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Romney on OBL: ‘Even Jimmy Carter would have given that order’ — Mitt Romney, asked if he would have given the order to go after Osama Bin Laden, as President Obama's new video and his campaign aides have suggested he wouldn't have done, per POLITICO's Ginger Gibson: “Of course, even Jimmy Carter would have given that order.”
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Little Green Footballs, Mediaite, Wake up America, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Inside the Mitt Laden Smackdown — As you know, on the eve of the anniversary of the targeted killing of arch-terrorist Osama bin Laden, the Obama reelection campaign launched a frontal attack on Mitt Romney. They not only celebrated Obama's decision but freely suggested that Romney …
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Washington Monthly, Hot Air and Hullabaloo
CBS News:
Arianna Huffington: President's bin Laden ad “despicable” — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — (CBS News) Arianna Huffington, founder and editor-in-chief of the The Huffington Post, called the Obama campaign's decision to tout the assassination of Osama bin Laden in a campaign advertisement “despicable.”
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CNN, Washington Wire, New York Magazine, Indecision Forever, Global Public Square, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller and Hot Air
Olivier Knox / ABCNEWS:
Depressed Bin Laden thought about ‘al-Qaida’ name change, White House says
Depressed Bin Laden thought about ‘al-Qaida’ name change, White House says
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Politico
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Arianna Huffington Defends Mitt Romney On Bin Laden, Calls Obama Ad ‘Despicable’
Arianna Huffington Defends Mitt Romney On Bin Laden, Calls Obama Ad ‘Despicable’
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Washington Post, Washington Wire and Guardian
Dana Loesch / Twitchy:
Twitter suspends another conservative account; Update: Chris Loesch free, flag-spam prog brigade still loose; Update: Loesch suspended again … Just as with @FreeMarket_US last week, Twitter has suspended the account of conservative Chis Loesch. Chis is the husband of talk radio host …
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Fox News, Washington Times, Datechguy's Blog, BuzzFeed, The Lonely Conservative, The Other McCain, NewsBusters.org blogs and Nice Deb
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Twitter, you have a problem: An infestation of radical flag-spam abusers … Hat tip to @Ed: … He is not alone. — And you will not be surprised to learn that at least one of the Twitter libs identified as a flag-spam ringleader also happens to be spearheading a Stop Rush Limbaugh effort online.
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Little Green Footballs, Wake up America, JustOneMinute, National Review, americanthinker.com and protein wisdom
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FREECHRISLOESCH: TWITTER AND CONSERVATIVES
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The Gateway Pundit, Daily Pundit, Twitchy, The Mental Recession and iOwnTheWorld.com
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The Legendary Paul Ryan — Mitt who? — The implosion of the Newt Gingrich presidential campaign—the first implosion, before the weird resurrection and inevitable second implosion—came because he used four words: right-wing social engineering. He used the phrase, last May …
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The Ticket: Paul Ryan's Kinetic Rise in G.O.P. — WASHINGTON — Representative Paul D. Ryan strolls the halls of Capitol Hill with the anarchist band Rage Against the Machine pounding through his earbuds. — At 6:30 every morning, he leads an adoring cast of young, conservative members …
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American Spectator, GOP 12, American Prospect, Washington Monthly, Hotline On Call, Campaign 2012 and BuzzFeed
Fox News:
Top EPA official resigns after ‘crucify’ comment — A top EPA official has resigned after coming under scrutiny for 2010 remarks in which he compared the agency's enforcement strategy to Roman crucifixion. — Al Armendariz, the top environmental official in the oil-rich South and Southwest region …
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Taylor Marsh, The PJ Tatler, NO QUARTER, Fire Andrea Mitchell! and RedState
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Dina Cappiello / Associated Press:
Top EPA official resigns over ‘crucify’ comment
Top EPA official resigns over ‘crucify’ comment
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FreeEnterprise.com, Fuel, The Other McCain and Mother Jones
Randy Lee Loftis / The Scoop:
Days after damaging video surfaces, EPA regional chief Armendariz resigns
Days after damaging video surfaces, EPA regional chief Armendariz resigns
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Politico, The Daily Caller and Guardian
Chris Christie / CNN:
Romney might convince me, Christie says — (CNN) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Monday said Romney “might be able to convince” him to serve as his No. 2 on the Republican presidential ticket. — “He might be able to convince me. He's a convincing guy, but I really love this job.
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ABCNEWS, National Review and The Page
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Romney could ‘convince’ Christie to run for VP — PLAINSBORO — During a visit this morning to West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School's AP history class, a student asked Gov. Christie if he would consider being Mitt Romney's running mate. Christie began giving his standard answer …
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Ballot Box
CNN:
Sununu: ‘19 or 20’ names in the VP bowl — Portsmouth, New Hampshire (CNN) - The Romney campaign is considering about 20 names for the presumptive GOP candidate's vice presidential slot, said top campaign adviser and former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu. — “I know that the bowl has about 19 …
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ABCNEWS, Indecision Forever, Politico and GOP 12
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Restore Our Future cleans its YouTube channel of negative primary spots
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The Caucus and Catholic Bandita
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The North Carolina Legislature Really Doesn't Like Gays — A week from Tuesday, North Carolinians vote on whether to make gay marriage constitutionally illegal. This print ad campaign was launched to shock voters into defeating the Amendment. — This is how the Amendment One question will appear on the ballot:
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ThinkProgress
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
NICK GILLESPIE COMMENTS ON MY NEW YORK POST OPED ON STUDENT LOANS: … He's right, of course. You can learn a lot — even substantive stuff that's useful — in any course, potentially. I was mocking “gender studies” classes, but even those can potentially be valuable.
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Hit & Run, Clayton Cramer's Blog and Daily Pundit
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Occupy Wall Street Plans Global Disruption of Status Quo May 1 — Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, whose anti-greed message spread worldwide during an eight-week encampment in Lower Manhattan last year, plan marches across the globe tomorrow calling attention to what they say are abuses of power and wealth.
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On Saturday night I was honored to be invited to the White House Correspondents Association dinner... On Saturday night I was honored to be invited to the White House Correspondents Association dinner. There was much glam, glamour, and humor flowing. However, as I walked from the Washington Hilton …
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Ballot Box and The Hill
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Stephen King: Tax Me, for F@%&'s Sake! — The iconic writer scolds the superrich (including himself—and Mitt Romney) for not giving back, and warns of a Kingsian apocalyptic scenario if inequality is not addressed in America. — Chris Christie may be fat, but he ain't Santa Claus.
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The Raw Story, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, MetaFilter, Conservatives4Palin and Mediaite
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Elijah Cummings to Darrell Issa: Stop ‘witch hunt’ — Rep. Elijah Cummings warned Rep. Darrell Issa against turning a potential contempt resolution against Attorney General Eric Holder over the Fast and Furious scandal into “an election-year witch hunt,” he wrote in a letter late last week.
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Sister Toldjah, The Gateway Pundit and The PJ Tatler
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BREITBART'S CORONER POISONED TO DEATH? — Police probe mysterious demise of L.A. medical examiner — Medical examiners in Los Angeles are investigating the possible poisoning death of one of their own officials who may have worked on the case of Andrew Breitbart, the conservative firebrand …
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Washington Monthly, Wonkette, Vox Popoli, TBogg and Joe. My. God.
Nina Chestney / Reuters:
Wind farms may have warming effect - research — * Could have wider effect as more farms are built — Large wind farms might have a warming effect on the local climate, research in the United States showed on Sunday, casting a shadow over the long-term sustainability of wind power.
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Ezra Klein, The Gateway Pundit, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers