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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Romney supporters shout down Axelrod criticism of former governor's record — President Obama and Mitt Romney protesters faced off Thursday at a press conference in Boston featuring senior Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod. — Speakers at the outdoor event were framed …
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Mitt Romney Visits Solyndra Amid Attack on Obama Jobs Record — An auction sign stands at the entrance Solyndra LLC building in Fremont, California, U.S., Nov. 2, 2011. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/ Getty Images) — FREMONT, Calif. - Mitt Romney arrived at the shuttered headquarters …
CNN:
TRENDING: Romney makes surprise visit to Solyndra — The visit - kept a secret by the campaign until shortly before the candidate and the press arrived at the site - offered a hulking visual to accompany Romney's repeated criticism of Obama over the Solyndra scandal. — Follow the Ticker on Twitter: @PoliticalTicker
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Mitt Romney crashes Solyndra
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Mitt Romney's Solyndra trip stirs up bad memories for White House
Mitt Romney's Solyndra trip stirs up bad memories for White House
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John Edwards acquitted on one count as jury deadlocks on five others and judge declares mistrial — GREENSBORO, N.C. — Johnny Reid Edwards, a honey-voiced North Carolina lawyer who parlayed his boyish good looks and inspiring personal history as the son of a mill-worker into a meteoric political rise …
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Mistrial declared in John Edwards corruption case; jurors deadlocked on 5 of 6 counts
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mistrial — GREENSBORO, N.C. — The jury in the trial …
Mistrial — GREENSBORO, N.C. — The jury in the trial …
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Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Edwards not guilty on 1 count; mistrial declared on other 5 counts
Edwards not guilty on 1 count; mistrial declared on other 5 counts
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Two Republican Judges Declare DOMA Unconstitutional — A three judge panel of The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit just handed down a decision declaring the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. Notably, the panel included Judges Juan Torruella and Michael Boudin …
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Associated Press:
Appeals Court Rules Against Defense of Marriage Act — BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court Thursday declared that the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to married gay couples, a groundbreaking ruling all but certain to wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
DOMA Opinion Analysis: Why Judge Michael Boudin Is Just Like 50 Cent
DOMA Opinion Analysis: Why Judge Michael Boudin Is Just Like 50 Cent
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To GOP, blatant bias in vetting — On the front page of its Sunday edition, the New York Times gave a big spread to Ann Romney spending lots of time and tons of money on an exotic genre of horse-riding. The clear implication: The Romneys are silly rich, move in rarefied and exotic circles, and are perhaps a tad shady.
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Devin Gordon / GQ:
Five Points About Politico's Hatchet Job On NYT and WaPo — Here's the piece, published this morning. The upshot: The political coverage of The New York Times and The Washington Post is “blatantly biased” in their vetting of Romney versus Obama. (Guess which way they supposedly lean.)
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Mega-donors: Quit picking on us
Mega-donors: Quit picking on us
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
It's official: Bill Clinton heading to Wisconsin to campaign against Scott Walker — Former President Bill Clinton has decided to go to Wisconsin to campaign against Scott Walker in the final days of the battle over whether to recall the Wisconsin Governor, a move that could give a boost …
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Wisconsin reaches for the last resort
Wisconsin reaches for the last resort
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Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:
Producer of Obama Video on Fox News Loses CNN Job Offer — The Fox News producer behind a provocative four-minute anti-Obama video that aired Wednesday and caused the network considerable embarrassment has found his career on ice. — The producer, Chris White, had been offered a job by CNN before the video was broadcast.
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John Hudson / The Atlantic Wire:
MSNBC Produced Its Own Anti-Romney Video in February
MSNBC Produced Its Own Anti-Romney Video in February
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House rejects bill penalizing doctors for sex-selective abortions — The House on Thursday rejected a Republican bill that would impose fines and prison terms on doctors who perform abortions for the sole purpose of controlling the gender of the child, a practice known as sex-selective abortion.
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Boehner: ‘This election is about jobs’
Boehner: ‘This election is about jobs’
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Worried About The Soda Ban? Fear Not, Bloomberg to Support ‘National Donut Day’ Tomorrow [Video] — ? — At Mayor Michael Bloomberg's press conference touting his efforts to stop the sale of large soft drinks in restaurants, one reporter in attendance brought up the interesting fact …
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Bloomberg Plans a Ban on Large Sugared Drinks
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Sarah Kliff / Ezra Klein:
Why New York City's Big Gulp ban could be a big success
Why New York City's Big Gulp ban could be a big success
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Warren says she told schools of heritage — Acknowledges identifying as Native American after hirings — Governor Deval Patrick (right) endorsed Elizabeth Warren's Senate candidacy at a campaign event on Wednesday. (Yoon S. Byun / Globe Staff) — Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth …
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Drew Armstrong / Bloomberg:
Drugmakers Vowed To Campaign For Health Law, Memos Show — Drugmakers led by Pfizer (PFE) Inc. agreed to run a “very significant public campaign” bankrolling political support for the 2010 health-care law, including TV ads, while the Obama administration promised to block provisions opposed by drugmakers …
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Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Turner's Kent ‘Very Unhappy’ With Ratings Dive at CNN — Backs Cooper, Morgan, Burnett, but other shows may be replaced — Turner Broadcasting CEO Phil Kent admitted to being “very unhappy” with CNN's primetime ratings, but said it won't resort to tricks to increase viewership.
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Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Presidential Polling in June: Flip a Coin Instead? — “I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.” — Socrates — With all of the polls, models and history at their disposal, political analysts should be able to figure out who is going to win a November presidential election by June, right?
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Brennan Center for Justice:
Suppressive Voting Laws Take Hit, Federal Judge Blocks Florida Law — 4:00 PM EST Media Call to Discuss Decision — Contact: Erik Opsal, 646-292-8356, erik.opsal@nyu.edu — New York, NY - A federal judge blocked enforcement of key provisions of a restrictive voting law in Florida today …
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Honeywell CEO Says The Corporate Tax Rate Should Be Zero — During an interview today, Honeywell CEO David Cote — who President Obama named to the Bowles-Simpson deficit commission — told CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin that he believes the U.S. corporate tax rate should be zero.
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