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Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
Obama Is Losing A Stunning Amount Of African-American Support In North Carolina — WATCH: What Obama's Embarrassing Primaries — In Kentucky And Arkansas Last Month Mean — President Barack Obama is rapidly losing support among African-American voters in North Carolina …
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Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:
Spike Lee: Obama win not a sure thing — Spike Lee is predicting a tough road to reelection for President Obama. — “This thing is not a lock,” the filmmaker told GQ in a recent interview. “It is not a lock that President Obama is getting a second term and people have to really rekindle the enthusiasm that we had the first time.”
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GQ, Weasel Zippers and Mediaite
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama's White Base Shows Cracks Compared With 2008 — Support down five points since 2008 among all voters, but more among key 2008 white supporters — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup Daily tracking indicates Barack Obama is receiving less support in the 2012 presidential election …
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Weasel Zippers
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama's Jewish Support Drops 22 Points in New York — President Obama's support among Jewish voters in the state of New York has dropped 22 percentage points in only a month, according to the results of a just released poll. — The poll, conducted by Siena College, finds that currently President Obama …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Weasel Zippers and Israel Matzav
Washington Examiner:
Now union members are deserting Obama
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UrbanGrounds and Rasmussen Reports
Jeff Weiner / Orlando Sentinel:
George Zimmerman's wife arrested, charged with perjury — At her husband's bond hearing, Shellie Zimmerman was asked repeatedly about money. Among the questions: How much did the couple collect in donations through the PayPal account George Zimmerman set up on his website?
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Democrat to offer bill repealing ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws
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Weasel Zippers and Pat Dollard
Jeff Weiner / Orlando Sentinel:
Zimmerman ‘does not properly respect the law,’ judge says in order revoking bond
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Daily Kos
msnbc.com:
Shellie Zimmerman, wife of Trayvon Martin killer, arrested on perjury charge
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Weasel Zippers and JustOneMinute
Casey Glynn / CBS News:
Shellie Zimmerman, wife of George Zimmerman, arrested for perjury
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Riptide 2.0, JOSHUAPUNDIT, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Riehl World View
Democracy Corps:
Shifting the Economic Narrative — What is clear from this fresh look at public consciousness on the economy is how difficult this period has been for both non-college-educated and college-educated voters - and how vulnerable the prevailing narratives articulated by national Democratic leaders are.
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BuzzFeed:
Clintonites Hit The Panic Button For Obama — Carville, Greenberg, Penn, and Schoen all say the re-elect is off course. The Obamans have always loved criticism from Clintonworld. — (Getty Images / MANDEL NGAN) — Former aides to President Bill Clinton are calling for a dramatic shift …
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The Moderate Voice, Ed Driscoll and Washington Monthly
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Did He Get the Memo? Obama Sticks to Script on Stump — (Image credit: Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo) — BALTIMORE - As some high-profile Democrats question the focus of his pitch for a second term, President Obama today stuck closely to his well-worn script, telling a group of 500 donors …
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Wall Street Journal and Weasel Zippers
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Dems call for fresh message, warn of ‘impossible headwind’
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Mediaite
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
‘Team Kimberlin’ Meltdown Continues — Liars hate nothing worse than to be exposed as liars — exposure makes it hard for them to get away with their lies — and three weeks of public attention to lying felon Brett Kimberlin and his associates have put them under extraordinary psychological pressure.
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Patterico's Pontifications, American Power, The Lonely Conservative and Datechguy's Blog
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Dan Collins / The Conservatory:
Neal Rauhauser's About To Have a Very Bad Day [UPDATEDx2]
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Datechguy's Blog and The Camp Of The Saints
Brooks Bayne / The Trenches:
BREAKING: Neal Rauhauser Believes SWATter is One of His Own
Discussion:
Patterico's Pontifications, The Camp Of The Saints, “The Lid” and The Other McCain
Tim Makand Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Eric Holder warns of ‘constitutional crisis’ — Under threat of a House contempt citation over the botched Fast and Furious gun-walking operation, Attorney General Eric Holder spoke in a conciliatory tone Tuesday about his willingness for “compromises” to avoid what he called …
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CNN, CNSNews and Belmont Club
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Dems block McCain resolution on special counsel for leaks
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CBS News, CNN and Michelle Malkin
CBS Miami:
Doctors Release Pictures Of Causeway Cannibal Victim — MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Doctors have released photographs of Ronald Poppo, more than two weeks after the homeless man had much of his face chewed off during an attack by so-called Causeway Cannibal Rudy Eugene over the Memorial Day weekend.
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BuzzFeed, Guardian, Riehl World View, The Raw Story and Gawker
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Kyle Munzenrieder / Riptide 2.0:
New Photos of Ronald Poppo, Face-Eating Victim, Released Post-Surgery
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Runnin' Scared and Gawker
Michael Stafford / Cagle Post:
Why I Gave Up On Being a Republican — I'm a life-long Republican. My political affiliation has been woven intrinsically into the very fabric of my being. — When I was young, Ronald Reagan bestrode the world like a colossus. I grew up watching the Cold War end-game play out as Reagan faced …
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The Daily Beast and driftglass
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Tim Mak / Politico:
Jeb Bush comments have blogs in uproar
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Babalú Blog, NewsBusters.org blogs, CNN, GOP 12, Riehl World View, National Review, The Moderate Voice, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Power Line
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Our Mr. Brooks Leads Us Home — Moral Hazard, the Irish setter owned by New York Times columnist David Brooks for the purposes of the occasional photo-op, waited patiently by the pantry door of the Young Fogies Club, licking his balls in deep contemplation.
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Balloon Juice, Lawyers, Guns & Money and driftglass
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Follower Problem
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National Review, First Draft, The Mahablog, The Daily Caller, Angry Bear, No More Mister Nice Blog, Philly.com and Balloon Juice
Bradley Klapper / WTOP.com:
US: Russia sending Syria attack helicopters — WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration said Tuesday that Russia is sending attack helicopters to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime and warned that the Arab country's 15-month conflict could become even deadlier.
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New York Post:
Anti-gay Muslim cries bias — The NYPD wouldn't hire him — because he is anti-gay, a Police Academy reject complains in a startling new discrimination lawsuit. — The would-be cop from Brooklyn — identified only as “Farhan Doe” — is a Muslim-American who believes homosexuality is a sin …
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Jihad Watch, The New Civil Rights Movement, Runnin' Scared, Pat Dollard, Back2Stonewall and New York Magazine
Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:
Rick Scott: Voter Purge Turned Up ‘Over 50’ Non-Citizen Voters — 'The Debate's Over' … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Rick Scott, Video, Governor Rick Scott, Florida Lawsuit, Florida Suing Federal Government, Florida Voter Purge, Florida Voter Purge Lawsuit, Non-Citizen Voters, Rick Scott Florida …
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Crooks and Liars, CNN, The BRAD BLOG and The Hill
Joel Gehrke / Campaign 2012:
Obama: GOP stuck me with a steak dinner tab — President Obama subtly attacked Mitt Romney for being wealthy, suggesting that he hasn't “spent time in the real world” and so has not received the necessary preparation to occupy the White House. — “Those of us who have spent …
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, GayPatriot, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Conservatives4Palin and Pirate's Cove
Politico:
Obama: GOP campaign fits in a single tweet — OWINGS MILLS, Md. — President Obama accused the Republicans of running a campaign focused exclusively on blame. — “You can pretty much put their campaign on a tweet and have some characters to spare,” Obama said at a fundraiser outside of Baltimore.
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, American Glob, The PJ Tatler and Indecision Forever
Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Is Mitt Romney Afraid Of Gary Johnson? — Mitt Romney is afraid of being embarrassed in his home state by a socially liberal candidate who has admitted to smoking pot in his past — no, not President Obama: It's Libertarian Gary Johnson. That's the basis of a lawsuit expected …
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The Moderate Voice, CNN and Hit & Run
New York Times:
For Obama and Romney, Nonstop Fund-Raising — WASHINGTON — President Obama wooed campaign donors in speed-dating fashion on Tuesday, rushing through six fund-raisers in six hours in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Thursday will find him in Manhattan, where he will join Anna Wintour at the home …
Discussion:
The Caucus
Joe Scarborough / Politico:
Why I voted for Ron Paul — I operate on instinct. So I should not have been surprised by my own gut reaction to the absentee ballot that lay before me on the kitchen table. — I scanned the list for Republican primary candidates and let instinct take over. — Mitt Romney? Not on your life.
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Hot Air, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
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