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8:50 AM ET, April 15, 2010

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New York Times:
Poll Finds Tea Party Backers Wealthier and More Educated  —  Tea party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general public, tend to be Republican, white, male, and married, and their strong opposition to the Obama administration is more rooted in political ideology …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Sarah Palin paints the President as a foreigner and calls his policies: ‘Un-American’ at Boston Tea Party rally  —  The conservative movement will do everything they can to keep trying to paint Obama as a foreigner.  The Birthers are still here as you'd expect because proof means nothing …
Discussion: NECN and The Plum Line
CBS News:
Tea Party Supporters: Who They Are and What They Believe  —  Posted by Brian Montopoli 185 comments - Share - - - Share - E-mail - Print - Font CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.  —  They're white.  They're older.
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Teabag Nation  —  The NY Times and CBS just released a pretty comprehensive poll on the teabaggers.  It probably won't surprise you much.  —  They are extremely negative and angry.  And they really, really hate Barack Obama.  —  Here's the NY Times summary: … Way more likely.
Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Poll: Most Tea Party Supporters Say Their Taxes Are Fair
Eric Roper / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Tea Party rally cost taxpayers nearly $14k
New York Times:
Obama Speech Signals a U.S. Shift on Middle East  —  WASHINGTON — It was just a phrase at the end of President Obama's news conference on Tuesday, but it was a stark reminder of a far-reaching shift in how the United States views the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and how aggressively it might push for a peace agreement.
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Ronald S. Lauder / World Jewish Congress:
Full Text of Letter from Ronald S. Lauder to President Obama  —  Dear President Obama:  —  I write today as a proud American and a proud Jew.  —  Jews around the world are concerned today.  We are concerned about the nuclear ambitions of an Iranian regime that brags about its genocidal intentions against Israel.
Matt Raymond / loc.gov:
How Tweet It Is!:  Library Acquires Entire Twitter Archive  —  Have you ever sent out a “tweet” on the popular Twitter social media service?  Congratulations: Your 140 characters or less will now be housed in the Library of Congress.  —  That's right.  Every public tweet, ever …
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Quinnipiac University:
Rubio Tops Crist By 23 Points In Florida GOP Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Crist As Independent Has Slight Edge In 3-Way Race  —  Marco Rubio has opened up an elephant-sized 56 - 33 percent lead over Gov. Charlie Crist in Florida's U.S. Senate Republican primary …
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Reid Wilson / Hotline On Call:
Palin Spends More De-Icing Planes Than For Candidates  —  Ex-AK Gov. Sarah Palin (R) spent more money to de-ice her private jets than she did donating money to candidates during the first 3 months of the year, according to new filings made with the FEC.  —  The filings show Palin's political wing …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Sarah Palin become an issue in KY-Senate primary
Discussion: Hot Air
David Weigel / Right Now:
Trey Grayson says Palin isn't qualified to be president
Andrew Porter / Telegraph:
General Election 2010: Conservatives lead in 100 key seats, Telegraph poll shows  —  The Conservatives are on course for a convincing election victory after a new poll for The Daily Telegraph showed the party is leading Labour by 12 points in crucial marginal constituencies.
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Daniel Finkelstein / Times of London:
The single mother's manifesto
Discussion: Hit & Run and Crooked Timber
Jen DiMascio / The Politico:
Senate fight ahead for START  —  Of all President Barack Obama's nuclear arms reduction initiatives — including his world without nuclear weapons and a test ban treaty — negotiating and ratifying an updated Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia was seen as the easiest step.
Discussion: The Page
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Manhattan Institute:
UNDERFUNDED TEACHER PENSION PLANS:  —  It's Worse Than You Think  —  Josh Barro, Walter B. Wriston Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research  —  Stuart Buck, Distinguished Doctoral Fellow, Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas  —  Executive Summary
Mark Lavie / Associated Press:
Israeli officials say Syria gives Hezbollah Scuds  —  JERUSALEM - Israeli defense officials said Wednesday they believe Hezbollah has Scud missiles that could hit all of Israel, a day after Israel's president accused Syria of supplying the Lebanese guerrillas with the weapons for the first time.
Discussion: Jihad Watch and TigerHawk
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Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Israel Says Syria Gave Missiles to Hezbollah
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Great Tea-Bait  —  Heath Shuler did not hear the “N-word” on March 20.  —  It may be the most celebrated missing recording since Watergate: the nonexistent or unaccounted-for video of the tea-party protesters at the Capitol who three black congressmen claim yelled racial slurs at them on March 20, the eve of ObamaCare's enactment.
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
AP-GfK Poll: Obama slips, other Dems slide, too  —  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's national standing has slipped to a new low after his victory on the historic health care overhaul, even in the face of growing signs of economic revival, according to the latest Associated Press-GfK poll.
Washington Times:
Sink the Murtha  —  The Navy can do better than honoring this hack  —  The late Rep. John Murtha, Pennsylvania Democrat, has achieved his highest undeserved honor.  Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has decided to name the Navy's newest San Antonio Class amphibious transport-dock LPD 26 the USS John P. Murtha.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
TMZ.com:
Larry King Files for Divorce #8  —  TMZ has learned Larry King just filed for divorce from his wife Shawn Southwick — the 8th time King's pulled the plug on a marriage.  —  In the divorce papers, filed moments ago in L.A. County Superior Court, Larry blames the split on “irreconcilable differences.”
Discussion: The Awl, PopEater and New York Magazine
David Crawford / Wall Street Journal:
H-P Executives Face Bribery Probes  —  German and Russian authorities are investigating whether Hewlett-Packard Co. executives paid millions of dollars in bribes to win a contract in Russia, according to people familiar with the matter.  —  German prosecutors are looking into the possibility …
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Early Bumps in Blumenthal's Senate Run in Connecticut  —  HARTFORD — Richard Blumenthal's campaign for the Senate was supposed to be a glide.  Nothing and no one could stop him.  —  As the Connecticut attorney general, Mr. Blumenthal, a Democrat, had been sticking up for consumers …
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
Democrats defeat call for formal Eric Massa probe  —  House Democrats easily turned back another Republican effort to force a formal ethics committee investigation into how House leaders and their aides handled allegations of sexual harassment against then-Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.).
Discussion: protein wisdom
Jonathan Weisman / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Revs Up Fund-Raising Bid  —  For $30,400 a couple, Floridians will have a chance Thursday night to rub elbows with President Barack Obama at singer Gloria Estefan's 15,547-square-foot mansion on Miami Beach's Star Island.  —  Donors will give $35,200 a couple at Los Angeles' Natural History Museum …
Discussion: The Page
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
U.S. forces leave Afghanistan's Korengal Valley  —  KORENGAL VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN — It was as if the five years of almost ceaseless firefights and ambushes had been a misunderstanding — a tragic, bloody misunderstanding.  —  More than 40 U.S. soldiers have been killed, and scores more wounded …
Dana Rubinstein / New York Observer:
Anthony Weiner Goes Viral  —  Congressman Anthony Weiner bounded into a DJ booth at a fashionable Lower East Side bar one recent Wednesday night, grabbed the microphone with his left hand and unleashed his inner Borscht Belt.  —  “Every single moment that we are stroking our beards and gazing …
 
 
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