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Monday, March 17, 2014 Washington Secrets By Paul Bedard

Oyez, readers of the Right. Beware of the Ides of March. You are going to hate this week's report card.

Zogby Report Card: A lucky shamrock for President Obama
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Pollster John Zogby reports in our weekly White House report card that President Obama checked off a long list of wins to offset a few losses in what amounted to a comeback week.

Top Republican: U.S. needs 1 million more immigrants, not less Carlos Gutierrez, Commerce secretary under former President George W. Bush, said that without more immigrants, businesses won't be able to grow because there aren't enough workers available. And helping them could boost the Republican Party, added the former Kellogg Co. executive.

Poll: Vladimir Putin is stronger than President Obama Maybe it is the photos of him posing shirtless on horseback, or his military push into Ukraine, but Americans in a new poll believe Russian President Vladimir Putin is a much stronger leader than President Obama.

Godless: 85% of French say faith in God not necessary for morals A whopping 85 percent of those living in France do not believe that it is necessary to believe in God to be moral and good, putting the country at the bottom of a worldwide poll on religion and morals.

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