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James Kirchick / The New Republic:
Angry White Man — The bigoted past of Ron Paul. — If you are a critic of the Bush administration, chances are that, at some point over the past six months, Ron Paul has said something that appealed to you. Paul describes himself as a libertarian, but, since his presidential campaign took off earlier …
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Ron Paul 2008:
Press Releases › Ron Paul Statement on The New Republic Article Regarding Old Newsletters — ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - In response to an article published by The New Republic, Ron Paul issued the following statement: — “The quotations in The New Republic article are not mine …
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Daniel Koffler / Pajamas Media:
RON PAUL BIGOTRY REVOLUTION — A damning New Republic expose on Ron Paul shows the “libertarian” Republican candidate to be a racist, a homophobe and an anti-Semite. Will his diehard supporters continue to defend a man who called Martin Luther King a gay pedophile?
David Weigel / Reason Magazine:
Exclusive: Ron Paul Responds To New Republic Story — About an hour ago I followed Ron Paul outside the Radisson in Manchester, NH to get his response to James Kirchick's explosive New Republic piece, “Angry White Man." The article goes through the Texas Republican's newsletters …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Ron Paul Exposed? — It took a while to get through to their server but I was finally able to read Jamie Kirchick's review of the various newsletters sponsored by Ron Paul in the 1980s and 1990s. They are a repellent series of tracts, full of truly appalling bigotry.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Audio: TNR editor pores through the archives of Ron Paul's …
Audio: TNR editor pores through the archives of Ron Paul's …
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Berin M. Szoka / Gays & Lesbians for Ron Paul:
Jamie Kirchick: “I don't think Ron Paul is a homophobe; I'm just cynical”
Jamie Kirchick: “I don't think Ron Paul is a homophobe; I'm just cynical”
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Gloria Steinem / New York Times:
Women Are Never Front-Runners — Correction appended. — THE woman in question became a lawyer after some years as a community organizer, married a corporate lawyer and is the mother of two little girls, ages 9 and 6. Herself the daughter of a white American mother and a black African father …
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Josh Gerstein / Latest Politics:
President Clinton Sees Post-Iowa ‘Tidal Wave,’ Faults Press for Obama ‘Fairy Tale’ — Just hours after his wife got choked up on the campaign trail, President Clinton showed anger and frustration as he complained that the press has given a free pass to the nascent front-runner …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama vs. Bill on the media — Obama talked to reporters at a Dunkin' Donuts in Manchester. — From the pool report: … He also talked about Nevada and South Carolina — where Clinton expects to lose — and offered a glimpse of the momentum the calendar will likely give him.
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Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
New Hampshire Turnout ‘Absolutely Huge’ — ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: New Hampshire Deputy Secretary of State Dave Scanlan told ABC News that turnout among primary voters today is “absolutely huge” — and there are concerns about running out of ballots in towns like Portsmouth, Keene, Hudson and Pelham.
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New York Times:
McCain Leads Romney in Early Returns — HANOVER, N.H. — Senator John McCain opened an early lead as he sought to revive his second White House bid in the Republican primary in New Hampshire, a state that gave him a resounding win eight years ago. — The early returns showed a close race …
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
James Carville Emphatically Denies That He's Going To Work For Hillary — Fox News just reported that James Carville and Paul Begala will be re-entering the Clinton orbit by coming in to work for Hillary as senior campaign volunteers as early as tomorrow — the idea being that they're …
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Major Garrett / Major Garrett's Bourbon Room:
Back to the Future: Carville & Begala to join Clinton campaign
Back to the Future: Carville & Begala to join Clinton campaign
Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Carville Memo to Clinton: ‘Come Out Fighting’
Carville Memo to Clinton: ‘Come Out Fighting’
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Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:
LOOKING FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE EXIT POLLS? — Looking for leaked exit poll results from New Hampshire? Sorry to disappoint, but whatever their merits, we are unlikely to see any such leaked results until moments before the polls close. — In past years, the network consortium that conducts …
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Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Partisan Turnout Driving N.H. — ABC News' Gary Langer Reports: Based on preliminary exit poll results from the New Hampshire primaries, Independents are turning out in substantial but customary numbers. — Preliminary exit poll results indicate that just over four in 10 voters …
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Giuliani Sinks to Fourth in Florida — A new Datamar poll in Florida finds Mike Huckabee leading the Republican presidential primary race with 24% support, followed by Mitt Romney at 20%, Sen. John McCain at 18% and Rudy Giuliani now back in fourth place at 16%. — Two months ago, Giuliani led the GOP race.
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
AFSCME, Emily's List Deny Any Role In Anti-Obama 527 Scheme — This is interesting. The Huffington Post had a blockbuster scoop today reporting that top independent expenditure groups backing Hillary are thinking of creating a massive anti-Obama “527 committee” to go after the Illinois Senator.
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Huckabee vows to defy birthright citizenship — Mike Huckabee wants to amend the Constitution to prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens, according to his top immigration surrogate — a radical step no other major presidential candidate has embraced.
New York Post:
IRAN 1, USA 0 — NAVAL ERROR IN THE GULF — EARLY Sunday morning, the US Navy lost its nerve and guaranteed that American sailors will die at Iranian hands in the future. — As three of our warships passed through the Straits of Hormuz, five small Iranian patrol craft rushed them.