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11:30 AM ET, May 7, 2012

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Those Revolting Europeans  —  The French are revolting.  The Greeks, too.  And it's about time.  —  Both countries held elections Sunday that were in effect referendums on the current European economic strategy, and in both countries voters turned two thumbs down.
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Brian Topp / Globe and Mail:
With Hollande's defeat of Sarkozy, France dodges a bullet  —  On election day in Paris, Place de la Bastille (home of the left) was full and Place de la Concorde (home of the right) was empty.  As sure a sign as any that the Socialist Party was about to win the presidency, as it went on to do.
Discussion: The Reaction
Anne Penketh / Pundits Blog:
After French vote, will Europe switch course?
Discussion: Reuters
John Cassidy / Rational Irrationality:
Sarko's Defeat: Good and Bad News for Obama
Noah Barkin / Reuters:
Analysis: Greek, French voters reject German-led austerity
Discussion: National Review
Reuters:
Socialist Hollande ousts Sarkozy as French leader
New York Times:
Hollande Defeats Sarkozy in France
James Hohmann / Politico:
Battleground Poll: Obama, Romney in dead heat  —  A new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll finds a dead heat in the presidential race six months before the election.  —  Mitt Romney edged out President Barack Obama 48 percent to 47 percent among likely voters …
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Swing states' poll: Big challenges loom for Obama, Romney  —  Six months out, it's a tie.  —  The first USA TODAY/Gallup Swing States Poll since the GOP settled on a presumptive nominee shows big challenges for each side: Mitt Romney in generating enthusiasm and a personal connection with his supporters …
Discussion: ABCNEWS, GOP 12, CNN, Mediaite, msnbc.com and The Hill
James Hohmann / Politico:
Battleground Poll: Obama, Romney in dead heat  —  Voters have mixed feelings about the direction of the economy: Forty-two percent believe its growing; 22 percent think it's not moving; and 34 percent believe it's either in a recession or approaching one.  —  That split exists despite 59 percent …
Politico:
Republican poll analysis: The race to November begins
Discussion: CNN
James Hohmann / Politico:
Poll: 2012 race a dead heat
BuzzFeed:
Another Obama Cabinet Member Comes Out For Gay Marraige  —  Today it's Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.  —  The Obama Administration tiptoed even closer to supporting gay marriage today, with a second member of the Cabinet coming out flatly in support of treating same-sex couples the same as couples of opposite sexes.
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Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
Biden's “Words Speak for Themselves” on His “Belief in Marriage Equality,” Incoming HRC Head Griffin Says
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Joe. My. God.
Kevin Sieff / Washington Post:
Secret U.S. program releases high-level insurgents in exchange for pledges of peace  —  KABUL — The United States has for several years been secretly releasing high-level detainees from a military prison in Afghanistan as part of negotiations with insurgent groups, a bold effort to quell violence …
BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney Was Arrested For Disorderly Conduct In 1981  —  The charges were dropped after Romney threatened to sue.  “I was not a disorderly person,” Romney said.  —  Mitt Romney campaigns in Pittsburgh.  —  It's a little reported anecdote, but in 1981 presumptive Republican Presidential …
Discussion: GOP 12
Dave Umhoefer / PolitiFact:
Behind the rhetoric: Why Scott Walker was able to raise unlimited funds  —  Democrats and their recall allies decry the law that has helped Gov. Scott Walker out-raise his opponents combined by $11 million dollars without regard to normal campaign contribution limits.
Adweek:
Secret Meeting Has ‘Washington Post’ Buzzing As paper struggles, big-name journalists meet with the paper's top business exec By Lucia Moses  —  Washington Post staffers are buzzing about a secret meeting between some 10 big-name Post journalists including Dana Priest, David Finkel and Carol Leonnig …
Steve Mistler / Portland Press-Herald:
Ron Paul in Maine: Delegates in hand, but trouble afoot?  —  Mitt Romney supporters consider challenging the results of Maine's GOP convention.  —  AUGUSTA - Chaos.  Turmoil.  Insane.  —  Those were just three of the words attendees used Sunday to describe the Maine Republican State Convention …
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Mark Halperin / Swampland:
The View from One Prudential Plaza: Why the Obama Campaign Is So Confident About Beating Romney  —  President Obama pauses while speaking at a campaign event in Columbus, Ohio, on May 5, 2012  —  Barack Obama's decision to base his re-election campaign outside of Washington seems to be working pretty darn well.
Discussion: American Prospect
Peter Berkowitz / Wall Street Journal:
Why Colleges Don't Teach the Federalist Papers  —  At America's top schools, graduates leave without reading our most basic writings on the purpose of constitutional self-government.  —  It would be difficult to overstate the significance of The Federalist for understanding the principles …
Discussion: Power Line
 
 
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David Ford / ABCNEWS:
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Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
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Dick Lugar's political twilight?
Khaled Yacoub Oweis / Reuters:
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