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With all of the Wall Street criminals taking Monday off, and apparently just sick and fucking tired of only being despised by gun nuts on the right, Attorney General Eric Holder sent his G-men in to bother a bunch of fucking hippies at Oaksterdam University.The Fix - Chris Cillizza on politics. - The Washington Post
President Obama was caught on a hot mike in South Korea suggesting to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he would have “more flexibility” in missile defense negotiations after he wins reelection. “On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this can be solved, but it’s important for him to give me space,” Obama said of incoming Russian President Vladimir Putin , who will replace Medvedev in May. “This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility.”
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin on Friday endorsed the presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney , saying Republicans do not have the luxury of waiting until the party’s convention this summer to rally behind a nominee and start confronting President Obama . “We’re going to be entering a counterproductive phase in this primary if it keeps dragging on,” Mr.
Politics and Government - 2012 Presidential Watch - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
What we at The Hotline learned this week: -- Observers of presidential public-opinion polling this week must have felt like spectators at a Grand Slam tennis match, whipping their heads from side-to-side as publicly-released surveys showed divergent numbers for President Obama and his reelection prospects. Polls from ABC News/ Washington Post and CBS News/ New York Times showed Obama's approval ratings tumbling; the CBS News/ New York Times poll gave Obama his lowest approval rating of his presidency, 41 percent. But a poll from the Pew Research Center showed Obama's approval rating hitting 50 percent for the first time since the death of Osama bin Laden, and Obama's lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney swelled to 12 points.
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Election Forecasts - FiveThirtyEight Blog - NYTimes.com
In a couple of weeks, we’ll be starting our FiveThirtyEight forecasts for the general election.
NBC/WSJ poll: The Obama-Romney is looking like 2004 (or maybe even 1996), but it won’t be 1992… Obama running strong with his base and swing voters, but Romney has the edge on the economy… Testing Obama’s and Romney’s economic messages… The health-care albatross… Muncie and the story of America… Politicians behaving badly (we’re looking at you, McCain and Schweitzer)… Romney raises almost $12.6 million in March… Veepstakes: Time to cross Mitch Daniels off the list?...
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Four years after Katie Couric introduced a woefully unprepared Sarah Palin to a national television audience in an unforgettable interview, the former vice presidential candidate and mega-media personality has been tapped by NBC’s “Today” show to face-off Tuesday morning against Couric in an inter-channel ratings race with ABC’s “Good Morning America” that lays bare the cutthroat nature of broadcast television. “There aren’t too many names that will move the needle against such strong competition,” Jonathan Wald, a former Today show producer and the executive producer of CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight, told POLITICO. “Palin is the go-to blunt force opposition,” he added.
Ben Smith: Political News and Analysis - POLITICO.com