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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
GOP discovers that Mitt Romney could win — Top Republicans, long privately skeptical about their presidential prospects, are coming around to a surprising new view — that Mitt Romney may well win the White House this November. — Margin-of-error polling, fundraising parity last month …
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CNN and Washington Post
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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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ABCNEWS
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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GOP 12
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
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
NBC's Carrie Dann / msnbc.com:
Biden: Romney no more qualified to be president than a plumber
Biden: Romney no more qualified to be president than a plumber
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Pirate's Cove, Ballot Box and Washington Post
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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Taegan Goddard's …, Outside the Beltway, Weasel Zippers and Ballot Box
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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
Washington Post:
Obama challenged in Arkansas primary
Obama challenged in Arkansas primary
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ABCNEWS, blogs.courier-journal.com, Balloon Juice, Taegan Goddard's …, Associated Press and Saint Petersblog
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
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Colin Powell on Obama: Is the wind shifting again? — The Associated Press reports: … Conservative foreign-policy gurus will have a hearty guffaw over that one. To be blunt, Powell has no real weight to throw around; it's hard to fathom that voters are hanging on his decision.
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Outside the Beltway, Ed Driscoll, Belmont Club, Associated Press and Real Clear Politics
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Charles C. Johnson / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: THE VETTING - DID OBAMA HAVE LOWER SAT SCORES THAN GEORGE W. BUSH?
EXCLUSIVE: THE VETTING - DID OBAMA HAVE LOWER SAT SCORES THAN GEORGE W. BUSH?
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Outside the Beltway, EBL, Vox Popoli, Little Green Footballs, Rumproast, Wonkette and Bookworm Room
Scott Stump / msnbc.com:
General Colin Powell, who served as secretary of state under President George W. Bush …
General Colin Powell, who served as secretary of state under President George W. Bush …
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Washington Wire
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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Taylor Marsh, Reuters, Mashable!, Newsy, The Big Picture and Riehl World View
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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Des Moines Register, The Moderate Voice, Crooks and Liars, Firedoglake, Addicting Info and ThinkProgress
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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
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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Betsy's Page
WRAL-TV:
WRAL News poll: Presidential race dead heat in NC — RALEIGH, N.C. — President Barack Obama and likely Republican challenger Mitt Romney are in a virtual tie for North Carolina's 15 electoral votes in this fall's election, according to a WRAL News poll released Tuesday.
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Right Wing News
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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
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.
Washington Post:
After President Obama's announcement, opposition to same-sex marriage hits record low — Public opinion continues to shift in favor of same-sex marriage, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, which also finds initial signs that President Obama's support for the idea may have changed a few minds.
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The Hill, Reuters and Good As You
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Damla Ergun / ABCNEWS:
Strong Support for Gay Marriage Now Exceeds Strong Opposition
Strong Support for Gay Marriage Now Exceeds Strong Opposition
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ThinkProgress
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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blogs.detroitnews.com, Liberal Values, Daily Kos, Firedoglake, Saint Petersblog, The Impolitic, Hullabaloo and The Maddow Blog
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
“Pro-Choice” Americans at Record-Low 41% — Americans now tilt “pro-life” by nine-point margin, 50% to 41% — PRINCETON, NJ — The 41% of Americans who now identify themselves as “pro-choice” is down from 47% last July and is one percentage point below the previous record low in Gallup trends, recorded in May 2009.
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ThinkProgress, Politico and Washington Post
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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Truth Before Dishonor, American Thinker, Patterico's Pontifications, Bookworm Room, Datechguy's Blog, Michelle Malkin, Nice Deb, “The Lid”, The Other McCain, EBL, The Lonely Conservative, Allergic to Bull, The Daley Gator, American Power, An Ex-Con's View, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Conservative Hideout 2.0, Conservative Commune, Belmont Club, Lady Liberty 1885, The PJ Tatler, FilmLadd Blogs, The Camp Of The Saints, The Sundries Shack and HillBuzz.org
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, Betsy's Page, Politico, The Daily Caller and Taylor Marsh
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
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
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
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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