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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.
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ABC News and Washington Post
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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
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Talking Points Memo, American Bridge PAC and Daily Kos


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.
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RedState, The Federalist, Chicago Tribune, The Moderate Voice and Infowars


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 …
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, National Review and The Week


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.
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Talking Points Memo, Politico, New York Times and Daily Kos


Reid to GOP: For the good of the country, stop your nakedly partisan obstruction

Republicans' Apples to Oranges Comparison on Supreme Court Nominees
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The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Politico and The Week

Trump: ‘Pretty Unusual’ Scalia Was Found With ‘Pillow on His Face’
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Little Green Footballs, Right Wing Watch and AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog …

Reid warns GOP it will rue blocking Obama on court
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Washington Post

In Election Years, a History of Confirming Court Nominees
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Prairie Weather

Grassley's Supreme Court stance is all about politics
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New York Times, SCOTUSblog and Daily Kos

The Way America Picks Judges Is Stupid And Needs To Change
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New Republic and Lawyers, Guns & Money

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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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 …
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ABC News, Hullabaloo, The State, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hot Air, The Resurgent and American Bridge PAC


Nevada is no longer a ‘lock’ for Hillary Clinton
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RedState

South Carolina poll: Trump up 17 points ahead of primary
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Washington Post, Infowars, The Week, RedState and New York Times

National poll: Sanders closing the gap with Clinton
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Yahoo Politics, Trail Blazers Blog, New York Magazine and The Week

Donald Trump Says He's ‘Very Seriously’ Considering Suing Ted Cruz
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Washington Post, Hot Air, Associated Press and abc11.com

Jeb: Trump ‘fears me’
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The Hill, The Daily Caller, Associated Press, Yahoo Politics and The Week

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.
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Infowars
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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.
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Hot Air, Moe Lane, Raw Story and addictinginfo.org


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 …


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
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Daily Caller


Trump: Rubio Is Too Sweaty To Negotiate With A Leader Like Putin — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday mocked rival Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) Monday, quipping that sweaty people shouldn't be able to negotiate with foreign leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Donald Trump leaves supporters cold as he accuses Rubio of ‘excess sweating’
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Politicus USA

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 …
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Vox and New York Magazine


Rennie: Kudlow Will Not Run for U.S. Senate Against Blumenthal — CNBC financial commentator Larry Kudlow, who recently spoke to The Courant at a Fairfield diner, is reportedly not running for the U.S. Senate, according to a supporter's email. — Hartford Courant columnist Kevin Rennie …
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Politico


Why a Vote for Bernie Sanders Is a Vote for Donald Trump — Primaries don't elect presidents; they elect candidates who have to beat the other guys. A socialist who wants to raise taxes on everyone cannot beat any Republican, period. — Dear Bernie Voter,
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Shadowproof, Instapundit and Hot Air


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 …
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naked capitalism and Vox Popoli


Kathleen Kane will not seek re-election for attorney general — Today also marks the day that nomination petitions are due for a re-election bid. — State Attorney General Kathleen Kane says she will not be running for re-election, saying, “You have to think about your family.”