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Mike Allen / The Politico:
A tale of two polls — It could be an episode of Paul Harvey's "The Rest of the Story." Mitt Romney was announced from the podium Saturday afternoon as the winner of the Family Research Council's "Values Voter Straw Poll," narrowly edging Mike Huckabee. — But it turns out that the 5 …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Perkins: Giuliani supports marriage amendment — Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council, told The Hill Saturday that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) would support a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. — Perkins said Giuliani told him in a private meeting …
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Religious right straw-victors: Romney, Huckabee — by Mark Silva, updated with full results — Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts and a late-comer to the anti-abortion cause, claimed a narrow victory today in a straw poll of Christian conservative voters assembled in Washington and collecting votes from members online.
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Jamiecnn / CNN Political Ticker:
Huckabee likens abortion to a holocaust — (CNN)-Speaking before a gathering of Christian conservative voters, GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said legalized abortion in the United States was a holocaust. — "Sometimes we talk about why we're importing so many people in our workforce," the former Arkansas governor said.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Romney wins Values Voters Straw Poll — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney increased his already growing credibility with evangelical Christians on Saturday afternoon with a surprise win in the Family Research Council's "2008 American Values Straw Poll."
Michael Luo / New York Times:
Religious Right Divides Its Vote — After an earnest appeal for acceptance from Rudolph W. Giuliani, Christian conservatives ended their two-day summit here on Saturday still divided about which of the Republican presidential candidates to marshal their collective might behind.
Jamiecnn / CNN Political Ticker:Romney wins in conservative voters poll
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Michael Luo / New York Times:For 3 Candidates, a Test on Religion
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David M. Kennedy / New York Times:
Malefactors of Megawealth — Paul Krugman is a justly renowned professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University. His abundant accolades include the John Bates Clark Medal, awarded biannually to an outstanding economist under the age of 40 — a distinction said to be predictive of …
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Mark Thoma / Economist's View:
New York Times Review of "The Conscience of a Liberal" — Here is a review of Paul Krugman's new book, The Conscience of a Liberal from David Kennedy. The review appears in the New York Times. When you start, as David Kennedy does, with the premise that "maybe Krugman is not really an economist" …
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Obama to do gospel tour with radical right singer who crusades against "the curse of homosexuality" — From the NYT: … Yes, sucking up to anti-gay bigots and joining them on stage - no, giving them a stage - is certainly defying conventional wisdom as to how a Democrat becomes president.
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Earl Ofari Hutchinson / The Huffington Post:
Obama Should Repudiate and Cancel His Gay Bash Tour, and Do it Now — Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama ripped a page straight from the Bush campaign playbook with his announced upcoming three date barnstorm tour through South Carolina with notorious gay basher, gospel singer Donnie McClurkin.
Del Simmons / FreeSpeech.com:
Obscure, violent left-wing blogger threatens murder for hire! — Sadly, Mr. Chuck Adkins of Lincoln Park, Michigan has now taken his rude behavior a step too far. Tonight I posted a respectful comment (no profanity or anything) to his blog asking him to explain to me how Limbaugh had "mocked" the Frost kid.
Lisa W. Foderaro / New York Times:
Old Enough Now to Ask How Dad Died at War — LANCASTER, N.Y. — CamerynLee was only 3 years old when her father, Lance Cpl. Eric J. Orlowski, a Marine Corps reservist, was killed in an accidental shooting during the first days of the Iraq war. Now 8, she is suddenly hungry for information …
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
State Department Struggles To Oversee Private Army — The State Department Turned to Contractors Such as Blackwater Amid a Fight With the Pentagon Over Personal Security in Iraq — Last Christmas Day in Baghdad, U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad received a furious phone call from Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi.
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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
J.K. Rowling Outs Hogwarts Character — NEW YORK (AP) - Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay. J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series that ended last summer, outed the beloved character Friday night …
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New York Times:
In Pakistan Quandary, U.S. Reviews Stance — The scenes of carnage in Pakistan this week conjured what one senior administration official on Friday called "the nightmare scenario" for President Bush's last 15 months in office: Political meltdown in the one country where Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and nuclear weapons are all in play.
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