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12:30 PM ET, April 4, 2012

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Jan Crawford / CBS News:
Appeals court fires back at Obama's comments on health care case  —  (CBS News) In the escalating battle between the administration and the judiciary, a federal appeals court apparently is calling the president's bluff — ordering the Justice Department to answer by Thursday whether …
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New York Times:
Calling Radicalism by Its Name  —  President Obama's fruitless three-year search for compromise with the Republicans ended in a thunderclap of a speech on Tuesday, as he denounced the party and its presidential candidates for cruelty and extremism.  He accused his opponents of imposing on the country a …
Andrew Koppelman / The New Republic:
The 1918 Case That May Have Foreshadowed Obamacare's Demise
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Barack Obama, Constitutional Ignoramus
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:   Romney's Michigan Win Stands as Climactic Moment in Campaign
New York Times:
Romney Poised to Tighten Grip on Nomination
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Sarah Palin's ‘rogue’ pick for VP: Allen West  —  Sarah Palin says there's one name at the top of her list if the Republican Party wants to “go rogue” in its pick for the vice presidential nominee: Rep. Allen West.  —  The former vice presidential candidate told Fox News's Sean Hannity …
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Mj Lee / Politico:
John McCain kids about Sarah Palin for VP again
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Five things we learned Tuesday
Mj Lee / Politico:
Sarah Palin: ‘Blast’ hosting ‘Today’ show
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Triumphant Romney: On to Pennsylvania
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Scarborough: ‘No One’ In GOP Establishment Thinks Romney Will Beat Obama  —  Unemployment stubbornly over 8%.  His landmark piece of legislation in dire peril of being dumped by the Supreme Court.  The “flexibility” moment with Putin's pawn.  Does that sound like an invincible incumbent to you?
Discussion: American Prospect and Mediaite
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Is it Over?  —  It's over: CNN estimates that Barack Obama …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
CNN:
BREAKING: Obama clinches Democratic nomination
Discussion: USA Today
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Obama gets laughs and ‘amens’ at prayer breakfast  —  President Obama spoke strongly about his faith at an Easter Prayer Breakfast at the White House on Wednesday, at one point getting laughs while quoting Jesus as saying, “in this world you will have trouble.”
Discussion: CNN and Washington Free Beacon
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Kim Hart / Politico:
Obama ties Easter to U.S. rebirth  —  ‘Like us, Jesus knew doubt.  Like us, Jesus knew fear,’ Obama said.  Reuters  —  Close  —  President Barack Obama on Wednesday linked America and himself to Easter, telling a White House prayer breakfast there's reason to find faith in Jesus conquering …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Anti-Evolution ‘Monkey Bill’ Poised To Become Law In Tennessee  —  Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) announced yesterday that he will “probably” sign a bill that attacks the teaching of “biological evolution, the chemical origins of life, global warming, and human cloning” …
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Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:
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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Fox News Anchor: “Thoughts?  Did Obama Campaign Threaten Chelsea Clinton's Life 2 Keep Parents Silent?”  —  Heather Childers, a “straight news” anchor for the Fox News weekend program America's News Headquarters and co-host of Fox & Friends First, tweeted this afternoon: “Thoughts?
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da Tagliare / Godfather Politics:
Did Barack Obama Campaign Threaten Life of Chelsea Clinton to Keep Parents Silent on Obama's Ineligibility?
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Mj Lee / Politico:
Wisconsin Lt. Gov.: Recall message is national  —  'We're a harbinger.  We're a canary in a coal mine,' Kleefisch said.  AP Photo  —  Close  —  Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, who faces a recall in June along with Gov. Scott Walker, said Wednesday that the election's outcome …
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Mike Tobin / Fox News:
‘Recall Walker’ campaign overshadows Wisconsin presidential battle
Discussion: Daily Kos
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Top Romney Surrogate: In General Election, Women Will See Romney's ‘Real Views’  —  Tonight on CNN, Robert Ehrlich, Mitt Romney's Maryland campaign chair, suggested that voters — particularly women — would not be exposed to Romney's “real views” until the general election.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
NBC issues apology on Zimmerman tape screw-up  —  NBC has completed its investigation into the mishandling of the police dispatcher's conversation with George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin case.  And the process ends with a finding of error, plus an apology.  Here is the statement just issued by the network:
Alison Vekshin / Bloomberg:
Solyndra's Loan Guarantee ‘Was Rushed,’ Treasury Audit Says  —  The U.S. Treasury Department was given one day to complete its review of the government's $535 million loan guarantee to Solyndra LLC, the bankrupt solar-panel manufacturer, to accommodate an Energy Department press release, according to a Treasury audit.
Juan Gonzalez / NY Daily News:
Marine veteran Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. killed after clash with police who responded to his medical emergency  —  Exclusive: White Plains police came to ‘help,’ but shot 68-year-old with stun gun and beanbag gun  —  Kenneth Chamberlain Jr. holds photo of his father, Kenneth Sr. …
Discussion: Hit & Run, City Room and Corrente
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Texas judge confronts Obama administration over ‘judicial restraint’ statement  —  A federal judge in Texas is demanding that the Department of Justice clarify whether President Obama's dig about “judicial restraint” means the administration thinks the Judicial Branch has no right to overturn unconstitutional laws.
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Report: Federal judge hits back at Obama
Scott Wong / Politico:
Harry Reid loses procedural ruling on budget vote  —  The Senate's chief referee has issued a key ruling against Majority Leader Harry Reid, POLITICO has learned — a move expected to bring unwanted election-year pressure on the Nevada Democrat to act on politically dicey budget bills.
Discussion: National Review and The PJ Tatler
Investor's Business Daily:
Obama Alienates Canada And Mexico At Three Amigos  —  At the U.S.-Mexico-Canada summit, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, left, panned Obama for Fast and Furious, and Canadian PM Stephen... View Enlarged Image  —  Diplomacy: Most summits are mush-mouthed affairs full of pleasantries.
Discussion: Power Line and Fausta's Blog
Michelle Theriault / Anchorage Daily News:
Voters reject sexual orientation initiative  —  Anchorage voters rejected a proposed ordinance to add legal protections for gay, lesbian and transgender people in a chaotic municipal election fraught with ballot shortages and high voter turnout in many precincts.
 
 
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Geithner: GOP budget a ‘recipe’ for US decline
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
A Middle East Twofer
Discussion: Elder of Ziyon and Israel Matzav
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Dems winning on enthusiasm
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Bank of NY Mellon must face lawsuit on Countrywide
Discussion: Firedoglake and naked capitalism
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Associated Press Chief Offers Lavish Praise for Obama
Joseph B. White / Wall Street Journal:
Fisker's Plans at Car Plant in Doubt
Jeremy Pelofsky / Reuters:
Government plans to sue Arizona sheriff for targeting Latinos
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy and Althouse
Jennifer Granholm / Politico:
Being uninsured is a mandate, too
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Wide Racial, Partisan Gaps in Reactions to Trayvon Martin Coverage
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