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2:30 PM ET, April 12, 2010

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Another Name on President Obama's Supreme Court Short List  —  Last Friday we told you that President Obama's short list of possible nominees to replace Justice John Paul Stevens on the US Supreme Court contains fewer than 10 names.  —  We told you that 7th circuit Court of Appeals Judge Diane Wood …
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Mark Halperin / Time:
GOP Avoids Fight on Replacing Justice John Paul Stevens
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:   Senate Dems plan a busy schedule as SCOTUS debate looms
Cristina Corbin / Fox News:
Tea Party Rallies Remain a Cauldron for Conspiracy Theories  —  The Tea Party Express has toured state after state trying to kick up a debate about constitutional rights and cast doubt on the legality of the recently passed health care overhaul, all with an eye toward the 2010 elections.
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Michael Graham / The Natural Truth:
An Angry Progressive's Picture Is Worth A Thousand “Angry, Right-Wing” Words  —  I want to commend Boston's progressive Left for the outstanding job they're doing fighting the hate-mongering of Sarah Palin and the Tea Partiers in advance of Wednesday's rally on Boston Common.
Edward Mason / Boston Herald:
Scott Brown snubs Sarah Palin, bags Tea Party rally
Ezra Klein:
The political case for immigration reform  —  I'd say it's pretty unlikely that comprehensive immigration reform happens this year.  But then, who cares what I think?  Harry Reid is in charge of the Senate, and he says he's got 56 votes, and it's gonna happen.
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Washington Post:   Millions of unemployed may never recover
New York Times:
1994 Republican Rout Is Casting Shadow in 2010  —  WASHINGTON — The year was 1994.  Congressional Democrats were battered after a failed fight to pass a health care bill.  It was the first midterm election for a new Democratic president, Bill Clinton.  By overwhelming numbers …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Political pendulum in Michigan swings away from the Democrats
Discussion: The Page
John Harwood / The Caucus:
Conflicting Signs for Midterm Elections
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
Javier Manjarres / The Shark Tank:
Sarah Palin- “I Love Marco Rubio!”  —  The 2010 Southern Republican Leadership Convention (SRLC) in New Orleans featured a star-studded line up of prominent Republican politcos, headlined by former Governor Sarah Palin.  —  Palin's speech was well received, but it was what she said immediately afterwards that was most newsworthy.
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Bernie Quigley / Pundits Blog:   The two Republican Parties: Do we still need the Senate?
Lpratapas / CNN:
Ron Paul backs Steele at RNC
Discussion: The Politico
Jamie Guzzardo / CNN:
Conn. bishops fight sex abuse bill  —  Hartford, Connecticut (CNN) — A bill in Connecticut's legislature that would remove the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse cases has sparked a fervent response from the state's Roman Catholic bishops, who released a letter to parishioners Saturday imploring them to oppose the measure.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
White House kills Hillary SCOTUS buzz  —  The White House moved quickly today to squelch the widening speculation that Hillary Clinton could be nominated to the Supreme Court, as Senator Orrin Hatch suggested this morning.  —  “The President thinks Secretary Clinton is doing an excellent job …
Discussion: TalkLeft and New York Magazine
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Ben Geman / E2-Wire:
Crunch time for climate change bill
John Tierney / New York Times:
Hallucinogens Have Doctors Tuning In Again  —  As a retired clinical psychologist, Clark Martin was well acquainted with traditional treatments for depression, but his own case seemed untreatable as he struggled through chemotherapy and other grueling regimens for kidney cancer.  Counseling seemed futile to him.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
DAVID GREGORY'S SENSE OF FACT-CHECKING.... The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz noted this morning that NBC's “Meet the Press,” still the most watched Sunday public affair show, is poised to undergo some cosmetic changes.  It will not, however, follow ABC's lead on the fact-checking front.
Wall Street Journal:
Did FDR End the Depression?  —  The economy took off after the postwar Congress cut taxes  —  'He got us out of the Great Depression.  " That's probably the most frequent comment made about President Franklin Roosevelt, who died 65 years ago today.  Every Democratic president from Truman …
John Marzulli / NY Daily News:
Zazi, Al Qaeda pals planned rush-hour attack on Grand Central, Times Square subway stations  —  Chilling new details about the foiled Al Qaeda plot to blow up the city's busiest subways have emerged as a fourth suspect was quietly arrested in Pakistan, the Daily News has learned.
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Obama: We're still working on our democracy  —  President Obama said Sunday that the United States is still “working on” democracy and a top aide said he has taken “historic steps” to improve democracy in the United States during his time in office.  —  The remarks came as Obama met …
CNN:
Conan O'Brien coming to TBS … And the winner of the Conan O'Brien sweepstakes is ... TBS.  —  According to a press release sent out by the cable network (which, like CNN, is a unit of Time Warner), the comedian is joining TBS to host a late-night show that is expected to debut in November.
Michael Barbaro / City Room:
Powell Says He Will Challenge Rangel  —  Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV announced on Monday that he would challenge Representative Charles B. Rangel in this fall's Democratic primary, setting the stage for a deeply personal battle between two of Harlem's biggest political names and oldest foes.
Discussion: USA Today, MyDD and New York Magazine
Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker:
Tea Party NY Gov Candidate's E-Mails Exposed: Racism, Porn, Bestiality  —  An online news outlet in New York state has obtained dozens of emails, many of them racist and sexually graphic, which it reports were sent by Carl Paladino, the Tea-Party-backed Republican candidate for governor of New York …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Boehner: Repealing health bill GOP's ‘No. 1 priority’  —  Repealing healthcare reform will be Republicans' “No. 1 priority,” their House leader said Monday.  —  House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said that repealing the healthcare legislation passed in Congress last month and signed …
 
 
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Jeannine Aversa / Associated Press:
AP survey: Recovery to remain sluggish into 2011
Discussion: Hot Air, Below The Beltway and The Page
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Senate Dems to push unemployment extension, eye yearlong fix soon
Discussion: The Politico
John Vidal / Guardian:
Leak reveals US climate strategy
Discussion: Dot Earth
James Surowiecki / New Yorker:
TIMING THE RECOVERY  —  Given high unemployment and flat wages …
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Ken Ward Jr / Coal Tattoo:
Monday update: What kind of investigation will the Obama admini …
Jerry Phillips / Breitbart.tv:
UNIONS: LET'S TEACH SOCIAL JUSTICE TO MIDDLE SCHOOLERS — BUT DON'T TELL GLENN BECK
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The Milwaukee Voucher Failure
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