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12:50 PM ET, June 8, 2012

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RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Obama: “The Private Sector Is Doing Fine”  —  Question: What about the Republicans saying that you're blaming the Europeans for the failures of your own policies?  —  President Obama: The truth of the matter is that, as I said, we created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months, over 800,000 just this year alone.
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Obama Says ‘Private Sector Doing Fine,’ Calls for Aid to States  —  President Obama today said the “private sector is doing fine,” but urged Congress to send more federal aid to states and localities to boost hiring.  —  The president held a rare news conference to push …
Discussion: Reuters and CNN
BuzzFeed:
Obama: “The Private Sector Is Doing Fine”
Josh Margolin / New York Post:
Booker's big mouth ruins relationship with Obama, Cabinet hopes  —  It's bye-bye, Beltway for Cory Booker.  —  Newark's mayor, who was gunning for a spot in President Obama's Cabinet, lost the chance after he shot his mouth off during a blunderingly honest TV appearance last month, sources told The Post.
New York Times:
In New Poll, 44 Percent of Americans Approve of Supreme Court  —  WASHINGTON — Just 44 percent of Americans approve of the job the Supreme Court is doing and three-quarters say the justices' decisions are sometimes influenced by their personal or political views, according to a new poll conducted by The New York Times and CBS News.
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Americans weigh in on health care, immigration  —  (CNN) - A new poll released Friday gives insight on American attitudes toward two major cases the Supreme Court could rule on as early as Monday, one involving health care reform and the other on Arizona's controversial immigration law.
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
Marc Caputo / MiamiHerald.com:
County elections chiefs to state: We won't resume voter purge program  —  Despite the state's decision to fight the feds over Florida's noncitizen voter purge, elections supervisors say they won't resume the progam.  —  MCAPUTO@MIAMIHERALD.COM  —  Florida's noncitizen voter purge looks like it's all but over.
Discussion: Politico and The Maddow Blog
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CNN:   Despite feds' concerns, Florida secretary of state says voter roll ‘purge’ going forward
Joni James / The Buzz Florida Politics Feed:
TBTimes Editorial: Don't repeat history, Gov. Scott
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Michelle Malkin:
Going dark to urge congressional action: Who will protect the freedom to blog?  —  My syndicated column today covers the crucial battle between truth-telling bloggers versus convicted bomber Brett Kimberlin and his band of malicious online thugs.  In honor of the National Day of Blogger Silence called …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Rand Paul endorses Romney; Update: Video added  —  I didn't get to watch “Hannity” tonight but the Freepers say that it happened.  So that's what that meeting in late May was all about.  —  Dustin Siggins, one of our Greenroomers, interviewed Paul recently and asked him what he wants from a Romney presidency.
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Mj Lee / Politico:
Scott Walker: Put Paul Ryan on 2012 GOP ticket
Discussion: Race 4 2012
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Rand Paul endorses Mitt Romney
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats paralyzed on tax cuts  —  Senate Democratic leaders are politically paralyzed on how to proceed on the Bush-era tax rates.  —  With five months to go before the election, President Obama and key congressional Democrats remain at odds on whether the threshold for extending …
Discussion: The Hope For America
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Three Democratic Senators Undecided On Extension Of Bush Tax Cuts For The Rich
Discussion: Suburban Guerrilla
Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Morning Jay: The Media Doesn't Understand Races in the States  —  This write-up from the Hill on a recent Pennsylvania poll is pretty similar to many others these days: … And polls like these are producing frames like these, from Charles Babington of the AP:
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Reagan Was a Keynesian  —  There's no question that America's recovery from the financial crisis has been disappointing.  In fact, I've been arguing that the era since 2007 is best viewed as a “depression,” an extended period of economic weakness and high unemployment that …
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John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
What's Really To Blame For The Lousy Recovery
Wall Street Journal:
Noonan: What's Changed After Wisconsin  —  The Obama administration suddenly looks like a house of cards.  —  What happened in Wisconsin signals a shift in political mood and assumption.  Public employee unions were beaten back and defeated in a state with a long progressive tradition.
Nicholas Ballasy / The Daily Caller:
Labor Dept. counts oil lobbyists, garbage men, bus drivers as ‘green jobs’ [VIDEO]  —  Under questioning by House oversight committee chairman Darrell Issa, senior U.S. Labor Department officials revealed that the Obama administration counts oil lobbyists, bus drivers, garbage men …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Mormons Widely Favor Romney; Jewish Voters Back Obama  —  Mormons prefer Romney by 84% to 13%  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Mormon registered voters overwhelmingly support the candidacy of the first major-party presidential candidate of the Mormon faith, with 84% saying they would vote for Mitt Romney …
John Harwood / New York Times:
Obama May Still Have an Ally in Wisconsin: Demographics  —  MADISON, Wisc.  — In this traditionally Democratic state, where Republicans triumphed in Tuesday's gubernatorial recall, President Obama holds a thin cushion against economic and political woes: the shape-shifting November electorate.
BuzzFeed:
Obama And The New Party  —  He claimed he didn't seek the endorsement of the forgotten left-wing group, but minutes suggest otherwise.  Rogers says they didn't have members.  —  New Party founder Joel Rogers.  —  Source: upload.wikimedia.org  —  The National Review's Stanley Kurtz …
Pete Winn / CNSNews:
State Department Purges Section on Religious Freedom from Its Human Rights Reports  —  (CNSNews.com) - The U.S. State Department removed the sections covering religious freedom from the Country Reports on Human Rights that it released on May 24, three months past the statutory deadline Congress set for the release of these reports.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
John Ruberry / Marathon Pundit:
(Video) AFSCME boss gives race-baiting speech at Occupy Milwaukee rally  —  On Wednesday, the day after Governor Scott Walker's recall election victory, Occupy Milwaukee held a rally in Pere Marquette Park, A march followed, which was at times was violent.  But the ugliest occurrence yesterday …
Tim Hanrahan / Washington Wire:
Recap: Obama Remarks on Economy  —  President Barack Obama made a statement Friday morning, in which he discussed the euro-zone crisis and the overall state of the U.S. economy.  The president took a few questions after the statement.  —  The remarks come amid deepening troubles in Europe …
Discussion: Daily Kos
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Same-sex marriage headed to ballot in Md.  —  A widely anticipated referendum on same-sex marriage in Maryland appeared a certainty Thursday, as an unofficial count of validated signatures submitted by opponents exceeded the required number.  —  As of late Thursday afternoon …
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House defies veto threat, votes to repeal medical device tax  —  The House passed legislation Thursday that would repeal the healthcare reform law's tax on medical device manufacturers.  —  The measure won the support of 37 Democrats despite a veto threat from the Obama administration.
Discussion: Daily Kos and americanthinker.com
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Campaigns Blitz 9 Swing States in a War of Ads  —  HENDERSON, Nev. — The presidential campaigns and their allies are zeroing in mainly on nine swing states, bombarding them with commercials in the earliest concentration of advertising in modern politics.  —  With so many resources focused …
 
 
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