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2:30 PM ET, March 12, 2015

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Elias Isquith / Salon:
The media s**t-show is back: Why coverage of Hillary Clinton has been an embarrassment  —  A bit less than a year ago, Politico Magazine released an in-depth piece by Glenn Thrush and Maggie Haberman about Hillary Rodham Clinton's long and incredibly fraught relationship with the national, mainstream media.
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg View:
Democrats Have No Bench?  Be Serious.  —  Dan Balz of the Washington Post says Democrats have a problem for 2016: “The absence of a strong Democratic bench.”  National Journal's Josh Kraushaar replies, “Spot-on.”  The New York Times repeats the “weak bench” line and quotes Democrats who agree …
Discussion: Washington Post and The PJ Tatler
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton has little to fear from Martin O'Malley
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and The Hill
Susan Weich / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Two police officers are shot in Ferguson  —  FERGUSON  • Two police officers were hit by gunfire early Thursday outside the Ferguson police department.  —  The shots were fired as police were confronting protesters who had gathered outside the police station.
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Kate Munsch / Reuters:
Two police officers shot in Ferguson, Missouri, after chief quits
Discussion: PUNDIT PRESS
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
GOP, Bibi hurt Israel, USA  —  While the recalcitrant rightist government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has left Israel more isolated in the world than at any time since 1948, Bibi's ill-advised recent speech to a joint session of Congress could reduce a historically nonpartisan …
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New York Times:
Republican Idiocy on Iran  —  After helping to ignite a firestorm over a possible nuclear agreement with Iran, Senator John McCain, a former Republican presidential candidate, is now sort of acknowledging his error.  “Maybe that wasn't exactly the best way to do that,” he said on Fox News on Tuesday.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Iran letter blowback startles GOP  —  John McCain: “It was kind of a very rapid process.  Everybody was looking forward to getting out of town because of the snowstorm.”  —  Some Republican senators admitted Wednesday they were caught off guard by the backlash to a letter warning Iranian leaders …
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Kerry mocks Florida's reported ban on ‘climate change’  —  Secretary of State John Kerry mocked Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) and his deputies Thursday amid reports that the state's environmental agency banned employees from mentioning climate change.  —  Though he did not mention Florida by name …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
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Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
Kerry teaches Rubio the basics about the Middle East
Alex Guillén / Politico:   John Kerry slams ‘outdated’ fossil fuels — with no mention of Keystone
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Kerry: ‘Utter disbelief’ at Iran letter
Discussion: American Spectator and Instapundit
David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
How a Lindsey Graham Joke Turned into a Coup Plot Against the Government  —  Does Lindsey Graham want to overthrow Congress?  Not quite.  —  Well, you can't catch everything.  This past Sunday, I was one of a handful of reporters listening to South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham …
Discussion: Hot Air and Mediaite
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BBC:
Sir Terry Pratchett, renowned fantasy author, dies aged 66  —  Fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett has died aged 66, having had Alzheimer's disease for eight years.  —  “The world has lost one of its brightest, sharpest minds,” said Larry Finlay of his publishing company, Transworld.
William Saletan / Slate:
An Open Letter to 47 Republican Senators of the United States of America from Iran's Hard-Liners  —  You have opened our eyes.  We are brothers.  —  Dear senators:  —  Thank you for your letter of March 9 explaining your system of government.  We were unfamiliar with the complexity of your laws.
Gallup:
Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans continue to name the government (18%) as the most important U.S. problem, a distinction it has had for the past four months.  Americans' mentions of the economy as the top problem (11%) dropped this month, leaving it tied with jobs (10%) for second place.
Sarah Mimms / National Journal:
Conservatives Keep Losing to Leadership.  Can They Change the Game?  —  Stymied again and again on the House and Senate floor, tea party members need to take the fight outside.  —  Conservatives came to Washington labeling President Obama as enemy number one.
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Journal Star:
Rep. Aaron Schock brushes off calls for resignation, says he's ‘not going anywhere’
Discussion: Chicago
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
When Liberals Blew It  —  Fifty years ago this month, Democrats made a historic mistake.  —  Daniel Patrick Moynihan, at the time a federal official, wrote a famous report in March 1965 on family breakdown among African-Americans.  He argued presciently and powerfully that the rise …
Alan Rusbridger / Guardian:
For 20 years I fought the law.  Today the law won  —  The police have been trying to nail an editor for years.  This morning, on Hampstead Heath, they finally got one  —  ell, I nearly made it.  More than 20 years of editing, with all kinds of people wanting to sue me and do me for sedition …
Discussion: Spectator and Guido Fawkes
Rich Lowry / Politico:
Tom Cotton's Truth Bomb  —  Critics of the senator's letter to Tehran are missing the point.  —  It is inarguable that as a matter of domestic law a subsequent president can get out of the agreement at will — this would be true even if it were a treaty — and Congress can pass laws …
Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Nuclear Deal Raises Stakes for Iran Talks  —  Fears of Mideast arms race heighten as Riyadh secures nuclear deal with South Korea  —  WASHINGTON—As U.S. and Iranian diplomats inched toward progress on Tehran's nuclear program last week, Saudi Arabia quietly signed its own nuclear-cooperation agreement with South Korea.
Discussion: RedState, FOX News Radio and Hot Air
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Tackling an Urgent Task: Building a Press Team  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton's team of advisers is moving quickly to build a communications team that will handle her campaign's messaging and play a crucial role in responding to attacks from opponents and critical news coverage …
 
 
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Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Why salaries don't rise  —  Job creation is up.  Unemployment is down.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
The Huffington Post:
Selma's Senator Not Really Sure What's Going On With That Voting Rights Stuff
Discussion: Daily Kos
Elianayjohnson / National Review:
Jeb Bush Set to Tap Policy Director
New York Times:
Harper Lee's Condition Debated by Friends, Fans and Now State of Alabama
USA Today:
Hillary Clinton drops in on eBay women's summit
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Top GOP senator tells White House to ‘stop celebrating’ on ObamaCare figures
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Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Private Email Plan Drew Concerns Early On
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Foreign policy alters contours of GOP race
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
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