Poll: Clinton Tops Marco Rubio, Rand Paul In 2016 Iowa Presidential Race

Clinton 46% Paul 42%
Clinton 48% Rubio 37%

Benghazi? What is that?

Washington - Hillary Clinton has the early edge in a key battleground state, should she choose to run for president in 2016.

Iowa voters picked her as their choice for commander in chief above top potential Republican contenders including Senators Marco Rubio and Rand Paul, in a new survey released Friday.

The Quinnipiac University poll showed Clinton would defeat Rubio by 11 percentage points, 48% to 37%, if the election were held today and would beat Paul by four percentage points, 46% to 42%. She was helped by her strong support among women.

The speculation over a Clinton presidential run is never ending, helped by her consistently high approval ratings, the perpetual campaign cycle and speculation from political operatives and journalists.

Vice President Joe Biden has not been as careful and often jokes about another run at the White House. But Biden did not fare as well in the same poll. He fell behind Rubio by one percentage point, 39% to 40%, and trailed Paul by five percentage points, 39% to 44%, among Hawkeye State voters. He was hurt by his lack of support among independent voters.

Quinnipiac.edu Head-to-head with Clinton.
Note: There have been a number of polls that have shown Rand Paul running stronger than Marco Rubio in 2016 Pres. race
Pretty sizable lead among women voters for Hillary Clinton

Video: 7 Times Obama Promised Money From the $787B Stimulus Would Go To 'Repair Crumbling Roads and Bridges'

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"If a state doesn't act quickly to invest in roads and bridges in their community, they'll lose the money"

Fox 19: IRS Director of Tax-Exempt Org. Lois Lerner Visited Cincinnait IRS Office Far more Often Than Person with More Immediate Oversight

FOX19) -Heads are starting to roll at the IRS. FOX19 has been follow this story for more than a year. Use the arrows on the photos to follow the players and moments that shaped the IRS scandal.

A day after pleading the 5th and refusing to testify before Congress, Lois Lerner, the IRS Director of Tax Exempt Organizations was placed on administrative leave Thursday. So who might be next?

More about Lois Lerner's connections to Cindy Thomas, the highest ranking Cincinnati employee in this IRS division.

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2 Red State Dems Defect on Keystone Pipeline

Heide Heitkamp, Mary Landrieu signal support for Keystone



Two red state Democratic senators signaled support Thursday for legislation authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline opposed by President Barack Obama, Democratic Party leaders, and influential Democratic donors.

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D- N.D., told the Washington Free Beacon in a statement that she will support legislation passed by the House on Wednesday to approve construction of the pipeline if it comes to the Senate floor. "Yesterday's vote on H.R. 3 in the House is another clear indication the majority of those in Congress believe it is time to move forward with the Keystone XL Pipeline," Heitkamp said.

The legislation, authored by Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., would circumvent presidential approval of the project, which would carry crude oil from Canada through a 1,700-mile pipeline to refineries on the Gulf coast.

Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., also said she will support the bill, telling the Free Beacon, "our national and economic security will be bolstered with the construction of this pipeline." freebeacon



San Diego Trib pretty much nails the Keystone Pipeline

Franklin Graham: We Were Audited By the IRS After Supporting the North Carolina Marriage Amendment [Video]

In May of 2012, Rev. Billy Graham urged North Carolina voters to support an amendment to the state constitution banning gay marriage. He took out full-page ads in 14 North Carolina newspapers the weekend before the vote. A few months later, Samaritans Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc. received audit notices from the IRS. No doubt they were directly, deliberately targeted because of their public support for traditional marriage. They then tried to open up a North Carolina Corporation (after moving from Minnesota) and applied for tax-exempt status. He waited 14 months, Graham says that he had a total of 9 follow-ups asking if the IRS needed more information because the application was taking so long.

Franklin tells Greta that after news came out that he believed the Billy Graham Assoc. was targeted by the IRS deliberately, a number of other Christian groups came forward to say they were also audited.

He says that the IRS agent that paid them a visit mentioned Graham's support for the North Carolina marriage amendment. Video from Fox News Greta

Photos- Washington: I-5 bridge Collapses into Skagit River; Sends Vehicles, People into Water

PHOTO: Man on top of car in Skagit River after the I-5 bridge collapse; rescue underway

WASHINGTON: BREAKING U/D - REPORTS OF NO CELL SERVICE AT I-5 BRIDGE COLLAPSE. PEOPLE ARE STILL TRAPPED IN THEIR CAR IN THE WATER. #911BUFF
— 911 Operator (@911BUFF) May 24, 2013

Man sitting on roof of his car (Photo)


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Bridge that collapsed in WA was declared functionally obsolete in 2000, 2010. Bridge was built in 1955. 71K cars pass over everyday

— The Right Pundit (@therightnewz) May 24, 2013

Lib Commentator Marc Lamont Hill Admits Obama Gave Foreign Policy Speech Today to Divert Our Attention From IRS, AP Scandals [Video]

Ditto.

Hill: "He [Obama] knows there's a sector of the American people who are on his butt right now because of that stuff (AP, IRS), but he knows those same people love war-hawk talk. So that's why he's out giving that speech today, to divert our attention"

Attorney General Eric Holder Signed off on Search Warrant of Fox News Reporter and Seizure of His Private Emails

Of course he did, none of this can happen without approval from the top.



Michael Isikoff NBC News

Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on a controversial search warrant that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a “possible co-conspirator” in violations of the Espionage Act and authorized seizure of his private emails, a law enforcement official told NBC News on Thursday.

The disclosure of the attorney general’s role came as President Barack Obama, in a major speech on his counterterrorism policy, said Holder had agreed to review Justice Department guidelines governing investigations that involve journalists.

"I am troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may chill the investigative journalism that holds government accountable," Obama said. "Journalists should not be at legal risk for doing their jobs."

Rosen, who has not been charged in the case, was nonetheless the target of a search warrant that enabled Justice Department investigators to secretly seize his private emails after an FBI agent said he had "asked, solicited and encouraged … (a source) to disclose sensitive United States internal documents and intelligence information."

Obama's comments follow a firestorm of criticism that has erupted over disclosures that in separate investigations of leaks of classified information, the Justice Department had obtained private emails that Rosen exchanged with a source and the phone records of Associated Press reporters.