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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Walker leads by 3 points — PPP's final poll on the Wisconsin recall finds Scott Walker ahead, but also a race that's tightening. Walker leads Tom Barrett 50-47. That's down from 50-45 on a PPP poll conducted three weeks ago and it's also down from a 52-45 lead that Walker posted in a Marquette Law poll released last week.
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Brendan O'Brien / Reuters:
Two new polls show tight race in Wisconsin recall — (Reuters) - Two public opinion polls released on Sunday show Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker with a lead of three and six percentage points two days before the election to recall him because of a new law reducing the power of public sector unions.
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Labor, Tea Party pour resources into Wisconsin ahead of recall — Wisconsin voters are set to go to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether Gov. Scott Walker (R) will stay in office, an election that could have implications far beyond the state and could prove to be a key test of union power ahead of the November presidential election.
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Christian Schneider / National Review:
Walker Blasts Democrats' ‘Crap’ Attacks
Walker Blasts Democrats' ‘Crap’ Attacks
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Recall Battle in Wisconsin May Snarl Obama Camp
Recall Battle in Wisconsin May Snarl Obama Camp
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Weekly Standard:
Jesse Jackson Rallies the Party Faithful in Wisconsin
Jesse Jackson Rallies the Party Faithful in Wisconsin
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Daily Kos:
Updated: Verified - Woman Denies Walker Fathered Baby - MJS Columnist Daniel Bice
Updated: Verified - Woman Denies Walker Fathered Baby - MJS Columnist Daniel Bice
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BuzzFeed:
Obama's 2008 Donors Don't Give In 2012 — Nearly 90% of the Americans who gave $200 to Obama's 2008 campaign haven't re-upped this year. Disillusionment, and hard times: “I wish he was the socialist they accused him of being,” says one. — Donors who gave $200 to Barack Obama in 2008 but have not yet in 2012, by location.
CNN:
Poll: Romney's favorable rating jumps, but Obama still more popular — Washington (CNN) - Mitt Romney's favorable ratings are on the rise, but a new national poll indicates that President Barack Obama remains more popular than his Republican challenger. — According to a CNN/ORC International …
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
5 Facts About The Massachusetts Economy Under Mitt Romney — Republican Mitt Romney's presidential campaign whipped out a new number over the weekend to dispute federal government data that ranked Massachusetts 47th in job creation during Romney's time as governor there.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
This Republican Economy — What should be done about the economy? Republicans claim to have the answer: slash spending and cut taxes. What they hope voters won't notice is that that's precisely the policy we've been following the past couple of years. Never mind the Democrat in the White House …
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Cuomo Seeks Cut in Frisk Arrests — Wading into the debate over stop-and-frisk police tactics, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans to ask legislators on Monday for a change in New York State law that would drastically reduce the number of people who could be arrested for marijuana possession as a result of police stops.
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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Radio Host Neal Boortz To Retire, Will Be Replaced By Herman Cain — Long-time conservative radio talker Neal Boortz will announce his retirement today, according to a report. The announcement that contains Boortz's retirement also says that former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain will replace him early next year.
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Fredrik Dahl / Reuters:
IAEA sees demolition at Iran site, new talks set — (Reuters) - Satellite images indicate that buildings are being demolished and soil removed at Parchin, an Iranian military site the U.N. nuclear watchdog wants to visit, its chief said on Monday. — Yukiya Amano's comments …
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Patrick Gavin / Politico:
Website vows to rock the — what?! — Users can register to vote through the site ‘Rock the Slut Vote.’ — Nobody said political activism was easy. Just ask Susan Emry, a 56-year-old mother of two living in San Luis Obispo, Calif., who decided earlier this year to help elect progressive candidates this November.
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Jon Swaine / Telegraph:
War in the White House: attorney general Eric Holder and top Obama adviser David Axelrod ‘had to be separated’ — Eric Holder, Barack Obama's attorney general and David Axelrod, his top political adviser had to be separated after squaring up during a furious row over attempts to impose White House operatives in the justice department.
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New York Times:
Romney Team Declares War With Boos and a Surprise Event — At Mitt Romney's Boston headquarters, there was pure glee. — Word had just leaked that David Axelrod, the chief strategist for President Obama's campaign, would arrive the next morning to attack Mr. Romney on the steps of the State House, a half-mile away.
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Patterico's Pontifications:
Audio and Transcripts from the Hearing Where Aaron Walker Was Arrested for Blogging About a Public Figure — Last week, I told you that Aaron Walker was arrested for blogging about a public figure. I published a report of the events of the hearing, which was consistent with another report …
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Susan Edelman / New York Post:
New minority label at CUNY: ‘Jewish’ — Something isn't kosher about a CUNY scheme to single out Jews, angry professors charge. — Touting a move to make its faculty more diverse, CUNY administrators have broken out Jews into a separate minority group: “White/Jewish.”
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Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
France: Muslim mob beats three Jewish students with hammers, iron bars
France: Muslim mob beats three Jewish students with hammers, iron bars
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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Explores Giving Kids Access — This screenshot shows a notification regarding date of birth on the Facebook sign-in page. According to their website, Facebook asks that users be 13 years of age or older to use Facebook. — Facebook Inc. is developing technology …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Budget Control Act Military Cuts Raise Concerns — SUMTER, S.C. — Senator Lindsey Graham rode last week like Paul Revere from South Carolina's wooded upstate to its gracious Lowcountry to its sweltering midsection, offering a bureaucratic rallying cry for his military-heavy state — the defense cuts are coming.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The Mayor of Mayors — What Michael Bloomberg is going to do for his next act. — One Sunday evening in April, twenty mayors from across the country gathered for a private dinner at the office of Michael Bloomberg's foundation on East 78th Street. Bloomberg had paid to fly the mayors …
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