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The Note:
Trump Not Running for President: ‘Decision Does Not Come Easily Or Without Regret’ — ABC News' Michael Falcone, Jennifer Wlach, Sara Just and Devin Dwyer report: — After a roller-coaster flirtation with a presidential bid, Donald Trump bowed out of the 2012 contest in true Trump fashion on Monday …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
What Trump can teach the GOP field — Wealthy businessman Donald Trump's Icarus-like rise and fall in the 2012 presidential race is likely to wind up as no more than a footnote in the story of this election. — But, that doesn't mean the Trump saga — and, it was a saga …
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Ben Smith's Blog, The Huffington Post and Dean's World
The Atlantic Online:
Why Trump Wimped Out — Per ABC News, Donald Trump has just put out a statement announcing he will not run for president. At this point, the news is hardly shocking. It's hard to recall anyone in the recent history of American politics who managed to humiliate himself as quickly …
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The Reaction, Washington Post and Show Tracker
Happening Now / Fox News Insider:
FULL TEXT: Donald Trump Releases Statement Saying He Will Not Run for President
FULL TEXT: Donald Trump Releases Statement Saying He Will Not Run for President
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Ben Smith's Blog, Don Surber, Mediaite and The Superficial
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Donald Trump: I'm fired
Donald Trump: I'm fired
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Media Decoder, The Huffington Post and The Nation
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
The Donald ducks
The Donald ducks
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Philly.com, The Reality-Based Community, Daily Kos and CNN
Jason Clayworth / Des Moines Register:
Iowan to Gingrich: Get out now before you make a bigger fool of yourself — Dubuque, Ia. — Newt Gingrich got a not-so-nice welcome here today. — As he was getting ready to leave a speaking engagement Dubuque resident Russell Fuhrman approached him in the lobby of the Holiday Inn:
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Weekly Standard, Michelle Malkin, TPMDC and Washington Examiner
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David Catanese / The Politico:
Ryan telling GOPers he's unlikely to run — Rep. Paul Ryan is reaching out to potential Senate candidates in Wisconsin, informing them he's unlikely to run for Herb Kohl's seat next year, according to two sources familiar with the conversations. — The House Budget Committee chairman …
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Hot Air, National Review and The Raw Story
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Iowan to Gingrich: “Get out now before you make a bigger fool of yourself” — Via Conn Carroll at the Examiner, the merriment with which this story is being kicked around on Twitter makes me think Newt is now officially RINO-in-chief for online conservatives for as long as he's in the race.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
GOP Rep. Ryan swipes at Gingrich: ‘With allies like that, who needs the left?’
GOP Rep. Ryan swipes at Gingrich: ‘With allies like that, who needs the left?’
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Ryan Defends Medicare Privatization As Strengthening ‘Welfare For Those Who Need It’
Ryan Defends Medicare Privatization As Strengthening ‘Welfare For Those Who Need It’
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Crooks and Liars, DownWithTyranny!, The Monkey Cage, Daily Kos, Hullabaloo, Salon, Outside the Beltway, Blue Mass Group and Washington Monthly
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Scott Brown: ‘Thank God’ Paul Ryan Laid Down Medicare Privatizing Budget (VIDEO)
Scott Brown: ‘Thank God’ Paul Ryan Laid Down Medicare Privatizing Budget (VIDEO)
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Washington Monthly, The Democratic Daily, Blue Mass Group, The Hill, Wonk Room, Daily Kos, Balloon Juice and Talking Points Memo
Paul Volpe / The Caucus:
Gingrich Seeks to Clarify Comments on Individual Mandate
Gingrich Seeks to Clarify Comments on Individual Mandate
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Daily Kos, Ballot Box, RealClearPolitics Video Log, The Lonely Conservative, Hit & Run and The Page
The Lede:
French Shocked by I.M.F. Chief's ‘Perp Walk’ — As our colleagues Steven Erlanger and Katrin Bennhold report, “The arrest in New York of one of France's leading global figures and a possible next president, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, on charges of attempted rape produced an earthquake of shock …
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The Front Row, Philly.com, Crooked Timber and The Reality-Based Community
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New York Times:
Judge Denies Bail to I.M.F. Chief in Sexual Assault Case — Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the leader of the International Monetary Fund, was ordered on Monday to be held without bail over allegations that he had sexually assaulted a maid in a $3,000-a-night suite at a Midtown hotel.
Laura Italiano / New York Post:
IMF chief to remain jailed, defense says alleged sex assault ‘not consistent with a forcible encounter’
IMF chief to remain jailed, defense says alleged sex assault ‘not consistent with a forcible encounter’
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Above the Law, ProPublica, Law Blog, Gothamist and EconomicPolicyJournal.com
WilliamPenn / The Smoking Gun:
Filing Details Alleged Attack By IMF Chief
Filing Details Alleged Attack By IMF Chief
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Reuters, Hit & Run, The Gateway Pundit, Pajamas Media, Guardian and Patterico's Pontifications
Inside Higher Ed:
In for Nasty Weather — Maybe it's because tenured professors are so disproportionately white male baby boomers that classic rock seems like a natural way to capture the sense that tenured faculty existence is vanishing. — First, summon the image of a tweed-clad, gray-haired professor exiting …
Michael O'Brien / Ballot Box:
Romney: One-day money haul brings in over $10 million — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) announced a one-day haul of over $10 million to support his presidential campaign. — Romney's team said the former governor had brought in $10.25 million in a daylong event …
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Donald Trump / Associated Press:
In effort to let money show his might, Team Romney raises $10.25 million in a single day
In effort to let money show his might, Team Romney raises $10.25 million in a single day
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Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Steven Shepard / Hotline On Call:
Obama's Post-Bin Laden Bounce Disappears In Gallup Poll — The bump President Obama received after the killing of Osama bin Laden more than two weeks ago in Pakistan has vanished completely, according to the latest Gallup Tracking poll released Monday. — At National Journal:
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Runnin' Scared, Hot Air, Patterico's Pontifications and HotAirPundit
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Why do one-in-five American voters now believe Osama bin Laden is still alive?
Why do one-in-five American voters now believe Osama bin Laden is still alive?
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The TrogloPundit, The Daily Caller and Right Wing News
Democrat And Chronicle:
Tea Party Express backs Jane Corwin in 26th District — GREECE — Members of the national Tea Party Express visited the Rochester area this morning to publicly throw their support behind Republican Assemblywoman Jane Corwin's bid for Congress and to excoriate her opponent Jack Davis for co-opting the “Tea Party” moniker as his own.
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Ballot Box and The Lonely Conservative
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Stuart Rothenberg / The Rothenberg Political Report:
New York 26: Move to Toss-Up/Tilt Democratic
New York 26: Move to Toss-Up/Tilt Democratic
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The Lonely Conservative
New York Post:
Dems' thuggery knows no bounds — Orrin Hatch, the senior senator from Utah, didn't mince words the other day on Hugh Hewitt's national radio show. The Democrats, he said, “play politics very, very tough, they play it well, and they don't give a damn about what's right and what's wrong.”
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Cold Fury and National Review
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
OOPS! Historic ‘Spending Cut’ Bill Increased Spending By $3 Billion — Republicans stormed Capitol Hill in January vowing to slash discretionary spending by $100 billion right off the bat. In their pledge to America, they promised that, “[w]ith common-sense exceptions for seniors …
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Balloon Juice, AMERICAblog News and Talking Points Memo
Matthew Knee / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Irony Meter Explodes As Jewish Voice For Peace et al. Stage Al-Nakba Day Protest Against The Museum of Tolerance — Sunday was Al-Nakba ("The Catastrophe") Day, and it's not just Arabs who are upset. Al-Nakba Day commemorates the defeat of the Arab armies in the 1948 Israeli War of Independence …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Exclusive: Private letter from CIA chief undercuts claim torture was key to killing Bin Laden — CIA chief Leon Panetta has written a private letter to Senator John McCain that offers the most detailed answer yet to questions about the relationship between torture and Osama Bin Laden's death …
Joanne Kloppenburg / JSOnline:
Why recounts are a vital part of election process — The Journal Sentinel Editorial Board is entitled to its own opinions but it is not entitled to its own facts. The board's speculation about my motives regarding the recount of the vote in the Supreme Court election is inaccurate.
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No Runny Eggs, The BRAD BLOG and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
New York Investigates Banks' Role in Fiscal Crisis — Eric T. Schneiderman, the New York attorney general, has requested information and documents in recent weeks from three major Wall Street banks about their mortgage securities operations during the credit boom, indicating the existence …
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