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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Ryan: 2016 White House bid now ‘more realistic,’ rules out running for Speaker — Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) says the prospect of running for president has become “more realistic” to him but he will not think about a 2016 bid before completing deficit-reduction talks.
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Fox Anchor Calls Out Paul Ryan's Budget Plan: Repealing Obamacare Is ‘Not Going To Happen’ — On Sunday morning, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) stopped by Fox News Sunday to preview his new budget, which will be released in full on Tuesday. As it had the past two years, this year's version will call …
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Sound and Fury — What to make of Rand Paul's 12 hours and 52 minutes of fame?
Sound and Fury — What to make of Rand Paul's 12 hours and 52 minutes of fame?
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p m carpenter's commentary, Hot Air, The Daily Caller and LewRockwell.com Blog
Byron Tau / Politico:
Jeb Bush: No ‘Bush baggage’ — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says a possible 2016 run for president would not be affected by his brother's lingering unpopularity. — “I don't think there's any Bush baggage at all,” Bush said on “Fox News Sunday” when confronted with a poll that showed almost …
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CNN:
Jeb Bush looks favorably on GOP's direction — (CNN) - As major voices within the Republican Party evaluate the GOP's next steps forward, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush sees promise. — “I'm excited that I think we're seeing the renewal of the conservative movement in the Republican Party …
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The Moderate Voice, Politico and Crooks and Liars
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Jeb Bush: ‘I applaud the president’ for outreach to GOP lawmakers — President Obama's new charm offensive with Capitol Hill Republicans drew positive reviews Sunday from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), a potential 2016 presidential candidate. — “I am not a cynic about this.
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Awr Hawkins / BREITBART.COM:
GABBY GIFFORDS' HUSBAND BUYS AR-15 — Mark E. Kelly, gun-control proponent and husband to former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, recently purchased an AR-15 (an “assault weapon,” he called it)—which he now says he intended as an illustration of the need for more stringent gun laws.
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The Gateway Pundit, The PJ Tatler, The Truth About Guns, his vorpal sword, Weasel Zippers and UrbanGrounds
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
House GOP leaders blindsided by defections on spending vote — House Republican leaders have a new problem. They can't count on their members to support them on procedural votes. — Sixteen Republicans defected Wednesday in a vote on the rule governing consideration of a government-funding bill meant …
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New York Times:
How a U.S. Citizen Came to Be in America's Cross Hairs — WASHINGTON — One morning in late September 2011, a group of American drones took off from an airstrip the C.I.A. had built in the remote southern expanse of Saudi Arabia. The drones crossed the border into Yemen …
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Colum Lynch / Washington Post:
Susan Rice as national security adviser? U.N. ambassador said to be front-runner. — UNITED NATIONS — Susan E. Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who lost out in a bruising bid for the job of secretary of state, may have the last laugh. — Rice has emerged as far and away …
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Outside the Beltway, Weasel Zippers and The Reaction
Peggy Noonan's Blog:
Two Senators — This is from not-for-attribution interviews with two Republican senators who attended the dinner with the president on Wednesday night at the Jefferson Hotel in Washington. — One was heartened and impressed by the meeting while retaining his skepticism as to whether …
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Simon Walters / Daily Mail:
Queen fights for gay rights: Monarch makes historic pledge on discrimination and hints that if Kate DOES have a girl, that means equal rights to the throne too — The Queen will tomorrow back an historic pledge to promote gay rights and ‘gender equality’ in one of the most controversial acts of her reign.
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Towleroad News #gay, The New Civil Rights Movement, Firedoglake, Joe. My. God. and Telegraph
Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Ashley Judd Senate Run: Actress, Activist Planning To Declare Candidacy, Sources Say — LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Ashley Judd, the 44-year-old actress and social activist, has told key advisers and political figures that she is planning to announce her candidacy for U.S. Senate here this spring.
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The Moderate Voice, The Political Carnival and The PJ Tatler
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Host Of TV Gun Show 'A Rifleman's Journal' Shot And Killed — The host of The Sportsman Channel's “A Rifleman's Journal” was shot and killed in Montana on Friday. The gunman, seemingly a jealous husband, then turned the weapon on himself. — It is not yet clear if the weapon used in the crime was obtained legally.
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Crimesider / CBS News:
Gregory Rodriguez, Sportsman Channel host of “A Rifleman's Journal,” …
Gregory Rodriguez, Sportsman Channel host of “A Rifleman's Journal,” …
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Scared Monkeys and Alan Colmes' Liberaland