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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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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.
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! …
The Politico:
Pawlenty beats hasty N.H. retreat — GOFFSTOWN, N.H. - Tim Pawlenty's puzzling decision at Monday's debate to abandon a new line of attack on Mitt Romney's healthcare record is prompting fresh doubts among members of his own party about his readiness to confront the GOP frontrunner.
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The Politico:
Tim Pawlenty beats hasty New Hampshire retreat — First he tried to dodge, criticizing President Barack Obama's approach to health care reform. — King pushed harder: “You don't want to address why you called Gov. Romney's, ‘Obamneycare’?” — Pawlenty started backtracking …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
New Hampshire Republican debate: Winners and losers
New Hampshire Republican debate: Winners and losers
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Emily Yahr / Washington Post:
GOP candidates tackle major issues during debate — Leno vs. Conan, ‘DWTS’ vs. ‘Idol’
GOP candidates tackle major issues during debate — Leno vs. Conan, ‘DWTS’ vs. ‘Idol’
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A.Killough / CNN:
Romney takes a victory lap in New Hampshire
Romney takes a victory lap in New Hampshire
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CNNMoney.com:
Wingnut debt ceiling demands — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — A lot of politicians are weighing in with demands before they'll support raising the debt ceiling. Most of their conditions are related to debt, such as put in place a debt reduction plan or cut spending.
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
National poll: Anthony Weiner's got to go — As Rep. Anthony Weiner continues to face calls for his immediate resignation, a new poll finds six in 10 Americans agree with those who want him out of Congress - and only eight percent have a favorable view of the lawmaker.
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Citing his own past, Frank passes on Weiner judgment
Citing his own past, Frank passes on Weiner judgment
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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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Mark Steyn / National Review:
Is Every Lesbian Blogger a Middle-Aged Man?
Is Every Lesbian Blogger a Middle-Aged Man?
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Associated Press:
Obama: My family would be fine with just 1 term — WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says his wife and daughters aren't “invested” in him being president and would have been fine had he decided against running for re-election. But he says they believe in what he's doing for the country.
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The Politico:
FLOTUS tells of Obama's worry
FLOTUS tells of Obama's worry
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Obama: My family is ‘fine’ with one term
David Brooks / New York Times:
Pundit Under Protest — I'll be writing a lot about the presidential election over the next 16 months, but at the outset I would just like to remark that I'm opining on this whole campaign under protest. I'm registering a protest because for someone of my Hamiltonian/National Greatness perspective …
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Statue of Liberty redux — A smart colleague reminds us that Ronald Reagan kicked off his formal general election campaign in 1980 with a Liberty Park speech, as Jon Huntsman is doing for his primary effort. — But there's another, more recent , and far more local, candidate who announced …
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Matthew Hendley / The Daily Pulp:
Allen West Violates Federal Law During Weekend Diving Trip — There's nothing really bad to say about Rep. Allen West going diving off the coast of Deerfield Beach with a bunch of military veterans — except for the fact that he violated U.S. federal law in the process, and provided pictorial of himself doing so.
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ABCNEWS:
Newt Gingrich Charity Paid Cash To Gingrich For-Profit Business — A non-profit charity founded by Newt Gingrich to promote freedom, faith and free enterprise also served as another avenue to promote Gingrich's political views, and came dangerously close, some experts say …
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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” …
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Capitol Report: ‘Extraordinary’ session never before used to pass budget — If top Republican lawmakers move forward Tuesday with a plan to pass the state budget in “extraordinary session,” it will be the first time lawmakers have used this speedy political maneuver to pass a budget in at least 80 years.
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hellomagazine.com:
HELLO! exclusive: Mildred Baena, the housekeeper who had a child with Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks out for the first time — When it was revealed that Arnold Schwarzenegger had a 13-year-old child with a trusted member of the family's domestic staff, the world let out a collective gasp.
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Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal:
High Hopes at Miracle-Gro in Medical Marijuana Field — Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. has long sold weed killer. Now, it's hoping to help people grow killer weed. — In an unlikely move for the head of a major company, Scotts Chief Executive Jim Hagedorn said he is exploring targeting medical marijuana …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact-checking the GOP debate in New Hampshire — That was some collection of facts and statistics during the GOP debate in New Hampshire on Monday night that aired on CNN. — We're going to take an instant stab at some of them, and then perhaps come back later this week with a more extended look at other assertions.
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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 …
Peter Wallsten / Washington Post:
Activists cry foul over FBI probe — CHICAGO — FBI agents took box after box of address books, family calendars, artwork and personal letters in their 10-hour raid in September of the century-old house shared by Stephanie Weiner and her husband. — The agents seemed keenly interested …
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LZ Granderson / CNN:
Are Weiner's women blameless? — Editor's note: LZ Granderson writes a weekly column for CNN.com. A senior writer and columnist for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com, he has contributed to ESPN's “Sports Center,” “Outside the Lines” and “First Take.” He is a 2010 nominee and the 2009 winner …
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Shakesville
Kristina Wong / ABCNEWS:
Hillary Clinton, the Comic Book — It reads more like a soap opera than a comic book, with its down-and-dirty details involving two of the most powerful political figures of our time: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. — A new 32-page comic book entitled “Political Power: Hillary Rodham Clinton” …
The Hill:
OVERNIGHT ENERGY: High noon for ethanol — Tuesday's Big Story: The Senate is slated to vote on Sen. Tom Coburn's (R-Okla.) plan to eliminate a major ethanol industry tax break and the ethanol import tariff. — Ethanol backers are battling the amendment and seeking to pull support from Coburn.
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