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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: @GovChristie to Teacher: “I Am Tired Of You People!” — UPDATE: I posted this about 12 hours ago on a late Saturday night, and already it has over 30K hits. I've never seen blog traffic like this, especially on a weekend. Is it not obvious that there has been an enormous amount …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Impolitic, The Hinterland Gazette, Hullabaloo, Crooks and Liars and Liberaland

TIME:

The Hunt for Pufferfish — During the 2012 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney ranked Chris Christie among the final contenders to be his running mate. That is until the Republican nominee started digging into the New Jersey governor's record — The following is an excerpt from DOUBLE DOWN …

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CNN:

A year after the 2012 election, Romney talks 2016 — Washington (CNN) - Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney dismissed reports that he passed over New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as his running mate because of Christie's weight. — On NBC's “Meet the Press,” the former Massachusetts …

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Maggie Haberman / Politico: Chris Christie: National reach ‘inevitable’

Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Newt weighs in on ‘Double Down’

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Peter Hamby / Washington Post:
Review: ‘Double Down,’ on the 2012 election, by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann

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ABC News:
Romney Leaves Cruz off His List of 2016 GOP Stars

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Washington Post:

HealthCare.gov: How political fear was pitted against technical needs — In May 2010, two months after the Affordable Care Act squeaked through Congress, President Obama's top economic aides were getting worried. Larry Summers, director of the White House's National Economic Council …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Forbes, Taegan Goddard's … and Weekly Standard

The Hill:

O-Care stonewall: Media stymied — A slew of media organizations have petitioned the government to release ObamaCare data that the White House has refused to make public. [WATCH VIDEO] — CNN, ABC, MSNBC and others have filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking information on the beleaguered healthcare.gov website.

Discussion: americanthinker.com and NewsBusters

Jason Seher / CNN:
Ayotte wants ‘timeout’ on Obamacare

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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Ayotte pushes W.H. on ACA, Benghazi

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Tal Kopan / Politico:

Rand Paul on plagiarism charges: If dueling were legal in Kentucky... Sen. Rand Paul said Sunday that accusations of plagiarism in his speeches makes him wish dueling were legal in Kentucky. — “I take it as an insult, and I will not lie down and say people can call me dishonest …

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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

Three Pages Of Rand Paul's Book Were Plagiarized From Think Tanks — The worst case yet. Paul's office says the book notes Paul didn't individually report out each case. — Joshua Roberts / Reuters — An entire section of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's 2013 book Government Bullies …

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New York Times:

Insurance Policies Not Worth Keeping — Congressional Republicans have stoked consumer fears and confusion with charges that the health care reform law is causing insurers to cancel existing policies and will force many people to pay substantially higher premiums next year for coverage they don't want.

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram:

Voter ID law snags former House Speaker Jim Wright — FORT WORTH — Former House Speaker Jim Wright was denied a voter ID card Saturday at a Texas Department of Public Safety office. — “Nobody was ugly to us, but they insisted that they wouldn't give me an ID,” Wright said.

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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire: Texas Voter ID Law Snags Former Speaker

Chris / MASON CONSERVATIVE:

Virginia Democrat Calls For Forcing Doctors To Accept Medicare And Medicaid Patients — You would think that when your party is burying a hole that is getting harder and harder to get out of, you wouldn't want to that hole get deeper faster. But here is Kathleen Murphy …

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Scared Monkeys, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers and Conservatives4Palin

Jonathan Topaz / Politico:

McCaul: ‘Mental illness’ major factor in LAX shooting — The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said on Sunday the suspect's “mental illness” was a chief reason behind the shooting at Los Angeles International Airport. — Appearing on CNN's “State of the Union,” Rep. Mike McCaul …

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Associated Press: LAX SUSPECT SET OUT TO KILL MULTIPLE TSA OFFICERS

Seth Stephens- Davidowitz / New York Times:

In the N.B.A., ZIP Code Matters — AS the N.B.A. season gets under way, there is no doubt that the league's best player is 6-foot-8 LeBron James, of the Miami Heat. Mr. James was born poor to a 16-year-old single mother in Akron, Ohio. The conventional wisdom is that his background is typical for an N.B.A. player.

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