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Jesse Helfrich / The Hill:
Obama frets after ‘terrifying’ recall vote — President Obama will need to double down on his efforts to keep Wisconsin safely in his column after Gov. Scott Walker's (R) resounding victory in Tuesday's recall election. — Every Democratic presidential candidate since Walter Mondale in 1984 …
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Barney Frank: Dems, unions made ‘big mistake’ in pushing for Wisconsin recall — Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) slammed unions and liberal activists for pushing to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R). — “I think the people on the Democratic side made a big mistake and the funding thing was a big deal …
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We Are the 119% — MSNBC: My Schadenfreude Now Blankets Cable. — Last night we got home from a dinner and discovered something wonderful when we switched on the television. There's an entire cable network called MSNBC devoted to the entertainment of conservatives.
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American Glob, Campaign 2012, Salon, The Angle, The Glittering Eye, Politico, The New Republic, NewsBusters.org blogs, Daily Kos, Ed Driscoll and PoliPundit.com
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Wisconsin Recap: Thanks to Obama, American Left Lies in Smoldering Wreckage
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Scared Monkeys, Booman Tribune, Examiner and msnbc.com
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Rendell: Wisconsin recall a ‘dumb political fight’ for labor to pick
Rendell: Wisconsin recall a ‘dumb political fight’ for labor to pick
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Politico, Hot Air, TheBlaze.com, Washington Post, American Prospect and The Caucus
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Notes on the Big Win
Michael Barone / AEI:
Exit poll: Wisconsin in play in November
Exit poll: Wisconsin in play in November
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New York Times, Wizbang, ABCNEWS, The Enterprise Blog, CNN, Hot Air, Rush Limbaugh, The New Republic, RedState, NewsBusters.org blogs, The Daily Beast, GOP 12 and The Spectacle Blog
Ron Paul / CNN:
Ron Paul admits he won't be nominee — (CNN) - Ron Paul, who has not officially dropped his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, admitted to supporters in an email Wednesday he was not positioned to receive enough delegates to challenge Mitt Romney at the GOP convention in Tampa.
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George W. Bush / CNN:
CNN Poll: George W. Bush only living ex-president under 50% — Washington (CNN) - More than three years after leaving office, former President George W. Bush remains unpopular with the public, according to a new national poll. — A CNN/ORC International poll also indicates that two-thirds …
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Mitt Romney's campaign, GOP leaders ramp up coordination
Mitt Romney's campaign, GOP leaders ramp up coordination
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Politico
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George W. Bush least popular living ex-president, poll shows
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Outside the Beltway
Politico:
Clinton aides: Bill screwed up
Clinton aides: Bill screwed up
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ABCNEWS, Wall Street Journal and New York Magazine
Michelle Obama / CNN:
Michelle Obama fires up crowd in Philly
Michelle Obama fires up crowd in Philly
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Weasel Zippers and The Conservatory
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The Candidate Next Door — ON Dunemere Drive, it seems as if just about everyone has a gripe against the owners of No. 311. — The elderly woman next door complains that her car is constantly boxed into her driveway. A few houses over, a gay couple grumbles that their beloved ocean views are in jeopardy.
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Obama on defensive — *** Obama on the defensive: At the very time that the Obama campaign has tried to go on the offensive — hitting Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital and in Massachusetts — they've found themselves mostly playing defense the past couple of weeks. On the May jobs report.
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New York Times
Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
NYT: Mitt Romney Still Bullying Gays... With His House
NYT: Mitt Romney Still Bullying Gays... With His House
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GayPatriot, Capital New York and Ricochet Conversations Feed
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Did President Obama Just Make A Blowjob Joke? — So says the pool report from his gay and lesbian fundraiser at L.A.'s Beverly Wilshire tonight. Incredibly awkward. — Obama speaks during a campaign event at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills tonight. — (Getty Images / JEWEL SAMAD)
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San Franciscans protest against Obama — Barack Obama, America's Fundraiser-in-Chief, visited San Francisco today in search of still more campaign cash. Because San Francisco, home to Nancy Pelosi, has a reputation as America's most liberal city, one might think that The One would be safe from criticism here.
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Larry / Fund47:
The Press Lines Up to Interview San Francisco Tea Party at Obama Fundraisers — Major Bay Area television, radio and newspaper reporters lined up to interview San Francisco Tea Partiers outside two Obama fundraisers in the Financial District on Wednesday. In my three years of covering the Tea Party …
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The Jawa Report
ABCNEWS:
Senator Asks DOJ to Investigate SWAT-ting Attacks on Conservative Bloggers — A number of conservative bloggers allege they have been targeted through the use of harassment tactics such as SWAT-ting (fooling 911 operators into sending emergency teams to their homes), in retaliation for posts …
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Paul Krugman:
Estonian Rhapsody — Since Estonia has suddenly become the poster child for austerity defenders — they're on the euro and they're booming! — I thought it might be useful to have a picture of what we're talking about. Here's real GDP, from Eurostat: — So, a terrible — Depression-level …
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Obama's Third-Party History — On the evening of January 11, 1996, while Mitt Romney was in the final years of his run as the head of Bain Capital, Barack Obama formally joined the New Party, which was deeply hostile to the mainstream of the Democratic party and even to American capitalism.
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Weasel Zippers, The Daley Gator, The PJ Tatler and The Caucus
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New Poll: The Supreme Court and the Health Care Law — More than two-thirds of Americans hope the Supreme Court will overturn some or all of the 2010 health care law, according to a new poll conducted by The New York Times and CBS News. Just 24 percent said they hoped the court “would keep the entire health care law in place.”
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Taegan Goddard's … and Guardian
John Bates / NewsBusters.org blogs:
First Lady Requires Photo ID for Her Book Signings; Voter ID Law-hating Media Fail to Note Obama Hypocrisy — The Obama administration has done its best to oppose states from instituting new, stricter voter ID laws, complaining that many minority voters lack photo identification.
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Crossroads launches Senate ads in New Mexico, Indiana, Montana — American Crossroads and its sister group Crossroads GPS, two well-funded Republican outside groups, are up with major ad buys in three key Senate races: Montana, Indiana and New Mexico. — Crossroads GPS is spending $866,000 combined …
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