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12:50 PM ET, March 13, 2014

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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Karl Rove: GOP, Beware of Tuesday's Victory  —  David Jolly's Florida win shows that opposition to ObamaCare alone won't be enough in November.
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Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Health Law Tied to G.O.P. Victory in Florida Race  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. — For Democrats hoping to claim a prized House seat in a swing district, Alex Sink seemed a shining candidate: a moderate, business-minded banker and former candidate for governor with ample experience in running a big race and raising money for it.
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Steve Israel: I hope Alex Sink runs again
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Andy Pasztor / Wall Street Journal:
Missing Airplane Flew On for Hours  —  Engine Data Suggest Malaysia Flight Was Airborne Long After Radar Disappearance, U.S. Investigators Say  —  U.S. investigators suspect that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 stayed in the air for about four hours past the time it reached its last confirmed location …
Lauren Victoria Burke / Crew of 42:
Paul Ryan: Inner City Comments Had “Nothing to Do Whatsoever With Race”  —  ** EXCLUSIVE ** Ryan: Poverty Discussion Had Nothing to do with Race.  After comments Wednesday morning on Bill Bennett's radio show Morning in America, Rep. Paul Ryan explained Wednesday afternoon that his discussion with Bennett had “nothing” to do with race.
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ThinkProgress:
Ryan Defends Comments On Lazy ‘Inner City’ Men  —  Rep. Paul Ryan's claim that young “inner city” men are “not even thinking about working or learning the value and the culture of work” because they rely on government assistance has sparked outrage from a growing number of Democratic lawmakers …
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Paul Ryan Says His Controversial Comments About Inner City Poor Were “Inarticulate”
Discussion: National Review and Booman Tribune
Bloomberg:
Americans Stick With Obamacare as Opposition Burns Bright  —  President Barack Obama's health-care law is becoming more entrenched, with 64 percent of Americans now supporting it outright or backing small changes.  —  Even so, the fervor of the opposition shows no sign of abating …
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Bloomberg:
Americans Don't Believe Christie on Jam, Clinton on Libya
Discussion: NBC News
CNN:
Report: Car plowed through SXSW crowd; 2 dead  —  Austin, Texas (CNN) — An intoxicated driver fleeing police plowed his car into a crowd at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, killing two people, authorities said.  —  The man and woman killed were riding their light motorcycles …
Discussion: Joe. My. God.
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KXAN-TV:
Driver to be charged with two counts of capital murder
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  March 13, 2014 - Clinton Up As Obama, Christie Crash In Iowa, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Democrat Braley Leads In U.S. Senate Race  —  In an early look at the 2016 presidential race in Iowa, Secretary Clinton leads Gov. Christie 48 - 35 percent, reversing a 45 …
Tim Stanley / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Piers Morgan's guest explains to him why he lost his CNN show: because he was rude  —  There's been a lot of debate about why Piers Morgan lost his CNN talk show.  A couple of days ago the comedian Chelsea Handler gave him a definitive explanation.  Piers was “interviewing” her …
Discussion: Samizdata
Benjamin Goad / The Hill:
Business groups stunned as Obama gives millions overtime  —  Business groups and congressional Republicans are blasting regulations President Obama will announce Thursday that could extend overtime pay to as many as 10 million workers who are now ineligible for it.
Discussion: Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Sharks Are Circling Around Hillary  —  Dems are on the defensive again in response to allegations that a Clinton comrade was involved in questionable campaign funding.  Oh yes, it's feeding time, aka ‘silly’ season, again.  —  The political world is on tenterhooks waiting for Hillary Clinton …
Noemie Emery / Washington Examiner:
Dreaming of ‘President Ted Cruz’ will turn into a nightmare for the GOP  —  REPUBLICAN PARTY 2016 ELECTIONS TED CRUZ CAMPAIGNS RONALD REAGAN CONSERVATISM  —  As with most things, there are good and bad aspects of the Tea Party movement.  And all the bad ones were on display March 6 in a speech …
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Ann Coulter / Townhall.com:
Right-Wing Mobs? Say It Isn't So, Conservatives!
Discussion: RedState
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Game Over?  Another Anti-Gay ‘Religious Freedom’ Bill Thwarted  —  Following in the footsteps of other “religious freedom” bills before it, the Mississippi version of the legislation was effectively neutered Wednesday.  —  The Jackson Clarion-Ledger reported the state House voted to form …
Discussion: Clarion-Ledger
Abrahm Lustgarten / The Daily Beast:
How Chesapeake Energy, the Kings of Fracking, Double-Crossed Their Way to Riches  —  Thanks to a series of shady deals with former subsidiaries—and massive cuts in royalties to unsuspecting landowners—the controversial shale gas firm is now awash in cash.  —  At the end of 2011 …
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Senate Update: Domino Effects  —  In what order should we expect upper chamber seats to flip?  —  To demonstrate just how Republican this year's Senate playing field is, consider this: Of the 36 Senate elections this year (33 regularly scheduled and three specials), the Crystal Ball sees 16 …
Paige Winfield Cunningham / Politico:
Mike Huckabee: Saving unborn like saving elderly  —  If Americans don't protect the unborn, they won't protect people at the end of life either, Mike Huckabee said Wednesday night at a Washington gala sponsored by the anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony List.
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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Is Huckabee serious about a 2016 bid?
Deborah Tannen / USA Today:
‘Bossy’ is more than a word to women: Column  —  It's a frame of mind with deep roots in the family and playground.  Let's stop using it.  —  What do Sonia Sotomayor, Hillary Clinton and Sheryl Sandberg share with innumerable other prominent women?  They've all been called bossy.
Discussion: Moonbattery
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
It's come to this: Obama threatens to veto Republican bills that ... require him to follow the law  —  If he had a sense of humor, he'd sign the bills and then ignore them.  Just like he did with ObamaCare.  —  Forcing him to threaten a veto was, of course, the whole point of these bills in the first place.
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Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Obama threatens vetoes of bills requiring him to follow the law
 
 
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Sarah Palin / Facebook:
BEN SASSE FOR U.S. SENATE FROM NEBRASKA  —  Ben Sasse …
Discussion: CNN and National Review
WashPostPR / Washington Post:
Ryan McCarthy joins Financial Staff
Discussion: Politico
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Plots New Round Of Hostage-Taking To Stop Obamacare
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Edward Snowden looms over Pulitzer Prizes
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
McConnell Is Not as Vulnerable as He Seems
Discussion: Mediaite
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Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
Knesset passes first Basic Law in 22 years: Referendum on land concessions
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Israpundit
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Ronan Farrow: Awesome on Twitter, Awful on Television
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Holder Endorses Proposed Drug Sentencing Changes
Discussion: Politico
The Switch:
Google is encrypting search globally. That's bad for the NSA and China's censors.
 

 
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