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12:05 PM ET, April 6, 2013

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Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
12 GOP senators back Rand Paul on gun-control filibuster  —  Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's threat to filibuster any new gun restrictions is gathering steam, as a dozen of his Republican colleagues have now signed onto his plan.  —  The Kentucky Republican and Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee …
Discussion: Politico
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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
NRA tactics erode post-Newtown support for gun-control measures  —  Sen Mark Begich declared a “sea change” in the politics of gun control immediately after the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., telling his local newspaper that he would not hesitate to buck the powerful National Rifle Association.
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Reid Hints at Using ‘Nuclear Option’ on Judges  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday that unless nominations start moving swiftly through the Senate, another round of dramatic rules changes may be in the offing.  —  The Nevada Democrat said that while he was “happy” …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House planning gun control blitz
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Chris Joseph / The Daily Pulp:
Obama Got It All Wrong With California Attorney General; Florida Attorney General Is Way Hotter  —  President Barack Obama called California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Thursday night to apologize for calling her “by far the best-looking attorney general in the country” …
Discussion: Power Line
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Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
Why Obama's ‘Best-Looking Attorney General’ Comment Was a Gaffe  —  The system of beauty, the system of power, and Kamala Harris  —  President Obama's biggest gaffe yesterday when speaking of California Attorney General Kamala Harris was not in flirtatiously complimenting her as …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama apologizes to ‘best-looking’ attorney general, Kamala Harris
Discussion: blog.sfgate.com and Taylor Marsh
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Will Demographics Doom the Dems' Demagoguery on Entitlements?  —  A friend who has been on this particular case for a long time writes: … Meanwhile, the Left is up in arms about Obama's suggestion that Social Security cost of living increases might be slowed to a more realistic level.
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Ben Carson apologizes to Johns Hopkins  —  Maryland neurosurgeon Ben Carson, the nationally celebrated physician who has become a political lightning rod in recent weeks after his criticism of President Barack Obama and gay marriage, sent an apologetic email Friday to the Johns Hopkins …
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Larry Henry / 5NEWSOnline.com:
Pryor: “Undecided” on Same-Sex Marriage  —  U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., said in an interview at 5NEWS in Fayetteville on Friday (April 5) he is undecided on same-sex marriage and has spoken about the issue with gay friends, who told him their sexual preference is not a choice.
RT:
Third major oil spill in a week: Shell pipeline breaks in Texas  —  Thousands of gallons of oil have spilled from a pipeline in Texas, the third accident of its kind in only a week.  —  Shell Pipeline, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, shut down their West Columbia, Texas …
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Obama budget to take aim at wealthy IRAs  —  President Obama's budget, to be released next week, will limit how much wealthy individuals - like Mitt Romney - can keep in IRAs and other retirement accounts.  —  The proposal would save around $9 billion over a decade, a senior administration official said …
Politico:
Frank Lautenberg Hill return unclear  —  New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg will not return to Capitol Hill next week, and now it's unclear when — or even if — the veteran lawmaker will be back.  —  Democrats in New Jersey and Washington are watching the moves of the retiring 89-year-old senator closely …
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Rubio, Amid Planning, Is Yet to Commit on Immigration Bill  —  WASHINGTON — When Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, last appeared with a bipartisan group of senators to discuss their plans for a broad overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, he looked optimistic, apple-cheeked — and slightly nervous.
Discussion: Politico
Associated Press:
Senator: NASA to lasso asteroid, bring it closer  —  WASHINGTON — NASA is planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon for astronauts to explore, a top senator revealed Friday.  —  The robotic ship would capture the 500-ton 25-foot asteroid in 2019.
Rebecca Schuman / Slate:
Getting a literature Ph.D. will turn you into an emotional trainwreck, not a professor.  —  Who wouldn't want a job where you only have to work five hours a week, you get summers off, your whole job is reading and talking about books, and you can never be fired?
Discussion: ParaPundit and Althouse
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Rand Paul: Defense of Marriage Act defenders are going to ‘lose that battle’  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said that conservatives fighting to uphold the federal definition of marriage as between one man and one woman are going to “lose that battle.”  —  Paul suggested in an interview …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
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