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Stephen A. Nuño / Talking Points Memo:
Marco Rubio Is The Lipstick, The GOP Is The Pig — The media is in a frenzy over the entry of Marco Rubio into the presidential race. He's young, handsome, well-spoken in English and Spanish, he's got an immigrant history. He is a genuine American success story.
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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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David McCabe / The Hill:
Rubio: I'm more experienced than Barack Obama was in 2008 — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Tuesday that he is more experienced than President Obama was when he started his presidential campaign, despite the fact that both launched campaigns as first-term senators.
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Bloomberg Business, ABC News, No More Mister Nice Blog, Weekly Standard and Liberaland
NPR:
Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Sen. Marco Rubio
Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Sen. Marco Rubio
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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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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Marco Rubio Is a Polished Performer, but He's Out of Position
Marco Rubio Is a Polished Performer, but He's Out of Position
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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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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 — 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, her health care plan, and most everything else from the 1990s.
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Taylor Marsh, The Week, Adweek and The Atlantic Online
Sam Wang / Princeton Election Consortium:
The Real Problem With That Chart
The Real Problem With That Chart
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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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Yahoo Politics:
Chris Christie bets on bold — Chris Christie sat impassively at the round mahogany table in his family kitchen Monday as I recounted some of the data that suggested he was too damaged to run for president. A recent CBS News poll found that 42 percent of Republican voters wouldn't even consider voting …
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Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Chris Christie Calls for Raising Age for Social Security, Cutting Benefit for Some Seniors — In New Hampshire speech, New Jersey governor proposes overhaul of Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare — MANCHESTER, N.H.—New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to call …
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The Hill:
Senate deal sets up Iran vote — Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee said they had a deal Tuesday that could lead to a bipartisan vote in favor of giving Congress a vote to approve or disapprove a nuclear deal with Iran. — “We have reached an agreement that absolutely keeps …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Bob Corker says bipartisan deal has been reached on Iran bill
Bob Corker says bipartisan deal has been reached on Iran bill
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Washington Monthly, The Daily Caller and Israel Matzav
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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Kevin Quealy / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Chipotle Order: Above Average — On Monday, Hillary Rodham Clinton ordered a burrito bowl at a Chipotle outside Toledo, Ohio. — Let others deconstruct her apparent anonymity or how her visit compared with President Obama's. Here's what The Upshot can contribute …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, Just an Unrecognized Burrito Bowl Fan at Chipotle
Hillary Clinton, Just an Unrecognized Burrito Bowl Fan at Chipotle
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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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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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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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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 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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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Lost Language of Privacy — Like a lot of people, I've come to believe that it would be a good idea to put body-mounted cameras on police officers. I now believe this for several reasons. — First, there have been too many cases in which police officers have abused their authority and then covered it up.
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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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OnPolitics, Balloon Juice and Washington Times
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Tom Brokaw addresses Brian Williams controversy: ‘really, really serious’ — As speculation swirls about Brian Williams' fate at NBC, his predecessor is calling for patience. — In his first extensive public comments on the matter, Tom Brokaw, who held the anchor chair at “NBC Nightly News” …
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Ian Auzenne / KATC-TV:
Soul singer Percy Sledge dead at 73 — Percy Sledge, the soul singer who took “When a Man Loves a Woman” to the top of the charts in 1966, died this morning at his Baton Rouge home. He was 73. — According to East Baton Rouge Parish coroner Dr. William “Beau” Clark, Sledge died of natural causes while under hospice care.
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