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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Romney gets in heated exchange with hecklers at Iowa State Fair — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's (R) exchange with a few hecklers turned into somewhat of a shouting match while he was stumping Thursday in Iowa. — Romney faced aggressive inquiries with a liberal bent at the top …
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Michele Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty Take Gloves Off At Iowa Debate — ABC News' Amy Walter (@amyewlater) and Michael Falcone (@michaelpfalcone) report: — AMES, Iowa — The fierce battle between Republican presidential candidates Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann that has been waged …
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blogs.abcnews.com and CNN
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney: ‘Corporations are people’
Mitt Romney: ‘Corporations are people’
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Outside the Beltway, Campaign 2012, Gawker, The New Republic, Booman Tribune and Balloon Juice
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
VIDEO: Romney Angrily Confronted Over His Desire To Cut Entitlements While Protecting The Rich
VIDEO: Romney Angrily Confronted Over His Desire To Cut Entitlements While Protecting The Rich
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Reuters, Pajamas Media and Rebuild the Dream
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Corporations and context — After an uncomfortable shouting match …
Corporations and context — After an uncomfortable shouting match …
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Washington Post, New York Magazine and The Caucus
Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
Romney: ‘Corporations Are People, My Friend’ [VIDEO]
Romney: ‘Corporations Are People, My Friend’ [VIDEO]
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Crooks and Liars, No More Mister Nice Blog and Towleroad News #gay
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Romney Squares Off With Hecklers in Iowa
Romney Squares Off With Hecklers in Iowa
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Hotline On Call, Sister Toldjah, Ben Smith's Blog, CNN and HotAirPundit
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Romney dodges S&P question
Romney dodges S&P question
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ThinkProgress, The New Republic, AmSpecBlog, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Daily Dish
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Mike Huckabee: Rick Perry timing ‘bad form,’ ‘tactical blunder’ — Mike Huckabee is giving a big thumbs-down to Rick Perry's campaign rollout, telling Fox News that the Texas governor's decision to announce on the day of the Iowa straw poll is a big “tactical blunder.”
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Taylor Marsh, Hot Air and Campaign 2012
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
The Gloves Come Off at Iowa Debate — AMES, Iowa — Fox News anchors are testing the microphones. Reporters have assembled in a cavernous room with hundreds of folding tables and chairs. Senior aides to the candidates are finishing up their efforts at pre-debate spin.
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New York Times, Guardian, nation.foxnews.com and Althouse
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
King hits Perry for treating Iowans like “country bumpkins” — AMES, Iowa — Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), a Tea Party star in the Hawkeye State, attacked Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) hours ahead of the Republican presidential debate for his decision to announce his campaign plans on Saturday, the same day as the Ames Straw Poll.
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The Raw Story
A.Killough / CNN:
TRENDING: Perry will announce Saturday
TRENDING: Perry will announce Saturday
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The Daily Caller, Hot Air, USA Today, Fox News Insider, New York Magazine, The Caucus, Outside the Beltway and The Note
First Read / msnbc.com:
Santorum continues anti-gay rhetoric, takes shot at Bachmann, rest of field
Santorum continues anti-gay rhetoric, takes shot at Bachmann, rest of field
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ThinkProgress, Indecision Forever and National Review
Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Tim Pawlenty And Rep. Michele Bachmann Rumble In White Hot Debate Exchange — Perhaps the most heated exchanges of tonight's Fox News debate happened 20 minutes into the show, and, shockingly enough, it involved some sharp barbs from typically placid Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty.
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Hot Air
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Bachmann campaign targeting Pawlenty behind the scenes — AMES, IOWA — Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-Minn.) campaign showed its biggest immediate concern is fellow Minnesotan Tim Pawlenty at Thursday night's GOP debate. — During the debate Bachmann staffers handed reporters in Iowa …
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CNN, The Note, Ben Smith's Blog and Don Surber
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
VIDEO: Michele Bachmann's Auschwitz Warning — In 2002, the tea party leader and GOP presidential candidate filmed a movie that warned Minnesota's educational standards could lead to a second Holocaust. — Post Comment — In a 2002 film highlighting her work as an education activist …
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The Raw Story, Salon, Guardian and ThinkProgress
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Rick Perry, the “hawk internationalist” — If and when Texas Governor Rick Perry declares his candidacy for president, he will stake out a position on foreign policy and national security issues that one foreign policy hand familiar with his thinking described as a “hawk internationalist” profile.
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AmSpecBlog, The Daily Dish, Eunomia and Salon
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Adam Sorensen / Swampland:
Q&A: Rick Perry Is Ready to Run
Q&A: Rick Perry Is Ready to Run
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The Daily Caller, Washington Post, PoliTex, CNN, The Note, Pajamas Media and Balloon Juice
Carl Cameron / Fox News:
Rick Perry to Announce GOP Candidacy Saturday
Rick Perry to Announce GOP Candidacy Saturday
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The Politico, About.com Conservative …, Hot Air and YID With LID
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Pelosi names three House Democrats to complete debt panel selection — Washington (CNN) - House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday appointed Reps. James Clyburn, Xavier Becerra and Chris Van Hollen to the special congressional committee on deficit reduction, completing selection …
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Campaign 2012, The Politico, The Political Carnival and Shakesville
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Donna Smith / Reuters:
Exclusive: Republican Camp won't rule out tax increases
Exclusive: Republican Camp won't rule out tax increases
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Hot Air, Campaign 2012, Weasel Zippers, Daily Kos and The Hill
Brody Mullins / Washington Wire:
Rep. Becerra Supporter Touts Seat on Debt Committee in Fund-Raising Pitch
Rep. Becerra Supporter Touts Seat on Debt Committee in Fund-Raising Pitch
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The Daily Caller, Pajamas Media and National Review
Joe Davidson / Washington Post:
USPS proposes cutting 120,000 jobs, pulling out of health-care plan — In an attempt to stem its financial hemorrhaging, the U.S. Postal Service is seeking to reduce its workforce by 20 percent, including through layoffs now prohibited by union contracts. USPS also wants to withdraw …
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Politics, msnbc.com and Campaign 2012
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Joe Davidson / Washington Post:
Postal Service proposes cutting 120,000 jobs, pulling out of health-care plan
Postal Service proposes cutting 120,000 jobs, pulling out of health-care plan
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Talking Points Memo
Elizabethwarren / Blue Mass Group:
Coming Home — Well, I guess she is interested! Professor Warren, thanks so much for coming here and engaging with the BMG community. You read it here first, folks. - promoted by david — Growing up, every decision for my family involved a careful calculation about how we could pay for it …
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Don Kaplan / New York Post:
‘Drunk’ man pees on 11 year old on JetBlue flight — It was plane madness. — Chaos erupted on JetBlue's red-eye flight from Portland, Ore., to JFK yesterday when a drunk allegedly urinated on a sleeping 11-year-old girl. — The youngster was traveling with her sister and dad …
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New York Times:
Wisconsin's Warning to Union-Busters — Five months after Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin pushed through a law stripping public unions of their bargaining rights, the Republican Party has paid a price. Two of the state senators who backed the law were thrown out of office by voters on Tuesday and replaced with Democrats.
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Dear WI Dems, please keep doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results
Dear WI Dems, please keep doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results
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Don Surber, The Maddow Blog, The Mahablog and Infidel753
Jillian Rayfield / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
Tea Party Rep: Bank Should Have Known I Wouldn't Be Able To Repay $2.2 Million Loan — Tea Party aligned Georgia Rep. Tom Graves (R), who castigates Washington for fiscal irresponsibility, reached an out of court settlement Wednesday after he was sued for defaulting on a $2.2 million loan …
Sesame Workshop / Facebook:
Sesame Workshop Statement on Bert and Ernie Petitions — Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves. — Even though they are identified as male characters and possess …
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Washington Post and Guardian
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
All The Anti-Gay Rhetoric From The GOP Presidential Debate...In Under 2 Minutes — The GOP presidential candidates reiterated their opposition to same-sex marriage during Thursday's debate in Ames, Iowa, even as the majority of Americans now support marriage equality and 11.4 percent …
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Pam's House Blend
Frank Miniter / National Review:
England Used to Be a Country of Men — With London succumbing to looters and muggers, it's time to ask what happened to the once-manly English people. The August 9 issue of the Daily Mail, for example, includes a photo of a young man taking off his pants on the street as an impatient looter waits …
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Masaccio / Firedoglake:
Completing the Theft from the Social Security Trust Fund — The Catfood Commission rump report made it crystal clear that the political and financial elites have no intention of ever paying off the bonds held by the Social Security Trust Fund. You thought you were paying excess FICA taxes …