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• Republican Pawlenty seeks to break out of 2012 pack (Reuters)
• Newt Gingrich will allegedly decide by May if he’s running for president (The Ticket)
• Obama Following Unlikely Footsteps of Bush, Reagan (ContributorNetwork)
• Would Arming Libyan Rebels Help? Other Q&A on the Civil War (ContributorNetwork)
• Obama Approval Rating Hits New Low (ContributorNetwork)
• Congress and 2012 GOP Hopefuls Dawdle: Just Get it Done (ContributorNetwork)
• Families urge Obama to end deportations (AP)
• Goodbye to federal funding for 2012 candidates (AP)
• House amendments undermine safety regulations (AP)
• Gates calls for limited role aiding Libyan rebels (AP)
• APNewsBreak: Gov't re-interviews Edwards witness (AP)
• Lawmakers try to lift wolf protection despite deal (AP)
• NY's Bloomberg hit with "third term-itis": poll (Reuters)
• New Jersey governor a strong White House contender: poll (Reuters)
• Obama to raise money for Dems in California (AP)

Republican Pawlenty seeks to break out of 2012 pack (Reuters) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 07:25 PM PDT Reuters - Tim Pawlenty, battling to break out of a pack of potential Republican presidential hopeful, touted himself on Wednesday as a leader who can restore America's economic glory and stop it from losing ground to China.

Newt Gingrich will allegedly decide by May if he’s running for president (The Ticket) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:32 AM PDT The Ticket - Mark your calendars: Newt Gingrich has set a date for when he will finally decide if he's officially running for president. Per Politico's Kendra Marr, the former House Speaker told Daily Democrat in Foster, N.H., that he will absolutely, positively decide by May 1 if he's running for president. Maybe. This is the third deadline [...]

Obama Following Unlikely Footsteps of Bush, Reagan (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:37 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | When he gave his speech Monday on the Libyan intervention, President Barack Obama suggested that Muammar Gadhafi would be removed from power by means other than military. A new story by Reuters suggests what those methods are.

Would Arming Libyan Rebels Help? Other Q&A on the Civil War (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:37 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - The administration expected the Libya bombing campaign would collapse Gadhafi's organization, result in mass defections, rout his army, and that the "rebels" would quickly sweep to victory. Instead, Gadhafi's forces pulled back, then launched an effective counterattack. This leaves the Obama administration facing more questions than answers.

Obama Approval Rating Hits New Low (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:37 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - Americans are increasingly unsatisfied with the job that President Obama is doing. According to a Quinnipiac University poll that was released Wednesday, the president's approval rating has fallen to 48 percent. Out of those surveyed, only 42 percent approve of the job that he is doing as president. Out of those totals, Democrats give the president an 80 percent approval rating. Only 9 percent of Republicans approve of the job that Obama has been doing; 39 percent of Independents do. In terms of gender, 52 percent of men approve of the President's work, while 41 percent disapprove; women are split, 44 percent to 44 percent, on the job that Obama is doing. The survey also asked whether or not Obama deserves another four-year term; 50 percent of the respondents said that he does not, while only 41 percent said that he does.

Congress and 2012 GOP Hopefuls Dawdle: Just Get it Done (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:37 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | It is almost April. The country is in the clutch of a significant waiting game. Americans wait to see if Congress passes a spending bill on April 8, avoiding a government shutdown. The country also waits to see who will emerge the major 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls. Like baseball season on opening day, someone has to step to the plate and get the job done.

Families urge Obama to end deportations (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:10 PM PDT AP - Hispanic families and immigrant advocates criticized President Barack Obama Thursday for failing to keep campaign promises to change the U.S. immigration system.

Goodbye to federal funding for 2012 candidates (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:09 PM PDT AP - A cornerstone of U.S. politics since the 1970s, public funding of presidential campaigns may soon go the way of other relics of the era like long sideburns and lava lamps. Neither President Barack Obama nor any of the leading 2012 Republican contenders is expected to accept federal matching funds and the limits they impose.

House amendments undermine safety regulations (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:09 PM PDT AP - The House has approved an amendment that would effectively block a safety regulation proposed by the Obama administration to prevent fires involving air shipments of lithium batteries.

Gates calls for limited role aiding Libyan rebels (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:09 PM PDT AP - The U.S. should avoid developing a closer relationship with Libyan opposition forces, defense leaders said Thursday, telling an often hostile Congress that foreign nations must now take over airstrike responsibilities and any effort to train and equip the rebels.

APNewsBreak: Gov't re-interviews Edwards witness (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:09 PM PDT AP - Prosecutors investigating former Sen. John Edwards spent several hours Thursday re-interviewing the man who posed as the father of Edwards' out-of-wedlock baby during the 2008 presidential campaign, suggesting they are weighing the strength of their chief witness before deciding whether to indict the former candidate.

Lawmakers try to lift wolf protection despite deal (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:59 PM PDT AP - Key lawmakers in the political skirmish over gray wolves in the West say they will continue their efforts to lift federal protections for the predators, despite a proposed settlement between environmentalists and the government.

NY's Bloomberg hit with "third term-itis": poll (Reuters) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:02 PM PDT Reuters - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is suffering so-called "third term-itis," with only 40 percent of voters approving of his job as good or excellent, a poll found on Thursday, down nearly 30 percent from 2008.

New Jersey governor a strong White House contender: poll (Reuters) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:32 PM PDT Reuters - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie insists he is not running for president, but a new poll out on Thursday shows him running ahead of most Republicans in a hypothetical matchup against President Obama.

Obama to raise money for Dems in California (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:20 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama plans to raise money for Democrats during a two-day swing through California in the coming weeks.

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