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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
The Newt Gingrich campaign implosion — Newt Gingrich's top staff quit en masse Thursday, throwing into question whether his already troubled presidential campaign can continue. — Two sources close to the situation confirmed that campaign manager Rob Johnson, strategists Sam Dawson and Dave Carney …
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
The Problem Was the Wife — The problem was the wife. Aides to Newt Gingrich have resigned from his presidential campaign in protest of what they felt was a takeover by Callista Gingrich, the candidate's wife since 2000. — The euphemism offered by departing staffers was they disagreed with Gingrich's “strategy” for the campaign.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Gingrich presidential campaign implodes — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign imploded Thursday afternoon with his entire senior staff resigning en masse, according to multiple sources familiar with the moves. — “When the campaign and the candidate disagree on the path …
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Gingrich's Senior Campaign Staff Resigns
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Newt's staff joins the literati's minions
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New York Post:
Weiner says he has no plans to resign following sexting scandal — A defiant Rep. Anthony Weiner said today that he's not resigning. — In an exclusive interview with The Post, Weiner, 46, said the sexting scandal that has plagued him for the past week is not reason enough to give up his House seat.
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Rock Hackshaw / Room Eight:
NOTE TO ANTHONY WEINER: DO NOT RESIGN. — This will not be a lengthy column. It will be relatively straightforward. I dislike hypocrites. It is that simple. I come close to hating them; but since I try not to hate anyone or anything, I don't quite get there.
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The Note:
Anthony Weiner Should Not Resign Constituents Say in New Poll
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Jon Terbush / TPMDC:
Poll: Majority Of Weiner's Constituents Think he Should Stay In Office
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Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Lawmaker tweeting falls in week after Rep. Weiner's troubles
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Ryan Kellett / Washington Post:
Help analyze the Palin e-mails — UPDATE: We have had a strong response to our crowdsourcing call-out on the Palin e-mails. We've reconsidered our approach and now would like to invite comments and annotations from any interested readers. — Here's how to participate:Over 24,000 e-mail messages …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Sarah Palin film to get nationwide release
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Alec Baldwin / The Huffington Post:
Anthony Weiner Is a Modern Human Being — My friend Morgan Rank owned an art gallery in East Hampton several years ago. He moved to Italy, living in the quiet countryside there for nearly a decade. We had lost touch and then, at an art event in New York, someone approached me and said, “Morgan is back.”
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Rick Perry's Call For National Fasting And Prayer Causes Confusion In Iowa (UPDATED) — Post Updated: — After initial reports that Gov. Terry Branstad had signed on to Texas Gov. Rick Perry's call for a national day of fasting and prayer on August 6, Branstad's spokesman has now told …
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Texas governor's urging for day of prayer causes stir in Iowa
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New York Post:
Professor disaster — No billions or trillions needed — here's the simplest num ber to describe the dismal state of the US economy: — One. — With the departure of chief economic adviser Austan Goolsbee, that's the number of members from the original Obama economic team still working …
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Lesley Wroughton / Reuters:
Exclusive: Clinton in talks about possible move to World Bank — (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been in discussions with the White House about leaving her job next year to become head of the World Bank, sources familiar with the discussions said Thursday.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Romney will skip Iowa straw poll — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) said Thursday that he'd be skipping the influential August straw poll of potential Iowa caucusgoers. — Romney, who won the 2007 straw poll, announced through his campaign that he would skip the Ames Straw Poll this cycle …
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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Romney to Skip Key Poll in Iowa
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Ebindelglass / CBS New York:
Up To 8-Foot Long, 160-Pound Mountain Lion On The Loose In Greenwich, Conn. — GREENWICH, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) - There has been a wild animal alert issued in the northern suburbs. A mountain lion, yes, a mountain lion, is on the loose, reports CBS 2's Lou Young.
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Andy Newman / City Room:
Five People Shot on Boardwalk in Brighton Beach — Five people were shot along the boardwalk in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, Thursday afternoon during a mini heat wave that had packed the city's beaches. — Two of the victims are gravely wounded, the authorities said.
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Michael Cooper / The Caucus:
A Guessing Game Over 11 Secret Words — What were the 11 words? It was an irresistible mystery. — When the federal government said it would finally release a declassified copy of the Pentagon Papers on Monday, 40 years after they were published by The New York Times, it initially said it would keep 11 words secret.
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E. J. Montini / Arizona Republic:
Gabrielle Giffords' staffer talks about congresswoman's health — Pia Carusone knew the day would come when the questions about her boss, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, would become more indelicate. — After answering some of those questions, Carusone, Giffords' chief of staff, told me …
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Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Fights Regulations On Penis-Deforming Chemicals — U.S. Chamber of Commerce president Tom Donohue — As ThinkProgress reported yesterday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — one of the largest and most influential big business lobbying groups in the world …
The Huffington Post:
Treasury To Temporarily Penalize Mortgage Companies, Making Good On Old Threat … WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department will temporarily withhold payments to the nation's three largest mortgage companies for failing to comply with the Obama administration's signature foreclosure-prevention effort …
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RealClearPolitics:
Maine's congressional districts must be redrawn — Clarke Canfield — A three-judge panel on Thursday ordered the state to redraw its congressional district boundaries before next year's election instead of waiting until the 2014 elections. — Maine is the only state that allows …
Andy Birkey / Minnesota Independent:
Archbishop Nienstedt: Gay marriage ban is not anti-gay — Archbishop John Nienstedt penned a column on Thursday defending the Catholic Church's decision to lobby for an amendment that would add a ban on same-sex marriage to the Minnesota Constitution. He said the amendment is not “anti-gay, mean-spirited and prejudicial.”
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The Politico:
Will rivalry make Sarah Palin run? — Will Sarah Palin's intensifying rivalry with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) cause the former Alaska governor to run for president? — The first female Republican vice presidential nominee clearly believes she is the one who has paid the heavy dues …
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