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2:15 PM ET, February 16, 2016

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Scalia's death could doom McDonnell and hurt Menendez  —  Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell could wind up one of the biggest losers as a result of Justice Antonin Scalia's unexpected death and the potentially protracted battle shaping up over his replacement.
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Post
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Carson: Republicans Wouldn't Wait To Replace Scalia If We Held The White House  —  “Then again, recognize that the two picks that the president has selected are ideologues, so there's really no reason to believe that his next pick wouldn't be an ideologue also.”  —  Matthew Cavanaugh / Getty Images
John Boehner / Independent Journal Review Opinion:
The Time I Tried To Persuade Antonin Scalia To Run For Vice President  —  JOIN THE TEAM FOR ADDED BENEFITS:  —  Create an Account OR Log In  —  FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:  —  Submit  —  x  —  Views  —  ShareTweetEmail +  —  Independent Journal Opinion is an opinion platform …
Harry Reid / Washington Post:
Reid to GOP: For the good of the country, stop your nakedly partisan obstruction  —  Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, is Senate minority leader.  —  We are entering uncharted waters in the history of the U.S. system of checks and balances, with potentially momentous consequences.
Ari Melber / NBC News:
Obama Could Win SCOTUS Battle in This 17-Day Window  —  Senate Republicans are pledging to block any Supreme Court nomination by President Barack Obama until after November, hoping a Republican will replace him and fill the vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia.
O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
Grassley hasn't decided whether to hold hearing on Obama's Supreme Court pick (AUDIO)  —  Republican Senator Chuck Grassley isn't ready to say whether he'll convene a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on President Obama's nominee to fill the opening on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Discussion: Politico
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Reid warns GOP it will rue blocking Obama on court  —  Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) is lashing out at Republicans, arguing it would be “rash and reckless” for them to block any Supreme Court nominee put forward by President Obama.  —  In an op-ed for The Washington Post …
Timothy S. Huebner / New York Times:
In Election Years, a History of Confirming Court Nominees
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Des Moines Register:
Grassley's Supreme Court stance is all about politics
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and Daily Kos
New York Times:
More Republicans Say They'll Block Supreme Court Nominee
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Way America Picks Judges Is Stupid And Needs To Change
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump, Clinton Still Have Big SC Leads  —  PPP's new South Carolina poll continues to find Donald Trump with a wide lead in the state.  He's at 35% to 18% each for Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, 10% for John Kasich, and 7% each for Jeb Bush and Ben Carson.  —  What's striking about Trump's support …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Rubio surges back to electrify South Carolina  —  EASLEY, S.C. — Marco Rubio carried a message to South Carolina: He is “at peace” with his failure in New Hampshire.  —  He doesn't mean it casually, as though he has simply come to terms with what happened Feb. 6, when Chris Christie commanded …
Jon Ralston / Washington Post:
Nevada is no longer a ‘lock’ for Hillary Clinton
Discussion: RedState
Jamie Self / The State:
FIRST ON BUZZ: After debate, Trump still tops SC GOP presidential race
Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
Donald Trump leaves supporters cold as he accuses Rubio of ‘excess sweating’
Discussion: Politicus USA
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
How the war in Iraq is haunting the 2016 presidential contest
Discussion: ABC News
Isiah Carey / KRIV:
US Marshals arresting people for not paying their federal student loans  —  HOUSTON (FOX 26) - Believe it or not, the US Marshals Service in Houston is arresting people for not paying their outstanding federal student loans.  —  Paul Aker says he was arrested at his home last week for a $1500 federal student loan he received in 1987.
Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
It's time to kill the $100 bill  —  It's time to go after big money … Harvard's Mossavar Rahmani Center for Business and Government, which I am privileged to direct, has just issued an important paper by senior fellow Peter Sands and a group of student collaborators.
Discussion: Infowars
Lydia Mulvany / Bloomberg Business:
The Parmesan Cheese You Sprinkle on Your Penne Could Be Wood  —  Some brands promising 100 percent purity contained no Parmesan at all.  —  The cheese police are on the case.  —  Acting on a tip, agents of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration paid a surprise visit to a cheese factory …
Discussion: Gothamist and Eater
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Campaigns secretly prep for brokered GOP convention  —  Mysterious outside groups are asking state parties for personal data on potential delegates, Republican campaigns are drawing up plans to send loyal representatives to obscure local conventions, and party officials are dusting off rule books …
Discussion: Vox and New York Magazine
Daily Mail:
SCROLL DOWN TO HEAR SALLY MILLER  —  Sally Miller tells Daily Mail Online she met Clinton at parties and political functions in 1974 when she was a senate aide at the Arkansas State Capitol and he was preparing for his run for the House of Representatives.  But their affair began when he was Governor of Arkansas
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
German ‘bail-in’ plan for government bonds risks blowing up the euro  —  'If I were a politician in Italy, I'd want my own currency as fast as possible: that is the only way to avoid going bankrupt,' said German ‘Wise Man’  —  A new German plan to impose “haircuts” on holders …
Discussion: naked capitalism and Vox Popoli
 
 
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