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3:55 PM ET, April 5, 2010

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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Tea Partiers Are Fairly Mainstream in Their Demographics  —  Skew right politically, but have typical profile by age, education, and employment  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Tea Party supporters skew right politically; but demographically, they are generally representative of the public at large.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Tea Party 48% Obama 44%  —  On major issues, 48% of voters say that the average Tea Party member is closer to their views than President Barack Obama.  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 44% hold the opposite view and believe the president's views are closer to their own.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:   NOT EXACTLY A ‘MAINSTREAM’ FORCE.... One of the day's biggest …
Sean J. Miller / The Hill:
Survey: Four in 10 Tea Party members are Dems or independents
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Myth-busting polls: Tea Party members are average Americans …
Discussion: The Winston Group
Rick Moran / The Moderate Voice:
The Tea Party Narrative Just Jumped the Shark
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
RNC loses top fundraiser  —  In another serious blow to the Republican National Committee, one of its top fundraisers — and its few remaining connections to the traditional GOP donor base — has resigned a senior, unpaid position.  —  Former Ambassador Sam Fox, a top supporter of George W. Bush …
Discussion: TPM LiveWire and The Page
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ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: White House Blasts Steele for Playing ‘Race Card’ on ABC  —  Embattled RNC Chair Said on “GMA” African-Americans Like Obama Have A ‘Slimmer Margin of Error’ Because of Their Race  —  Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele's comment on “Good Morning America” …
Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:   The Atlantic Home
Carol E. Lee / The Politico:   Mocking RNC's ‘credit card’ problem
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Michael Steele calls his critics racist
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Steele: Criticism motivated by race
George's Bottom Line:
RNC Chair Says He Will Not Step Down
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
David Margolick / Newsweek:
A maverick fights for his political life—and his soul. … From the magazine issue dated Apr 12, 2010  —  Late last month, at a dusty fairground outside Tucson, John McCain stood behind the person who is, at least for the next few years, surely his most important legacy to American politics.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
‘I NEVER CONSIDERED MYSELF A MAVERICK’.... To say that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) built his most recent persona — the latest in a series — around the notion of being a “maverick” would be a dramatic understatement.  The “m” word was practically a verbal tick for McCain — he'd use it constantly …
Discussion: Open Left and Wonkette
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
McCain ‘never considered myself a maverick’  —  Newsweek reports that Sen. John McCain has explicitly repudiated one of the most carefully crafted and maintained images in politics, product of many years' work by, above all, Mark Salter, buffed in ads like the one above:
Tim Mak / FrumForum:
The End of Candidate Giuliani?  —  Rudy Giuliani's decision to endorse Marco Rubio in the hotly contested Florida senatorial primary may be more than an act of revenge.  By backing a candidate that has little overlap with the brand of Republicanism that he embodies, Rudy may be signaling …
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Stuart Rothenberg / CQ Politics:
Should Crist Roll the Dice to Save Long-Shot Senate Bid?
Discussion: The New Republic
Ed O'Keefe / Federal Eye:
Karl Rove appears in TV ad for Census  —  Author and former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove will appear in a new public service announcement from the U.S. Census Bureau designed to convince people to mail back their 2010 census forms by the end of the month.
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Naftali Bendavid / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Worry About Census
The Politico:
Obama throws the opening pitch  —  President Obama tossed out the first pitch at Nationals Park Monday afternoon, throwing high and wide to start the Washington team's opener against the Philadelphia Phillies.  —  Obama drew a mixture of cheers and boos from the crowd as he strolled out onto …
Discussion: CNN and The Lonely Conservative
Brianna Keilar / CNN:
Unemployment benefits expire for thousands  —  (CNN) — Extended unemployment benefits will temporarily expire for thousands of Americans on Monday because the Senate went on its spring recess without approving a one-month deadline extension.  —  The extension, which had bipartisan support …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Making Financial Reform Fool-Resistant  —  The White House is confident that a financial regulatory reform bill will soon pass the Senate.  I'm not so sure, given the opposition of Republican leaders to any real reform.  But in any case, how good is the legislation on the table …
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Liberty Pundits dot net:
Fake story meant to ensnare bloggers catches NYT instead  —  And these clowns wonder why they are circling the drain?  This lawyer pulled the fake story stunt to entrap us - political bloggers - because “fact checking is not” our “strong suit,” so he claimed.  We ignored the story, and the NYT ran with it.
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Court Challenge: Replacing Stevens  —  Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens's latest public musings about retirement highlight the challenge President Barack Obama faces in choosing a successor for the leader of the court's liberal minority.  —  Whomever Mr. Obama chooses …
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Philly.com:
Philadelphia to ease marijuana penalty
Discussion: TalkLeft and Obsidian Wings
David Carr / New York Times:
The Media Equation: Sarah Palin's Lucrative Career in Mainstream Media  —  When Sarah Palin made her debut as the host of “Real American Stories” on Fox News on Thursday night, she described several triumphs of regular people over insurmountable odds, but she missed an obvious one: her own.
Irwin Stelzer / Wall Street Journal:
Small Bras and the Value-Added Tax  —  Taxing consumption sounds easy.  Wait until government starts to carve out the political exceptions.  —  So we are to have a European-style value-added tax (VAT).  That's the emerging consensus in Washington as people come to recognize the reality …
Discussion: Ezra Klein and Betsy's Page
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Tina Fey to revive Palin impression  —  Tina Fey will tackle Sarah Palin again next month, the SNL alum tells the Daily Telegraph.  —  Fey is hosting “Saturday Night Live” next month and plans to revive her impression of the former Alaska governor.  —  “I haven't been watching …
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John Hiscock / Telegraph:
Tina Fey interview: Sarah Palin in her sights
Discussion: Show Tracker
Mark Halperin / Time:
Obama, Election 2012: GOP's Romney, Pawlenty to Campaign  —  President Obama waves goodbye after delivering a speech at the Portland Expo Center in Maine on April 1, 2010  —  The conventional American presidential-campaign wisdom: … Because all these pieces of wisdom are completely false …
 
 
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Glen Whitman / Cato Unbound:
The Rise of the New Paternalism  —  For as far back as memory reaches …
Discussion: Cato @ Liberty and Will Wilkinson
Peter Berkowitz / Wall Street Journal:
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