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5:35 PM ET, April 21, 2012

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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Orrin Hatch pushed into primary in Utah Senate race  —  Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch will face off against conservative former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist in a June primary after the six-term incumbent failed to win 60 percent of the vote at the state Republican convention on Saturday.
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Hatch falls just short at Utah GOP convention, will face primary  —  Sen. Orrin Hatch fell just short of an outright victory at the Utah Republican convention, meaning he will face a primary to secure the GOP nomination for his own Senate seat.  —  Hatch finished the second round of balloting …
Discussion: Politico
Matt Canham / Salt Lake Tribune:
Hatch will go to first primary in decades, faces Liljenquist  —  Sen. Orrin Hatch came a handful of votes short of claiming his party's nomination at Saturday's state GOP convention and will now face a June 26 primary election against former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist.
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Investor's Business Daily:
Democrats Are Jumping Ship  —  Politics: Perhaps Democrats know something the rest of us don't about Barack Obama's political fortunes.  What else explains the increasing numbers who are openly defying the president on two key election issues?  —  The notoriously thin-skinned Obama …
Discussion: Wake up America
Louis Jacobson / PolitiFact:
In context: Obama's comments on eating dog in Indonesia  —  Supporters of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have been sparring about dogs.  Obama supporters have noted that Romney drove the family car with his dog Seamus attached to the top in a crate.  Romney supporters have been saying lately …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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Karl / Hot Air:
PolitiFact goes to the dogs
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
New York Times:
Obama Campaign Faces Dropoff in Big Donations  —  President Obama's re-election campaign is straining to raise the huge sums it is counting on to run against Mitt Romney, with sharp dropoffs in donations from nearly every major industry forcing it to rely more than ever on small contributions and a relative handful of major donors.
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Abby Phillipand Dave Levinthal / Politico:
Obama raised $46M in March
Allysia Finley / Wall Street Journal:
Joel Kotkin: The Great California Exodus  —  A leading U.S. demographer and ‘Truman Democrat’ talks about what is driving the middle class out of the Golden State.  —  'California is God's best moment," says Joel Kotkin. “  It's the best place in the world to live.  ” Or at least it used to be.
Discussion: 24Ahead and Left Coast Rebel
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Poly Wanna Cracker?  —  Another attack on Romney predictably backfires.  —  (Best of the tube tonight: Watch us on “Hannity,” Fox News Channel, 9 p.m. ET, with a repeat showing at midnight ET.  The “Great American Panel” starts around the half-hour mark.)
BREITBART.COM:
CORONER: BREITBART DIED OF HEART FAILURE  —  The office of the Los Angeles County coroner has completed its investigation into the death of Andrew Breitbart on March 1, and has confirmed that he died of natural causes, namely heart failure.  —  Chief Coroner Investigator Craig Harvey told Breitbart News …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:   Coroner: Breitbart died of heart failure, no foul play
Michael Dobbs / Washington Post:
Chuck Colson dies at 80: Watergate scandal figure became an evangelist  —  View Photo Gallery — Charles W. Colson, political operative and prison ministry founder, dies at 80: The Republican political operative who boasted he would “walk over my own grandmother” to ensure the reelection …
Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Wisconsin Gov. Walker says he'll prevail in recall  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Friday he believes he won't be recalled from office in June, and that result will send a message to all politicians that “you can make the tough choices and there will be voters helping you along the way.”
Discussion: Politico and Althouse
Chicago News and Weather:
Suspect: I Beat Up White Man Because I Am Mad About Trayvon Martin Case  —  Maywood, Ill. - Alton L. Hayes III, a west suburban man charged with a hate crime, told police he was so upset about the Trayvon Martin case in Florida that he beat up a white man early Tuesday.
 
 
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Under sunny skies, Obama hits the links
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
West Virginia GOP accuses Manchin of ‘cowardice’ for presidential fence sitting
Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
Obama: GOP needs to prevent doubling of student loan rates
Discussion: Politico and The Maddow Blog
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First Read / msnbc.com:
Gingrich's future hinges on Delaware
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and The Caucus
John Frank / Raleigh News & Observer:
Democratic chairman disputes claims, refuses to resign
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Olbermann at loose ends
 

 
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