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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, 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 and Politico


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.


Trump: ‘Pretty Unusual’ Scalia Was Found With ‘Pillow on His Face’ — During a Tuesday interview with talk show host Michael Savage, Donald Trump seemed to lend some credence to the conspiracy theories that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was murdered, saying it was “pretty unusual” they found a pillow on his face.
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Little Green Footballs, Right Wing Watch and AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog …


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

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

Sen. Leahy: GOP holdup on court will hurt USA
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Bloomberg Business, Reuters, The Spot, Stanford Law School, Des Moines Register, BuzzFeed, Richard Zorza's Access …, Politicus USA and ACS Blog

Grassley's Supreme Court stance is all about politics
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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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Hullabaloo, The State, The Resurgent, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hot Air 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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Infowars, Washington Post, 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

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

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


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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Moe Lane, Raw Story and addictinginfo.org

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


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 …

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


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


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


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


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


Hillary Clinton barks like a dog to slam Republicans — Reno, Nevada (CNN)Hillary Clinton's stump speech has gone to the dogs. — Not really. But Clinton told a colorful story on Monday in Reno that ended with the former secretary of state barking like a dog.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Althouse