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| Obama makes case for 'Buffett rule' - US politics live | Obama makes case for 'Buffett rule' - US politics live |
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| 11.15am: Newt Gingrich Delusions of Grandeur Watch, part eleventy-twillion. | |
| Via the always-excellent GOP12 blog, here's Newt on Fox News drawing parallels between himself and the winner of the Master golf tournament: | |
| Yesterday afternoon, I joined millions of Americans in watching the Master's, and the two guys who ended up in the sudden death were, neither one, in first place when the last round began. | |
| Now neither of them dropped out. | |
| Newt's trouble is that, in reality, the parallel is not between Gingrich and Bubba Watson. The correct parallel is between Newt Gingrich and ... let's see ... Jose Maria Olazabal. Who missed the cut. Just like Newt. | |
| 11am: So Ozzie Guillen, the manager of the Miami Marlins, has made his appearance at a press conference just now to apologise for his praise of Fidel Castro. | 11am: So Ozzie Guillen, the manager of the Miami Marlins, has made his appearance at a press conference just now to apologise for his praise of Fidel Castro. |
| Guillen said the reaction left him "sad and embarrassed" – but he also said his comments were misinterpreted by the journalist who interviewed him, and that he neither loves nor admires Castro. | Guillen said the reaction left him "sad and embarrassed" – but he also said his comments were misinterpreted by the journalist who interviewed him, and that he neither loves nor admires Castro. |
| It's hard to know exactly how one misinterprets "I love Castro" as comments go. But who can say? | It's hard to know exactly how one misinterprets "I love Castro" as comments go. But who can say? |
| 10.45am: What did Ozzie Guillen actually say that was so bad? It was in an interview with Time magazine, which has hidden the interview behind its paywall, and the Miami Herald's 2,000 word article can't bring itself to repeat the remarks – but USA Today gives us the quotes: | 10.45am: What did Ozzie Guillen actually say that was so bad? It was in an interview with Time magazine, which has hidden the interview behind its paywall, and the Miami Herald's 2,000 word article can't bring itself to repeat the remarks – but USA Today gives us the quotes: |
| Usually defiant in the face of criticism, Guillen has instead sounded remorseful and said he's had difficulty sleeping since a Time magazine online story that ran Friday quoted him as saying, "I love Fidel Castro." | Usually defiant in the face of criticism, Guillen has instead sounded remorseful and said he's had difficulty sleeping since a Time magazine online story that ran Friday quoted him as saying, "I love Fidel Castro." |
| Later in the story he added, "I respect Fidel Castro. You know why? A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the last 60 years, but that [expletive] is still here." | Later in the story he added, "I respect Fidel Castro. You know why? A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the last 60 years, but that [expletive] is still here." |
| 10.40am: A sign that Fidel Castro remains as potent as ever in US politics: the manager of the Miami Marlins, the famously loose-tongued Ozzie Guillen, has just been suspended by his team for five games after he praised Castro in public comments. | 10.40am: A sign that Fidel Castro remains as potent as ever in US politics: the manager of the Miami Marlins, the famously loose-tongued Ozzie Guillen, has just been suspended by his team for five games after he praised Castro in public comments. |
| The Marlins, which has just changed its name to adopt Miami and opened a brand-new ballpark in the city's Little Havana area, have been pummelled for Guillen's remarks, as the Miami Herald reports: | The Marlins, which has just changed its name to adopt Miami and opened a brand-new ballpark in the city's Little Havana area, have been pummelled for Guillen's remarks, as the Miami Herald reports: |
| Dozens gathered outside Marlins Park to voice their protest to Guillen's comments, some carrying signs expressing their disgust. One turned his body into a two-sided billboard, writing "No excuses – Fire him now" on one placard and on the other, "Mr [David] Samson, Do you still keep Guillen if he had said, 'I love Hitler'?" Samson is the Marlins' team president. Neither Samson nor owner Jeffrey Loria sat next to Guillen during Tuesday's grilling by English and Spanish-language media members. More than a dozen video cameras perched atop tripods lined the back of the room, and the 60-some-odd seats Marlins staff set up for reporters were not enough. | Dozens gathered outside Marlins Park to voice their protest to Guillen's comments, some carrying signs expressing their disgust. One turned his body into a two-sided billboard, writing "No excuses – Fire him now" on one placard and on the other, "Mr [David] Samson, Do you still keep Guillen if he had said, 'I love Hitler'?" Samson is the Marlins' team president. Neither Samson nor owner Jeffrey Loria sat next to Guillen during Tuesday's grilling by English and Spanish-language media members. More than a dozen video cameras perched atop tripods lined the back of the room, and the 60-some-odd seats Marlins staff set up for reporters were not enough. |
| In his nine years as a big-league manager, Guillen has spit out insult after insult in his blunt style, offending, among others, gays, opponents of illegal immigration and even fellow Venezuelans. | In his nine years as a big-league manager, Guillen has spit out insult after insult in his blunt style, offending, among others, gays, opponents of illegal immigration and even fellow Venezuelans. |
| 10.30am: Barack Obama travels to Florida today to push his "Buffett rule" in a call for millionaires to pay higher taxes, as US politics awakens from its Easter slumber. | 10.30am: Barack Obama travels to Florida today to push his "Buffett rule" in a call for millionaires to pay higher taxes, as US politics awakens from its Easter slumber. |
| Here's a summary of the latest news: | Here's a summary of the latest news: |
| • Rick Santorum is resuming his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination after his young daughter was hospitalised last week. Santorum's daughter, Bella, was discharged from the hospital and returned home early Monday evening. The 3 year-old suffers from a rare genetic condition. Responding to the Santorum family's difficult moment, the Romney campaign opted to pull an attack ad it had planned to launch against the former senator in Pennsylvania. | • Rick Santorum is resuming his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination after his young daughter was hospitalised last week. Santorum's daughter, Bella, was discharged from the hospital and returned home early Monday evening. The 3 year-old suffers from a rare genetic condition. Responding to the Santorum family's difficult moment, the Romney campaign opted to pull an attack ad it had planned to launch against the former senator in Pennsylvania. |
| • President Obama has overtaken Mitt Romney in a new poll from Washington Post/ABC News. Last month Romney was two points ahead of the president in the same poll, now Obama is up by seven percentage points, 51% to 44% among registered voters. | • President Obama has overtaken Mitt Romney in a new poll from Washington Post/ABC News. Last month Romney was two points ahead of the president in the same poll, now Obama is up by seven percentage points, 51% to 44% among registered voters. |
| • A campaign leaflet from Santorum's failed 2006 Senate race in Pennsylvania republished by the Associated Press has called the candidate's conservative credentials into question. Titled "50 Things You May Not Know About Rick Santorum," the document highlights how Santorum directed federal money to Pennsylvania and worked with Bono to combat Aids and global poverty. The positions of Santorum 2006 don't quite square with Santorum 2012, who has cast himself as the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney. | • A campaign leaflet from Santorum's failed 2006 Senate race in Pennsylvania republished by the Associated Press has called the candidate's conservative credentials into question. Titled "50 Things You May Not Know About Rick Santorum," the document highlights how Santorum directed federal money to Pennsylvania and worked with Bono to combat Aids and global poverty. The positions of Santorum 2006 don't quite square with Santorum 2012, who has cast himself as the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney. |