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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Lugar's Demise and the Constitutional Crisis — The defeat of Richard Lugar in the Indiana Republican Senate primary is the kind of event that would have been shocking just a half-dozen years ago, and has since grown routine. Incumbent senators used to have almost no fear that they might …
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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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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.
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Geneva Sands / Ballot Box:
Mourdock says he hasn't decided on backing McConnell as leader — The morning after crushing Sen. Dick Lugar in a Republican primary, Indiana state Treasurer Richard Mourdock said he hasn't decided whether to support Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
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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:
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Richard Mourdock dismisses Dick Lugar attack — Fresh from his Republican primary win, Richard Mourdock on Wednesday brushed aside Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar's parting shot hat he has an “unrelenting partisan mindset.” — On appearances on Fox News' “Fox & Friends” and CNN's “Starting Point …
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Manu Raju / Politico:
GOP senators wonder: Am I next?
GOP senators wonder: Am I next?
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
No-Drama Election Night
No-Drama Election Night
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The Caucus:
Gay Marriage Issue Looming, Obama Sits for an Interview — President Obama, who is under mounting pressure to clarify his thinking on same-sex marriage after top aides publicly embraced it in recent days, will sit down for an interview with ABC News on Wednesday during which he is likely …
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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
Obama disappointed in N.C. vote
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Peter Wallsten / Washington Post:
Obama may clarify position on same-sex marriage in interview today
Obama may clarify position on same-sex marriage in interview today
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Senior Obama Advisor: President Obama May Endorse Same-Sex Marriage Soon
Senior Obama Advisor: President Obama May Endorse Same-Sex Marriage Soon
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msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: The margins told the story
First Thoughts: The margins told the story
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Pam Spaulding / Firedoglake:
North Carolina's Amendment One: Where Do I Begin?
North Carolina's Amendment One: Where Do I Begin?
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Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
North Carolina Voters Pass Same-Sex Marriage Ban
North Carolina Voters Pass Same-Sex Marriage Ban
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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.”
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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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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Liberal Donors' Plan Worries Top Democrats
Liberal Donors' Plan Worries Top Democrats
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Jason Stein / JSOnline:
Barrett wins Democratic primary, to face Walker in June
Barrett wins Democratic primary, to face Walker in June
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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
Michele Bachmann Now A Citizen Of Switzerland
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Wall Street Journal:
The Cravenness of Higher Education — The Chronicle fires a writer for doing what she was hired to do. — The Chronicle of Higher Education has fired our former editorial-page colleague, Naomi Schaefer Riley, for a blog posting on the Chronicle's website that offended 6,500 professors.
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Comical of Higher Education
The Comical of Higher Education
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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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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.
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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 …
Reuters:
Florida nabs white supremacists planning “race war” — ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Ten alleged members of a white supremacist group training near Orlando and Disney World for a “race war” have been rounded up in a series of arrests in central Florida, authorities said on Tuesday.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
California Police Officers Face Murder and Manslaughter Charges For Beating Death Of Mentally Ill Homeless Man — Kelly Thomas in his hospital bed before his death — Last July, Fullerton, California police officer Manuel Ramos discovered a homeless man named Kelly Thomas near the site of a car break in.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Romney super-PAC ad looks to reignite Hilary Rosen controversy — The controversy over Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen's remark that Ann Romney had “never worked a day in her life” has largely subsided, but a new ad from a super-PAC backing Mitt Romney hopes to revive the issue in time for Mother's Day.
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
NRCC chair: 100 percent of GOP candidates will stand with Romney — One hundred percent of Republicans running for the House will gladly stand shoulder to shoulder with Mitt Romney, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (Texas) said Wednesday.
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