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10:30 AM ET, May 9, 2012

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Tom Curry / msnbc.com:
Six-term Senate veteran Lugar defeated in Indiana primary  —  Republican foreign policy elder statesman Sen. Richard Lugar, 80, first elected to the Senate in 1976, was defeated in the Indiana primary Tuesday by state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, who was backed by conservatives ranging …
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CNN:
In statement, Lugar defends campaign while criticizing partisan environment  —  (CNN) - Six-term Sen. Richard Lugar, who CNN projected would lose his bid for the GOP Senate nomination in Indiana, issued the following statement shortly after his concession speech Tuesday night:
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Man in the News |  Richard Mourdock: Richard Mourdock's Many Pursuits Don't Include Bipartisanship  —  The man who deposed the Republican foreign policy conscience of the Senate is a 60-year-old homebody, a former geologist who loves riding motorcycles, running marathons and thumbing through history books in bed.
Bill Nichols / Politico:
Lugar routed; N.C. bans gay marriage  —  Sen. Dick Lugar, the political gold standard in Indiana for nearly 40 years, suffered a once unthinkable primary defeat Tuesday, marking a seismic shift in his state's political culture and sending yet another warning to longtime Senate incumbents.
Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
What Lugar's loss could mean for a Pres. Romney  —  Not only did Tea Party-backed Richard Mourdock just put an end to Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar's 35-year U.S. Senate career, but it wasn't even close.  NBC projected Mourdock, the Indiana state treasurer, the winner of the Republican primary shortly …
Discussion: Hot Air, Booman Tribune and Mediaite
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:   Richard Mourdock dismisses Dick Lugar attack
Geneva Sands / The Hill:
Mourdock predicts no compromise in Senate after crushing Lugar in primary
Discussion: Politico
Susan Davis / USA Today:
Sen. Richard Lugar defeated in Indiana's GOP primary
Discussion: msnbc.com and US Politics
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Obama Loses West Virginia Delegates To Prison Inmate  —  The vote highlights the President's unpopularity in the Appalachian heartland.  In 2008, white voters there cited race as a factor.  —  Federal prisoner Keith Russell Judd, 49, at the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution in Beaumont, Texas in March 15, 2008.
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Lawrence Messina / Associated Press:
Against Obama, even a jailbird gets some votes  —  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country?  Enough that a man in prison in Texas got 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary.
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
1 in 3 West Virginia Democratic primary voters choose felon over Obama
Robert Willett / Raleigh News & Observer:
N.C. to add marriage amendment to its constitution  —  Mary Frances Forrester, right, the wife of the late N.C. State Senator James Forrester, embraces Tami Fitzgerald from Vote For Marriage NC as they celebrate the passage of Amendment One during an election night party at the N. Raleigh Hilton on Tuesday May 8, 2012.
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Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama disappointed in N.C. vote  —  President Obama's reelection campaign is expressing their disappointment that North Carolina voters have decided to add a gay marriage amendment to the state's constitution.  —  “The President has long opposed divisive and discriminatory efforts to deny rights …
Pam Spaulding / Firedoglake:
North Carolina's Amendment One: Where Do I Begin?
Elizabeth Hartfield / ABCNEWS:
NC Bans Gay Marriage, Civil Unions
Tim Mak / Politico:
Michele Bachmann claims Swiss citizenship  —  Rep. Michelle Bachmann is now officially a Swiss miss.  —  Bachmann (R-Minn.) recently became a citizen of Switzerland, making her eligible to run for office in the tiny European nation, according to a Swiss TV report Tuesday.
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Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway:
Michele Bachmann Now A Citizen Of Switzerland
Discussion: The Maddow Blog
New York Times:
Suicide Mission Volunteer Was Double Agent, Officials Say  —  WASHINGTON — The would-be suicide bomber dispatched by the Yemen branch of Al Qaeda last month to blow up a United States-bound airliner was actually a double agent who infiltrated the terrorist group and volunteered for the suicide mission …
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John Miller / CBS News:
CIA sacrifices valuable intelligence source to foil underwear bomb plot  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  (CBS News) NEW YORK - It's a stunning revelation in the foiled plot to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner: The triggerman chosen by al Qaeda was actually a double agent who was working for the CIA and Saudi intelligence services.
Discussion: The Reaction and iOwnTheWorld.com
Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Tom Barrett wins Wisconsin recall primary  —  Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett won the Democratic primary in Wisconsin's gubernatorial recall election Tuesday, dealing a blow to organized labor and setting up the June 5 race against Republican Gov. Scott Walker.  —  Barrett defeated former Dane …
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Jesse Garza / JSOnline:
Wife hits husband with SUV after argument over recalls
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Tom Barrett wins Wisconsin recall primary
Bill Dedman / msnbc.com:
Conservative author Jonah Goldberg drops claim of two Pulitzer nominations  —  On the dust jacket of his new book, “The Tyranny of Clichés: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas,” best-selling conservative author and commentator Jonah Goldberg is described as having “twice been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.”
Discussion: FishbowlDC, Crooked Timber and Mediaite
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National Review:   Jonah Goldberg  —  Jonah Goldberg was the founding editor …
James Carville / CNN:
Wake up Democrats; you could lose  —  Editor's note: James Carville is a Democratic strategist who serves as a political contributor for CNN, appearing frequently on “The Situation Room” as well as other programs on all CNN networks.  —  (CNN) — A long time ago a great three-time governor of Louisiana …
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
White House Tours Do Not Require Fetuses To Be Counted As Full Humans … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Video, White House Secret Security, White House Tour Unborn Baby, White House Tours, White House Tours Babies, White House Visitors, White House Visitors Office, White House Visitors Unborn Babies, Politics News
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Josh Glasstetter / rightwingwatch.org:
GOP Newsletter Calls for Armed Revolution if Obama Re-Elected  —  The Greene County, Virginia Republican Committee publishes a monthly newsletter for members called “The Constitutional Conservatives.”  The newsletter is heavy on Tea Party rhetoric about how Obama and liberals are ruining America, and so forth.
 
 
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