GOP insiders: Second look at Marco Rubio? « Hot Air

GOP insiders: Second look at Marco Rubio? « Hot Air: "Exit question: Related to all this, does Christie’s CPAC speech matter? I’m 99 percent sure it doesn’t because speeches never matter, but if there’s a sharp negative or positive reaction from the audience, maybe a few minds will be changed about his viability among donors or campaign operatives. If he goes out there and hammers the mainstream media for being out to get him and the crowd cheers, could be that establishment types will treat it as a sign that he can pander his way to acceptability among tea partiers. If he goes out there and gets booed (which is unlikely, as I don’t think it’s ever happened to a major speaker at CPAC), maybe they decide they’re pumping a dry well and start to look around for alternatives."



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Melissa Harris-Perry brags about her sixth sense for knowing when stuff is racist | The Daily Caller

Melissa Harris-Perry brags about her sixth sense for knowing when stuff is racist | The Daily Caller: "At a recent forum at the University of Michigan, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry explained to her audience that white people will never understand why things are racist, because they lack an innate “racial trigger,” that instantly tells them when to be outraged.

Harris-Perry, on the other hand, has a very finely-tuned racial trigger.

“I know that this moment is racist because it trips my racial trigger, because it makes me feel nauseous,” she said, according to The Michigan Daily. “I’m not generally angry, but you just made me mad.”"



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Best of the Web Today: Skid Roe - WSJ.com

Best of the Web Today: Skid Roe - WSJ.com: "Which brings us to our pet theory, the Roe Effect. We argue that Roe v. Wade had the unanticipated political consequence of elevating the topic of abortion and polarizing public opinion around it and the unanticipated demographic consequence of reducing fertility unevenly and thereby intergenerationally diminishing support for abortion, as well as the proclivity to have abortions. In other words, the women deciding whether to have abortions now are disproportionately the daughters of women who opposed abortion. Of course parents don't always convince their offspring of their views, but surely they have some influence in the aggregate.

One explanation Guttmacher discounts is what the Post calls a "recent wave of state laws restricting access to abortion." Most of these were not yet in effect by 2011, according to the Post, but "those restrictions will surely have an impact on the numbers going forward, said Rachel K. Jones, a senior researcher at Guttmacher and lead researcher on the paper.""



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‘Welcome to the United States of paranoia’ | New York Post

‘Welcome to the United States of paranoia’ | New York Post: "But how many Americans’ hands are pausing over a keyboard these days, wondering if posting their opinion over Facebook isn’t putting themselves at risk?
The NSA revelations and the IRS scandal have sent a chill through freedom of speech and expression in this country.
“Trust us” cannot be the answer.
As the old saying goes: Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you."



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NBC’s Gregory Laments President Obama Not Getting Credit ‘For An Economy That Is Rebounding’ | NewsBusters

NBC’s Gregory Laments President Obama Not Getting Credit ‘For An Economy That Is Rebounding’ | NewsBusters: "While the majority of Gregory’s interview with Obama’s Chief of Staff was fairly straightforward and without objection, his decision to groan that the media and the American public weren’t giving Obama credit for the economy “rebounding” was shocking for a man that works for the Obama-cheering NBC News.

Gregory, not only appears regularly on NBC, but is a frequent guest on MSNBC, whose hosts sans Joe Scarborough, prop up President Obama 24/7. In fact, just last week, Gregory fretted that Obama wasn’t getting “credit” for the “better” economy.”  Such blatant partisanship is expected on MSNBC, but one would think that NBC News would hold its journalists to a higher standards than its liberal commentators on cable."



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Bill O’Reilly Calls Out President Obama Over Wanting To Transform America: ‘Those Are Your Words’ | NewsBusters

Bill O’Reilly Calls Out President Obama Over Wanting To Transform America: ‘Those Are Your Words’ | NewsBusters: "President Obama quickly responded that, “I don’t think we have to fundamentally transform the nation” to which the Fox host immediately shot back that “those are your words.” One wonders whether or not a friendlier member of the liberal media would have called out Obama for openly refuting his own past statements, but thankfully O’Reilly was there to immediately challenge President Obama for his hypocrisy."



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WH chief of staff: Hey now, Obama’s always been very clear that he’s going to insulate Keystone from politics « Hot Air

WH chief of staff: Hey now, Obama’s always been very clear that he’s going to insulate Keystone from politics « Hot Air: "So, what isn’t “political,” exactly, about continuing to stall after the State Department just concluded (again) that the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline will have basically a net neutral effect on carbon emissions, and indeed, that alternate shipping methods could be even worse for the climate? Because, if it isn’t about politics, and keeping your uber-wealthy and self-fancied “green” donors hanging on the line, well… some of your fellow Democrats don’t seem to agree."



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