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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Scalia's death could doom McDonnell and hurt Menendez — Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell could wind up one of the biggest losers as a result of Justice Antonin Scalia's unexpected death and the potentially protracted battle shaping up over his replacement.
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Harry Reid / Washington Post:
Reid to GOP: For the good of the country, stop your nakedly partisan obstruction — Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, is Senate minority leader. — We are entering uncharted waters in the history of the U.S. system of checks and balances, with potentially momentous consequences.
John Boehner / Independent Journal Review Opinion:
The Time I Tried To Persuade Antonin Scalia To Run For Vice President — JOIN THE TEAM FOR ADDED BENEFITS: — Create an Account OR Log In — FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: — Submit — x — Views — ShareTweetEmail + — Independent Journal Opinion is an opinion platform …
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Politico, Talking Points Memo and National Review
Ari Melber / NBC News:
Obama Could Win SCOTUS Battle in This 17-Day Window — Senate Republicans are pledging to block any Supreme Court nomination by President Barack Obama until after November, hoping a Republican will replace him and fill the vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia.
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Chicago Tribune, The Moderate Voice and Infowars
Chuck Schumer:
Republicans' Apples to Oranges Comparison on Supreme Court Nominees
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Talking Points Memo, Politico and The Week
Timothy S. Huebner / New York Times:
In Election Years, a History of Confirming Court Nominees
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Prairie Weather
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Way America Picks Judges Is Stupid And Needs To Change
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Associated Press:
Texas judge disclosed details about Scalia's health
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RedState, Associated Press, BizPac Review, Washington Post, The Week, Little Green Footballs, ABC News and New York Magazine
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
What Would Scalia Want in His Successor? A Dissent Offers Clues
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Above the Law, The Week, Politicus USA and CNN
Adam J. White / Weekly Standard:
The Constitution Does Not Require the Senate to Vote on a Nomination
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Power Line, National Review, Vox, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, Instapundit and The Daily Beast
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump, Clinton Still Have Big SC Leads — PPP's new South Carolina poll continues to find Donald Trump with a wide lead in the state. He's at 35% to 18% each for Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, 10% for John Kasich, and 7% each for Jeb Bush and Ben Carson. — What's striking about Trump's support …
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Jamie Self / The State:
FIRST ON BUZZ: After debate, Trump still tops SC GOP presidential race — Poll: Trump at 35%; Cruz and Rubio follow with 18% each — Democratic frontrunner Clinton leads Sanders by 21-point margin — Sanders making gains among critical African-American voters, but still trails by 40 points
Jamie Self / The State:
Marco Rubio hoping for breakout performance in SC primary — Third-place finish would be strong, U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy says — New poll shows Rubio tying Ted Cruz for a distant second behind Donald Trump — Rubio says he is the only candidate ‘who can unite the party’ — BLYTHEWOOD
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Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
Donald Trump leaves supporters cold as he accuses Rubio of ‘excess sweating’
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Politicus USA
Jon Ralston / Washington Post:
Nevada is no longer a ‘lock’ for Hillary Clinton
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NBC News and Political Wire
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
How the war in Iraq is haunting the 2016 presidential contest
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Trump Takes On — Everybody
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Washington Post, American Spectator, Truth Revolt, Associated Press, abc11.com and The Hill
Dan Merica / CNN:
Hillary Clinton barks like a dog to slam Republicans — Reno, Nevada (CNN)Hillary Clinton's stump speech has gone to the dogs. — Not really. But Clinton told a colorful story on Monday in Reno that ended with the former secretary of state barking like a dog.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Althouse
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Dan Riehl / Breitbart:
Ben Carson: Trump ‘Could Easily Collapse’ — Republican Presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson tells Breitbart News Daily host Stephen K. Bannon he's in the race for the long haul, adding, “We have a situation in our party where people at the front could easily collapse.
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Politico and Right Wing Watch
Scott Brown / Now - Vancouver Sun:
Vancouver skyline featured in Marco Rubio's ‘Morning again in America’ campaign ad — Marco Rubio, currently running third in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, must be hoping that scenic Vancouver can give him a push past frontrunners Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
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Megan Apper / BuzzFeed:
Opening Shot In Rubio's “Morning Again In America” Ad Appears To Be Canada
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National Post, Washington Post, Political Wire, AOL, The Week, Politicus USA, NBC News and Florida Politics
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
German ‘bail-in’ plan for government bonds risks blowing up the euro — 'If I were a politician in Italy, I'd want my own currency as fast as possible: that is the only way to avoid going bankrupt,' said German ‘Wise Man’ — A new German plan to impose “haircuts” on holders …
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naked capitalism and Vox Popoli
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Campaigns secretly prep for brokered GOP convention — Mysterious outside groups are asking state parties for personal data on potential delegates, Republican campaigns are drawing up plans to send loyal representatives to obscure local conventions, and party officials are dusting off rule books …
Isiah Carey / KRIV:
US Marshals arresting people for not paying their federal student loans — HOUSTON (FOX 26) - Believe it or not, the US Marshals Service in Houston is arresting people for not paying their outstanding federal student loans. — Paul Aker says he was arrested at his home last week for a $1500 federal student loan he received in 1987.
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Raw Story and addictinginfo.org
Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Whistleblowers Warned Top Spy About Skewed ISIS Intel — It wasn't just the generals who were warned that ISIS intelligence assessments were overly rosy. The office of the director of national intelligence knew, too. — U.S. military analysts told the nation's top intelligence official …
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Business Insider, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and Hot Air
BBC:
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former UN head, dies at 93 — Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the former secretary general of the UN, has died aged 93. — He died at a Cairo hospital on Tuesday, Egypt's state news agency said, after reportedly being admitted with a broken pelvis.
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Associated Press, Mother Jones and Outside the Beltway
The Hill:
Republicans stand down for FBI investigation of Clinton server — Republicans are refusing to use the Benghazi playbook to go after Hillary Clinton's private email server. — Instead of launching formal investigations or propping up a new special committee to investigate the emails …
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