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• Boehner calls for debt deal within a month (Reuters)
• The Fast Fix: Can Mitt Romney last as the GOP frontrunner? (The Fast Fix)
• Quitters Remorse Settling in for the GOP's 2012 Dropouts (The Atlantic Wire)
• Anthony Weiner's Junk Defense (The Daily Beast)
• Obama campaign sets goal of raising $60 million in quarter (Reuters)
• Opinion: Run, Sarah and Michele, Run (The Daily Beast)
• 2012 DISPATCH: Mitt Romney's run, Sarah Palin's ride (Politico)
• Judge is father of pro-repeal GOPer (Politico)
• Romney opens presidential bid — he's got company (AP)
• Food pyramid out, 'My Plate' in for healthy eating (AP)
• Charges refiled against accused 9/11 mastermind (AP)
• Fondue believe it? Cheese truck set ablaze in UK (AP)
• Romney launches 2012 bid, attacks Obama on economy (AFP)
• The GOP's dangerous arrogance (The Week)
• Shots fired: Bachmann hits fellow Minnesotan Pawlenty (Daily Caller)
• Jason Alexander praises Romney on Twitter, says candidate may ‘prod Obama a bit’ (Daily Caller)
• Bus Tour Unlikely to Catapult Palin to Presidential Run Despite Media Scrutiny (ContributorNetwork)
• Sarah Palin trashes Mitt Romney on health care (The Ticket)

Boehner calls for debt deal within a month (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:24 PM PDT Reuters - Washington needs to wrap up a deal to increase borrowing authority within a month to avoid rattling financial markets, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Wednesday.

The Fast Fix: Can Mitt Romney last as the GOP frontrunner? (The Fast Fix) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 05:50 AM PDT The Fast Fix - As the GOP presidential race for 2012 heats up, can former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney remain the front runner? Mitt Romney will officially enter the 2012 presidential race on Thursday. And he starts the race as the frontrunner. Romney has been planning to run for president ever since he dropped out of the 2008 contest [...]

Quitters Remorse Settling in for the GOP's 2012 Dropouts (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:39 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - When Mike Huckabee told his cable news audience that his heart wasn't in running for president in 2012, he might have had his fingers crossed behind his back. "Everything is still open," Huckabee said in a speech at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock. "I haven’t closed doors. I found long ago that that’s not the smart thing to do." One open door, the Associated Press reports, is the No. 2 spot on the Republican ticket. But he still thinks it's going to be tough for anyone to beat President Obama, which is one of the reasons he (sort of) opted out of the race.

Anthony Weiner's Junk Defense (The Daily Beast) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:37 PM PDT The Daily Beast - He doesn’t know if that’s him in the gray underwear? Howard Kurtz on why the congressman’s evasive answers are fueling the media frenzy. Plus, watch Weinergate’s 8 best moments and more updates on the scandal.

Obama campaign sets goal of raising $60 million in quarter (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 04:29 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's campaign on Wednesday set a goal of raising $60 million in the quarter to benefit Obama's reelection and the Democratic National Committee, a source involved in the reelection campaign said.

Opinion: Run, Sarah and Michele, Run (The Daily Beast) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:36 PM PDT The Daily Beast - Who says there’s no room for both Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann in the 2012 presidential raceâ€"men? Michelle Cottle on why it is important for women to run and why we shouldn’t dismiss a potential matchup between the two GOP pols as a catfight.

2012 DISPATCH: Mitt Romney's run, Sarah Palin's ride (Politico) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:55 PM PDT Politico - POLITICO's Alexander Burns and Kasie Hunt discuss Mitt Romney's 2012 announcement and the latest from Sarah Palin's bus tour.

Judge is father of pro-repeal GOPer (Politico) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 12:56 PM PDT Politico - The Appeals judge on the health care reform case may have a conflict of interest.

Romney opens presidential bid — he's got company (AP) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:50 PM PDT AP - Just as Mitt Romney declared he's in, it's suddenly looking like he might have more big-name competition for the Republican presidential nomination.

Food pyramid out, 'My Plate' in for healthy eating (AP) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 03:08 PM PDT AP - There's a new U.S. symbol for healthful eating: The Agriculture Department unveiled "My Plate" on Thursday, abandoning the food pyramid that had guided many Americans but merely confused others.

Charges refiled against accused 9/11 mastermind (AP) Posted: 31 May 2011 03:50 PM PDT AP - Military prosecutors have refiled terrorism and murder charges against the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and four other men under a revamped trial process at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

Fondue believe it? Cheese truck set ablaze in UK (AP) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:16 AM PDT AP - Someone will be getting a grilling about this. British fire crews say a truck carrying a cargo of cheese has burst into flames on an English road.

Romney launches 2012 bid, attacks Obama on economy (AFP) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:57 PM PDT AFP - Leading Republican contender Mitt Romney leapt into the 2012 White House race Thursday with a scathing attack on President Barack Obama's stewardship of the faltering US economy.

The GOP's dangerous arrogance (The Week) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 08:24 AM PDT The Week - An American default – or deliberate descent into another economic crisis – is unthinkable to most of global civil society. What great nation would do this to itself – or everyone else?

Shots fired: Bachmann hits fellow Minnesotan Pawlenty (Daily Caller) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:53 AM PDT Daily Caller - Prospective Republican presidential candidate Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann attacked former Minnesota governor and current presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty, on The Laura Ingraham radio show Thursday, for his past “openness” to mandatory health insurance.

Jason Alexander praises Romney on Twitter, says candidate may ‘prod Obama a bit’ (Daily Caller) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:23 AM PDT Daily Caller - George is pretty impressed!

Bus Tour Unlikely to Catapult Palin to Presidential Run Despite Media Scrutiny (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:00 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Wearing black leather, a helmet and heels, Sarah Palin roared into Washington, D.C., on the back of a Harley Davidson as part of the Rolling Thunder Memorial Day motorcycle rally. "We're here to honor our vets," she told NBC News. However, many suggest Palin's attendance was a publicity stunt to promote her much-chattered-about bus tour that many speculate is a test run to explore her odds as a 2012 Republican presidential candidate.

Sarah Palin trashes Mitt Romney on health care (The Ticket) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:34 AM PDT The Ticket - Sarah Palin says it's mere coincidence that she is set to visit New Hampshire on the same day Mitt Romney officially launched his second bid for the presidency in the state. But the ex-Alaska governor didn't shy away from criticizing Romney for his handling of a controversial health care plan in Massachusetts, which--like President Obama's [...]

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