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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
WSJ/NBC News Poll: Obama's approval rating hits new low. — President Obama notched the lowest approval ratings of his presidency in the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, amd wide pessimism about the economy and deep frustration with Washington.
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Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
WSJ Poll: Voters Stay Negative on Christie
WSJ Poll: Voters Stay Negative on Christie
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PoliticusUSA and The Week
Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
WSJ Poll: Candy Is Dandy But Pot Is Less Harmful
WSJ Poll: Candy Is Dandy But Pot Is Less Harmful
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The Week
Josh Kraushaar / NationalJournal.com:
Why a Republican Wave in 2014 is Looking More Likely Now — David Jolly wasn't expected to win Tuesday's special election. But he capitalized on an increasingly favorable political environment for the GOP. — Tuesday night's special election in Florida should be a serious scare for Democrats …
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Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
David Jolly's victory spells trouble for Democrats nationwide — If I'm a Democratic House member in any competitive district in America or a Democratic incumbent senator up for re-election this year in a moderate-to-conservative state like North Carolina, Arkansas, Colorado, Alaska or Louisiana …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Florida race shows Democrats' Obamacare dilemma — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL OBAMACARE 2014 ELECTIONS — The widely respected Florida political analyst Adam Smith sees big problems for Democrats in the loss of Alex Sink to Republican David Jolly in the special election to fill the House seat from Florida's 13th Congressional District.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
David Jolly defeats Alex Sink in Florida 13th
David Jolly defeats Alex Sink in Florida 13th
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Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare's Secret Mandate Exemption — HHS quietly repeals the individual purchase rule for two more years. — ObamaCare's implementers continue to roam the battlefield and shoot their own wounded, and the latest casualty is the core of the Affordable Care Act—the individual mandate.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama: Health insurance isn't expensive - just cancel cable and phones; Update: White House responds — This is a few days old, but it's amusing nonetheless. Barack Obama appeared in a town hall for Spanish-language media on March 6th to discuss ObamaCare and promote enrollments …
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The Federalist, NationalJournal.com and The PJ Tatler
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Did the CIA Chief Just Dare Obama to Fire Him? — Under a sudden avalanche of criticism, CIA director John Brennan said President Obama can ‘ask me to go.’ Will he? — The normally cool and calm director of the CIA, John Brennan, may have flinched Tuesday.
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The Hill:
Feinstein drops CIA bombshell — The CIA conducted an unconstitutional search of a Senate Intelligence Committee computer network that amounted to illegal spying, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) charged Tuesday in a dramatic speech on the Senate floor. — Feinstein said the CIA's actions …
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
The Senate-CIA Blowup Threatens a Constitutional Crisis
The Senate-CIA Blowup Threatens a Constitutional Crisis
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan Blames Poverty On Lazy ‘Inner City’ Men — House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) previewed his upcoming legislative proposals for reforming America's poverty programs during an appearance on Bill Bennett's Morning in America Wednesday, hinting that he would focus on creating work requirements …
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New York Times:
Obama Will Seek Broad Expansion of Overtime Pay — WASHINGTON — President Obama this week will seek to force American businesses to pay more overtime to millions of workers, the latest move by his administration to confront corporations that have had soaring profits even as wages have stagnated.
Marc Santora / New York Times:
At Least One Person Killed in East Harlem Building Collapse — At least one person was killed when two buildings collapsed in East Harlem on Wednesday morning, according to authorities, and a senior city official suggested that there would most likely be more fatalities.
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Between Two Ferns: The Selling of the President, 2014 — President Obama stormed the internet Tuesday with his appearance on Zach Galifianakis's beloved series Between Two Ferns: — There are (in my opinion) some solidly entertaining moments here, but of course Obama's reason for appearing …
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Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Bill O'Reilly: Abraham Lincoln Would Never Have Appeared on Funny or Die
Bill O'Reilly: Abraham Lincoln Would Never Have Appeared on Funny or Die
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Scared Monkeys, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Raw Story, Hit & Run and TIME
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Bill O'Reilly: Abraham Lincoln wouldn't do ‘Ferns’
Bill O'Reilly: Abraham Lincoln wouldn't do ‘Ferns’
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Daily Kos, BuzzFeed, National Review and CNN
Andrew Cohen / The Atlantic Online:
Freedom After 30 Years on Death Row — UPDATE: Glenn Ford was indeed released from prison late Tuesday afternoon local time. The same judge who denied him relief in 2009 was the one who signed the order authorizing his release. — ORIGINAL STORY: Glenn Ford, a black man wrongfully convicted …
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
‘The Daily Show’ Fact Checks Andrew Napolitano's Civil War Revisionism With A Game Show — Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show” on Tuesday took his mockery of Fox News' Andrew Napolitano to the next level, hosting a mini-game show to debunk the commentator's revisionist views on the Civil War and American slavery.
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Paul Glastris / Washington Monthly:
The Limits of the Wonkosphere — Are we entering a golden age of policy journalism? Consider the evidence. Ezra Klein, founder of the Washington Post's phenomenally successful online policy news site Wonkblog, recently left to form what he says will be an even more revolutionary digital venture in explanatory policy journalism.
Stuart A. Reid / Politico:
Did Russ Feingold just end a war? — The unlikely story of how the former Wisconsin senator made peace in Congo. — On a Saturday morning in late January, Russ Feingold descended a tight path in the hilly forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Kahuzi-Biega National Park to look for gorillas.