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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
For a Blunt Biden, an Uneasy Supporting Role — WASHINGTON — As President Obama reviewed the comedy routine he was to deliver at the recent White House Correspondents' Association dinner, one joke struck him as too hot. It suggested he might dump Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. from the ticket.
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Biden defends Iran stance: ‘We were the problem’ — Atlanta (CNN) - Vice President Joe Biden spoke out forcefully against the Iranian government Tuesday at the Rabbinical Assembly Convention meeting, saying actions taken by the Obama White House were preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden Blames America: ‘We Were the Problem’
Biden Blames America: ‘We Were the Problem’
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Half of Americans Support Legal Gay Marriage — Democrats and independents in favor; Republicans opposed — PRINCETON, NJ — Fifty percent of Americans believe same-sex marriages should be recognized by law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages — down slightly from 53% last year …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Top Obama donors witholding money over executive order punt — Some leading gay and progressive donors are so angry over President Obama's refusal to sign an executive order barring same sex discrimination by federal contractors that they are refusing to give any more money to the pro-Obama super PAC …
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Cruel irony in Elizabeth Warren's Cherokee saga — Throughout her career and political campaign, Elizabeth Warren has found victims everywhere she looked, including when she looked in the mirror and saw an alleged descendant of one of the most historically victimized groups, Native Americans.
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Michael Patrick Leahy / BREITBART.COM:
ELIZABETH WARREN ANCESTOR ROUNDED UP CHEROKEES FOR TRAIL OF TEARS — For over a quarter of a century, Elizabeth Warren has described herself as a Native American. When recently asked to provide evidence of her ancestry, she pointed to an unsubstantiated claim on an 1894 Oklahoma Territory …
Hillary Chabot / Boston Herald:
Brown calls on Warren to reveal law school records — U.S. Sen. Scott Brown demanded that Elizabeth Warren release her law school applications and personnel files today, saying questions about Warren's Native American heritage mean she must answer, “whether it was appropriate for her to assume minority status as a professor.”
Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — Awkward! Republicans Who Opposed Auto Bailout Stumped By Romney Claiming Credit For It — As long as Mitt Romney publicly claims credit for the auto industry's recovery, he's going to put his fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill in an awkward position.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama up 7 in Ohio — Barack Obama continues to have the upper hand …
Obama up 7 in Ohio — Barack Obama continues to have the upper hand …
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Associated Press:
Romney taking credit for auto industry success
Romney taking credit for auto industry success
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Has Big Likability Edge Over Romney
Obama Has Big Likability Edge Over Romney
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Low student loan interest rates in limbo after Democrats' bill stalls in Senate — In a 52-45 vote, the Senate on Tuesday rejected a motion to proceed to legislation that would keep interest rates on federal student loans from doubling. — Sixty votes were needed to move to a debate on the legislation …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Senate Republicans Block Bill on Student Loan Rates
Senate Republicans Block Bill on Student Loan Rates
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Student loan bill blocked in Senate
Student loan bill blocked in Senate
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Rachel Rose Hartman / Yahoo! News:
Senate Republicans block vote on student loan interest rates
Senate Republicans block vote on student loan interest rates
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Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Maurice Sendak, Children's Author Who Upended Tradition, Dies at 83 — Maurice Sendak, widely considered the most important children's book artist of the 20th century, who wrenched the picture book out of the safe, sanitized world of the nursery and plunged it into the dark …
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
RNC official: Romney still deciding position on immigration reform — The Republican National Committee attempted to walk back a potentially bruising botched response Tuesday after an official said Mitt Romney is still making up his mind on immigration. — “As a candidate, to my understanding …
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Bank of America Begins “Pay Settlement With Other People's Money” Scheme — Bank of America, Charlotte NC (Wikipedia) — Bank of America says they have begun mailing notices to their borrowers about principal reduction opportunities under the foreclosure fraud settlement.
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Natasha Singer / New York Times:
Bank of America Starts Mortgage Reduction Effort
Bank of America Starts Mortgage Reduction Effort
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Stephen C. Webster / The Raw Story:
Fox News contributor laments ‘mistake’ of letting women vote — Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, a Fox News contributor, tea party activist and personal friend of Sean Hannity's said in a sermon recently published to YouTube that America's greatest mistake was allowing women the right to vote …
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Bret Baier Re-Signs with Fox News Channel
Bret Baier Re-Signs with Fox News Channel
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Mob on the Quad — Late last night, in a shameful example of editorial cowardice, the Chronicle of Higher Education fired Naomi Schaefer Riley. Naomi is a good friend of mine, a sometimes contributor to THE WEEKLY STANDARD, and a fine writer. And the story of what happened to her is highly instructive.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Three-Way Race: Romney 44%, Obama 39%, Ron Paul 13% — Texas Congressman Ron Paul appears more interested in influencing the direction of the Republican Party than in running as an independent presidential candidate. But perhaps Democrats should be careful what they wish for …
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Mitt Romney's new hero: Bill Clinton — LANSING, Mich. — Mitt Romney has a new hero on the stump and it's Bill Clinton. — In seeking to drive a wedge between centrist and liberal Democrats, Romney spoke here on Tuesday in glowing terms of the Clinton era's balanced budgets and rosy economy.
Roger Ainsley / World Now:
International sting operation brought down underwear bomb plot — WASHINGTON — The successful blocking of an ambitious Al Qaeda plot to bomb a U.S.-bound airliner was an international sting operation worthy of Hollywood, with spies tricking terrorists into showing their cards.
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Wall Street Journal:
Stephens: To the Class of 2012 — Attention graduates: Tone down your egos, shape up your minds. — Dear Class of 2012: — Allow me to be the first one not to congratulate you. Through exertions that—let's be honest—were probably less than heroic, most of you have spent …
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Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
VIDEO: Sacha Baron Cohen's dictator likes Mitt Romney — Sacha Baron Cohen, who plays a dictator in his upcoming movie, dressed in character yesterday and told reporters at a press conference that he liked “Mitchell Romney.” … If Santorum were running, though, Cohen …
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Mercury News:
Coroner: Artist Kinkade death an accident, from overdose of alcohol, Valium — Thomas Kinkade's death was an accident and the cause was an overdose of alcohol and Valium, according to an autopsy report issued by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner's Office.
Chippewa Falls Herald:
Man hit by vehicle driven by wife after dispute about Tuesday's primary vote — A couple's argument over voting in Tuesday's recall primary election led to a Chippewa Falls man being sent to a hospital. — Jeffrey A. Radle, 36, 134 W. Cedar St., Chippewa Falls was taken …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
John Edwards trial: Donor warned Obama campaign — GREENSBORO, N.C. — Former Sen. John Edwards's defense suggested Tuesday that he was simply seeking to cover up his extramarital affair and out-of-wedlock child when he told associates and advisers in 2008 that he hoped to be the Democrats …
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Washington Post:
Dick Lugar is going to lose. Did he have to? — Indiana Republican Sen. Dick Lugar will almost certainly lose his bid for a seventh term Tuesday at the hands of state Treasurer Richard Mourdock. — FILE - In this April 24, 2012, file photo, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington.