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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Ads Attacking Health Law Stagger Outspent Democrats — WASHINGTON — Democrats are increasingly anxious about an onslaught of television ads hitting vulnerable Senate and House candidates for their support of the new health law, since many lack the resources to fight back in the early stages of the midterm campaign.
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Politico:
Obama's plan to save the Senate — President Barack Obama has a plan to save the Senate's tenuous Democratic majority: Sell a populist message, try to make Obamacare work better and raise lots of cash. — And unlike previous years when Senate Democrats were mostly left to fight on their own …
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The Hill:
Democrats hope Obama meeting means more humility in 2014
Democrats hope Obama meeting means more humility in 2014
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Hot Air, Mediaite and Jammie Wearing Fools
Kathleen Hennessey / Los Angeles Times:
Obama's visit to North Carolina may be awkward for Democratic senator
Obama's visit to North Carolina may be awkward for Democratic senator
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Weekly Standard, Hot Air, The Reaction and Moe Lane
Mark Murray / firstread.nbcnews.com:
Poll: Christie cruising through bridge scandal (so far) — Nearly 70 percent of Americans say the bridge-closure scandal engulfing Chris Christie has not changed their opinion about the New Jersey governor, according to a new NBC News/Marist poll. In addition, 44 percent …
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The Hill:
Armed Services Chairman McKeon retiring — House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) will announced his retirement on Wednesday, according to two sources close to McKeon. — “Mr. McKeon will be making his announcement tomorrow morning that he'll be retiring,” a source close to McKeon tells The Hill.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
WH delays another ObamaCare deadline — The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it was again extending the ObamaCare enrollment deadline for people with pre-existing conditions. — The administration said it will extend the Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan (PCIP), slated to end January 31, until March 15.
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Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
Another 25 million ObamaCare victims — It now looks like ObamaCare will hurt twice as many people as it helps — because the law isn't nearly done with canceling people's insurance. — The 5 million-plus Americans who've seen their health plans canceled thanks to ObamaCare will be joined …
Sam Baker / NationalJournal.com:
White House Moves Obamacare Goalposts Again
White House Moves Obamacare Goalposts Again
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Benjy Sarlin / msnbc.com:
This Democrat thinks he can win in 2016 as the anti-Obama — Brian Schweitzer, the former two-term Democratic governor of Montana, is rarely speechless. Once he gets going on a topic, he's almost impossible to stop. As he builds up steam, he'll slap his knee to emphasize his points.
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Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Brown rules out presidential bid
Brown rules out presidential bid
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Government Itself Still Cited as Top U.S. Problem — Narrowly leads the economy, unemployment, healthcare — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans start the new year with a variety of national concerns on their minds. Although none is dominant, the government, at 21%, leads the list …
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Wendy Davis's Campaign Mocks Greg Abbott for Being Paralyzed — Wendy Davis's campaign spin on her fundraising numbers is impressive. She wants you to know that she raised $12 million to Republican Greg Abbot's $11.5 million. What she is hoping you will ignore, and which much of the press will ignore …
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WILLisms.com, The Hill, TIME, Unfair Park, LifeNews.com and Trail Blazers Blog
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Catalina Camia / Associated Press:
Wendy Davis outraises Greg Abbott in Texas gov race
Wendy Davis outraises Greg Abbott in Texas gov race
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The Atlantic Online:
What Happens When the President Sits Down Next to You at a Cafe — Before — Thursday into Friday, my head cold got worse, so on Friday morning I walked down to a bar-cafe-restaurant in my neighborhood. I had been there for a few hours when youthful, vigorous men and women wearing …
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Washington Post:
Senate report: Attack on U.S. compound in Benghazi could have been prevented — A long-delayed Senate intelligence committee report released on Wednesday spreads blame among the State Department and intelligence agencies for not preventing attacks on two outposts in Libya that killed four Americans …
Molly Redden / Mother Jones:
GOP Congressional Candidate: Spousal Rape Shouldn't Be a Crime — Virginia state Sen. Dick Black fought to block a statue of Lincoln and invited a video crew to film him watching violent rape porn on a library computer. Now he's looking for a promotion. — Republican attorney general …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Marijuana politics — So the POLITICO homepage has gone to pot: Darren Samuelsohn and Byron Tau report on how states are taking the lead on the legalization campaign; Reid Cherlin investigates the legal nightmare this creates between state and federal law — the consequences are far-ranging …
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Michael Wolff / Slate:
Gabriel Sherman's biography of Roger Ailes. — Gabriel Sherman is part of a group of young media reporters—many starting out at the New York Observer under the tutelage of then-Editor Peter Kaplan, an avowed media nostalgist—who have seen their subject, the power of the media, pulled out from under them.
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Fawn Johnson / NationalJournal.com:
Inside Boehner's Election-Year Immigration Strategy — The speaker's looking to test the waters ahead of primaries, and he'll score a political win no matter how it turns out. — John Boehner is planning to unveil a set of Republican principles for immigration reform before President Obama's State …
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Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, The Plum Line and National Review
Adrian Vermeule / The New Republic:
The Filibuster Does Not Protect Minority Interests — And other reasons to reject supermajority requirements. — In the era of a polarized and stymied Congress, in which legislation is especially prone to be paralyzed by the filibuster and other supermajority devices …
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