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Obama: “The Private Sector Is Doing Fine” — Question: What about the Republicans saying that you're blaming the Europeans for the failures of your own policies? — President Obama: The truth of the matter is that, as I said, we created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months, over 800,000 just this year alone.
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The Private Sector is Doing Fine. The Political Press? Eh... - Obama Blames Europe, Asia, and Everyone Else for America's Economic Woes — Stop Laughing About the LinkedIn Security Breach. It's More Serious Than You Think. - Prometheus Is Deep but Not Very Smart …
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The Moderate Voice, The Daily Dish, Washington Post, BuzzFeed, News Desk, Talking Points Memo and US Politics
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
President Obama Clarifies “Private Sector Is Doing Fine” Remarks — With Republicans seizing upon remarks he made earlier in the day that “the private sector is doing fine” - arguing that they show a president out of touch with an ailing economy — President Obama sought to clarify his remarks Friday afternoon.
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Daily Kos, Weasel Zippers, 2012 Decoded and Hot Air
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney: Obama ‘doing fine’ comment will ‘go down in history’ as ‘extraordinary miscalculation’ — Mitt Romney blasted President Obama for comments during a press conference Friday in which the president suggested the private sector was “doing fine.” — “He said the private sector is doing fine.
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sisu, Little Green Footballs, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney: We don't need more cops, firefighters or teachers — When Republicans attack public workers, they often take care to exempt cops and firefighters, because they are culturally sympathetic figures, and muddle the message that government workers are parasites who are destroying the economic conditions of ordinary Americans.
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ThinkProgress, The Maddow Blog, The New Republic and The New Civil Rights Movement
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Obama's Most Clueless Moment Yet? — President Obama's seemingly-bizarre claim that “the private sector is doing fine” is echoing across the country. When I first saw the quote, I thought it must be a momentary gaffe, or perhaps taken out of context. But no: Obama really did say …
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Obama's press conference: The public sector isn't fine — President Obama's press conference today was meant to make a simple argument: Given the risks posed by further deterioration in the euro zone, it would be smart for Congress to take out some insurance for the American economy by expanding …
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Business Insider and msnbc.com
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The silent issue that could doom President Obama in 2012 election — Unlike 2008, race works against President this time in a big way — Race won't be the only issue President Obama will face in the 2012 election, not in a world of high gas prices and high unemployment.
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Mediaite, The Daley Gator and Weasel Zippers
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama walks back comment about private economy ‘doing fine’ — Hours after saying the private sector is “doing fine,” President Obama on Friday walked back those remarks, saying it's “absolutely clear” the economy is not fine. — “That's precisely why I asked Congress to start taking some steps to make a difference,” Obama said.
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James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
Obama is wrong. The private sector isn't ‘doing fine’ — In his news conference today, President Obama gave some interesting insight into his views of the state of the American economy. — “The private sector is doing fine.” — Here is the whole quote (via RealClearPolitics):
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Mitt Romney Struggles To Identify A Donut — “Can you see that one of those chocolate, um, uh, chocolate goodies finds its way to our ride?” — McKay Coppins — an hour ago — 20 responses
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New York Magazine and TheBlaze.com
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Scott Walker: Obama's Comments Reflect a Fundamental Misunderstanding of the Economy
Scott Walker: Obama's Comments Reflect a Fundamental Misunderstanding of the Economy
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
President Obama Says The Private Sector Is Doing Fine
President Obama Says The Private Sector Is Doing Fine
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New York Magazine, Swampland and The Week
Michael O'Brien / msnbc.com:
Obama: ‘It is absolutely clear that the economy is not doing fine’
Obama: ‘It is absolutely clear that the economy is not doing fine’
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BuzzFeed, Business Insider and Indecision Forever
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Obama Says ‘Private Sector Doing Fine,’ Calls for Aid to States
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Rick Santorum / CNN:
Romney on Obama: ‘Is he really that out of touch?’
Romney on Obama: ‘Is he really that out of touch?’
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The New Civil Rights Movement and Wonkette
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans:
Emails Show White House Helped Create Third-Party Advertising Initiative Behind Health Care Law, Had Close Involvement in Messaging and Advocacy of Outside Interests — WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today released a memo …
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Washington Wire, American Glob, Hit & Run, The Hill, Speaker Mobile and Speaker.gov
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E-Mails Reveal Extent of Obama's Deal With Industry on Health Care
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Hot Air, Hullabaloo, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Politico
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
President: Allegation that security leaks were politically motivated is ‘offensive’
President: Allegation that security leaks were politically motivated is ‘offensive’
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Politico, Hot Air, The Lonely Conservative and Algemeiner.com
Matea Gold / Los Angeles Times:
FEC debates semantics in political ads
FEC debates semantics in political ads
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Romney heckler and a Biz owner in Council Bluffs: We were disrespected — Council Bluffs, Ia. — A 62-year-old Vietnam veteran who continuously disrupted Mitt Romney's event here today by screaming “liar” over a megaphone says he was disrespected by security and guests who shouted insults …
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'Schindler's List' Producer Claims Graduation Speech Censorship — A controversy erupted in a small Montana town after a high school principal prevented Oscar winner Gerald Molen from delivering his planned speech because he's “a right-wing conservative.” — Gerald Molen won a best picture Oscar …
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The Volokh Conspiracy, Clayton Cramer's Blog, The PJ Tatler and Campaign 2012
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Booker's big mouth ruins relationship with Obama, Cabinet hopes — It's bye-bye, Beltway for Cory Booker. — Newark's mayor, who was gunning for a spot in President Obama's Cabinet, lost the chance after he shot his mouth off during a blunderingly honest TV appearance last month, sources told The Post.
Anne Sorock / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Elizabeth Warren dodges questions at Netroots Nation - security guards block me — I returned to Netroots Nation today. — At lunch, I went to listen to Elizabeth Warren's speech and panel discussion. I wanted to ask her a few questions after her panel, which was entitled “2012 and the War on (and for) Women.”
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The Gateway Pundit and American Power
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Breitbart lives in the heads of Netroots Nation protectors of Elizabeth Warren
Breitbart lives in the heads of Netroots Nation protectors of Elizabeth Warren
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American Power and The Gateway Pundit
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NPR: Criticism of President Coming from ‘GOP Dope’ — National Public Radio has a blog post about President Obama's statement this morning on the private sector—and how conservatives reacted to the president's assertion that"the private sector is doing fine." The title of the post?
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National Review
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Koran-Hating Pastor Hangs Barack Obama In Effigy In Florida Church's Front Yard — The Florida pastor who ignited an international furor by threatening to burn a pile of Korans has applied his subtle touch to the 2012 presidential campaign by constructing a gallows from which a likeness of President Barack Obama now hangs in effigy.
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Rene Stutzman / Orlando Sentinel:
Orlando man with Zimmerman's old phone number slammed by threatening calls — At age 49, Junior Alexander Guy got his first cell phone last month. The calls started immediately. — Strangers called at all hours. Some were insulting. Others angry. Sometimes, they threatened him.
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Approval Rating for Justices Hits Just 44% in New Poll — WASHINGTON — Just 44 percent of Americans approve of the job the Supreme Court is doing and three-quarters say the justices' decisions are sometimes influenced by their personal or political views, according to a poll conducted by The New York Times and CBS News.
Rand Paul / CNN:
Would be ‘an honor’ to be Romney's VP — (CNN) - A day after endorsing Mitt Romney, Sen. Rand Paul said it would be an honor to run alongside the presumptive GOP presidential nominee. — “A year, year and a half ago, I was a physician in a small town,” Paul, the junior Republican senator from Kentucky, told CNN's Don Lemon.
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Joe Scarborough says New York Times is “thin skinned” for correcting his nonsense — MSNBC talker doesn't let facts get in the way of his “general impressions” of liberal media bias — Joe Scarborough may have been totally, utterly, completely wrong this morning, when he incorrectly argued …
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