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PM: Hundreds of thousands dead in Haiti quake — Watch live reports from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Anderson Cooper is on scene for firsthand accounts of the horror and devastation from the earthquake. — Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — “Port-au-Prince is flattened” after a 7.-magnitude earthquake struck …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Robertson: Haiti ‘cursed’ since Satanic pact — The Rev. Pat Robertson, on his CBN broadcast today, offered his own explanation of the earthquake in Haiti: — “Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it,” he said.
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Rich Schapiro / NY Daily News:
Rev. Pat Robertson says ancient Haitians' ‘pact with the devil’ caused earthquake — The Rev. Pat Robertson is offering his own absurd explanation for why a quake hit Haiti: Many years ago, the island's people “swore a pact to the the devil.” — “Something happened a long time ago in Haiti …
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Did Haiti Form a Pact With the Devil? — My colleague Amanda Terkel observes that Pat Robertson thinks the Haitians have no one but themselves to blame for the earthquake that's afflicting their country. After all, it's only comeuppance for their pact with the devil:
GottaLaff / The Political Carnival:
VIDEO- Pat Robertson: Haiti disaster due to Haiti's “pact at the Devil.” — Relevant segment starts at about 6:00: — “When these disasters strike, we are there to help the people.” — Of course you are, Pat... after you come out with outlandishly despicable statements about why Haiti …
Media Matters for America:Limbaugh claims Dems' interest in Darfur is securing black “voting bloc”
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:Pat Robertson Cites Haiti's Earthquake As What Happens When You 'Swear …
Boston Globe:Earthquake in Haiti — Tuesday afternoon, January 12th …
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John Jessup / CBN.com:Thousands Feared Dead in Haiti After Quake
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Dem Staffer Apologizes For Shoving Weekly Standard Reporter — As you may have heard, a Dem staffer helping the Martha Coakley campaign was caught on video shoving a Weekly Standard reporter, prompting an explosion of outrage from national Republicans and the right-wing media, who alleged bullying and intimidation.
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Assailant Was a Coakley Staffer on Loan from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee? — Or just a really good lookalike? — A tipster tells me that the man who was pushing me outside of a Capitol Hill fundraiser Tuesday night for Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Martha Coakley is Michael Meehan.
bostonherald.com.nyud.net:
Coakley cites GOP ‘stalkers’ in D.C. dust-up — Bay State Attorney General Martha Coakley blamed GOP “stalkers” today for triggering tensions outside a Washington, D.C., fund-raiser last night where a Weekly Standard reporter said he was roughed up by a Coakley campaign volunteer..
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
DSCC: Shoved reporter tape a GOP ‘dirty trick’ — A spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is describing the video above, which shows a Weekly Standard reporter getting pushed around by a DSCC consultant, Michael Meehan, as a “dirty trick” by “Washington Republicans.”
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
This Photo May Change The Election — A hot story today is how a reporter for The Weekly Standard was shoved to the ground by a Martha Coakley campaign worker when the reporter tried to ask Coakley why she was attending a fundraiser with lobbyists. — But another part of the story …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:GOP focusing on nomination after Coakley tussle
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:Video: Coakley associate shoves Weekly Standard reporter; Update: Photo of assailant
The Politico:
Harold Ford's gilded New York — Harold Ford arrived in New York through one of its finer entry points: Sag Harbor, an exclusive section of pricey East Hampton, where in 2003 his father and predecessor in Congress bought a spacious house for $1.8 million. — The Sag Harbor spot …
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New York Times:
Interview With Harold Ford Jr. — Following are edited excerpts from Monday's interview with Harold E. Ford Jr., conducted by Michael Barbaro, a political reporter for The New York Times, at New York University's campus in Manhattan: — Q. Why are you thinking about jumping into this race?
Pareene / Gawker:
New York Times Allows Harold Ford to Destroy Himself — Remember how the New York Times' uncomfortable interview with Caroline Kennedy pretty much sank her Senate campaign? Hello, Harold Ford, welcome to New York! First question: Jets or Giants? … Right.
The Note:
Gillibrand to Ford: Bring it On — ABC News' Rick Klein reports: Harold Ford Jr.'s needling of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, as he considers a primary challenge against her for her Senate seat, is drawing a response. — In a statement issued tonight, Gillibrand, D-N.Y., suggests that Ford …
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:Senate Hopeful in New State Airs Evolving Views
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Kos / Daily Kos:
MA-Sen: No longer stealth — As E. J. Dionne notes, this past week, things have gotten tougher for Scott Brown: … Brown has been caught in a vice. His support from teabaggers was critical to becoming competitive — his moneybomb on Monday was the first real moneybomb conservative activists …
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Wall Street Journal:
Support Grows for U.S. Health Exchange — WASHINGTON — The White House wants to include a national health-insurance exchange in the health bill, which would give House Democrats one of their top remaining demands, according to an official involved in the discussions.
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:Reid Faces Battles in Washington and at Home
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Prop. 8 trial TV blocked — Splitting 5-4, the Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked any television broadcast to the general public of the trial in a San Francisco federal court of the challenge to California's ban on same-sex marriage. The stay will remain in effect until the Court rules on a coming appeal challenging the TV order.
Philip Klein / AmSpecBlog:
Report: Dems to Grant Special Exemption to Unions on “Cadillac Tax” — In their latest effort to pass a health care bill by any means necessary, Democrats have struck a “tentative deal” with their big labor allies to exempt union benefits from a tax on high value health care plans, CongressDaily reports.
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Jane Hamsher / The Huffington Post:
How the White House Used Gruber's Work to Create Appearance of Broad Consensus — Up until this point, most of the attention regarding the failure to disclose the connection between Jonathan Gruber and the White House has fallen on Gruber himself. Far more troubling, however …
Karen Ocamb / LGBT POV:
Prop 8 trial -day 3 - You all have ‘Brokeback Mountain’ and it even got awards - gay discrimination is over — (Marriage Equality USA's Davina Kotulski is blogging for The Bilerico Project and other outlets on a blogger passed shared with Michael Petrelis. She sent this via email this morning.
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