A.M. Links: Does Obama Want To Win?, Venezuelans Consider Emigration, Ex-Feds Back Legal Dope
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After a couple of … uninspired performances, backers of President Obama openly wonder if he wants to be re-elected. The latest poll has Romney up by five points.
- The White House dipped its toes into the privatization waters — with responses to FOIA requests. Yes, they outsourced obstructionism.
- Greece is … still circling the drain. The country's exit from the euro is still seen as likely.
- Hugo Chavez's re-election has many Venezuelans actively contemplating the attractions of living elsewhere.
- Rand Paul took a piece out of his own party's presidential candidate for his saber-rattling, and called for a less-interventionist foreign policy.
- A marijuana legalization initiative on the Washington ballot gained the backing of former U.S. attorneys and FBI officials.
- U.S. manufacturing is floundering in a sea of federal regulations as a new rule is issued every two hours.
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