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“President Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage less than 48 hours after the Washington Post reported that prominent political donors were threatening to withhold donations over the president’s position on gay rights.”
“leading gay and progressive donors... were angry with Obama over his increasingly convoluted position on gay rights and same-sex marriage, and were refusing to donate any more money to Priorities USA, the pro-Obama Super PAC.”
“some in the seven digits.”
“The president in February publicly renounced his opposition to Democratic Super PACs such as Priorities USA, groups capable of raising large amount of money from anonymous sources.”
“Four years ago, Obama became the first presidential candidate in history to reject public campaign financing, despite pledges he would not do so.”
“the president's announcement will make fundraising for the re-election campaign "immeasurably easier."”
“"It was intended for helping our nation's veterans, seniors and small business owners, but environmental groups have hijacked the so-called Equal Access to Justice Act and abused it to fund their own agenda," Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., to…”
“"Then you have small businesses and the American taxpayers left to foot the bill."”
“won around 40 percent of the vote, according to several reports”
“Although party rules would award Judd at least one Democratic National Convention delegate for winning more than 15 percent of the vote”
“Still, the ultimate outsider was leading Obama in eight counties late Tuesday night.”
“where anti-abortion activist Randall Terry won 18 percent of votes in that state’s March primary contest”
“21 percent of voters said they had "no preference" regarding a candidate”
“Ryan’s budget, which would reduce the deficit by $5.3 trillion over ten years through a combination of spending cuts, entitlement restructuring, and comprehensive tax reform”
“Obama’s fiscal year 2013 budget calls for nearly $2 trillion in tax increases over the next decade, or about half of the total deficit reduction claimed by the White House.”
“Senate Budget Committee chairman Kent Conrad (D., N.D.) has indicated that a 50-50 split between spending cuts and tax increases would be appropriate.”
“Ryan’s Medicare reforms—which are based on a plan co-authored by Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) but remain a favorite target of Democratic lawmakers—would not go into effect until 2023.”
“Obama’s budget proposes to increase federal spending from $3.8 trillion in 2012 to $5.8 trillion in 2022, a net increase of $2 trillion, or 53 percent.”
“Ryan’s budget, on the other hand, proposes to increase spending slightly less dramatically—from $3.6 trillion in 2012 to $4.9 trillion in 2022, a net increase of $1.3 trillion, or 36 percent.”
“Under Ryan’s plan, federal spending would grow at a rate of about 3 percent a year”
“Under Obama’s, spending would increase by about 4.5 percent per year.”
“Ryan’s plan would spend, on average, just $35 billion less per year than Obama has proposed, or less than 1 percent of what the federal government plans to spend in 2012.”
“Federal spending as a percentage of GDP would reach 19.8 percent by 2022 under Ryan’s proposal.”
“Federal spending under Obama’s plan would rise to 22.8 percent of GDP over the same period.”
“Revenue under the Ryan plan would reach $4.6 trillion by 2022, or about 18.7 percent of GDP.”
“Obama’s plan projects that total revenue would rise to $5.1 trillion by 2022, or 20.1 percent of GDP, well above the historical average.”
“Unlike Ryan’s budget, which would reduce the deficit by $5.3 trillion over ten years through a combination of spending cuts, entitlement restructuring, and comprehensive tax reform,”
“a 50-50 split between spending cuts and tax increases would be appropriate.”
“She says they’re required to post more than 14 million documents.”
“The Property Appraisers Office says some of the documents were never run through the automated program.”
“They plan to change this over the next six weeks after our investigation.”
“losing 800,000 jobs a month," Obama senior adviser David Axelrod told ABC’s "This Week" on Sunday.”
“The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment survey pegged confidence at 76.4 for April”
“Consumer confidence fell for the second consecutive month, dropping to 69.2, according to The Conference Board”
“The Small Business Optimism Index rose two points in April to 94.5, as some entrepreneurs plan to hire new workers and make capital investments, according to the National Federation of Independent Business, a small-business association.”
“Typically in a recovery, you’d be up between 105 and 107; you’d see a real surge in spending and hiring. A 94 is what you’d consider a high-level in a recession,”
“Nearly half of the 1,800 small businesses surveyed said they planned to create new jobs in the long-term, a five percent increase over March.”
“Of the businesses that do not plan to hire, one in four blamed uncertainty in Washington, according to Dunkelberg.”
“Twenty-five percent of owners plan on raising average prices in the next few months, while 2 percent plan reductions.”
“That has helped to lower the unemployment rate to 8.1 percent in April, but has also lowered the U.S. labor participation rate to its lowest level since 1981.”
“On Monday, his campaign released a $25 million advertising blitz in nine battleground states touting the president’s economic record and blaming George W. Bush for the poor economy.”
“2008: an economic ... 4.4 million jobs lost; America’s economy spiraling down. All before the president took the oath," the ad’s narrator says. "Today…instead of losing jobs, we’re creating them: over 4.2 million so far.”
“The economy added only 115,000 jobs in April”
“less than 50 percent of recent college graduates have been able to find full-time work within a year of graduation.”
“Two weeks ago, 19 individuals, many anonymous, co-authored a letter to the Occupy movement”
“A survey arranged by the Occupiers last October found that they were 81% white and 1.6% black (vs. 77% and 13% in the general population).”
“Two weeks ago, 19 individuals, many anonymous, co-authored a letter to the Occupy movement, which they accused of being a "straight-white-man approach to movement building":”
“Two weeks ago, 19 individuals, many anonymous, co-authored a letter to the Occupy movement, which they accused of being a 'straight-white-man approach to movement building'.”
“for the past three decades”
“adviser to three presidents”
“95 percent wrong”
“shrinking from about 95 percent to a still-dominant 85 percent of all China specialists”
“since 2010”
“who in 1994 was the first to call for ending U.S. sanctions on China imposed after the Tiananmen massacre.”
“who in 1994 was the first to call for ending U.S. sanctions on China”
“"95 percent wrong" about the nature of the Soviet communist system”
“is shrinking from about 95 percent to a still-dominant 85 percent of all China specialists”
“China's growing assertiveness since 2010”
“99 percent of Americans”
“InStyle noted Michelle Obama’s "sleek ensemble" included motorcycle boots, slim black trousers and a ribbon embellished t-shirt fromLanvin that retails for more than $1,400 at Barneys.”
“yet another example of how out of touch the Romney family can be with how 99 percent of Americans live.”
“retails for more than $1,400 at Barneys”
“2012 presidential election”
“nearly $1,000 blouse”
“99 percent of Americans live”
“$1,300 dress she wore in Ghana”
“$2,300 leather vest she wore to a food bank”
“$900 dress by designer Chris Benz she wore on an episode of 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' benefiting homeless veterans”
“$540 pair of sneakers by designer Lanvin to a D.C. food bank”
“$2,330 dusty blue Rick Owens leather vest at another D.C. food bank”
“retail[ed] for $3,643 on luxury online designer retailer, My Theresa”
“wore a $2,720 L’Wren Scott cardigan”
“July 12, 2009”
“Similar Sophie Theallet dresses retail for $1,295 at Saks Fifth Avenue”
“"After serious discussion, we believe we can't afford to lose a single day of voter contact," the statement reads. "It is imperative that we do everything we can to contact and turn out the voters we need to achieve what we have all worked…”
“We have a president right now that is operating outside the structure of our Constitution," the woman said at a campaign event in Cleveland, going on to suggest that President Obama should be "tried for treason."”
“A spokesman for Rove’s Super PAC, American Crossroads, slammed Axelrod’s remarks. "Calling a political opponent a contract killer may be the Chicago way, but it's beneath the dignity of the office Mr. Obama holds," the group’s communicatio…”
“Left-wing social commentator Bill Maher, who often uses words like "c--t" and "dumb t--t" to describe female politicians, recently contributed $1 million to the pro-Obama group.”
“The 2012 presidential election, like his own congressional race, could hinge upon Jewish voters, Boteach said.”
“The rabbi’s revulsion at New Jersey politics is rooted in a 2009 flare-up between him, Rothman, and the late Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi.”
“members of Qaddafi’s Libyan regime were trying to move into a home located next door to Boteach in Englewood, N.J., for two months in 2010 during the U.N. General Assembly.”
“President Obama’s principal failing is on foreign policy. He doesn’t hate evil”
“I struggle to find a single foreign policy success for Obama”
“President Obama is going to have huge problems with the Jewish community in this election”
“Huge numbers of Jews are beginning to distrust him”
“I am not picking sides in this war, but I believe such a war is justifiable, and indeed ultimately inevitable.”
“Hala Hijazi, a Jordanian native and current San Francisco city employee, has personally secured between $100,000 to $200,000 for Obama’s reelection effort, according to Federal Election Committee filings.”
“As former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown’s "Palestinian campaign assistant" in 1999, Hijazi brought the mayor to an Arab cultural center to bolster his support in the minority community. [...] Hijazi also helped recruit Arab volunteers "…”
“"This has the potential to make the Obama Super-PAC completely toxic to voters—not just Jews and supporters of Israel, but your everyday swing voter that has no warm and fuzzy feelings about radical Islamists and terrorism," said the senio…”
“The aide recommended that Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod "disavow this woman as soon as possible."”
“passed the U.S. Senate April 26”
“Brown lost his 1990 reelection race for secretary of state”
“first U.S. congressional campaign in 1992”
“With six months left in the race”
“in March”
“the 81-year-old Rangel replied”
“was found guilty of 11 of them”
“the 81-year-old Rangel”
“Rangel pressed on, was found guilty of 11 of them, and duly won re-election.”
“The biggest deterrent to an energy plan in America is Koch Industries.”
