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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 …
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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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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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Campaign 2012, ABCNEWS, GOP 12, The Hill, Mediaite, CNN, msnbc.com and National Review
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama-Romney Race Competitive in 2012 Swing States — Obama currently holds advantage on strength of support and enthusiasm — PRINCETON, NJ — In the first USA Today/Gallup swing-state poll conducted since Mitt Romney became the presumptive Republican nominee, Romney and President Barack Obama …
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
It's the Economy, Smartypants
It's the Economy, Smartypants
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Mother Jones and ABCNEWS
James Hohmann / Politico:
Battleground Poll: Obama, Romney in dead heat
James Hohmann / Politico:
Poll: 2012 race a dead heat
Poll: 2012 race a dead heat
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Washington Monthly, Hit & Run, The Page, Associated Press and National Review
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 Yglesias / Slate:
Can This Man Save The Eurozone Economy?
Can This Man Save The Eurozone Economy?
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Bloomberg:
Greek Election Surprise Rejects ‘Barbarism’ of Bailout Austerity
Greek Election Surprise Rejects ‘Barbarism’ of Bailout Austerity
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Moral Hazard, Crooks and Liars, Suburban Guerrilla, Shot in the Dark and Wall Street Journal
Noah Barkin / Reuters:
Analysis: Greek, French voters reject German-led austerity
Analysis: Greek, French voters reject German-led austerity
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National Review, The PJ Tatler and New York Times
Drew Katchen / msnbc.com:
Education Secretary Arne Duncan: I believe in same-sex marriage — Vice President Joe Biden's declaration Sunday on “Meet the Press” that he's “absolutely comfortable” with gay marriage continued to reverberate Monday. — On Morning Joe, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan echoed Biden.
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Guardian, Politicker, Politico and Gay Politics
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
A Scramble as Biden Backs Same-Sex Marriage
A Scramble as Biden Backs Same-Sex Marriage
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ABCNEWS, Politico, Althouse, msnbc.com, The Caucus, Daily Kos, JustOneMinute, Capital New York, The Huffington Post, Campaign 2012, Gay Politics, The Daily Dish and ThinkProgress
Donovan Slack / Politico:
Arne Duncan's support of gay marriage draws praise from advocates, ratchets up pressure on Obama
Arne Duncan's support of gay marriage draws praise from advocates, ratchets up pressure on Obama
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National Review, White House Dossier, Guardian, Newsy and The Hill
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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Catholic Bandita, GOP 12, Daily Kos, Naked DC and Indecision Forever
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.
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John Cassidy / Rational Irrationality:
Sarko's Defeat: Good and Bad News for Obama
Sarko's Defeat: Good and Bad News for Obama
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Cafe Hayek, Outside the Beltway, Reuters and Left Coast Rebel
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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Business Insider and Hit & Run
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Steve Mistler / Portland Press-Herald:
Ron Paul in Maine: Delegates in hand, but trouble afoot?
Ron Paul in Maine: Delegates in hand, but trouble afoot?
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Washington Monthly, Politico, The New Republic, Balloon Juice and Las Vegas Sun
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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Power Line, The Jawa Report, Hit & Run, ThinkProgress, The Gateway Pundit, CNN, Reuters, New York Magazine, This ain't Hell … and The PJ Tatler
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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Michelle Kosinski / msnbc.com:
Prostitute at center of Secret Service scandal: Agents were ‘stupid brutes’ — MADRID, Spain — A woman identifying herself as the Colombian prostitute at the center of a scandal involving U.S. Secret Service personnel has called the group of agents “stupid brutes” who put partying above President Barack Obama's security.
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Mediaite, New York Magazine, The Raw Story and Business Insider
Peter Berkowitz / Wall Street Journal:
Why Colleges Don't Teach the Federalist Papers — At America's top schools, graduates leave without reading our most basic writings on the purpose of constitutional self-government. — It would be difficult to overstate the significance of The Federalist for understanding the principles …
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Power Line
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.
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FreakOutNation
Pamela Owen / Daily Mail:
Did dinosaurs cause climate change? Huge creatures may have contributed to their own demise because they produced so much flatulence, say scientists — Dinosaurs may be partly to blame for a change in climate because they created so much flatulence, according to leading scientists.
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The Jawa Report, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers