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They conclude, “if the electorate in November looks like the sample in the latest Fox News poll, Romney would lose in a rout.”

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The Kentucky company, Phoenix Products, got the job to produce the pans after Representative Harold Rogers, a Republican who is now the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, added an earmark to a 2009 spending bill.

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Subsequently she heard him utter what sounded like, “Get off, get off.” Then the call ended.

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What to say? The issue of gay marriage was rocking national politics yet again.

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The agenda for the leaders includes Greece’s debt crisis, global food security and the role of strategic oil reserves in cushioning any economic shocks from a European Union ban on Iranian imports that begins July 1.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/18/2012 11:59 PM | Add Comment

Mitt Romney denounced a plan drafted by Republican strategists to run a racially tinged advertising campaign against President Barack Obama focusing on his former pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright Jr.

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“We want Greece to stay in the euro,” Schaeuble said. “But that presupposes that Greece does on its side what is necessary to develop its economy.”

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From Mr. Romney’s perspective, it does not hurt to remind centrist Democrats of the past tensions and disagreements between Mr. Obama and the Clintons.

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“Greece is not a big deal in itself. It’s not a major risk and our banks and insurance companies certainly would be able to absorb it,” Mr. Baroin told Europe 1, a French radio station on Tuesday.

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“Even with this loss, I believe they’re one of the most profitable financial institutions in the country,” said Mr. Bachus, chairman of the committee.

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“Now there are 30 plans of varying degrees of quality with shovel-ready projects donors could invest in today, but instead donors have put their money in other things.”

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Returning to a national currency after more than a decade of using the euro and having its money managed by the European Central Bank would catapult Greece into a financial, legal and political no man's land.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/18/2012 9:00 AM | Add Comment

I wish I could say that I was optimistic.

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“Our plan is to do exactly what John McCain would not let us do: Show the world how Barack Obama’s opinions of America and the world were formed,” the proposal says.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/17/2012 8:00 PM | Add Comment

"When President Obama says, 'Look, we stabilized the financial system, we put in stimulus and the economy walked back from the brink of collapse' ... it's very hard to do the counterfactual. But now, Europe is the counterfactual," said Laura D'Andrea Tyso

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/17/2012 6:29 PM | Add Comment

Dawn Dearden, a D.E.A. spokeswoman, confirmed that American agents had been present alongside Honduran counterparts at both episodes.

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“The political class in Europe still has solidarity with Greek politicians, with the exception of the radical left,” Mr. Krämer said.

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“There was no bias in the investigation. We did not lean one way or another. We were looking for the truth,” he said.

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She also beat Senator Jim DeMint, the South Carolina Republican on a mission to bring what he sees as a more pure strain of conservatism to the Senate.

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“We are not doing this,” the campaign aide, Kristin Warren, said as she extended her arms to keep reporters from walking past.

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The challenge now is to ensure a Greek exit doesn't lead to the entire single currency falling apart with unknowable but potentially cataclysmic consequences.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/17/2012 11:29 AM | Add Comment

The head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, one of the agencies writing the rule, feels portfolio hedging shouldn't be allowed under the Volcker rule, according to a spokesman.

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A Greek exit could be “technically” managed yet would damage confidence in the monetary union, ECB council member Patrick Honohan said on May 12.

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Gustin L. Reichbach is a justice of the State Supreme Court in Brooklyn.

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Democrats, who initially opposed gay marriage and then were evenly divided, are gradually uniting in favor of the idea. Republicans, who used to be united against gay marriage, are becoming more closely divided.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/16/2012 7:30 PM | Add Comment

"Hedging" can be used as an excuse for unmitigated speculation, witness JP Morgan.... JMH

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Bild, Germany’s most-read newspaper, underscored the domestic challenges Merkel faces over Greece, saying in an editorial today that the inability to form a government “makes it clear once and for all: the Greeks are saying good-bye to the euro.”

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“A prairie fire of debt is sweeping across Iowa and our nation,” Mr. Romney said, “and every day we fail to act we feed that fire with our own lack of resolve.”

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“We understand that in a political campaign our exemplary 28-year record will be distorted and complex business situations will be portrayed in a simplistic way,” Bain said

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The N.F.L. has said it has multiple, firsthand, independent sources to accompany e-mails, Power Point presentations and notes that depict the bounty system.

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“While the state is undeniably facing a difficult budget gap,” she said in a statement, “these funds should be used to help Californians stay in their homes.”

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"All eyes are firmly on Greece, and the political uncertainty will continue to weigh on sentiment," said Eric Wand

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The stock market sank, and Congress’s approval rating has never recovered.

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It should terrify anyone who cares about the future of the judiciary that advocacy, especially passionate advocacy

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Mr. Obama said: “I want everyone treated fairly in this country. We have never gone wrong when we’ve extended rights and responsibilities to everybody. That doesn’t weaken families; that strengthens families.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/15/2012 7:00 PM | Add Comment

Under the Romney proposal, the government would contribute a fixed amount of money on behalf of each beneficiary, and future beneficiaries could use the money to buy private insurance or to help pay for traditional Medicare.

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Investors haven’t just hunkered down, they have headed for the exits.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/15/2012 3:00 PM | Add Comment

Sure, Greece's debt could easily be fudged with promises to extend maturities and cut interest rates. But the real problem is structural overhauls.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/15/2012 12:15 PM | Add Comment

Roberts didn’t mind spirited disagreement on the merits of any case, but Souter’s attack—an extraordinary, bridge-burning farewell to the Court—could damage the Court’s credibility.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/15/2012 12:00 PM | Add Comment

Only recently have filibusters become a daily impediment to Senate operations, and they would not be that difficult to curb.

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“They continue their policy of blackmail. We call on all Greeks, not just leftists, to condemn once and for all the forces of the past.”

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From that moment on, you knew that Obama’s evolutionary days were numbered.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/15/2012 8:15 AM | Add Comment

In fact, if America wants to be a healthy, smart, rich, globalized, high-tech powerhouse, we arguably have no better model than Massachusetts.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/15/2012 6:46 AM | Add Comment

“We welcome the opportunity to answer any questions that the subcommittee may have, address the facts and debunk myths."

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"I told the president that a government by technocrats or personalities would suggest the failure of politics, and raised my objection," party leader Fotis Kouvelis said.

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Mr. Huntsman, a former Republican presidential candidate and governor of Utah, said his position supporting civil unions hardened in 2007

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Even some of Mr. Obama’s friends in the religious community warned that he risked alienating followers, particularly African-Americans who have been more skeptical of the idea than other Democratic constituencies.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/14/2012 6:00 PM | Add Comment

The Zetas began as assassins for the powerful Gulf cartel, but split off in 2010 and have been waging a turf war with other criminal gangs, including the Sinaloa cartel, since then.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/14/2012 5:00 PM | Add Comment

But addressing fiscal issues through monetary means generally doesn’t work, and it does nothing to improve the competitiveness of the struggling euro-area periphery.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/14/2012 4:29 PM | Add Comment

“France has very difficult structural problems, especially the large number of young people without much qualification who are looking for their first job,” said Bruno Cautres

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/14/2012 3:30 PM | Add Comment

“One of the things I think is crucial for Vermont, in terms of maintaining this very special brand that we have, is we don’t want to look like Anywhere, U.S.A. And homegrown businesses are a crucial piece of that.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/14/2012 3:05 PM | Add Comment

“Knocking down the walls is what Jesus was after.”

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But House Republicans have balked at the Senate’s version, preferring a version that White House officials and Democrats have derided as a way to weaken the legal protections for women.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/14/2012 1:01 PM | Add Comment

SPIEGEL ONLINE: NUDE PROTESTING EURO STYLE (WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES)

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The European Commission isn’t considering easing the terms of the joint bailout for Greece from the EU and the International Monetary Fund

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/14/2012 11:29 AM | Add Comment

But that was then. Last week, 224 Republicans and 23 Democrats voted to cut the bureau’s 2013 budget to $855 million, $88 million below last year’s total and $116 million below the White House’s request.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/14/2012 10:00 AM | Add Comment

The regressive House alternative removes these and other improvements, including new protections for students on college campuses.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/14/2012 9:00 AM | Add Comment

But as the Greek economy continues its free fall and the country’s unpaid obligations mount — analysts say Greece owes 6 billion euros to exporters via tax refunds and other domestic suppliers

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/14/2012 8:31 AM | Add Comment

Just trust us, the JPMorgan chief has in effect been saying; everything’s under control.

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'Printing Money Can't Be an Answer'

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Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party was defeated in Germany’s most populous state in an election that helped the Social Democrats tighten their grip on the country’s regional governments.

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Said E. Gordon Gee, the president of Ohio State University,... among others. “I didn’t think a lot about costs. I do not think we have given significant thought to the impact of college costs on families."

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The consequences of Europe’s rush to austerity will be long-lasting and possibly severe. If the euro survives, it will come at the price of high unemployment and enormous suffering

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/13/2012 7:28 PM | Add Comment

“We are now facing a $16 billion hole, not the $9 billion we thought in January,” Mr. Brown said.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/13/2012 6:00 PM | Add Comment

Mr. Biden’s son Hunter and Marvin Nicholson, Mr. Obama’s travel director, completed the foursome.

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Saul, Romney’s campaign spokeswoman, said the candidate has no recollection of the incident.

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"I went to war for George Bush," said Grafton, 48, a retired Army master sergeant who served in special operations units in Somalia and Iraq. "But we can't keep policing the world."

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After a primary debate over contraception that party strategists feared would repel centrist women, Mr. Romney has signaled that he would not seek to change a pay equity law broadly opposed by Republicans.

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Asbestos: Still legal and in use – Reuters Investigates

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Laura Ingraham, fired off her own Twitter missive: “Is Senate leadership effective under Leader McConnell?”

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It was particularly disturbing to see this implacable campaign of intolerance at work during a week in which President Obama announced his support for the expansion of the right to marry to all Americans.

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They were — and still are — giving voice to a desire for more say in their own future, a future with more choices than those on offer from the European Central Bank.

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Biden felt compelled to apologize to the president for inadvertently nudging him to do the right thing.

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Mr. Romney has been seeking to reassure evangelical Christian voters who may have doubts about his commitment to social conservatism.

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The prospect of Greece leaving the euro was once seen as potentially devastating for the continent's financial system, but is now seen as more manageable as banks wrote off much of their Greek debt this year.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/13/2012 3:00 AM | Add Comment

Current Liberty chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. told parents, staff and students that "we are electing a commander-in-chief, not a pastor-in-chief."

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/13/2012 12:00 AM | Add Comment

Bloomfield has been hosting the monthly off-the-record gatherings, dubbed "Washington's last salon," for 30 years

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/12/2012 8:30 PM | Add Comment

President Obama spoke on Friday with (THE TWO) homeowners in Nevada who have benefited from mortgage refinancing policies his administration introduced last year.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/12/2012 8:00 PM | Add Comment

I don’t believe he’s that lacking in feeling. So I propose that we give him the benefit of the doubt and agree that he is lying through his teeth.

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Mr. Lewis, whose skull was fractured by a police baton in Selma, Ala., during a 1965 voting rights march, said it was “unbelievable” that a fellow Georgia lawmaker could offer such an amendment.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/12/2012 4:00 PM | Add Comment

Lauber bleached his hair, which apparently “incensed” Romney.

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“They’re the job creators and the engines of the economy and so important to the health and well-being of the state. And they were on our side.”

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/12/2012 10:00 AM | Add Comment

The Supreme Court is a wild card in the same-sex marriage debate. Lawyers widely believe there would be four justices on each side, leaving Justice Anthony M. Kennedy as the deciding vote.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/11/2012 9:00 PM | Add Comment

Joe Biden has such power over evolution he might make an amoeba get up and walk.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/11/2012 7:29 PM | Add Comment

Fortunately, it will never be taken up in the Senate, where the majority leader, Harry Reid, has said it would “shred the social safety net in order to protect tax breaks for the rich and inflate defense spending.”

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Reuters/Ipsos online polling data from 2012 indicates that more than half of registered voters under age 35 think same-sex marriage should be allowed

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That banking king Mr. Dimon could stumble in this way also resurrects the question of whether banking behemoths are too big to manage.

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That same year, Republicans tried to cut the SEC's budget by more than $25 million.

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European lawmakers on Thursday approved a plan to extend and lower the Continent’s limits on mobile phone roaming charges paid by consumers for another five years

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/11/2012 11:29 AM | Add Comment

“All’s well that ends well,” Obama said.

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“There’s no question that I did some stupid things in high school, and obviously, if I hurt anyone by virtue of that, I would be very sorry for it and apologize for it,” he told Fox News’s Neil Cavuto.

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A series of significant Republican figures — Ken Mehlman, the former Republican Party chairman, Theodore Olson, who was solicitor general under Mr. Bush — have also been active in pushing gay marriage.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/10/2012 4:00 PM | Add Comment

Breaking into tears, she said Mrs. Edwards had feared “that when she died, there would not be a man around who loved her.”

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Unemployment on Pine Ridge is estimated at around 70 percent, and virtually the only jobs are those working for the government or for the Oglala Sioux tribe itself.

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"The most common question I have been asked is why the euro hasn't weakened further given everything that's happened in the euro area recently," says Paul Robinson, global head of foreign-exchange

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“We now have a clear choice between Romney and Obama,” said Maggie Gallagher, a founder of the National Organization for Marriage, which opposes same-sex marriage.

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Dick Lugar got on the wrong side of banks, and paid for it.

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For comparing himself to Rosa Parks, I think we can take away the mushroom points.

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"I'd like to cut my debt in half too," Ms. Merkel told Mr. Papandreou during a meeting at the Berlin chancellery, according to the Greek premier.

Posted by J.M. Hamilton Blog at 5/10/2012 10:30 AM | Add Comment

State Republican leaders, calling on Wednesday for party unity following Mr. Lugar’s loss, stood beside Mr. Mourdock on a stage here and seemed eager to play down his Tea Party ties

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