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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Debate Swings Door Open for Perry, Closed For Palin — Most people have better things to do than to watch a presidential debate eight months in advance of the Iowa caucuses. So when considering a debate like the one that took place among Republican candidates in New Hampshire tonight, it's important to be mindful of the following:
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
New Hampshire Republican debate: Winners and losers — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney answers a question as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, left, and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, listen during the first New Hampshire Republican presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Monday, June 13, 2011.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Michele Bachmann steals the show at GOP debate — “Assume the position!” CNN's John King ordered the candidates as they approached their lecterns just before airtime for Monday night's debate. — The Republican presidential contenders did as the moderator told them.
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — My take on the New Hampshire debate — Senior Political Analyst Follow Him @MichaelBarone — My Washington Examiner colleagues have given their ongoing reactions to the CNN/WMUR/New Hampshire Union Leader two-hour debate at St. Anselm's College (what a fab auditorium! …
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NewsBusters.org blogs, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
A.Killough / CNN:
5 things we learned tonight — Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) - Five things we learned at the debate: — 1) Michele Bachmann is now a candidate for president. The congresswoman from Minnesota was the only person on the stage who was not officially a candidate at the start of the debate.
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The Hill, The Politico and Booman Tribune
The Politico:
Pawlenty beats hasty N.H. retreat
Pawlenty beats hasty N.H. retreat
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ThinkProgress, CNN, Washington Post and Politics
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
GOP DEBATE: Bachmann grabs spotlight with filing announcement
GOP DEBATE: Bachmann grabs spotlight with filing announcement
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CNN, ABCNEWS, The Politico, Taylor Marsh, Guardian, The Lonely Conservative, The Note, FrumForum and The Reaction
James A. Barnes / NationalJournal.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Political Insiders Give Debate Nod to Romney, Bachmann
EXCLUSIVE: Political Insiders Give Debate Nod to Romney, Bachmann
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The Moderate Voice
New York Times:
7 in G.O.P., Civil to Each Other, Hit at Obama Instead
7 in G.O.P., Civil to Each Other, Hit at Obama Instead
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Washington Post, Taegan Goddard's …, msnbc.com, Weigel, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Beast, The Note and TPMDC
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
First debate overview: A bunch of GOP colleagues get together to criticize President Obama
First debate overview: A bunch of GOP colleagues get together to criticize President Obama
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Gallup and americanthinker.com
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — GOP debate winners: Romney, Bachmann and Rick Perry
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — GOP debate winners: Romney, Bachmann and Rick Perry
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Commentary Magazine, Datechguy's Blog, FrumForum, National Review, Ross Douthat and Pundit & Pundette
The Atlantic Online:
CNN's Crazy, No-Holds-Barred, Social-Media Debate
CNN's Crazy, No-Holds-Barred, Social-Media Debate
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CNN, The Daily Caller, Taylor Marsh, The Caucus and Hot Air
James A. Barnes / NationalJournal.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Political Insiders Give Early Debate Nod to Romney, Bachmann
EXCLUSIVE: Political Insiders Give Early Debate Nod to Romney, Bachmann
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Mediaite, Hot Air, CNN and The Caucus
Washington Post:
‘Paula Brooks,’ editor of ‘Lez Get Real,’ also a man — Just one day after the author behind a popular Syrian lesbian blog admitted to being a married, American man named Tom MacMaster, the editor of the lesbian news site Lez Get Real, with the tagline “A Gay Girl's View on the World,” acknowledged that he is also a man.
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Guardian:
Second lesbian blogger exposed as a man — Paula Brooks, who claimed to be editor of LezGetReal.com, admitted to the Washington Post that ‘she’, too, was a man — A second supposedly leading lesbian blogger was exposed as a man masquerading as a gay woman, a day after the Gay Girl …
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The Jawa Report, National Review and Balloon Juice
msnbc.com:
Obama: ‘I would resign’ in Weiner's situation — President talks scandal, debt ceiling in an exclusive interview with TODAY's Ann Curry — Below: — In an exclusive interview with TODAY's Ann Curry that will air on Tuesday's show, President Barack Obama said that if he were Democratic …
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Emily Miller / Washington Times:
Taxpayers pay Weiner for “sex-rehab” vacation? — The House voted unanimously on Monday night to give Rep. Anthony Weiner a two-week paid leave of absence. Rep. Mike Capuano, Massachusetts Democrat, sponsored the request from the New York Democrat. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
In 5-4 Vote, Supreme Court Limits Securities Fraud Suits — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a mutual fund's investment adviser may not be sued for securities fraud over misstatements in fund prospectuses. — The 5-to-4 decision split along ideological lines.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Turning More Frequently to Dictionary, and Not Just for Big Words
Justices Turning More Frequently to Dictionary, and Not Just for Big Words
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Nevada's Law on Conflict of Interest
Supreme Court Upholds Nevada's Law on Conflict of Interest
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The Caucus
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama fundraiser underwhelms — The empty seats at President Obama's fundraiser in Miami, Fl. were hard to miss. — MIAMI, Fla. — A low-dollar fundraiser here Monday felt like a throwback to the 2008 campaign. — There was the same old soundtrack - including “City of Blinding Lights” …
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Can Heterosexuality Be Cured? — “Congressman Weiner departed this morning to seek professional treatment.” — Unlike homosexuality, heterosexuality is amenable to therapeutic remedies—or so Anthony Weiner and his fellow House Democrats would like us to believe.
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NewsBusters.org blogs, Don Surber, Right Wing News, Swampland and The Atlantic Wire
George Gene Gustines / New York Times:
Restarting Comics' Clock Is Issue No. 1 — Audacious. That is the best way to describe the recent DC Comics announcement that it was renumbering its entire DC Universe line of comics: by September 52 series will have begun anew, each with an issue No. 1. — Though comic book publishers resort …
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The Atlantic Online:
Herman Cain's Anti-Muslim Bigotry Should Be Disqualifying — The loyalty test he proposes for Muslim Americans isn't just discriminatory and unconstitutional — it would never work — Presidential candidate Herman Cain has reiterated his position that any Muslim serving in his administration …
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Outside the Beltway, Oliver Willis and The Daily Caller
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Herman Cain: “Am I Black?”
Herman Cain: “Am I Black?”
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Weekly Standard, Salon, Balloon Juice, The Other McCain and AmSpecBlog
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
GLAAD's Troup Coronado Helped Put Bush Judges On the Bench — The story of how GLAAD took AT&T money, then sent an AT&T-written form letter to the FCC on their behalf, just keeps getting more and more sordid. Central to the saga appears to be former AT&T lobbyist Troup Coronado, who sits on the board of GLAAD.
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Obama makes first presidential visit to Puerto Rico — MIAMI, Fla. - President Barack Obama makes the first official presidential visit to Puerto Rico in 50 years Tuesday, traveling to the U.S. territory in search of Hispanic votes back home. — He's expected to be on the island for only five hours …
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ABCNEWS
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
CIA to operate drones over Yemen — View Photo Gallery — Anti-government protests continue in Yemen, even afterYemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's departure from the country. U.S. and Yemeni officials worry that a loss of government control in the south could further destabilize this strategic Middle Eastern nation.
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Weasel Zippers, Mother Jones and New York Times
Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
Bankruptcy Court: DOMA Unconstitutionally Limits Same-Sex Married Couples From Joint Bankruptcy Filing — Today, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, in Los Angeles, released an opinion finding Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional …
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Ben Smith's Blog, ThinkProgress, DownWithTyranny! and Prop 8 Trial Tracker
Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Report: Grand jury probing possible CIA war crimes in Iraq — A federal prosecutor has launched a secret grand jury to investigate possible CIA war crimes at the Abu Gharib prison in Iraq, Time magazine reported. — Federal prosecutor John Durham, who was first appointed to probe …
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Weasel Zippers and Battleland
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
A “Weak” Field? Not Tonight: A Post-Debate Analysis — Overall, I was impressed. The talking heads keep chattering about a “weak” GOP field, but I didn't perceive weakness tonight. I saw a panel of strong, passionate communicators, and a number of credible alternatives to our current president and his disastrous policies.
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
Did Mitt Romney commit voter fraud when he cast a ballot for Scott Brown in last year's special election in Massachusetts? On Monday, one of his lesser known opponents for the GOP presidential nomination, Fred Karger, filed a complaint with Massachusetts state election officials alleging …
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New York Magazine and The BRAD BLOG
The Huffington Post:
Bank Of America ‘Significantly Hindered’ Federal Investigation, U.S. Official Says … Bank Of America , HUD IG , Inspector General , Bank Of America Foreclosures , Bank Of America Mortgage , Foreclosure Investigation , Hud Inspector General , Mortgage Investigation , Mortgage Securities , State Attorneys General , Business News
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naked capitalism and FrumForum