Bill Bolling to drop out of gubernatorial race

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Politico.com:

Virginia Lt. Gov Bill Bolling is expected to drop out of next year’s  gubernatorial race Wednesday morning, leaving Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli  with a clear path to the GOP nomination next year, two Virginia Republicans tell  POLITICO.

Bolling, now in his second term as lieutenant governor, was widely seen as  the underdog against the conservative Cuccinelli, whose supporters engineered a  move to change the 2013 nominating process from a primary to a convention.  Conservatives typically dominate Virginia GOP conventions.

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Jay Carney: Time to get over the obsession

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From the Washingtonpost.com:

“Bottom line, I’m more disturbed now than I was before,” said Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.).

Rice and Acting CIA Director Michael Morell met privately with Graham and Sens. John McCain (Ariz.) and Kelly Ayotte (N.H.), three members of the Senate Armed Services Committee who have been leading the GOP charge against the administration since the attack that led to the deaths of four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.

Ayotte said she left the meeting with Rice “more troubled, not less.”

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