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Ginger Gibson / Politico:
Obama struggles in Kentucky, Arkansas — President Barack Obama continued to have trouble on Tuesday performing in Democratic primaries in traditionally conservative states, barely eking out wins in Kentucky and Arkansas. — The president didn't even have an opponent in Kentucky …
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Emily Goodin / Ballot Box:
4 in 10 Democrats desert Obama in Arkansas, Kentucky primaries — Four in ten Democratic voters chose someone other than President Obama on Tuesday in primaries in Arkansas and Kentucky. — In Arkansas, John Wolfe — a perennial, long-shot candidate — took 41 percent of the vote …
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Politico, The Gateway Pundit and The PJ Tatler
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
‘Uncommitted’ Gives Obama a Run in Kentucky
‘Uncommitted’ Gives Obama a Run in Kentucky
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Scared Monkeys and Clayton Cramer's Blog
Washington Post:
Obama challenged in Arkansas primary
Obama challenged in Arkansas primary
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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: Obama, Romney locked in tight contest
NBC/WSJ poll: Obama, Romney locked in tight contest
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Hot Air, American Power, The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway and Politico
Colleen McCain Nelson / Wall Street Journal:
Romney, Obama Notch Primary Wins
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Cantor says Obama's ‘hostility’ to Bain discouraging investors — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) suggested Wednesday that the Obama campaign's attacks on Mitt Romney's tenure at private-equity firm Bain Capital could be discouraging others from investing in struggling companies.
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CNN:
Obama campaign expands Bain attack and general election ad buys — Washington (CNN) - The Obama re-election campaign is putting in almost $150,000 for an additional buy of its two minute ad going after Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital, according to a Republican media buying source.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Ten ways you know the Bain attack is bombing
Ten ways you know the Bain attack is bombing
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Weekly Standard, The Huffington Post, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Week, The PJ Tatler and Moe Lane
Steven Rattner / New York Times:
Op-Ed Contributor: Creating Jobs Wasn't Romney's Job
Op-Ed Contributor: Creating Jobs Wasn't Romney's Job
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GOP 12 and Washington Post
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Rep. Steve King: Immigrants are like dogs — Updated: On Monday, the Iowa GOP rep used a degrading metaphor to describe how America should select immigrants — [Updated below] — Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, compared immigrants to dogs at a town hall meeting yesterday …
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Rep. King compares immigrants to dogs
Rep. King compares immigrants to dogs
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Mediaite and The Maddow Blog
Charles C. Johnson / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: THE VETTING - DID OBAMA HAVE LOWER SAT SCORES THAN GEORGE W. BUSH? — President Barack Obama is hailed by his supporters and the mainstream media as one of the most brilliant men ever to hold the office. However, his refusal to release his academic records …
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Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:
Fear the Vetting! Breitbart.com Bombshell Exclusive: We Don't Have Obama's SAT Scores!
Fear the Vetting! Breitbart.com Bombshell Exclusive: We Don't Have Obama's SAT Scores!
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The Daley Gator
Rex Nutting / MarketWatch:
Obama spending binge never happened — Commentary: Government outlays rising at slowest pace since 1950s … WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Of all the falsehoods told about President Barack Obama, the biggest whopper is the one about his reckless spending spree.
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Misplaced Loyalties and Dubious Code of Chris Matthews — The MSNBC host attacked Cory Booker for breaking with the Democratic Party line. As a journalist, he ought to celebrate truth-telling. — When the average television viewer sees someone on a public-affairs show making arguments …
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p m carpenter's commentary, Politico, The Daily Caller and Taylor Marsh
LEE STRANAHAN dot COM:
Friday, May 25th Is “Everybody Blog About Brett Kimberlin Day” — Brett Kimberlin is a convicted bomber, perjurer and left-wing attack dog. He's attacked — in no particular order — conservative bloggers like Andrew Breibart, Patterico, Liberty Chick, Aaron Worthing, Stacy McCain and others.
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Harvey Golub / Wall Street Journal:
How the Recovery Went Wrong — Of the 11 recoveries in the last 60 years, this one is at or near the bottom in job growth and every other economic indicator. — President Obama, in speech after speech, proudly makes the following point: Although we inherited the worst recession since the Great Depression …
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Free Times:
THIS JUST IN — A video posted online that shows a former union leader in South Carolina smashing a piñata effigy of Gov. Nikki Haley has riled the national office of the AFL-CIO, which wants it taken down. — “Do you think we can get this video pulled,” asked a national AFL-CIO official …
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NewsBusters.org, Conservative Hideout 2.0, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, Michelle Malkin, The PJ Tatler, The Raw Story and GOP 12
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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
EXCLUSIVE: Here's The Inside Story Of What Happened On The Facebook IPO — And now for some more bombshell news about the Facebook IPO... Earlier, we reported that the analysts at Facebook's IPO underwriters had cut their estimates for the company in the middle of the IPO roadshow, a highly unusual and negative event.
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Tampa Bay Fl News:
Woman attacked while ordering lunch at McDonald's drive-thru — Shannon, who asked us not to use her last name, was the victim of an attack on May 9 just before noon. — She called our sister station KUSA 9News, and asked for help finding her attackers. — “I don't feel safe anymore,” Shannon said.
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The Gateway Pundit
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Paul Ryan: I expect mandate for GOP — House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan predicted Tuesday that November's elections could bring a broad mandate for the Republican Party to enact aggressive reforms to the nation's finances. — In a nearly 30-minute speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library …
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CNN, The Hayride and Hot Air
Fox News:
Curvaceous client says Gloria Allred only fought for publicity — Super lawyer Gloria Allred cares more about cameras than clients, according to the buxom banker who sued after getting canned by Citigroup, allegedly because her assets were a distraction to co-workers.
Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Obtains DOD and CIA Records Detailing Meetings with bin Laden Raid Filmmakers — DOD Officials Disclosed to Filmmakers Identity of SEAL Team Six Operator and Commander; Ask Film Director to Withhold Operator's Name, 'because he shouldn't be talking out of school.'
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Politico, The Daily Caller and The PJ Tatler
Matt Stoller / naked capitalism:
Bill Clinton's $80 Million Payday, or Why Politicians Don't Care That Much About Reelection … On December 21, 2000, as President, Bill Clinton signed a bill known as the Commodities Futures Modernization Act. This law ensured that derivatives could not be regulated, setting the stage for the financial crisis.
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Firedoglake and The Agonist
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Did the Catholic organizations have to sue over the health care mandate? — The federal lawsuits filed Monday by Catholic institutions against the contraception mandate under the health care law are not surprising, but they are unfortunate. The Bishops' Conference and many — though not all …
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National Review, The Week and US Politics
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