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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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Taegan Goddard's …, Ballot Box, Outside the Beltway, ABCNEWS and Weasel Zippers
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Andrew Malcolm / Investor's Business Daily:
40% of Dem primary voters opt for ‘Not Obama’ — If this was Chicago, John Wolfe would find a surprising number of building inspectors thoroughly checking the quite obviously faulty wiring in his law offices this morning. Most cars parked near his door would display parking citations on their windshields.
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protein wisdom and ABCNEWS
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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CNN, Washington Post, Booman Tribune, Balloon Juice, The Gateway Pundit, GOP.com and The PJ Tatler
Charles Mahtesian / Politico:
Obama's region of doom — It's not exactly news: there's a swath of the nation that can't stand Barack Obama. — Voters there didn't like him in 2008 and on Tuesday their disdain for the president resurfaced in Democratic primaries in Arkansas and Kentucky, where Obama won with less …
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Washington Monthly
James Carroll / blogs.courier-journal.com:
Kentucky 2012 primary: President Barack Obama rejected by state Democrats in 67 counties
Kentucky 2012 primary: President Barack Obama rejected by state Democrats in 67 counties
Elizabeth Hartfield / ABCNEWS:
Meet the Democrat Challenging Obama in Arkansas
Meet the Democrat Challenging Obama in Arkansas
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New York Magazine
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
Steven Rattner / New York Times:
Op-Ed Contributor: Creating Jobs Wasn't Romney's Job — PRESIDENT OBAMA started his general election campaign by taking aim at Mitt Romney's job creation record at Bain, setting off a lively debate over the fairness of the attacks. — I am among those who have been drawn into the argument …
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CNN, msnbc.com, Washington Post and GOP 12
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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 Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Democrats balk at Obama campaign's sustained attack on Bain Capital — Some influential Democrats on and off Capitol Hill are refusing to give President Obama political cover for his attacks on Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital. — Despite pushback from more than a half-dozen Democrats …
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Politico, GOP.com and Weasel Zippers
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, Hot Air, The Huffington Post, Connecting.the.Dots, The Week, The PJ Tatler, iOwnTheWorld.com and Moe Lane
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Cantor says Obama's ‘hostility’ to Bain discouraging investors
Cantor says Obama's ‘hostility’ to Bain discouraging investors
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ABCNEWS
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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Ballot Box, Pirate's Cove and Washington Post
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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Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller and The PJ Tatler
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Pentagon, CIA, White House opened up to Hollywood on bin Laden raid
Pentagon, CIA, White House opened up to Hollywood on bin Laden raid
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Outside the Beltway
Associated Press:
Pakistani doctor who helped US in bin Laden raid sentenced to prison
Pakistani doctor who helped US in bin Laden raid sentenced to prison
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The Heritage Foundation and The Gateway Pundit
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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Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress, Politico, Mediaite, LifeNews.com, Weasel Zippers, Shakesville, The Monkey Cage, Washington Post and National Review
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, pandagon.net, The New Civil Rights Movement, Advocate, 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
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
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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American Thinker, Truth Before Dishonor, Patterico's Pontifications, Bookworm Room, Michelle Malkin, MareZilla.com, “The Lid”, Nice Deb, The Lonely Conservative, Allergic to Bull, The Other McCain, An Ex-Con's View, American Power, Conservative Hideout 2.0, The Daley Gator, Conservative Commune, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, EBL, Belmont Club, Lady Liberty 1885, The Sundries Shack, FilmLadd Blogs, HillBuzz.org and The Camp Of The Saints
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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, Addicting Info, ThinkProgress and The Maddow Blog
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Rep. King compares immigrants to dogs
Rep. King compares immigrants to dogs
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The Raw Story and Mediaite
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
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.
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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New York Times, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Hayride and Hot Air
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