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8:55 AM ET, April 18, 2012

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CNN:
TRENDING: Nugent threatens death if Obama wins in November  —  (CNN) - Rocker Ted Nugent did little to quell his reputation as a conservative firebrand through comments at the National Rifle Association convention when he took aim (pun intended) at high profile members of the Barack Obama administration …
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Maggie Habermanand Emily Schultheis / Politico:
The year of the ‘surrogate’  —  Hilary Rosen.  Bill Maher.  Rush Limbaugh.  Foster Friess.  Even Ted Nugent.  —  They are the non-surrogate surrogates of the 2012 presidential campaign — consultants, public figures or quasi-celebrities who sometimes thrive on the fringes …
CNN:
Romney cites ‘vast left wing conspiracy’
Josh Glasstetter / rightwingwatch.org:
Nugent Compared Obama and Democrats to a Coyote that Needs to Be Shot
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
Hey, if we're going to talk about how presidential candidates treated dogs decades ago, let's talk about how presidential candidates treated dogs decades ago.  —  Can you name the author of this quote? … Give up?  That's Barack Obama, writing about his childhood with his stepfather Lolo Soetoro …
Alex Sundby / CBS News:
Obama, Romney in dead heat among registered voters, CBS News/New York Times poll finds  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.  —  Mitt Romney has closed the gap with President Obama among registered voters …
Discussion: Politico, GOP 12, Hot Air and Ballot Box
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Dalia Sussman / The Caucus:
New Poll: Romney and Obama Are in a Tight Contest  —  Mitt Romney has solidified support within his party for the presidential nomination after Rick Santorum's exit from the race, but is locked in a tight race with President Obama as attention turns to the general election phase of the campaign …
Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Obama easily beating Romney among U.S. women: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Michelle Obama: ‘This President Has Brought Us Out of the Dark and Into the Light’  —  Michelle Obama made a remarkable claim when talking up her husband, President Barack Obama, at a campaign event earlier today in Nashville, Tennessee.  —  “I am so in,” Michelle Obama said toward the end of her remarks.
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Donovan Slack / Politico:
Michelle Obama: ‘This president has brought us out of the dark and into the light’
Discussion: Power Line and Weasel Zippers
Andy Baio / Wired:
Memeorandum Colors 2012: Visualizing Bias on Political Blogs  —  I don't watch sports, but every four years, I lose myself in the horse race of the U.S. presidential elections.  That competition kicked off in earnest Monday, as Gallup started its daily tracking polls for the general election between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
Steve Coleman / Associated Press:
Baptist pastor backs Romney in spite of Mormonism  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Southern Baptist pastor who last October called Mormonism a cult and said Mitt Romney is not a Christian is now endorsing the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.  —  The pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas …
Discussion: Politico
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Is it open season on Mormonism?
Atrios / Eschaton:
THE ONE TRUE WANKER OF THE DECADE  —  Tom Friedman.  —  Tom Friedman, artist's conception.  —  Friedman possesses all of the qualities that make a pundit truly wankerific.  He fetishizes a false “centrism” which is basically whatever Tom Friedman likes, imagining the Friedman agenda …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
One for the Country  —  I had to catch a train in Washington last week.  The paved street in the traffic circle around Union Station was in such poor condition that I felt as though I was on a roller coaster.  I traveled on the Amtrak Acela, our sorry excuse for a fast train …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Investor's Business Daily:
IRS Might Have Stalinist Powers Under New Law  —  Liberty: The Republican House of Representatives may soon follow the Democratic Senate and give the IRS the power to confiscate your passport on mere suspicion of owing taxes.  There's no place like home, comrade.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Catholic Bishop Claims Obama Is ‘Following a Similar Path’ To Hitler  —  In a mass proceeding a Catholic men's march this weekend, Bishop Daniel Jenky delivered a homily that appears better suited to an episode of the Glenn Beck Show than to a celebration of religious faith.
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Kelly wins GOP primary in contest for former Rep. Giffords's seat  —  Jesse Kelly won a special primary election in Arizona on Tuesday, securing the Republican nomination to replace former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).  —  Kelly, an Iraq War veteran and project manager …
Discussion: Politico
John Sexton / BREITBART.COM:
VAN JONES: OBAMA ‘FORCED’ TO SIT WITH ‘RACIST’ COP AT BEER SUMMIT  —  In an April 3rd appearance on the left-wing Democracy Now TV show, Van Jones has offered his own behind-the-scenes take on an incident that made race a political issue three years before the Trayvon Martin case.
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Sen. Conrad backs off plan to vote on budget  —  Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) bowed to pressure from fellow Democrats on Tuesday and postponed a committee vote on a 2013 budget resolution, most likely until after the November elections.
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Conrad announces budget markup for Wednesday
The Local:
Minister in ‘racist circumcision outrage’  —  Double click on a word to get a translation  —  Swedish minister of culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth's participation in a “racist spectacle” in which she carved up a cake depicting a naked black woman has sparked outrage and prompted calls for the minister's dismissal.
Washington Post:
Inquiry points to wider Secret Service scandal involving as many as 21 women  —  Investigators believe that as many as 21 women were brought by U.S. Secret Service and military personnel to the Hotel Caribe in Cartagena, Colombia, last week during a night of carousing, a dramatic increase …
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Geneva Sands / The Hill:
Ex-agent Senate candidate expresses ‘disgust, embarrassment’ at Secret Service scandal
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Kevin Sieff / Washington Post:
Taliban commander turns self in... for reward on ‘Wanted’ poster  —  Sometimes, capturing a Taliban commander requires vast resources and complex operations.  Last week in eastern Afghanistan, it hinged on an insurgent's “improbable stupidity,” as one U.S. official put it.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney up big, Clinton and Christie have early 2016 leads  —  PPP's newest- and perhaps final- poll on the national GOP race finds Mitt Romney running away with 54% of the Republican vote to 24% for Newt Gingrich and 14% for Ron Paul.  Those numbers don't suggest Gingrich will have much of an ability …
Ben Geman / The Hill:
White House threatens veto of highway bill over Keystone pipeline provision  —  The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto House legislation to extend transportation programs because it contains GOP language that mandates approval of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline.
Daily Mail:
Revealed; Official fears from U.S. and UK over President Obama's ‘anti-American’ and ‘anti-white’ father  —  In his three years as U.S. president, Barack Obama has been dogged by claims he is not patriotic enough.  —  Last year he even had to publish his birth certificate to silence doubters who suggested he was not born an American.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Washington Post:
DOJ review of flawed FBI forensics processes lacked transparency
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Luke Harding / Guardian:
The World Tomorrow: Julian Assange proves a useful idiot
Michael Tarm / Associated Press:
Judges, journalists clash over courtroom tweets
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
With Voters Focused on Economy, Obama Lead Narrows
New York Post:
Giving away the game
Discussion: GayPatriot
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
GSA chief tight-lipped over loose pocketbook
Discussion: PJ Media and Althouse
Irene Klotz / Reuters:
Space shuttle Discovery makes final flight to museum
Pete Donohue / NY Daily News:
Brooklyn state Sen. Eric Adams wants transit workers to be armed with Tasers
 Earlier Items: 
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP will join legal challenge against Obama's recess appointments
Discussion: Politico and Booman Tribune
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Citigroup Shareholders Reject Executive Pay Plan
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Who Wants Taxes To Be More Complicated?