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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.
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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.
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RedState, The Federalist, The Week, Chicago Tribune, The Moderate Voice and Infowars
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
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Talking Points Memo, American Bridge PAC and Daily Kos
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 …
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, National Review and The Week
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.
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Talking Points Memo, Politico, New York Times and Daily Kos
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.
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
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 …
Chuck Schumer:
Republicans' Apples to Oranges Comparison on Supreme Court Nominees
Republicans' Apples to Oranges Comparison on Supreme Court Nominees
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The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Politico and The Week
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Reid warns GOP it will rue blocking Obama on court
Reid warns GOP it will rue blocking Obama on court
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Washington Post
Timothy S. Huebner / New York Times:
In Election Years, a History of Confirming Court Nominees
In Election Years, a History of Confirming Court Nominees
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Prairie Weather
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senator Breaks Ranks, Calls Party's Supreme Court Strategy ‘Obstructionist’
GOP Senator Breaks Ranks, Calls Party's Supreme Court Strategy ‘Obstructionist’
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Talking Points Memo, New York Times, Right Wing Watch and FiveThirtyEight
Des Moines Register:
Grassley's Supreme Court stance is all about politics
Grassley's Supreme Court stance is all about politics
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SCOTUSblog and Daily Kos
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Way America Picks Judges Is Stupid And Needs To Change
The Way America Picks Judges Is Stupid And Needs To Change
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New Republic and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 …
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Jon Ralston / Washington Post:
Nevada is no longer a ‘lock’ for Hillary Clinton
Nevada is no longer a ‘lock’ for Hillary Clinton
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RedState
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
South Carolina poll: Trump up 17 points ahead of primary
South Carolina poll: Trump up 17 points ahead of primary
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Washington Post, Infowars, The Week, RedState and New York Times
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Donald Trump Says He's ‘Very Seriously’ Considering Suing Ted Cruz
Donald Trump Says He's ‘Very Seriously’ Considering Suing Ted Cruz
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Washington Post, abc11.com, Hot Air and Associated Press
Nick Gass / Politico:
Jeb: Trump ‘fears me’
Jeb: Trump ‘fears me’
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The Hill, The Daily Caller, Yahoo Politics and The Week
Nick Gass / Politico:
National poll: Sanders closing the gap with Clinton
National poll: Sanders closing the gap with Clinton
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Yahoo Politics, Trail Blazers Blog, New York Magazine and The Week
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.
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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 …
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.
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Hot Air, Moe Lane, Raw Story and addictinginfo.org
Christopher Keating / Hartford Courant:
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
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
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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Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
Donald Trump leaves supporters cold as he accuses Rubio of ‘excess sweating’
Donald Trump leaves supporters cold as he accuses Rubio of ‘excess sweating’
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Politicus USA
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
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Daily Caller
Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
Vincent Fort flips from Hillary Clinton to Bernie Sanders — State Sen. Vincent Fort at the chamber's Democratic caucus meeting. Courtesy Senate Democrats. — State Sen. Vincent Fort, the No. 2 Democrat in the Georgia Senate, flipped his endorsement on Tuesday from Hillary Clinton to Bernie Sanders.
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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 …
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Vox and New York Magazine