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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
‘Obama’ pushes the limit at GOP leadership conference  —  An Obama impersonator addressed the Republican Leadership Conference and made some edgy jokes.  —  A fake President Obama addressed the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans Saturday, courtesy of impersonator Reggie Brown.
Discussion: Don Surber
Jsimoncnn / CNN:
Perry wows at Republican conference amid 2012 buzz  —  New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) - As speculation mounts about his presidential ambitions, Texas Gov. Rick Perry delivered a rousing and unapologetic defense of conservative principles on Saturday at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Ron Paul wins RLC straw poll
Discussion: CNN and GOP 12
Jamie Klatell / Ballot Box:   Ron Paul wins Republican Leadership Conference straw poll by wide margin
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Perry aides fact-finding on Iowa
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Clarence Clemons, Springsteen's Soulful Sideman, Dies at 69  —  Clarence Clemons, the saxophonist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, whose jovial onstage manner, soul-rooted style and brotherly relationship with Mr. Springsteen made him one of rock's most beloved sidemen, died Saturday at a hospital in Palm Beach, Fla. He was 69.
Signorile / The Gist:
Breaking: GLAAD President Resigns  —  Jarrett Barrios, the president of GLAAD, has just sent the board of GLAAD his resignation letter.  A statement will be going out from GLAAD tonight, but GLAAD confirmed in an email that Barrios did resign.  This comes following the report earlier today …
Discussion: Lez Get Real and Ben Smith's Blog
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Gay group chief under pressure over AT&T issues  —  The president of the group Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is under pressure to resign from within his own organization after aligning his group with AT&T's regulatory issues.  —  POLITICO's Eliza Krigman reported recently …
Discussion: Poliglot and Towleroad News #gay
Brian Bolduc / Wall Street Journal:
Don't Know Much About History  —  The popular historian David McCullough says textbooks have become ‘so politically correct as to be comic.’ Meanwhile, the likes of Thomas Edison get little attention.  —  Boston  —  'We're raising young people who are, by and large, historically illiterate …
John / Power Line:
Even the Russians Have Figured It Out  —  Russia's President, Dmitri Medvedev, addressed the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum yesterday.  He pledged a new course for Russia: … Medvedev's political future is very much in doubt, as is Russia's ability to realize his free-enterprise vision.
Discussion: That Mr. G Guy's Blog
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Discussion: Maggie's Notebook
Olivia Katrandjian / ABCNEWS:
Golf Summit: President Obama and Speaker Boehner Tee Off  —  President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner may be at odds over taxes, the debt ceiling and the conflict in Libya, but for today at least, they are putting aside their differences for a round of golf.
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Julie Pace / WTOP.com:
Obama and Boehner balance putting and policy
Discussion: CNN, FrumForum and Michelle Malkin
Helene Cooper / The Caucus:   A Good Day to Play Golf and Talk Politics
Mitt Romney / National Review:
My Pro-Life Pledge  —  I am pro-life and believe that abortion should be limited to only instances of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother.  —  I support the reversal of Roe v. Wade, because it is bad law and bad medicine.  Roe was a misguided ruling that was a result of a small group …
New York Times:
Looking Back, Gates Says He's Grown Wary of ‘Wars of Choice’  —  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, as he prepared to depart the government for the second time, said in an interview on Friday that the human costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had made him far more wary …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and FrumForum
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
For Want of a Word, Arizona's Jobless Lose Checks  —  One word, just one little word.  —  That's all that Frank Ballesteros, a 62-year-old desperate for work, needs to stay afloat.  The word is not “hope” or “God” or “patience.”  It is, improbably, “three.”
Discussion: Balloon Juice and JSOnline
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Friendship of Justice and Magnate Puts Focus on Ethics  —  PIN POINT, Ga. — Clarence Thomas was here promoting his memoir a few years ago when he bumped into Algernon Varn, whose grandfather once ran a seafood cannery that employed Justice Thomas's mother as a crab picker.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Obama rejects top lawyers' legal views on Libya  —  (updated below)  —  The growing controversy over President Obama's illegal waging of war in Libya got much bigger last night with Charlie Savage's New York Times scoop.  He reveals that top administration lawyers — Attorney General Eric Holder …
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Laura / barackobama.com:
A NEW APPROACH TO FACEBOOK AND TWITTER  —  Starting today, you'll notice something new about President Obama's Facebook page and his Twitter account, @BarackObama.  —  Obama for America staff will now be managing both accounts, posting daily updates from the campaign trail, from Washington, and everywhere in between.
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Jolie O'Dell / Mashable!:
Barack Obama to Start Tweeting From @BarackObama Account
 
 
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