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 FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.BLOGS.NYTIMES.COM 4 Hours Ago A Predictable Decline in Hillary Clinton's Popularity by  Nate Silver The controversies surrounding the I.R.S.'s targeting of conservative groups and the executive branch's handling of last year's attacks in Benghazi, Libya, have  yet to have much impact  on President Obama's approval ratings (although some slight decline may be  hidden by an improved economic mood ). But Mr. Obama's former secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton, appears to be have been more affected. A  Quinnipiac University poll  released on Friday found Mrs. Clinton's favorability rating declining to 52 percent, from 61 percent in February. The decrease was considerably more modest in a  CNN poll released earlier this month , with Mrs. Clinton's favorability rating decreasing to 61 percent from 63 percent in March. Nevertheless, Mrs. Clinton's favorability scores had hovered in the mid-60s for much of the past two years — and t...

 FREEDOMOUTPOST.COM 6 Hours Ago Ted Cruz: Obama Administration Does Not Respect Bill Of Rights by  Tim Brown Senator Ted Cruz was a guest on Fox News' America Live with Megyn Kelly and told Kelly that the Obama administration does not respect the First, Second, Fourth or Fifth Amendment of the Bill of Rights found in the U.S. Constitution that he swore an oath to "preserve, protect and defend." Kelly asked him about the scandal involving the Department of Justice (DOJ) going after reporters' records and wondered if Cruz thought such things should stand out in Attorney General Eric Holder's mind, seeing that he signed off on it. "It's unprecedented," Cruz declared. "The degree of willingness of this administration to target a reporter for this network (Fox News) as an unindicted co-conspirator… I mean that is without precedent." Cruz went on to say, "Unfortunately, I think it's part and parcel of a pattern from this administration o...

 HOTAIR.COM 7 Hours Ago Louisiana Democrat after calling Obamacare opponents racist: "I didn't call anyone racist" by  Erika Johnsen posted at 12:41 pm on May 31, 2013 by Erika Johnsen The obligatory followup to Allahpundit's post yesterday chronicling the the rhetorical misadventure of the  Democratic state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson , who during a session informed her fellow legislators that — and I quote — criticisms of ObamaCare come down to "the race of this African American president." When she was later asked to apologize for and/or defend her comments, she effectively did neither (h/t the Weekly Standard ): I'm not stepping away from anything that I said on the floor. I didn't call anyone a racist. I referenced some of the conversations that I'd had with colleagues that, you know, shared with me that one of the factors, it's not always the factor. I didn't say that everybody's decision was based on that. But certainly one of t...

 MEDIAITE 5 Hours Ago Megyn Kelly Destroys Erickson And Dobbs: 'Who Died And Made You Scientist-In-Chief?!' by  Andrew Kirell Megyn Kelly  took two of her Fox colleagues to the woodshed this afternoon. In response to  Erick Erickson  and  Lou Dobbs  making controversial comments this week about a Pew study finding that 40% of American households have a mother as breadwinner, Kelly brought the two of them onto her show and proceeded to tear into them. To recap:  during a Wednesday evening segment of FBN's  Lou Dobbs Tonight , Erickson, Dobbs, and other Fox male contributors lamented the Pew study's "troubling" findings, claiming it signaled a disintegration of the American family. Erickson went the farthest with his analysis, claiming it is "anti-science" to not believe that men are supposed to play the dominant role in the household. The group collectively bemoaned the increase of female breadwinners. In response, this afternoon, Kelly asked:...

 AIM.ORG 5 Hours Ago On or Off the Record, Obama Administration is in Damage Control Mode by  Roger Aronoff Tweet Pin It The media had their big off-the-record meeting with Attorney General Eric Holder and his staff on Thursday, and immediately turned around and talked about what was discussed at the meeting. In effect, Holder threw sand in the eyes of the journalists who attended, and put himself in charge of fixing whatever they think needs fixing. He's even supporting a federal media shield law to protect them from his own overreach in the future. And they seem to have believed him. "Attorney General Eric Holder expressed concern on Thursday about how the Department of Justice has handled recent media investigations at an off-the-record meeting with leading representatives of the press, according to those who were present," wrote Dylan Byers of Politico. He added that Holder "expressed a willingness to revise the guidelines for such investigations," though he...

 NATIONAL JOURNAL 5 Hours Ago Marco Rubio To Address House Conservatives on Immigration Reform by  Tim Alberta House conservatives will host several influential Republican senators on Wednesday for a closed-door policy summit that will feature voices on both sides of the immigration debate,  National Journal  has learned. As House negotiators work to finalize an agreement on comprehensive immigration reform legislation, the Republican Study Committee has invited a handful of Republican senators, representing a range of views on the immigration debate, to Wednesday's meeting in the Capitol. As of Friday, three had confirmed their attendance: Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida, Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Mike Lee of Utah. Wednesday's forum represents the first significant bicameral discussion on the divisive subject of immigration reform. The event, which will be moderated by RSC Chairman Steve Scalise, will include commentary from three RSC members playing pivotal roles in ...

 MRCONSERVATIVE.COM 5 Hours Ago Obama Cuts Hot Food For Soldiers in Afghanistan Napoleon famously and correctly said "An army marches on its stomach." An army that is not fed cannot fight. With this in mind, what is one to make of the fact that the Obama administration has cut a significant meal service to Marines serving in Afghanistan? The Obama administration is cutting food supplies as part of the troop draw-down in Afghanistan. ( Read More :  Obama Doesn't Salute Marine While Boarding Marine One. ) The Marines at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan are losing their "midnight ration" (or "midrats") meal, a solid hot meal that feeds those who have just ended their noon-to-midnight shift and those who are beginning their midnight-to-noon shift. Not only does this meal fuel men who are burning up enormous amounts of energy conducting business in a combat zone that's either too hot or too cold, and that's always too dangerous, it's an opportuni...