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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 …
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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.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Midterms an Obamacare referendum? Not so fast. — At 10 a.m. Tuesday, Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon, the man in charge of House Republicans' 2014 campaign, told a roomful of reporters at the National Press Club that they shouldn't read much into that day's special election in Florida to fill …
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The Switch, Bloomberg View, The Fix, National Review and Althouse
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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Russell Berman / The Hill:
GOP to Dems: Don't spin Fla. loss
GOP to Dems: Don't spin Fla. loss
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Weekly Standard, National Review and LifeNews.com
Brian Beutler / Salon:
GOP peddles snake oil about Florida election: Lessons from last night's race
GOP peddles snake oil about Florida election: Lessons from last night's race
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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 …
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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 …
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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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Matt Berman / NationalJournal.com:
Bill Clinton Is the Best Friend Democrats Have for 2014
Bill Clinton Is the Best Friend Democrats Have for 2014
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Providence Journal and Post Politics
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Despite vows of help, White House withholds thousands of documents from Senate CIA probe — WASHINGTON — The White House has been withholding for five years more than 9,000 top-secret documents sought by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for its investigation into the now-defunct CIA detention …
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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 …
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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 …
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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?
Is Huckabee serious about a 2016 bid?
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Mike Allen / Politico:
DEMS' DOWNER DAY: Discouraging loss in swing House seat to flawed R who ran hard against Obamacare — WSJ/NBC: 48% less likely to vote for solid Obama backer — B'DAYS: Jake Tapper, Mitt Romney, Marcy — VANITY FAIR's April cover, “GAME ON! ‘Game of Thrones’ Season Four: The making of the biggest …
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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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Liberaland and Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire
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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 …
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GOP Plots New Round Of Hostage-Taking To Stop Obamacare — House Republicans expect to vote this Friday on legislation that would risk steep, destabilizing Medicare cuts at the end of the month unless Democrats agree to a five-year delay of Obamacare's individual mandate.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
McConnell Is Not as Vulnerable as He Seems — WASHINGTON — It has been a dreadful winter for Democrats as red state incumbents struggle to overcome President Obama's sagging popularity. But there's one person in particular Democrats still hope to beat: Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader.
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Edward Snowden looms over Pulitzer Prizes — Next month, the trustees who oversee America's most distinguished journalistic award could face their toughest decision in at least four decades. — The issue before the Pulitzer Prize Board: Does it honor reporting by the Washington Post …
Peter Wehner / Commentary Magazine:
Perry's Deconstructive Governing Agenda — In his speech at CPAC, Texas Governor Rick Perry brought the crowd to its feet by saying this: — Nowhere does the Constitution say we should federalize classrooms. Nowhere does it give federal officials primary responsibility over the air we breathe, the land we farm, the water we drink.
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Wall Street Journal and The Federalist
Amanda Cochran / CBS News:
Shares — The White House is rolling out a new project to overhaul the rules for paying overtime - changes that will affect millions of households. — The change won't happen immediately, but on Thursday, President Obama will order the Labor Department to require businesses to pay …
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Ohio's Kasich Says He's ‘Not Interested’ In Run For White House
Ohio's Kasich Says He's ‘Not Interested’ In Run For White House
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