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• Rep. Weiner confesses 'terrible mistakes.' Did he save his career? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The Fast Fix: Rick Santorum’s 2012 bid (The Fast Fix)
• Obama's rating on economy hits new low: poll (Reuters)
• Obama: No fears of double-dip recession (AP)
• Don’t know much about history: Sarah Palin isn’t alone (Washington Post)
• Pawlenty's economic plan aims for 5 pct. growth (AP)
• AP Sources: Edwards emails acknowledge payments (AP)
• Democrats targeting Paul Ryan in 2012 (Daily Caller)
• In Missouri, random acts of Kinder (Politico)
• Cantor is first to call on Weiner to resign (Politico)
• Democrats decline to defend Weiner after scandal (AP)
• Bankers, merchants debit card fight hits Senate (AP)
• US warns Tanzania over impact of Serengeti road (AP)
• Georgia diplomat: peace talks with Russia at risk (AP)
• Obama expresses concern about slowing economy (AP)
• Merkel state visit: Germany and its leadership deficit (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Presidential candidate Gary Johnson on CNN’s silence: “Really disheartening” (Daily Caller)
• Trump blasts Weiner despite past campaign contributions (Daily Caller)
• The Palin-Bachmann Fight We've All Been Waiting For (The Atlantic Wire)
• Media Machine Continues Assault on Palin for Paul Revere Comments (ContributorNetwork)

Rep. Weiner confesses 'terrible mistakes.' Did he save his career? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 05:42 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Saying he had made “terrible mistakes” and had lied about it, Rep. Anthony Weiner finally came clean.

The Fast Fix: Rick Santorum’s 2012 bid (The Fast Fix) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 08:53 AM PDT The Fast Fix - Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania Senator,  joined the GOP presidential race for 2012. Does he have a shot against Mitt Romney, Herman Cain, Sarah Palin or other potential contenders? Herman Cain is the hottest thing in Republican presidential politics these days. Rick Santorum is running for president. So, should you care? Santorum was once seen [...]

Obama's rating on economy hits new low: poll (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 10:10 PM PDT Reuters - Americans' disapproval of how President Barack Obama is handling the economy and its growing budget deficit has reached new highs amid broad frustration over the slow pace of economic recovery, according to a Washington Post-ABC New poll released on Tuesday.

Obama: No fears of double-dip recession (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 02:03 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama insisted Tuesday that the country is not at risk of slipping into a double-dip recession, but he conceded he does not know whether a sudden slowdown in job growth is a blip or an indication of a longer, more worrisome trend. The president said the nation is on a solid but uneven path to recovery and the key is to "not panic."

Don’t know much about history: Sarah Palin isn’t alone (Washington Post) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 06:01 PM PDT Washington Post - On election night, a jubilant Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) laid out the modern-day tea party’s philosophy â€" in the words of a man who was alive for the Boston Tea Party.

Pawlenty's economic plan aims for 5 pct. growth (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 02:04 PM PDT AP - Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty pitched an economic plan Tuesday that includes deep cuts in personal and business taxes to spur the struggling U.S. economy but would add to deficits in the short term in the hope that badly needed jobs would follow.

AP Sources: Edwards emails acknowledge payments (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:35 AM PDT AP - If the case against former presidential candidate John Edwards goes to trial, prosecutors plan to use his own emails with a former aide to help prove a key element of their case against him.

Democrats targeting Paul Ryan in 2012 (Daily Caller) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 09:03 PM PDT Daily Caller - Democrats haven’t fielded a competitive opponent against Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan in years.

In Missouri, random acts of Kinder (Politico) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 02:08 PM PDT Politico - “I don’t think he has a chance to beat Gov. Nixon," says one GOP Missouri state senator.

Cantor is first to call on Weiner to resign (Politico) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 11:33 AM PDT Politico - “I don’t condone his activity. And I think he should resign,” the majority leader says.

Democrats decline to defend Weiner after scandal (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 02:55 PM PDT AP - Fellow Democrats pointedly refused to defend Rep. Anthony Weiner on Tuesday, telegraphing an unmistakable eagerness for him to resign after he admitted sending a lewd photo of himself to a woman via Twitter and lying about it.

Bankers, merchants debit card fight hits Senate (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 02:54 PM PDT AP - In a heavily lobbied fight pitting financial institutions against merchants, supporters of the nation's banks pushed Tuesday toward a Senate vote aimed at blocking a government plan to cap the fees that stores must pay banks whenever a customer swipes a debit card.

US warns Tanzania over impact of Serengeti road (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:06 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration said Wednesday it has raised concerns with Tanzania's government about the impact of its plan to build a road through the Serengeti wildlife reserve, which environmentalists say could affect the famed wildebeest migration and threaten endangered species.

Georgia diplomat: peace talks with Russia at risk (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 09:42 AM PDT AP - A senior Georgian diplomat says long-running talks with Moscow to resolve issues from the two countries' conflict in 2008 risk collapse because of alleged Russia-backed terror attempts.

Obama expresses concern about slowing economy (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 02:52 PM PDT AP - With few options at hand and his poll numbers sagging, President Barack Obama expressed concern Tuesday about the sudden slowdown in the economy but said he is not worried about a second recession and the nation should "not panic."

Merkel state visit: Germany and its leadership deficit (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 01:29 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - As President Obama pursues his goal of sharing America’s global burdens and leadership, who among the European allies could help him most? Could it be Germany’s Angela Merkel?

Presidential candidate Gary Johnson on CNN’s silence: “Really disheartening” (Daily Caller) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 02:40 PM PDT Daily Caller - It has been five days since CNN announced that presidential candidate Gary Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, will be excluded from next week’s debate in New Hampshire.

Trump blasts Weiner despite past campaign contributions (Daily Caller) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 01:24 PM PDT Daily Caller - Just when you thought that New York tabloids got the last word on Rep. Anthony Weiner, Donald Trump piles on.

The Palin-Bachmann Fight We've All Been Waiting For (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 02:31 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Michele Bachmann's top adviser Ed Rollins denounced fellow brown-haired Tea-Partying maybe-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as unserious Tuesday, offering maybe the first sign that the Palin-Bachmann spat so many have been waiting for is finally upon us. "Sarah has not been serious over the last couple of years," Rollins said on Fox News' Brian Kilmeade's radio show. "She got the vice presidential thing handed to her. She didn't go to work in the sense of trying gain more substance. She gave up her governorship."

Media Machine Continues Assault on Palin for Paul Revere Comments (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 01:24 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The controversy surrounding Sarah Palin and what she said about Paul Revere "warning the British" continues to roil. In the face of incontrovertible evidence that Palin was correct, many people are still not prepared to concede the point.

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