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Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Exclusive: Mitt and Ann Romney on campaign mistakes, life after presidential election loss and political future — Special Guests: Mitt Romney, Ann Romney — The following is a rush transcript of the March 3, 2013, edition of “Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace.” This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
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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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The Moderate Voice and Gawker
Jessica Holzer / Wall Street Journal:
Romney Offers Explanation for Loss — Republican Mitt Romney, in his first television interview since he lost November's presidential election, said a failure to connect with minority voters doomed his bid for the White House. — “We weren't effective in taking my message primarily to minority voters …
Daniel Larison / The American Conservative:
The Story of Romney's Career: “What I Said Is Not What I Believe” — Earlier today, Mitt Romney addressed his well-known 47% remarks and said this: … The funny thing about this quote is how often his defenders and supporters would use this same argument during the election to protect him against criticism.
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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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Fox News:
Romney relays disappointment over loss, admits mistakes, in first sitdown since 2012 election
Romney relays disappointment over loss, admits mistakes, in first sitdown since 2012 election
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msnbc.com and Taegan Goddard's …
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Mitt Romney: ‘It kills me’ not to be president
Mitt Romney: ‘It kills me’ not to be president
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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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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Sperling Admits Obama Misled in Debate: The President Did Propose the Sequester
Sperling Admits Obama Misled in Debate: The President Did Propose the Sequester
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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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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
John Boehner: No government shutdown
John Boehner: No government shutdown
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Associated Press:
Biden Leads Re-enactment of Voting Rights March — SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The vice president and black leaders commemorating a famous civil rights march on Sunday said efforts to diminish the impact of African-Americans' votes haven't stopped in the years since the 1965 Voting Rights Act added millions to Southern voter rolls.
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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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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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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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Quinn Norton / The Atlantic Online:
Life Inside the Aaron Swartz Investigation — A reluctant witness's account of a Federal prosecution. If you haven't been following the case, start with the editor's note for context. — Quinn Norton's grand jury subpoena (Quinn Norton). — Once your life is inside a federal investigation, there is no space outside of it.
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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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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New York Times:
In Medical First, a Baby With H.I.V. Is Deemed Cured — Doctors announced on Sunday that a baby had been cured of an H.I.V. infection for the first time, a startling development that could change how infected newborns are treated and sharply reduce the number of children living with the virus that causes AIDS.
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Rebecca English / Daily Mail:
Don't make a fuss! Queen refuses ambulance and works up to the last minute before being taken to hospital with suspected vomiting bug — Stoicism is what she is known for - and even as the Queen was taken to hospital for the first time in a decade last night, she insisted that there must be ‘no fuss’.
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Associated Press:
Kerry says US releasing millions in aid to Egypt — By By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press - 5 hours ago — CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday rewarded Egypt for President Mohammed Morsi's pledges of political and economic reforms by releasing $250 million in American aid …
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