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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Romney: I Lost Because Minorities Love Obamacare — Earlier today, Fox News Sunday broadcast former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney first post-campaign interview. In it, he blamed his loss on his poor performance among minorities, who he claimed were seduced by the President's promise …
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Gawker and The Moderate Voice
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Mitt Romney: ‘It kills me’ not to be president — Four months after he lost to President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney says “it kills me” not to be in the White House finding solutions to the nation's problems. — In his first television interview since the election, the former Massachusetts governor …
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CNN, more at Mediagazer »
bigstory.ap.org:
Romney: Heart told him he'd win, until he saw Fla. — You are here — Home » Mitt Romney » Romney: Heart told him he'd win, until he saw Fla. — WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney says his heart said he was going to win the presidency, but when early results came in on election night, he knew it was not to be.
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The Reaction and Taegan Goddard's …
Talking Points Memo:
Romney: ‘Obamacare’ Was Attractive To Minority, Low-Income Voters
Romney: ‘Obamacare’ Was Attractive To Minority, Low-Income Voters
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Little Green Footballs
Elise Viebeck / Ballot Box:
Ann Romney: GOP never approached me about Kerry's seat
Ann Romney: GOP never approached me about Kerry's seat
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CNN, Politico and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Sperling Admits Obama Misled in Debate: The President Did Propose the Sequester — White House economic adviser Gene Sperling admits that, yes, in fact, the sequestration was President Obama's plan: — “We put forth the design of” the sequestration, Sperling finally admits after a long back-and-forth.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The PJ Tatler and Weasel Zippers
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Maureen Callahan / New York Post:
Beat the press — Reporters reveal how the Obama administration threatens and controls the media — As coverage of last week's flare-up between Bob Woodward and the White House devolved into the granular parsing of words and implications and extrapolations and possible intent …
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Weasel Zippers, Ed Driscoll, Jammie Wearing Fools and Riehl World News
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
John Boehner: No government shutdown
John Boehner: No government shutdown
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Outside the Beltway and CNN
NBC News:
March 3: John Boehner, Gene Sperling, Raul Labrador, Kathleen Parker, Joy Reid, Chuck Todd and Tom Brokaw
March 3: John Boehner, Gene Sperling, Raul Labrador, Kathleen Parker, Joy Reid, Chuck Todd and Tom Brokaw
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Politico, NBCNews.com, Washington Examiner and Right Turn
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
McConnell: GOP standing firm against using ‘taxes to turn off the sequester’
McConnell: GOP standing firm against using ‘taxes to turn off the sequester’
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Sperling: I 'can't explain' Woodward's reaction
Matt Grant / Local News:
Cypress HS students suspended for disarming gunman? — Student gets 3 day suspension after wrestling away gun — FORT MYERS, Fla. - A 16-year-old Cypress Lake High School student, who wrestled a loaded revolver away from a teen threatening to shoot, is being punished.
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Scared Monkeys, Joanne Jacobs, americanthinker.com and Clayton Cramer's Blog
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Madeleine Morgenstern / TheBlaze.com:
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT DISARMS GUNMAN...GETS SUSPENDED?
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT DISARMS GUNMAN...GETS SUSPENDED?
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The Jawa Report, americanthinker.com, The Gateway Pundit and GUN WATCH
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
This is why Obama can't make a deal with Republicans — File this under “Jonathan Chait is right.” — My column this weekend is about the almost comically poor lines of communication between the White House and the Hill. The opening anecdote was drawn from a background briefing I attended …
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Paul Krugman, Hullabaloo, Booman Tribune, The Mahablog, The Impolitic, Balloon Juice, New York Magazine and Prairie Weather
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
GOP's Largest Campaign Contributor Admits To Bribing Foreign Officials — Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who spent as much as $150 million on independent expenditures to bolster Republicans in the 2012 election, has informed the Securities and Exchange Commission that his Las Vegas Sands Corporation …
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Little Green Footballs
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Adam Nossiter / Associated Press:
In Filing, Casino Operator Admits Likely Violation of an Antibribery Law
In Filing, Casino Operator Admits Likely Violation of an Antibribery Law
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Taegan Goddard's … and The Raw Story
Tom Fucoloro / Seattle Bike Blog:
State lawmaker defends bike tax, says bicycling is not good for the environment — Representative Ed Orcutt (R - Kalama) does not think bicycling is environmentally friendly because the activity causes cyclists to have “an increased heart rate and respiration.”
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The Raw Story, Outside the Beltway, Taegan Goddard's … and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Garrett Quinn / Mediaite:
Dennis Rodman 'Won't Apologize' For ‘My Friend’ Kim Jong Un's Murderous Regime: ‘We Do The Same Thing Here’ — Former NBA start Dennis Rodman stood by his controversial trip to North Korea and remarks about its dictator Kim Jong-Un on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos.
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The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys, Weekly Standard, The Moderate Voice and Israel Matzav
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Kari Rea / ABCNEWS:
Dennis Rodman: Kim Jong Un Wants President Obama to ‘Call Him’
Dennis Rodman: Kim Jong Un Wants President Obama to ‘Call Him’
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Red Alert Politics, Washington Examiner, Boing Boing and Gawker
Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
Lech Walesa Shocks Poland With Anti-Gay Words — Lech Walesa, the Polish democracy icon and Nobel peace prize winner, has sparked outrage in Poland by saying that gays have no right to a prominent role in politics and that as a minority they need to “adjust to smaller things.”
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Guardian, AMERICAblog, Advocate, Towleroad News #gay and Joe. My. God.
Mark Helprin / Wall Street Journal:
Psalm 23, Newly Revised According to Modern Principles — Proverbial wisdom for the Age of Obama. — Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of debt, I fear no bankruptcy, for Obama is my shepherd. He prepareth a table of food stamps before me, and maketh me lie down beside waters …
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Power Line
Martinsburg Journa:
Q&A with Sen. Joe Manchin — Editor's note: This question and answer session was permitted under the condition that The Journal would not ask questions regarding gun control legislation or the Second Amendment, as requested by the senator's staff. — The Journal: Let's talk about the sequestration.
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Outside the Beltway and Hot Air