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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Forecast: Obama Begins With Tenuous Advantage — The first look at the 2012 FiveThirtyEight presidential forecast has Barack Obama as a very slight favorite to win re-election. But his advantage equates to only a two-point lead in the national popular vote, and the edge …
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
The Romney Campaign's ‘Route to 270’ Doesn't Get to 270 — A pollster's presentation aims at an electoral college victory strategy, but falls a bit short of the goal. — If you're a politician who wants people to give money to your campaign — but I repeat myself — it helps to convince those well-off donors that you can win.
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Outside the Beltway, Althouse and Politico
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Obama is killing the Democratic Party — President Obama, I have frequently argued, has been fabulous for the conservative movement. He spurred the creation of the tea party. He helped the GOP win the House majority in 2010 and make big gains in the Senate.
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Washington Monthly, CANNONFIRE, The Democratic Daily, americanthinker.com and Campaign Stops
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Alex Pareene / Salon:
An urgent plea to political reporters — Let's all stop pretending imaginary “gaffes” are real — Let's all agree to just not pretend the president made an “oral sex joke” at his gay fundraiser last night, because that's stupid. It's stupid, and most of the people with jobs …
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New York Times, Weasel Zippers, Washington Post and ABCNEWS
Stanley Kurtz / National Review:
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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Detroit Free Press:
Poll: Barack Obama in dead heat with Mitt Romney in Michigan as popularity slips — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, left, and President Barack Obama / AP — President Barack Obama's popularity in Michigan has slipped in recent months, leaving him in a dead heat …
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Quinnipiac University:
Romney Trails Obama By 5 Points In Virginia, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Gay Marriage …
Romney Trails Obama By 5 Points In Virginia, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Gay Marriage …
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CNN, Ballot Box, Guardian and GOP 12
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Boom: Romney, RNC beat Obama's May fundraising
Boom: Romney, RNC beat Obama's May fundraising
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Wall Street Journal, msnbc.com, CNN, Daily Kos, Washington Free Beacon and BuzzFeed
The Caucus:
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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Erika Johnsen / Hot Air:
NYT/CBS News poll: More than 2/3 of Americans hope SCOTUS will bring the pain on ObamaCare
NYT/CBS News poll: More than 2/3 of Americans hope SCOTUS will bring the pain on ObamaCare
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The Volokh Conspiracy and Wizbang
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Sebelius: 'We'll be ready' if Supreme Court strikes healthcare law
Sebelius: 'We'll be ready' if Supreme Court strikes healthcare law
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Politico and Weasel Zippers
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 …
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Politico:
Clinton aides: Bill screwed up — Bill Clinton's off-message musings in recent days on Mitt Romney, taxes and the state of the economy prompted a series of urgent and agitated calls between senior aides to both Clinton and President Barack Obama. — In the past, these kinds of complaints …
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Firedoglake, Hot Air, Washington Post, CNN, The Daily Caller, Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, ABCNEWS and Jammie Wearing Fools
American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ:
Bloggers' Free Speech Rights Under Attack — Free speech is under attack. Conservative writers are now facing threats against themselves, their families, and their livelihoods merely because they've aggressively investigated the history and funding of radical liberals.
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Michelle Malkin:
ACLJ steps up to defend bloggers targeted over Brett Kimberlin coverage
ACLJ steps up to defend bloggers targeted over Brett Kimberlin coverage
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The Jawa Report, The Other McCain, The Mental Recession and RedState
Ali A. Akbar / Facebook:
My mistake, Brett Kimberlin, and attacks on my mother...
My mistake, Brett Kimberlin, and attacks on my mother...
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Patterico's Pontifications and The Lonely Conservative
Matt Cover / CNSNews:
Holder Claims Emails Using Words ‘Fast and Furious’ Don't Refer to Operation Fast and Furious — (CNSNews.com) - Attorney General Eric Holder claimed during congressional testimony today that internal Justice Department emails that use the phrase “Fast and Furious” do not refer …
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Weasel Zippers, nation.foxnews.com and The Lonely Conservative
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Hill leaders blast W.H. on leaks
Hill leaders blast W.H. on leaks
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Campaign 2012 and Weekly Standard
Joe Conason / The National Memo:
Did Young Mitt Romney Impersonate A Police Officer? Another Witness Says Yes — Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy — When Mitt Romney was a college freshman, he told fellow residents of his Stanford University dormitory that he sometimes disguised himself …
New York Post:
Stuyvesant HS students hold ‘Slutty Wednesday’ to protest school's strict dress code policy — Nearly 100 smarties at the city's top-performing high school bared their bodies in “risque” outfits yesterday to denounce their school's conservative dress code — which bans the exposure of shoulders, midriffs, lower backs, bras and undies.
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The Daily Caller, ABCNEWS, New York Times, The Jawa Report and Gawker
Nick Allen / Telegraph:
Foie-mageddon: California in one last foie gras binge before statewide ban — A foie gras frenzy is under way in California as the state prepares to become the first in America to ban the controversial delicacy. — California's decision to ban foie gras - pictured above in its pate form …
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Washington Monthly, Via Meadia and Babalú Blog
CBS News:
Unshackled, Jeb Bush offers light praise, advice for Obama — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — (CBS News) Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush sure looks like a politician who is not running for office. In a wide ranging interview with Charlie Rose for “CBS This Morning,” Bush offered some light praise …
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Political Economy, The Raw Story, GOP 12 and Business Insider
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Secret talks under way about ‘fiscal cliff’ — A growing number of lawmakers are alarmed that Congress's do-nothing posture ahead of the year-end fiscal cliff could provoke a massive voter backlash and economic catastrophe if they don't start laying the groundwork right now to cut a deal.
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Rush Limbaugh, Grist and Political Insider
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke / Board of Governors …:
Testimony — Economic Outlook and Policy — Before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C. — Chairman Casey, Vice Chairman Brady, and other members of the Committee, I appreciate this opportunity to discuss the economic outlook and economic policy.
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The Heritage Foundation, msnbc.com, Mish's Global Economic …, Economist's View and Mother Jones
James Eng / msnbc.com:
Steve Smith, reputed white supremacist, causes stir by winning election to Pennsylvania county GOP seat — Leaders of the Republican Committee of Luzerne County, Pa., are trying to figure out whether they can oust a reputed white supremacist who was elected to the committee with one vote - his own.
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The Huffington Post
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
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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Jack Cashill / American Thinker:
What the Media Choose Not to Know about Trayvon — Unnerved by an unspoken mix of political bias and racial queasiness, the major media have chosen to know as little about Trayvon Martin as they know about Barack Obama. — As a case in point, consider this boy vs. man fable spun by the New York Times' Charles Blow: