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Erick Erickson / Fox News:
Why Marco Rubio has a real shot at 2016 Republican nomination — Feb. 27, 2015: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. speaks in National Harbor, Md. (AP) — Ted Cruz remains a conservative favorite in 2016. In 2012, the establishment backed his Senate opponent in Texas, then Lt. Governor David Dewhurst.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Marco Rubio Is a Polished Performer, but He's Out of Position — Marco Rubio, who announced his bid for the presidency on Monday in a call to donors, has been called the “best communicator” in the Republican Party. Over and over and over again. — But he has little to show for it.
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David McCabe / The Hill:
Rubio: I'm more experienced than Barack Obama was in 2008
Rubio: I'm more experienced than Barack Obama was in 2008
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Marco Rubio Got His Mojo Back
How Marco Rubio Got His Mojo Back
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Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Tea Partiers Rage Against Rubio 2016
Tea Partiers Rage Against Rubio 2016
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Bloomberg Business:
Full Text: Marco Rubio Announces Run for President
Full Text: Marco Rubio Announces Run for President
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Rubio Takes Aim at the Left
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
A Modest Proposal: Barack Obama Should Be Hillary Clinton's Running Mate — Because Hillary Clinton is white and no longer young, a strain of political thought holds that she might lack Barack Obama's inherent appeal to new and minority voters and thus that she won't be able to ride …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
The GOP's plan to turn Hillary into Mitt Romney in a pantsuit — Republicans are readying a familiar template: The out-of-touch plutocrat who lives in a world of private planes, chauffeured vehicles and million-dollar homes. — Forget about the Arkansas days, the small-bore scandals …
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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Owner of a Credit Card Processor Is Setting a New Minimum Wage: $70,000 a Year — The idea began percolating, said Dan Price, the founder of Gravity Payments, after he read an article on happiness. It showed that, for people who earn less than about $70,000, extra money makes a big difference in their lives.
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Matt Higgins / CBS Cleveland:
Gov. Kasich: ‘I Am Seriously Considering’ Presidential Run — DETROIT (CBS Cleveland/AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich told business leaders in Detroit on Monday that that he was “seriously considering” a race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination but isn't setting a timetable for a decision.
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Randy Ludlow / The Columbus Dispatch:
Gov. John Kasich ‘seriously considering’ run for president
Gov. John Kasich ‘seriously considering’ run for president
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Skewed View of America Inside the Progressive Bubble
The Skewed View of America Inside the Progressive Bubble
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, Just an Unrecognized Burrito Bowl Fan — Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign is all about “everyday Americans,” she made clear in announcing it on Sunday. — On Monday, she showed how unassuming she herself could be. — Driving to Iowa for her first campaign swing …
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Jon Swaine / Guardian:
Michael Slager and ‘bad, corrupt cops’ sued by black man who says he was tased — Police officer who killed Walter Scott is one of three patrolmen named in lawsuit filed by Julius Wilson, who says Slager used a stun gun on him — The police officer who killed Walter Scott in South Carolina …
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Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Ex-Governor Will Lead New Fund at Bain Capital — The former governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick, has joined the private equity firm Bain Capital as a partner to focus on socially oriented investments, a person briefed on the matter said on Monday. — Mr. Patrick, a Democrat …
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Beth HealyGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Former Gov. Deval Patrick to join Bain Capital
Former Gov. Deval Patrick to join Bain Capital
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Michael Quander / WREG-TV:
Brutal attack at Memphis gas station caught on camera — MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Surveillance video showed a mob of rowdy high school students beating a man at a Crosstown gas station. — Police said a large group of Northwest Prep Academy students swarmed a BP gas station on Poplar and Cleveland.
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Alaska Airlines Blog:
Statement on Alaska Airlines flight 448 — Flight 448, bound for Los Angeles, returned to Seattle shortly after departure today after it was discovered that a ramp agent was still in the cargo hold. The aircraft was in the air for 9 minutes. — After landing, the agent …
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Dave Majumdar / The Daily Beast:
Putin's Missile Could Make U.S. Attacks on Iran Nearly Impossible — For years, Team Obama crowed about keeping this advanced Russian missile out of Iran's hands. Now the Kremlin suddenly seems eager to hand it over to Tehran. — This nuke deal with Iran had better work.
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Jack Jenkins / ThinkProgress:
Why This Pastor Who Tried To Assassinate Hitler Has Become A Hero To The Anti-LGBT Movement — CREDIT: í™", via wikimedia commons — It's no secret that conservative Christians who oppose marriage equality are using increasingly hyperbolic language to describe their campaign against LGBT rights.
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Ashley Edwards / New York's PIX11:
EXCLUSIVE: Woman says Harlem tattoo parlor behind ‘Black Ink’ left her disfigured — HARLEM (PIX11) — Asabi Barner was a confident woman in her 30s. Her body was never something she felt a need to cover up, until now. — A tattoo coverup changed her life last year.
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Matthewjbuettner / CBS Denver:
CBS4 Investigation: TSA Screeners At DIA Manipulated System To Grope Men's Genitals — DENVER (CBS4) - A CBS4 investigation has learned that two Transportation Security Administration screeners at Denver International Airport have been fired after they were discovered manipulating passenger screening systems …
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David Shepardson / Detroit News:
Biden ‘not ready’ to decide on presidential run — Washington — Vice President Joe Biden said he had not made a decision on whether he will run for president and sounded the alarm about Republican plans to cut estate taxes. — Biden made the statement in a roundtable discussion with reporters …
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Marco Rubio / USA Today:
Revive Lincoln's ‘One Country, One Destiny’ — On eve of Lincoln's assassination's 150th anniversary, GOP must reform government to empower all people equally — Yesterday evening, I announced my campaign for president of the United States of America, committing myself to the cause of restoring equal opportunity for every American.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
How Vox aggregates — I started as a blogger in the pre-social web, when the only way to build an audience was to have other sites quote or link to your work. Those links didn't drive a ton of traffic back to the original site, but they drove some, and sometimes you would get a new regular reader out of the deal.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Nate Silver to Vox: Stop stealing our charts!
Nate Silver to Vox: Stop stealing our charts!
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