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Groups push for first gay justice — President Barack Obama is looking to advance diversity with his pick to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter — and early speculation has focused on whether he'll pick a woman, or perhaps the first Hispanic justice.
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Jeffrey Rosen, TNR and the anonymous smears against Sonia Sotomayor — (updated below- Update II - Update III) — Jeffrey Rosen's New Republic smear of Sonia Sotomayor's intellect and character — based almost exclusively on anonymous, gossiping “sources” — is such a model of shoddy …
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Cookie Cutters — Chris Matthews, speaking for oppressed white …
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Washington Monthly
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Sestak: We Don't Need The GOP's Benedict Arnolds — Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) hasn't been shy about criticizing Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) for switching parties last week, but his harshest words came last night in an interview with TPMDC: “He left the fight,” said the former admiral …
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The Politico, The Swamp, The Opinionator, The Huffington Post, The Plum Line, D-Day and Talking Points Memo
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Just Too Cocky — Last week Arlen Specter's election as a Democrat …
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Specter: I Want a Coleman Win — ATTENTION, LIBERAL BLOGGERS (AND AL FRANKEN)!!! — The new Democrat says the Minnesota Republican should return to the Senate. — “There's still time for the Minnesota courts to do justice and declare Norm Coleman the winner.”
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Specter Wants Coleman to Win — In an interview with the New York Times Magazine, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) said he hopes Norm Coleman (R) prevails in his Senate recount court fight against Al Franken (D) in Minnesota. — Said Specter: “There's still time for the Minnesota courts to do justice and declare Norm Coleman the winner.”
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Miss California: I'll fight on despite racy photos — Carrie Prejean claims foes of her same-sex marriage views released them — With partially nude photos of her popping up on Web sites questioning her Christian credentials, Miss California USA Carrie Prejean has fired back …
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Pop Crunch, Hot Air, American Power, Flopping Aces, Liberal Values, The Other McCain, AmSpecBlog and Pam's House Blend
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California Gay Marriage Backers Poised to Try Again in 2010
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Townhall.com
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The Long Voyage Home — Republicans generally like Westerns. They generally admire John Wayne-style heroes who are rugged, individualistic and brave. They like leaders — from Goldwater to Reagan to Bush to Palin — who play up their Western heritage. Republicans like the way Westerns seem …
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Washington Post, Will Wilkinson, No More Mister Nice Blog, Cafe Hayek, Brilliant at Breakfast, Guardian and MoJo Blog Posts
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New Allegations Of White House Threats Over Chrysler — Creditors to Chrysler describe negotiations with the company and the Obama administration as “a farce,” saying the administration was bent on forcing their hands using hardball tactics and threats. — Conversations with administration …
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Obama's campaign manager fears Jon Huntsman the most in 2012 … SALT LAKE CITY - (ABC 4 News) - There is one republican presidential candidate that President Barack Obama's campaign manager fears the most in 2012...and his name is Jon Huntsman Jr. — This week for Governor Huntsman, good things are coming in threes.
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Huntsman Rising, Weaver Advising — Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is looking more and more like a 2012 presidential candidate. Photo by Lucian Perkins of the Washington Post — Less than 24 hours after Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman's national profile received a nice — and unexpected …
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Deseret News
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Bunning blames McConnell for GOP losses — WASHINGTON — Sen. Jim Bunning today renewed his attacks on his fellow Kentucky Republican, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, accusing him of selfishness and being responsible for lost GOP seats in the Senate.
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Former Bush Officials Work to Soften Ethics Report on Interrogations — Former Bush administration officials are launching a behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign to urge Justice Department leaders to soften an ethics report criticizing lawyers who blessed harsh detainee interrogation tactics …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Washington Monthly, Think Progress, Salon, TPMMuckraker, D-Day and Raw Story
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PHANTOM AIR FARCE PICTURES — The $328,835 snapshots of an Air Force One backup plane buzzing lower Manhattan last week will not be shown to the public, the White House said yesterday. — “We have no plans to release them,” an aide to President Obama told The Post, refusing to comment further.
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Schumer Offers Middle Ground on Health Care — WASHINGTON — In an effort to defuse the most explosive issue in the debate over comprehensive health care legislation, a top Senate Democrat has proposed that any new government-run insurance program comply with all the rules and standards that apply to private insurance.
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Poll shows Castle thumping Biden in hypothetical Senate race — A poll shows Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Castle topping Democrat Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden in a mythical Senate race. — The poll was conducted by Susquehanna Polling and Research, a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based …
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Weekly Standard, The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, Scorecard's Blog and Swing State Project
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How to file an FEC complaint against “Specter for the Cure” — Arlen Specter's campaign finance travesty deserves more than just mockery. It deserves action. Here are screenshots of his misleading “Specter for the Cure” website, which is a slimy front to raise campaign funds:
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AIG bonus pool higher than reported — The 2008 AIG bonus pool just keeps getting larger and larger. — In a response to detailed questions from Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-M.D.), the company has offered a third assessment of exactly how much it paid out in bonuses last year.
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Named and shamed: the 16 barred from UK — Sixteen people banned from entering the UK were “named and shamed” by the Home Office today. — Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she decided to make public the names of 16 people banned since October so others could better understand what sort …
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10 Genes, Furiously Evolving — Evolutionary biology may sometimes seem like an arcane academic pursuit, but just try telling that to Gavin Smith, a virologist at Hong Kong University. For the past week, Dr. Smith and six other experts on influenza in Hong Kong, Arizona …
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Little Green Footballs
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Obama, Biden raise some Hell Burgers — President, vice president motorcade to local grill for lunch — ARLINGTON, Va. - It's like this: When you want a burger, you have to have a burger. — In this state of mind, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden took a short …
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Wonkette
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How I Survived John's Affair — On May 3, former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards acknowledged that a federal investigation had been opened into whether his campaign improperly gave money to a woman with whom Edwards had an extramarital affair. Edwards has denied any wrongdoing by his campaign.
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NY Daily News, Brilliant at Breakfast, Taylor Marsh, skippy the bush kangaroo and Radio Iowa