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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Sanford victory could spell trouble for House GOP leadership — Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) is heading back to Congress — and that may not be good news for House GOP leadership. — Sanford owes party leaders nothing, as they refused to spend money on his campaign …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Behind Mark Sanford's turnaround — South Carolinians may not love former Gov. Mark Sanford. They may still have a bad taste in their mouths after his governorship. They may even wonder whether they can entirely trust him. — But in the end, they decided he was as good as they were going to get.
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Salon, National Review, Politicker, Hot Air, Althouse and Ballot Box
Catalina Camia / Associated Press:
Mark Sanford wins special election for Congress
Mark Sanford wins special election for Congress
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USA Today, Right Turn, Associated Press, Joe. My. God. and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Meghan McCain slams Sanford, even though her father's PAC donated to his campaign
Meghan McCain slams Sanford, even though her father's PAC donated to his campaign
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler and Yahoo! News
Gina Smith / The State:
Mark Sanford: The new comeback kid
Mark Sanford: The new comeback kid
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American Prospect, The Maddow Blog and First Read
CNN:
Sanford wins South Carolina House vote
Sanford wins South Carolina House vote
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Power Line, Taylor Marsh, Scared Monkeys, Jammie Wearing Fools and Mediaite
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
New Benghazi probe evidence puts spotlight back on Clinton — New revelations about the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, are pulling Hillary Clinton back into a political firestorm that the presumptive 2016 candidate had so far managed to escape unscathed.
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Washington Monthly, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hot Air, Taylor Marsh, Rush Limbaugh and Politico
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News, a persistent voice of media skepticism on Benghazi — From the start, the Obama administration's account of what happened in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11 last year didn't quite square for Sharyl Attkisson. — So the veteran CBS News reporter dug in, and kept digging.
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Althouse and The Hugh Hewitt Show
Dylan Byers / Politico:
The Post's Sharyl Attkisson piece — The Washington Post's Paul Farhi has written a glowing profile of Sharyl Attkisson, the Emmy award-winning CBS correspondent who has been the mainstream media's most persistent investigator of the events surrounding last year's attack in Benghazi, Libya.
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NewsBusters and Riehl World News
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Obama administration officials are finally letting the attorney …
Obama administration officials are finally letting the attorney …
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Weasel Zippers
Michelle Malkin / Townhall.com:
Operation Smear Benghazi Whistleblowers
Operation Smear Benghazi Whistleblowers
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The Public Editor's Journal, New York Times, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and National Review
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Graham: Benghazi shows ‘light footprint’ approach isn't working
Graham: Benghazi shows ‘light footprint’ approach isn't working
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Politico
Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
One hospital charges $8,000 — another, $38,000 — Consumers on Wednesday will finally get some answers about one of modern life's most persistent mysteries: how much medical care actually costs. — For the first time, the federal government will release the prices that hospitals charge for the 100 most common inpatient procedures.
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cms.gov:
Medicare Provider Charge Data — As part of the Obama administration's work to make our health care system more affordable and accountable, data are being released that show significant variation across the country and within communities in what hospitals charge for common inpatient services.
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The Hill, ThinkProgress, The Huffington Post and First Read
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans Give Guns, Immigration Reform Low Priority — Creating jobs and growing the economy get highest priority — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans put reforming immigration and reducing gun violence — the focus of much of the attention on Capitol Hill in recent weeks …
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Politico:
Immigration battle: Marco Rubio vs. Jim DeMint
Immigration battle: Marco Rubio vs. Jim DeMint
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Poll: Voters want focus on economy over guns, immigration reform
Poll: Voters want focus on economy over guns, immigration reform
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Weekly Standard and Outside the Beltway
USA Today:
Reports of sex abuse, beatings inside Cleveland house — THREE MISSING CLEVELAND WOMEN FREED — Three women who had been held captive for 10 years were found Monday in a Cleveland neighborhood, barely a mile from where they had been abducted. Amanda Berry was able to escape and alert authorities …
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Daily Mail:
Dick Cheney slams Obama administration's Benghazi performance as 'a failure of leadership ... I cannot understand why they weren't ready' — Former Vice President Dick Cheney criticized the Obama administration on Tuesday for its handling of the September 11, 2012 terror attack on the U.S. Consulate …
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Balloon Juice, The Gateway Pundit, The Raw Story, The Dish and Washington Post
Niall Ferguson / Harvard News:
An Open Letter to the Harvard Community — Last week I said something stupid about John Maynard Keynes. Asked to comment on Keynes' famous observation “In the long run we are all dead,” I suggested that Keynes was perhaps indifferent to the long run because he had no children, and that he had no children because he was gay.
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Firedoglake, Paul Krugman, The Monkey Cage, Brad DeLong, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Balloon Juice
Harriet Sherwood / Guardian:
Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel — Physicist pulls out of conference hosted by president Shimon Peres in protest at treatment of Palestinians — Professor Stephen Hawking is backing the academic boycott of Israel by pulling out of a conference hosted by Israeli president Shimon Peres …
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry / Forbes:
The Jobs Of The Future Don't Require A College Degree — We're all talking about the “jobs of the future” and “winning the future” and transitioning to a “knowledge economy.” Since predictions are hard, especially about the future, it's a good idea to look at some data.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Obama May Back F.B.I. Plan to Wiretap Web Users — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, resolving years of internal debate, is on the verge of backing a Federal Bureau of Investigation plan for a sweeping overhaul of surveillance laws that would make it easier to wiretap people …
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The Boston Globe:
Ex-Romney aide details campaign ‘miscalculations’ — WASHINGTON - One of Mitt Romney's former campaign aides is planning to release a new book next week that is being pitched as an insider's account that provides “an unblinking look at the tactical and strategic miscalculations” made by the former presidential candidate.
First Read:
First Thoughts: Neck and neck in Va. — NBC/Marist poll shows it's neck and neck in Virginia... McAuliffe 43%, Cuccinelli 41% among registered voters... Cuccinelli 45%, McAuliffe 42% among likely voters... Good news for McAuliffe: It's early, he has room to grow, and the GOP's fav/unfav …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
The Medicare crystal ball — I have been searching high and low for this handy chart, which I couldn't for the life of me remeber where it came from, and voila, Mike the Mad Biologist sent it to me today: — Mike helped make it clearer for us: — And this, my friends …
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
On Day Stock Market Sets New Record, Conservative Group Floats Impeaching Obama For ‘Wrecking The Stock Market’ — Today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 15,056, an all-time record. For one conservative group, this can only mean one thing: it's time to impeach President Obama.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Daily Kos and The Hinterland Gazette
Dylan Matthews / Wonkblog:
Heritage study co-author opposed letting in immigrants with low IQs — Robert Rector (center), one of the study's co-authors. (Heritage) — The Heritage Foundation made something of a splash with its study suggesting that immigration reform will cost the public trillions.
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Kevin Diaz / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Michele Bachmann is in talks to settle Iowa lawsuit — Sources say she met with lawyers for woman who accused campaign of stealing e-mail list. — U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann is engaged in settlement negotiations in a lawsuit alleging that senior members of her presidential campaign stole …
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Biden on Susan Rice: She speaks for the president — Washington (CNN) - Vice President Joe Biden praised U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice on the eve of congressional hearings over last year's deadly terror attack against a U.S. diplomatic compound in Libya …
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The Hill, Wake up America, Post Politics, Politico, Weasel Zippers and The Daily Caller
Marlin Stutzman / Washington Times:
A close encounter with abortion — One life that wasn't snipped short — On a cold December night in 1975, a 17-year-old girl sobbed on the bedroom floor of a neighbor's house. Her own home had just burned to the ground, destroying everything she had. But that wasn't the only weight she carried that night.