Politics: Political Columns and Blogs - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/blogs-columns?wprss=rss_blogsandcolumns Check out columns and blogs from Post Politics section for political opinion and analysis from The Washington Post writers bloggers. 15 en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Copyright 2012 Washington Post Company Politics: Political Columns and Blogs - The Washington Post 140 20 http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/blogs-columns?wprss=rss_blogsandcolumns http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif Wed, 16 May 2012 13:16:15 EST 147 <![CDATA[Where have all the candidates gone?]]> The nascent third-party movement called Americans Elect assembled a dream team of prospective presidential nominees:

Mike Bloomberg!

Colin Powell!

Chris Christie!

Mitch Daniels!

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Walker leads Barrett 50 to 44 among 600 likely voters in the school’s first survey since the May 8 Democratic primary. Their last poll, released May 2, showed a dead heat.

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It may be the most exclusive "app" yet: the president’s daily intelligence brief.

A photo posted recently on the Web site of the director of national intelligence shows President Obama swiping an iPad screen during his daily update on key international developments and U.S. intelligence operations unfolding overseas.

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