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Manu Raju / Politico:
Saxby Chambliss: 'I'm not gay. So I'm not going to marry one' — Support for gay marriage is picking up steam all over the country — except on Capitol Hill. — Take Sen. Saxby Chambliss. When asked if his views had changed on gay marriage, the Georgia Republican quipped: “I'm not gay.
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Catherine Saint Louis / New York Times:
Pediatrics Group Backs Gay Marriage, Saying It Helps Children
Pediatrics Group Backs Gay Marriage, Saying It Helps Children
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ThinkProgress, John M. Becker and The Raw Story
Manu Raju / Politico:
Saxby Chambliss: 'I'm not gay. So I'm not going to marry one'
Saxby Chambliss: 'I'm not gay. So I'm not going to marry one'
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Washington Monthly
Politico:
Politicians and gay marriage: Profiles in calculation
Politicians and gay marriage: Profiles in calculation
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msnbc.com and TheBlaze.com
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Young Opponents of Same-Sex Marriage Undaunted
Young Opponents of Same-Sex Marriage Undaunted
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The Heritage Foundation, Good As You, NOM Blog, Opinionator and Business Insider
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
Analysis: Obama, he had us at ‘Shalom’ — We so want to be accepted, so want to be understood. — He had us at the word “Shalom,” did President Barack Obama, on the tarmac at Ben-Gurion Airport. — Or if not at “Shalom,” then 33 words later when he said in Hebrew, “Tov lihiyot shuv ba'aretz” (It's good to be back in Israel).
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Washington Wire, Washington Free Beacon and Haaretz
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James S. Robbins / Associated Press:
Obama's Middle East policy in tatters: Column — U.S is now less popular in the region than at the end of the George W. Bush administration. — President Obama's first journey to Israel as president comes amid earth-shattering change in Middle East, much of it for the worse.
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Questions and Observations, Instapundit and This Just In
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Appears to Move Closer to Israeli Position on Peace Talks — RAMALLAH, West Bank — President Obama, visiting the Israeli-occupied West Bank, appeared to move closer to the Israeli position on Thursday regarding resumption of long-stalled peace talks with the Palestinians …
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BBC, Reuters, The Hinterland Gazette, Althouse, Foreign Policy and Mediaite
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Secret report raises alarms on intelligence blind spots because of AQ focus — A panel of White House advisers warned President Obama in a secret report that U.S. spy agencies were paying inadequate attention to China, the Middle East and other national security flash points because they had become …
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Wall Street Journal, AEIdeas, Lawfare, emptywheel and Reuters
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Politico:
Netanyahu on Obama: This guy, I need
Netanyahu on Obama: This guy, I need
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Taylor Marsh, The Week, CNN, The Dish and The Hill
Thomas B. Edsall / Opinionator:
The Republican Autopsy Report — On Monday a Republican task force released a remarkably hard-headed diagnosis of the party's many liabilities: its ideological rigidity, its preference for the rich over workers, its alienation of minorities, its reactionary social policies and its institutionalized repression of dissent and innovation.
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The Dish, Outside the Beltway, Poliglot, GOP.com and Prairie Weather
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Nancy Cook / NationalJournal.com:
The GOP Disconnect on Economic Policy
The GOP Disconnect on Economic Policy
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The Plum Line, Reuters and First Read
Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
The GOP: A Party Increasingly at Odds With Itself
The GOP: A Party Increasingly at Odds With Itself
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Booman Tribune
Jesse Helfrich / The Hill:
Unified House Republicans poised to pass Ryan budget blueprint — Republican leaders are poised to pass Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget on Thursday, having convinced centrists and conservatives to back the blueprint that Democrats believe is their road map back to the House majority.
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Talking Points Memo, msnbc.com and Daily Kos
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Alan Silverleib / CNN:
House passes Ryan budget
House passes Ryan budget
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Crooks and Liars, Weasel Zippers, neo-neocon and The Hill
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Biden, Bloomberg Present United Front On Assault Weapons Ban — Reid has dropped it from the Senate bill, but Bloomberg calls for an amendment vote. “I'm not going to rest, and neither is the president, until we do all of these things,” Biden says. — Image by Ruby Cramer/Buzzfeed
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Taegan Goddard's … and NPR
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Interview With Vice President Joe Biden
Interview With Vice President Joe Biden
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Hawkings Here, The Fix, msnbc.com, Hot Air, Post Politics, Mother Jones, Hit & Run and The Hill
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Why I was hoping for a government shutdown — I'll be honest. I was sort of hoping for a government shutdown. — Congress, you're terrible at your job. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomber) — It's not that I like government shutdowns. I'm as big a fan of national parks as the next guy.
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Daily Kos, The Week, Balloon Juice, The Maddow Blog and Politico
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Michele Bachmann: Obamacare Will ‘Literally’ Kill People — As the country prepares to celebrate the third anniversary of health care reform, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) insisted on Thursday that the Affordable Care Act will “kill” vulnerable women and children during a speech on the floor of the House.
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Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail — March 21, 2013 - Clinton Tops Florida Favorite Sons In 2016 Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; 91% Back Universal Gun Background Checks — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has double-digit leads over either of Florida's favorite sons, former Gov. Jeb Bush …
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CNN, msnbc.com, Politico, Naked Politics, Ballot Box and First Read
Daily Mail:
Dark Knight killer James Holmes ‘is now a Muslim who prays five times a day’ — James Holmes, the gunman behind the Dark Knight massacre in Colorado last July, has reportedly turned Muslim and prays five times a day. — The killer showed off a lengthy, thick beard during a court appearance earlier …
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The Jawa Report, Jihad Watch, Weasel Zippers and Atlas Shrugs
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Iraq War made Obamacare possible … This week brought two milestones: It has been 10 years since the United States invaded Iraq, and three years since President Obama's health care legislation became law. It's fitting that the two events coincided, because it was the Iraq War that made the passage of Obamacare possible.
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Washington Monthly and Hit & Run
USA Today:
Want to change college athletics? Financially punish coaches … March Madness is underway, but the 2011 champion, the University of Connecticut, is conspicuously absent. The Huskies men's team isn't competing this year because it failed to meet the minimal academic requirements set by the NCAA for postseason play.
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Cuomo Seeks to Ease a Newly Passed Gun Restriction — ALBANY — In the wake of the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York pushed through the State Legislature gun control measures that included not only a tougher assault weapons ban but also a tighter restriction …
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JustOneMinute, Hit & Run, Capital New York, Hot Air, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The PJ Tatler
David Rogers / Politico:
Congress avoids government shutdown — Congress approved and sent to the White House on Thursday a stopgap spending bill to avert any threat of a government shutdown next week and keep agencies funded through September in the wake of automatic cuts ordered under sequestration.
Andy Kroll / Mother Jones:
EXCLUSIVE: State Dept. Hid Contractor's Ties to Keystone XL Pipeline Company — A top expert who helped write the government's latest Keystone report previously consulted on three different TransCanada projects—a fact the State Department tried to hide. — A woman protests the Keystone XL pipeline …
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