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Obama's high-tech bounty hunters -- can this squad of waste, fraud and abuse detectives save healthcare?
LA Times: Top of the Ticket | 27 m ago
After 18 months of talking, drafting and voting, Democrats find their backs against the wall on what was supposed to be the signature achievement of their reign, with nary a Republican vote in their pocket for healthcare reform. As the...

Ralph Reed not running for Congress
NBC: First Read | 50 m ago
From NBC's Domenico MontanaroRalph Reed has decided against a run for Congress. Reed, the former executive director of the Christian Coalition, who's political star faded after the extent of his ties to convicted former lobbyist Jack Abramoff were revealed in 2006, made the announcement...

White House Spars With the Chief Justice
NYT: The Caucus | 50 m ago
The administration doesn't hesitate to take issue with remarks made by the chief justice of the United States.

Hafer backs off Critz challenge
The Politico | 57 m ago
Former Pennsylvania Treasurer Barbara Hafer announced Wednesday she's pulling out of the May 18 Democratic primary for the late Rep. John Murtha's vacant House seat. Hafer previously lost the Democratic nomination for a special election to fill the seat, but insisted she would challenge...

Reed decides against House run
The Politico | 59 m ago
The former Christian Coalition exec will not run for retiring Rep. John Linder's Atlanta seat.

Rubio's first television ad
The Politico | 1 h ago
Florida Senate candidate Marco Rubio is going up with his first television ad, which features the former state House speaker saying directly to the camera: "America needs Republicans who will stand up to Barack Obama, not join him."

Rubio's kick off ad
NBC: First Read | 1 h ago
From NBC's Domenico MontanaroAs first reported on MSNBC's Daily Rundown this morning, here is Marco Rubio's kickoff ad, which lays the groundwork for Rubio's line of attack against Gov. Charlie Crist in the GOP primary: *** UPDATE *** Here's the Crist campaign response: "As the...

TDS Co-Editor William Galston: The Greatest Virtue of the Republican Budget Plan
The Democratic Strategist | 2 h ago
This item by TDS Co-Editor William Galston is cross-posted from The New Republic. This past Friday, without much fanfare, CBO submitted its analysis of President Obama's proposed FY 2011 budget. The bottom line is worse than we thought. Despite sustained...

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LiveBlogging the Anti-Obamacare Blowout in St. Charles, MO-- STANDING ROOM ONLY!
Gateway Pundit | 2 m ago
PACKED HOUSE---- They were expecting 600...... 1,800+ SHOWED UP TODAY! An overflow crowd turned out today at 9:45 AM to attend the "Kill the Bill" rally today in St. Charles, MO Republican Lt. Governor Peter Kinder told the fired up crowd-- "We have just begun to...

Eric Massa Just Wants to Tickle His Staff, Is That So Wrong?
Comedy Central (satire) | 14 m ago
Eric Massa (D-Nowhere, now) blathered to Glenn Beck about his persecution for an hour yesterday, which means today we must spend multiple hours reviewing that hour and all its juicy tidbits, of which there are plenty… In the interview with Mr. Beck, Mr. Massa acknowledged exercising...

Starre Vartan: Discovery's "Life" Amazing: Afterparty for Premeire Hyporcritical
Huffington Post: The Blog | 16 m ago
Discovery and the BBC's new series, "Life" is knock-your-socks off fantastic. Seven years in the making, the all-animal cast performs feats of daring, acts of subterfuge, and engages in fantastical flirting, all captured with crazy high-def cameras that had a lifelong devotee of nature...

Steve Daley: Eric Massa and the Small Town Democrats
Huffington Post: The Blog | 24 m ago
My father was the town Democrat. At least it felt that way growing up in Corning, N.Y. Before my father, my maternal grandfather pretty much held the title in the small, scenic company town (Corning Inc.) in the Republican stronghold of southwestern New York State. Joe Daley and...

Clive Crook's Healthcare CW, Ctd
Andrew Sullivan | 31 m ago
Clive replies: Yes, it is Congress's job to legislate. Obama was right not to draft a law and then present it to Congress saying, pass this. But there was a middle way between a Hillary-like fait accompli and failing to...

Republicans Say Tea Party Candidate is Fake
Taegan Goddard | 47 m ago
CNN reports that some Republicans are accusing Jon Scott Ashjian, "a new Tea Party candidate running for U.S. Senate in Nevada, of being a fake. The allegation? He was put in the race by agents of Senate Majority leader Harry Reid to siphon votes from the GOP." Says Senate candidate...

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