memeorandum: The Real Problem With That Chart (Sam Wang/Princeton Election Consortium)

3:35 PM ET, April 14, 2015

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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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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

Inside Hillary's ‘Very Luxurious’ Van: A Bed, TV, and Lots of Leather — Hillary Clinton has arrived at her first campaign stop, completing the 965 mile trip from Chappaqua, New York to Le Claire, Iowa in about two days time. Her choice of transportation? A Secret Service owned and operated van.

Discussion: CNN and The Gateway Pundit

Kevin Quealy / New York Times:

Less essential analysis: Hillary Clinton's Chipotle Order: Above Average — 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.

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Sam Wang / Princeton Election Consortium:

The Real Problem With That Chart — In today's dustup between FiveThirtyEight and Vox, the press is missing the point. This is often the case, since most reporters understand mud-throwing better than they understand data. — I am not interested in squabbles over whether it is kosher to show someone else's graphic.

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Hillary Clinton's first-lady-era road trip guide

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, Just an Unrecognized Burrito Bowl Fan at Chipotle

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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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NPR:
Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Sen. Marco Rubio

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David McCabe / The Hill:
Rubio: I'm more experienced than Barack Obama was in 2008

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Matt Higgins / CBS Cleveland:
Gov. Kasich: ‘I Am Seriously Considering’ Presidential Run

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Marco Rubio Got His Mojo Back

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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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and The Daily Caller

Patricia Cohen / New York Times:

One Company's 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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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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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A decision on Brian Williams's future at NBC could be coming soon

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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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New York Times:
Obama Says He'd Sign Bill, as Now Written, to Let Congress Vote on Iran Nuclear Deal

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Nick Gass / Politico:
Bob Corker says bipartisan deal has been reached on Iran bill

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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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CNN:

R&B singer Percy Sledge dies at 73 — People we lost in 2015 46 photos — Click through to see people who died in 2015. — People we lost in 2015 46 photos — Percy Sledge, known for the single “When a Man Loves a Woman,” died Tuesday, April 14, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana …

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Ian Auzenne / KATC-TV:
Soul singer Percy Sledge dead at 73

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Don Feder / GrasstopsUSA.com:

Top Ten Reasons Why Hitlery Will Never Be President — GrassTopsUSA Exclusive Commentary — Think Evita after Botox treatments. Think Madame Defarge on a bad hair day. Think Lady Macbeth with serious issues ("Out, out, damned bimbo!"). — To listen to the babbling heads …

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Irene / Judicial Watch:

ISIS Camp a Few Miles from Texas, Mexican Authorities Confirm — ISIS is operating a camp just a few miles from El Paso, Texas, according to Judicial Watch sources that include a Mexican Army field grade officer and a Mexican Federal Police Inspector. — The exact location where the terrorist group …

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Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:

Islamic Extremists Have Seized Control Of U.S. Cities, Says NRA Seminar — National Rifle Association members hold hands during the opening prayer at the annual meeting of members at the NRA convention Saturday, April 11, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. — CREDIT: AP Photo/Mark Humphrey

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.

Discussion: Balloon Juice and alicublog

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry / New York Times:

Probing the Heart of French Malaise — PARIS — France is in the throes of a unique cultural moment — one that stretches way beyond the soul-searching debates over Islamist violence and Muslim integration, or arguments over its economic travails, fractious labor politics and troubling brain drain.

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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