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John Edwards' mistress "has filed an amended lawsuit against Edwards' former aide," WTVD-TV reports.

Rielle Hunter's lawyer "says she wants all the money Andrew Young has made from his book about the Edwards' scandal called The Politician."

Young is also reportedly trying to sell the movie rights to his book.
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Bet John Edwards wishes this woman would just go away now.

According to The Des Moines Register's latest Iowa Poll, 62 percent of Republicans who identified themselves as likely to vote in this week's primary election are very or mostly favorable toward Romney. Palin follows, with 58 percent very or mostly favorable about her, with Gingrich at 56 percent,

In contrast, 80 percent say they don't know enough about Daniels to have a favorable or unfavorable opinion, 71 percent say they're not sure how they feel toward Thune and 53 percent are unsure about Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty.

The poll measures favorability, not preference. Lots can and will happen before serious presidential caucus campaigns launch next year that will wilt favorability and pump new candidates onto the list.
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Depending upon Obama's strength, of course, will determine whether Sarah Palin will be a go in 2012

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) expressed frustration Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” over partisan fighting as lawmakers try to lift the cap that limits how much oil cleanup BP is responsible for, calling it remnants of the Bush administration’s “psychology of neglect.”

But House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) jumped on Hoyer, telling him it is time for Democrats to stop blaming the Bush administration for the regulatory failings that may have contributed to the BP oil spill.

“How long are you going to blame the Bush administration. Come on,” Boehner said. “When is someone in Washington going to take responsibility for what they are in charge of?”

Recent polls show that the majority of Americans consider the government’s response to BP worse than the Bush administration’s heavily criticized response to Hurricane Katrina several years ago.
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Passing the buck like all Politicos