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MARCH  2010 Headlines   

Midterm/2012 Elections:

Politico: Romney's book debuts at no. 1 on NYTimes Best Seller List...

CQ Politics: GOP pick: It's Tim Burns over Tim Russell for Murtha's seat...

WaPo: If Dems ignore healthcare polls, midterms will be costly...

FreeRepublic: Gathering of Eagles' Larry Bailey: 'John Kerry' Phony Alert - Adam Kokesh ...

see: AmericanPatriotsAgainstKokesh

CQ Politics: Johnstown: aiding and abetting criminal activity   Will Murtha's criminal legacy continue?...

Des Moines Register: Santorum answers attacks on pro-life record...

O.KayHenderson.com: Rick Santorum's riveting keynote address at the Iowa Christian Alliance event...

AUDIO: Santorum’s speech at the Iowa Christian Alliance

IowaRepublican: Santorum & Iowa: he could be the next Huckabee...

BostonHerald: Romney's rough start: dogged by healthcare...

RCP: ICK: Crist accuses Rubio of getting his back waxed...

PPP: Latest poll: Rubio 60, Crist 28...

The battle for Murtha's seat: GOP candidate Bill Russell under fire for viability, campaign money...

Former Murtha aide Critz gets Dem nod to run...

Politico: Hoffman is back in NY23...

TMP: Minnesotans don't want Gov. Pawlenty to run for prez...

LATimes: Friends of the U.S. Chamber [of Commerce] amassing huge $$$...

TheFix: Filing deadlines loom: who stays, who goes?...

TheFix: Cillizza: 8 Dem senate seats vulnerable...

TheHill: Romney: no decision on 2012 run til after 2010 elections...

Rasmussen: Harry Reid's poll numbers keep sinking lower...

AZ Central: Romney's pick of McCain: a personal blow to Hayworth...

NewsMax: Psychologist: Limbaugh & Beck are unhealthy outlets for anger...

Politico: Gearing up for media war: MediaMatters vs Breitbart, et al...

WaPo: Support for Dems in Iowa fades...

Politico: Money worries curb GOP optimism...

AZCentral: Hayworth's ad irks McCain...

WaPo: RNC fundraiser doc: 'The Evil Empire' of Obama, Pelosi, Reid...

Salon: Dean: 2010 won't be as bad as predicted for Dems...

TheHill: Texas Primary: Perry wins...

Rasmussen: Generic ballot: GOP up by 8 points...

WSJ: AFL-CIO readies 'firewall' for midterm elections...

NYTimes: Harold Ford Jr. NOT running for senate...

AP: CA: Barbara Boxer senate seat in trouble...

HuffPo: 8 most at-risk senators...

ABC: Romney's book sets stage for 2012 run...

CQPolitics: Texas: Hutchison's senate departure stays fluid...

RCP: Specter's poll numbers up...

CBN: Ralph Reed considering run for House seat...

Politico: Wisconsin: Tommy Thompson looking hard at senate bid...

Las Vegas Review Journal: No bounce for Reid after Obama's visit...

Guardian UK: Can Medina pull off an upset in Texas?...

Politico: Tim Pawlenty endorses McCain...

 

 

Congress/Senate

AP: Grassley: floundering Boys & Girls Club paid CEO nearly $1M in 2008...

McClatchy: House GOP joins with Dems to ban earmarks...

USA Today: Reid's wife, daughter injured in car crash...

HotAir/Allahpundit:  Pelosi staff knew of Massa allegations sooner than claimed...

TheHill: Grassley: getting GOP support to close Gitmo a 'longshot'...

WaPo: House Democrats ban earmarks to private contractors...

Mediaite: Larry King to Eric Massa: are you gay?...

NYTimes: Eric Massa admits to, well, tickle fights...

Mediaite: Glenn Beck RE Massa interview: sorry for wasting your time, America...

Glenn Beck to Michelle Malkin: you were right about Massa...

CNS News: Sen. Inhofe: basis for DRUDGE REPORT ban was bogus...

Politico: Is Pelosi losing her grip on the House?...

DrudgeReport: Senate employees warned to avoid DrudgeReport...

RedStateDarling: Ethics investigation needed in Massa vs. Rahm debacle...

"now they've gotten rid of me and it will pass. You connect the dots." -EricMassa

"Rahm Emanuel would sell his own mother" for votes  -ErickMassa

RCP: Massa unleashes on Rahm Emanuel: 'the devil's spawn'...

CQPolitics: New term limits push...

Politico: Massa: Dems wanted him out because he's a 'no' vote on healthcare...

Politico: DeLay: Pelosi and Reid are 'arrogant'...

WaPo: Dems' ethics woes could threaten hold on power...

YouTube: Reid: "only 36,000 jobs lost their jobs today which is really, really good"...

MSNBC: Pelosi says Dems not in crisis...

RedState/Erickson: GOP does not want a black man in the Senate...

TheHill: Pete Stark to replace Rangel... Levin replaces Stark...

Salon: Pete Stark to replace Rangel...

AP: Senate says no to bonus social security payments...

Politico: Rep. Eric Massa to retire amid allegations he sexually harassed a male staffer...

TheHill: Frustrations grow over lawmakers' failure to tackle repeal of estate tax...

TheHill: Blue Dogs propose balanced budget amendment...

McClatchy: 80% say government broken...

MSNBC: Rangel refuses to quit; taking leave of absence...

RollCall: Bunning accepts deal allowing benefits bill to advance...

AP: Bunning blocks spending AGAIN...

"For anyone to believe our normal messaging will win this election... they are kidding themselves." -Harold Ford Jr.

TheHill: Hoyer: raising taxes a reality...

TheHill: Capitol memorial service planned for Murtha...

WashingtonTimes: American reliance on government at all-time high...

AP: Pelosi renews 'astroturf' Tea Party smear...

TheHill: House to hold off filling Murtha's seat on Defense Appropriations panel...

 

 

Obama/White House

USA Today: Obama delays trip to Asia to push healthcare vote...

Gallup: New low for The One...

Rasmussen: The One: 43% approval...

"I don't get worn down. I wear THEM down." -Barack Obama

WashTimes: Dems flee as Obama approaches Missouri...

RedState/Hiller: Gibbs: if senate bill passes House it will go to the president's desk...

DailyBeast: Biden's disastrous Israel trip...

LATimes: 'Very troubling': Chief Justice Roberts on Obama's court criticism during joint session of Congress...

Politico: Gibbs: Massa story 'ridiculous'...

RedState: Obama: the will of the people be damned - I'LL decide who can go fishing...

WeeklyStandard: Push back: 'Don't embrace Eric Massa'...

ABC: Obama Seeks to Vilify Health Insurers, Give Them $336 Billion Check...

Politico: Hoyer rebuffs Gibbs on healthcare passage deadline...

Harkin: Obama will sign healthcare bill by March 27th...

USA Today: High-speed rail agency: understaffed, not up to the job...

Telegraph UK: The end of the road for Obama?...

Politico: Obama warns staff: don't fuel West Wing stories...

"the buck stops with the president, not his chief of staff." -FrankRich

WaPo: White House to overrule Holder, try 9/11 plotters by military tribunals...

ACLU tells Obama: keep trial in NY...

NewsMax: Poll: Bill Clinton best to handle today's problems...

NewsMax: Rahm vs Axelrod: Rahm is winning...

TheHill: CBO says that Obama's projected budget deficits are too low...

Reuters: Number of bank failures mounting...

Mediaite: NBC's Chuck Todd blasts Drudge...

AP:  Obama healthcare passage tactics at odds with past views...

Bloomberg: Unemployment at 9.7%...   Federal pay ahead of private industry...

WashingtonTimes: Iraq war goes off the radar...

LATimes: Obama wants immigration reform...

WSJ: Homeland Security: details of 'Einstein' cyber shield disclosed ...   Body scanners heading to 11 major airports...

YouTube: Scott Brown challenges Obama on reconciliation...

Politico: Groups push for independent CFPA...

SunTimes: Obama letter embraces some GOP healthcare proposals...

Reuters: Obama readies more healthcare changes...

Reuters: Obama advisor: winter to distort unemployment figures...

AP: Farrakhan predicts 'white right' trouble for Obama...

NY Daily News: White House has a new social secretary (no more party crashers?)...

AP: Obama signs one-year extension of Patriot Act...

Guardian UK: Obama's doctors tell him to quit smoking...

Orlando Sentinel: Soros not satisfied with Obama, 'failed' being great uniter...

NY Daily News: Matt Damon is disappoint in Obama...

CBS: Obama to make healthcare announcement this week...

 

 

Tea Party Movement:

LATimes: Social conservatives put religious twist on the 'tea party' message...

USA Today: Rove: Tea Party may be risk to GOP...

USA Today: Romney warns Tea Party activists not to form third party...

"The idea is to bring a tea party town hall to the 66 members of the House of Representatives whose support of Obamacare is wavering... -Nationwide Tea Party Coalition

press conference announcing sit--in protest launch is tonight...

Politico: Politico writer portrays Tea Party candidates as losers...

TheHill: Senate hopefuls, veteran Republicans face Tea Party voters...

WaPo: Tea Party groups staying out of McCain-Hayworth primary...

DailyCaller: Tea Party-inspired candidates target Ron Paul in upcoming primary...

Telegraph UK: British launch of Tea Party Movement 'packed out'...

 

 

Health Care Reform:

Bloomberg: Ruling: House must pass - and Obama must sign - Reid's bill first...

WashExam: House Dems looking at 'Slaughter' solution to pass healthcare without a vote...

ABC: Will GOP senators vote pro-choice to kill healthcare bill?...

Fox News: Pro-life  House Dems: healthcare bill dead on arrival...

Politico: Pelosi to Rahm - cool it with the deadlines...

HotAIr/Morrissey: Changes in ObamaCare will require businesses to count part-time workers for coverage penalties...

RedState/Erickson: Call your congressman, the easy way..

Fox News: Forget reconciliation - the real fight is in the House...

NewsMax: Three Dems unsure about changing healthcare votes...

TheHill: Harkin: GOP using 'reverse psychology'...

TheHill: Dean: healthcare bill hangs Dem incumbents out to dry...

"Every election in America this fall will be a referendum on this issue."  -Mitch McConnell

Politico: White House warns Dems on vote flip-flopping...

Reuters: Stupak: 12 Dems ready to kill healthcare bill over abortion...

Politico: Republicans cast doubts on Senate parliamentarian Alan Frumin...

ABC: Obama to trigger nuke option to get healthcare passed...

WSJ: Reconciliation an "Abuse of Power"...

NYTimes: Grassley pushes back...

TheHill: Harkin: reviving public option could kill whole health bill...

LATimes: Roger Ebert give tea party a thumbs down...

HuffPo: Biden might have power to kill GOP's tactics against reconciliation...

HotAir/EdMorrissey: Will repeal work?...

HotAir/Morrissey: Conrad: Reconciliation won't work for ObamaCare...

 

 

GOP/RNC:

CQPolitics: Where are the women GOP House candidates?...

LifeNews: Iowa GOP caucus poll: Huckabee leads Romney, Palin...

Obama is "undisciplined, unengaged, aloof and focused on the wrong things" -Karl Rove

RCP: GOP leads in 3 governors' races...

HuffPo: Conservatives turn against Liz Cheney...

Politico: More RNC fallout: donor closes checkbook...

Politico: Rove memoir: Gore aide leaked Bush DUI story...

Plumline: GOP planning big robo-call blitz warning of healthcare ram...

LATimes: Controversy over Reagan on $50 dollar bill...

AP: Rove admits to error on Iraq as Bush strategist...

 

 

DEM/DNC:

WhoRunsGov: Poll: NEARLY HALF of Dem voters not enthusiastic about 2010...

TheHill: Dem-turned-GOP: the Dem Party has lost its way on healthcare...

Nat'l Enquirer: Grand jury ready to indict John Edwards...

 

 

Sarah Palin:

"If it's good enough for God, it's good enough for me" -Sarah Palin RE handwriting

RadarOnline: "I want to push Sarah Palin down the stairs"...

WaPo: Would Reagan vote for Sarah Palin?...

EW.com: Palin shopping Alaska TV docudrama with Mark Burnett...

National Post: Palin on Leno tonight...

HuffPo: Sarah Palin, Laura Bush headlining Women's Forum event...

NRC: Tancredo: Palin not presidential...

Fox/Hannity: Palin: Healthcare summit 'painful' to watch but 'productive' for Americans...

 

 

Globull Warming:

WeeklyStandard: Weekly Standard cover: naked & cold Al Gore, mocked by polar bears...

HotAIr/Morrissey: Emails from Nat'l Academy of Sciences plot attacks on climate skeptics...

NewsMax: Gore: Organized campaign behind global warming skeptics...

WashingtonTimes: Editorial: 'rescind' Al Gore's Nobel Prize...

DailyMail UK: Head of Climategate admits he hid data...

Telegraph UK: A perfect storm is brewing for UN's panel on climate change...

WSJ: Climate Panel to review its procedures...

NYTimes: Al Gore's 'two mistakes' op-ed...

 

 

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