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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Axelrod dodges CNN question on “private sector doing fine” ... three times; Update: “Fine?” — “It's certainly doing better than the public sector ...” — It's going to be a long day for Team Obama. David Axelrod appeared on CNN's State of the Union a few minutes ago to attempt …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Axelrod: GOP seizing on ‘doing fine’ remark to avoid jobs debate
Axelrod: GOP seizing on ‘doing fine’ remark to avoid jobs debate
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John McCain / CNN:
Obama responsible for leaks, Holder has no credibility
Obama responsible for leaks, Holder has no credibility
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Dylan Ratigan Leaving MSNBC — Dylan Ratigan, the opinionated and sometimes hotheaded television host, is leaving MSNBC, the cable channel where he has worked for the last three years. — Mr. Ratigan, whose news analysis show is now broadcast at 4 p.m. Eastern time, said in a telephone interview …
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Steve Almond / New York Times:
Liberals Are Ruining America. I Know Because I Am One. — In the spring of 2006, I quit my job as an adjunct professor at Boston College to protest the school's selection of Condoleezza Rice as commencement speaker. My resignation letter, published online by The Boston Globe, went viral.
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Gov. Walker splits with Romney, says firemen, teachers aren't ‘big government’ — Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) disagreed Sunday with Mitt Romney's conclusion that the failed recall election in Wisconsin was evidence that American voters want fewer public workers such as teachers and firemen.
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Fox News:
After Walker victory, Indiana governor suggests public unions should go — On the heels of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's history-making recall victory, the governor of nearby Indiana with his own record of curtailing union benefits suggested public-sector unions are past their prime and should be abolished.
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Priorities USA airing third Bain ad — Priorities USA Action argued in a memo yesterday that the Democratic assault on Mitt Romney's Bain Capital record was drawing blood from the GOP candidate. — Today, the pro-Obama super PAC is stepping up its message with a third negative ad targeting Romney's business background.
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Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Obama's campaign asks supporters to grade its performance
Obama's campaign asks supporters to grade its performance
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P.J. Gladnick / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Adbusters Admits OWS Flopped; Now Promoting ‘Flash Encampments’ — The Occupy Wall Street movement was first proposed by the leftwing Canadian magazine, Adbusters. However, now even they are forced to admit the obvious about the failure of their creation which you can read in their sad OWS obituary:
Susan Edelman / New York Post:
School pulls patriotic song at graduation, but Justin Bieber's ‘Baby’ is OK — A Coney Island principal refused to let students sing “God Bless the USA” at a school ceremony — but Justin Bieber's “Baby” was suitable. — A controversial Coney Island principal has pulled the plug on patriotism.
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Dana Loesch / thedanashow.wordpress.com:
A Date With The TSA *UPDATED: TSA's Own Rules — While leaving the Providence, Rhode Island gathering for the Franklin Center where the first annual Breitbart Awards were held, we were detained by the TSA and my husband was subjected to intrusive screenings based on the claim that he was covered in “nitrates.”
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Seth Stephens-Davidowitz / Campaign Stops:
How Racist Are We? Ask Google — Barack Obama won 52.9 percent of the popular vote in 2008 and 365 electoral votes, 95 more than he needed. Many naturally concluded that prejudice was not a major factor against a black presidential candidate in modern America.
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CBS News:
“Face the Nation” transcript, June 10, 2012: Walker, O'Malley, Trumka — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO … SCHIEFFER: Today on FACE THE NATION, on the 40th anniversary of Watergate, a new flood of Washington leaks as the president looks for something good to say about a bad election-year economy.
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Michael Kranish / The Boston Globe:
In a world of super PACs, Mitt Romney rules — Allies moved fastest to exploit new system — Mitt Romney has said he has carefully adhered to the new rules prohibiting coordination between campaigns and super PACs. — It seemed like just another campaign appearance …