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11:30 AM ET, June 27, 2012

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Quinnipiac University:
Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania Swinging To Obama, Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll Finds; Voters Back President On Immigration, Split On Economy  —  This compares to the results of a May 3 Swing State Poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University, showing Obama …
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama Clings to a Narrow Lead  —  New Poll Shows Him Doing Better Than Romney in Swing States; Both Candidates Face Challenges  —  President Barack Obama has managed to retain a narrow lead in his race for re-election despite a spate of bad economic news and surging GOP optimism …
First Read / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: Obama, Romney remain in dead heat  —  By NBC News Senior Political Editor Mark Murray  —  President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney remain locked in a tight contest, with each candidate displaying significant strengths and weaknesses four months …
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Quinnipiac: Swing states inch toward Obama  —  Quinnipiac University's latest three-state poll of 2012 battlegrounds shows modest improvement for President Barack Obama, after what's been perceived as a rough political month: … Obama is up, 45 percent to 41 percent, in Florida …
Samuel P. Jacobs / Reuters:
Democratic campaign chair tells candidates to avoid convention  —  (Reuters) - The man responsible for getting Democrats elected to the U.S. Congress this fall has a message for his party's candidates: Stay away from the Democratic National Convention.  —  “If they want to win an election …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Dems go AWOL in class war  —  Labor unions hoped to turn the Wisconsin recall election into a rallying cause for their ailing movement.  But a Democratic president couldn't be dragged off the sidelines for the fight.  —  Anti-Wall Street activists were itching to see JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon bashed …
Charles McGrath / New York Times:
Nora Ephron |  1941-2012: Nora Ephron, Essayist, Screenwriter and Director, Dies at 71  —  Nora Ephron, an essayist and humorist in the Dorothy Parker mold (only smarter and funnier, some said) who became one of her era's most successful screenwriters and filmmakers, making romantic comedy hits like …
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Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
Nora Ephron, prolific author and screenwriter, dies at age 71  —  View Photo Gallery — Nora Ephron dies: Ephron, who emerged over the past four decades as one of America's warmest and most acute chroniclers of contemporary culture and society, has died.  She was 71.
Liz Smith / wowowow:
Liz Smith on Nora Ephron
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Justices' personal health struggles may influence their decision  —  The Supreme Court justices who will rule Thursday on President Obama's healthcare law have grappled with a wide variety of health issues throughout their lives.  —  The experiences are not expected to play a major role …
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Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Why the Whole Health Care Law Is in Jeopardy  —  The real Supreme Court news on Tuesday wasn't the Arizona immigration decision or even the summary reversal of the Supreme Court of Montana in the “Citizens United 2” case.  It was that the chief justice of the United States didn't write any of these opinions.
Jake Sherman / Politico:
GOP plan for ‘Obamacare’: Nothing
Katherine Eban / Fortune:
The truth about the Fast and Furious scandal  —  A Fortune investigation reveals that the ATF never intentionally allowed guns to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels.  How the world came to believe just the opposite is a tale of rivalry, murder, and political bloodlust.
David Seifman / New York Post:
Mayor rigs wacky A/C to keep his SUV chilled  —  Who's full of hot air?  —  Mayor Bloomberg wants to maintain his politically correct credentials on global warming — but hates to get into a hot car when he leaves an air conditioned building.  —  The solution his aides came up with could easily …
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Rangel Fends Off Challengers to Win Difficult Primary  —  Surviving one of the toughest re-election fights of his career, Representative Charles B. Rangel fended off four challengers on Tuesday to win the Democratic nomination for a 22nd term in Congress.  —  Mr. Rangel's victory capped …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Longtime lawmakers Charles Rangel, Orrin Hatch win primaries
Discussion: msnbc.com
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
ACLU to represent KKK group  —  The American Civil Liberties Union will champion a Ku Klux Klan outfit's right to “adopt” a section of highway in Union County, an ACLU official said Tuesday — on the same day that key members of the KKK group acknowledged they live in a neighboring county.
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
The 7 Most Anti-Gay U.S. Representatives  —  Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) - The Most Anti-Gay U.S. Representative  —  So far this Congress, anti-LGBT Republicans have introduced at least ten major anti-gay bills, resolutions, and amendments in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
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Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
Some Democrats may follow NRA and support contempt  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that the politically potent National Rifle Association is keeping score, some Democrats may join House Republicans if there's a vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress in a dispute …
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Obama Hails The ‘Miami Heats’  —  Unfazed by a partisan spat sparked by his comment on former Red Sox player Kevin Youkilis, President Obama tonight again opined on a professional sports team, publicly praising the NBA champion Miami Heat at a campaign fundraiser in the city.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Oklahoma Rep. John Sullivan loses primary  —  Rep. John Sullivan (R-Okla.) became the latest incumbent to lose a primary on Tuesday, falling to tea party-backed Jim Bridenstine.  —  Sullivan survived a 2010 primary after taking time away from Congress, citing his “addiction to alcohol.”
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Democrats' Money Panic: Is Obama About to Get Swamped by GOP Cash?  —  Liberals increasingly fear they will be outspent in November the way they were in Wisconsin — and they may be right.  —  As the Wisconsin recall unfolded, Democrats watched in horrified helplessness as their candidate …
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Instapundit
Investor's Business Daily:
Issa's Right: Tougher Gun Laws Fast And Furious Goal  —  Scandal: The head of the House oversight panel suggests the real reason for the administration's invoking executive privilege in the Fast and Furious case is to hide proof that the operation was part of a push for gun control.
NY Daily News:
Charles Barron won't accept landslide loss in Brooklyn's 8th Congressional District against Hakeem Jeffries  —  With 54% of precincts reporting, the Associated Press deemed Jeffries the easy winner, 75% of the vote to Barron's 25%.  —  Charles Barron concession speech at Sistas Cafe in Bed Stuy …
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Federal court upholds Obama EPA's climate change regulations  —  A federal appeals court has upheld Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) greenhouse gas regulations, a victory for the Obama administration that's also sure to inflame election-year political battles over the White House green agenda.
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
New York Attorney General Enters Campaign Finance Fray  —  Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman of New York has begun investigating contributions to tax-exempt groups that are heavily involved in political campaigns, focusing on a case involving the U.S. Chamber of Commerce …
The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Tim Pawlenty on the failed presidency, both here and abroad  —  HH: Joined as promised now by former Governor of Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty.  Governor, welcome back, it's always a pleasure to talk to you.  —  TP: Well, Professor Hewitt, it's good to be back with you, and I hope the weather is not sweltering in Naples for you today.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Barack Obama, Outsourcer  —  President Obama has decided to make the claim that Mitt Romney “outsourced” jobs as head of Bain Capital a major theme of his reelection campaign.  Today in Waterloo, Iowa, Joe Biden repeated the “outsourcing” mantra.  —  I'm not sure that either Obama or Biden …
Helen Gao / The Atlantic Online:
The Education System That Pulled China Up May Now Be Holding It Back  —  China wants inventors and entrepreneurs, but its schools, built around the notorious gaokao exam, are still designed to produce cookie-cutter engineers and accountants.  —  On the morning of June 7 every year, Beijing's normally chaotic streets fall silent.
Discussion: Joanne Jacobs
 
 
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Keith Laing / The Hill:
Reid: Negotiators need highway bill deal by Wednesday to beat funding deadline
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Annie Linskey / Baltimore Sun:
Same-sex marriage foes owe $74K to GOP delegate
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