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File - In this Sept. 28, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama speaks to a rally at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis. Few states handed Democrats bigger losses in the midterm elections than Wisconsin, even though President Obama campaigned actively there. But the president will be back again Wednesday, this time to road-test the themes from his State of the Union message. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File) (AP)

Adam Clark Estes

Opponents of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's budget repair bill, including C.J. Terrell demonstrate outside the senate parlor at the Wisconsin State Capitol Building as legislators inside voted to move forward on an amended version of the controversial bill Wednesday, March 9, 2011. The new bill removes the fiscal elements from the bill and strips public employees of collective bargaining rights. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart) (AP)

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Alex Brandon)

President Barack Obama speaks at Miami Central Senior High School in Miami, Friday, March. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Steve Mitchell) (Steve Mitchell)

Newt and Callista Gingrich

Clockwise from lower left: Andrew Sullivan, Andrew Rosenthal and Barack Obama

Obama and his Gitmo defenders

Glenn Greenwald

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Glenn Greenwald

James O'Keefe

Scott Rosenberg

In this June, 2007 file photo, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., left, listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The wreckage of the World Trade Center still smoldered when George W. Bush rose to demand that American Muslims not be blamed or mistreated. "Islam is peace," the president declared. But a decade later, doubts and suspicions persist. New York Rep. Peter King is provocatively forcing the issue with congressional hearings, starting Thursday. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) (AP)

A couple participate in the Tax Day tea protest in New York, Thursday, April 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (Mary Altaffer)

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Finally, Democratic senators have a budget plan

Juan Williams

Juan Williams thrilled man fired for wrong opinion

FILE - In this March 2, 2011 file photo, specialist John Urbanowicz, left, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The stock market's fastest climb in decades reaches the two-year mark Wednesday, March 9, yet investors aren't exuberant. They're cautious and watching their stocks closely for fear that they might experience another meltdown. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file) (AP)

Left: Wisc. Gov. Scott Walker. Right: Jessie Brown shouts protest slogans as Kathy Winn, behind, joins in during rallies at the Wisconsin State Capitol

The 5 most important lessons from Wisconsin

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney smiles during the 38th annual Conservative Political Action Conference meeting at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, February 11, 2011. The CPAC is a project of the American Conservative Union Foundation. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) (Â© Larry Downing / Reuters)

Pamela Geller and James O'Keefe

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and President Obama

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Hundreds of pro-labor union demonstrate across the street from protesters against unions and in favor of the effort to end the collective bargaining for Wisconsin government on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 in Olympia, Wash. From unionized firefighters to tea party supporters, two raucous competing rallies over the union fight in Wisconsin drew more than 2,000 people to Washington state's capital despite freezing temperatures Saturday. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Peter Haley) (AP)

President Barack Obama waves after arriving at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, March 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt) (AP)

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