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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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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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2012 Decoded, Daily Kos, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
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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Little Green Footballs, Ezra Klein, 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
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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Race 4 2012
BuzzFeed:
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
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):
David Weigel / Slate:
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 Daily Dish, News Desk, Talking Points Memo and US Politics
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
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 …
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Obama Says ‘Private Sector Doing Fine,’ Calls for Aid to States
Obama Says ‘Private Sector Doing Fine,’ Calls for Aid to States
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Reuters, Weekly Standard, Politico, CNN and ABCNEWS
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
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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Ed Driscoll
Philip Rucker / Associated Press:
Mitt Romney: Obama ‘detached, out of touch’
Mitt Romney: Obama ‘detached, out of touch’
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Washington Post, American Prospect, Ezra Klein, The Democratic Daily and Taylor Marsh
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, The Hill, Speaker Mobile, Hit & Run and Speaker.gov
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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, Wall Street Journal, The Lonely Conservative and Algemeiner.com
Peter Baker / New York Times:
E-Mails Reveal Extent of Obama's Deal With Industry on Health Care
E-Mails Reveal Extent of Obama's Deal With Industry on Health Care
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Hot Air, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Hullabaloo and Politico
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
The ‘leak’ wars — President Barack Obama's administration …
The ‘leak’ wars — President Barack Obama's administration …
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Mediaite, Rush Limbaugh, The New Republic, Gawker, Business Insider and Secrecy News, more at Mediagazer »
Matea Gold / Los Angeles Times:
FEC debates semantics in political ads
FEC debates semantics in political ads
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ABCNEWS and Balloon Juice
Jason Clayworth / Des Moines Register:
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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Daily Kos
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BuzzFeed:
Romney Visits Iowa Restaurant, Owners Feel Dissed — They didn't even get to meet the candidate. UPDATED: When Romney found out they felt snubbed, he called to apologize. — Romney meets with local business leaders and farmers at a restaurant in Council Bluffs, Iowa. — (AP / Evan Vucci)
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Des Moines Register and Guardian
Josh Margolin / New York Post:
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.
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Mike Lupica / NY Daily News:
The silent issue that could doom President Obama in 2012 election
The silent issue that could doom President Obama in 2012 election
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Mediaite, The Daley Gator and Weasel Zippers
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
'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, The PJ Tatler, Clayton Cramer's Blog and Campaign 2012
New York Times:
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.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
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
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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The Daily Caller, msnbc.com, Business Insider and TheBlaze.com
Alex Pareene / Salon:
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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Taylor Marsh, Politico, FishbowlDC, American Prospect and Mediaite
Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
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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Outside the Beltway, Towleroad News #gay and Alan Colmes' Liberaland