August, they may be strong enough to throw the event into disarray - just at the moment Mitt Romney needs to show the GOP united behind him.
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Washington Post, Truthdig, Business Insider, Mad Kane's Political Madness and Hit & Run
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
INFOGRAPHIC: House GOP's Deficit Reduction Efforts Dwarfed By Cost Of Tax Cuts For The Rich — House Republicans will today finalize their deficit reduction plans as required under the Budget Control Act, the deal reached last August to raise the nation's debt ceiling.
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Washington Monthly, Associated Press and The Hill
Reuters:
Old feud appears to sink Obama's Fed nominees — (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's two nominees to the Federal Reserve appear likely to fall victim to a long-running political feud, which would leave the central bank short-handed as it struggles with tough regulatory and monetary policy questions.
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New York Magazine, TheMoneyIllusion and Brad DeLong
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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