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Justin Elliott / Salon:
“Have you ever had sex with Rick Perry?” — An Austin Ron Paul supporter has taken out a full-page ad in the local alt weekly newspaper seeking any “stripper ... escort ... or ‘young hottie’” who has slept with Rick Perry, part of his single-minded jihad against the presidential candidate.
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A.Killough / CNN:
TRENDING: Perry heckled as campaign shifts into new phase — Portsmouth, New Hampshire (CNN) - Rick Perry was greeted by protesters Thursday morning as he met with voters at a Seacoast cafe, a clear sign that the 2012 campaign for the presidency has entered a new phase.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Rick Perry Can't Defend His Claim That Social Security Is Unconstitutional Because He's ‘Got A Big Mouthful’ — This pastry prevents Rick Perry from explaining why he thinks Social Security is unconstitutional — At a campaign stop at a New Hampshire restaurant today, Texas Gov. Rick Perry …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Perry faces some jeers, pointed questions in NH appearance — Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) faced some jeers and tough questions during a meet-and-greet on Thursday in New Hampshire. — During another day of stumping in the first-in-the-nation primary state, Perry was met by supporters, but also faced jeers from some in the crowd.
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Hillary Chabot / Boston Herald:
Put up your Mitts! — Texas Gov. Rick Perry, campaigning in the Granite State next door to Mitt Romney's home state and Barack Obama's preferred vacation spot, fired broadsides at both of his top rivals yesterday — with a jab at Romneycare and an unrepentant vow to keep speaking his mind no matter what the president thinks about it.
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
The cowboy corporatist rides to the rescue — “I'm a pro-business governor — I don't make any apologies about it,” Rick Perry told the crowds in Iowa this week. He's right, but we can get more specific. Perry is pro-Merck, pro-Boeing, pro-Mesa Wind, pro-Texas Instruments, pro-Convergen …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Perry: I love my country more than I care about Obama's feelings
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg:
Obama's Education Secretary Says Perry's Schools Left Behind
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Rick Perry Spokesperson Doesn't Know That His Boss Thinks Social Security Is Unconstitutional
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Perry tackles science in N.H.
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The Note:
NH Mother Uses Child as a Prop to Question Rick Perry on Evolution
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Rick Perry Encounters Protesters In New Hampshire, Gets Grilled On Social Security
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Ashley Parker / The Caucus:
Perry Parries Hecklers in Portsmouth
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Daniel W. Drezner:
When the United States says “jump,” Syria says.... So the big Middle East news this AM is that the Obama administration has explicitly called for Syrian leader Bashir Assad to leave power. The White House blog has the full text of Obama's statement. On Assad:
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Statement by President Obama on the Situation in Syria
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Macon Phillips / White House.gov Blog:
President Obama: “The future of Syria must be determined by its people, but President Bashar al-Assad …
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Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
Obama Calls for Syrian President to Step Down
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Coburn: Good thing I can't pack a gun — Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) ripped his colleagues during a tour of northeast Oklahoma, calling them “career elitists,” “cowards” and said, “It's just a good thing I can't pack a gun on the Senate floor.” — Coburn's gun-on-the- floor comment comes less …
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Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Sen. Coburn: It's a 'good thing I can't pack a gun on the Senate floor'
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Gene Wang / Washington Post:
Fight ends Georgetown basketball exhibition in China — BEIJING — What began as a goodwill trip to China for the Georgetown men's basketball team turned violent Thursday night, when its exhibition game against the Bayi Rockets deteriorated into a melee during which players exchanged blows …
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Mj Lee / The Politico:
Obama's unhelpful advice — Obama's advice to the farmer was simple: ‘Contact USDA.’ — At Wednesday's town hall in Atkinson, Ill., a local farmer who said he grows corn and soybeans expressed his concerns to President Obama about “more rules and regulations” - including those concerning dust …
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Jacob Weisberg / Vogue.com:
Jon Huntsman: The Outsider — Kate Moss: — Kiss Me, Kate — Photographed by Annie Leibovtiz — If you're looking for the most conservative region in America, upcountry South Carolina would be a strong contender. Greenville, the area's biggest city, is home base to Senator Jim DeMint …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Obama Administration To Conduct Case-By-Case Review Of Active Deportations — The Obama administration has announced a new process to review all 300,000 active deportation cases to ensure that they are consistent with the nation's enforcement priorities.
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Alicia A. Caldwell / Associated Press:
US undertaking case-by-case review on deportation
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Inflation Expectations Falling, Will Narayana Kocherlakota Admit He Was Wrong? — When dissenting from the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee's modest gesture in the direction of monetary stimulus, Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota did the world the favor of offering …
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Christine O'Donnell Says CNN's Piers Morgan Would Not Stop Trying to Talk About Sex — WASHINGTON - In her first television appearance since walking out of an interview with Piers Morgan Wednesday, Christine O'Donnell told FOX 5 that the CNN host would not stop talking about sex!
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A.Killough / CNN:
O'Donnell walks out of CNN interview
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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Michele Bachmann Is Not a Doctor — ...But she played one on TV. The story behind the Minnesota congresswoman's bogus “Dr.” claim. — Post Comment — On the campaign trail in Iowa, Rep. Michele Bachmann's response to the argument that she lacks the experience to run for president has been to turn the argument on its head.
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Bloomberg:
HP to Spin Off PCs, Eyes Software Purchase — Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ), the world's largest computer maker, said it is in talks to buy Autonomy Corp. and is exploring strategic options for its personal- computer business. — Hewlett-Packard will discontinue its line of products running …
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
A ‘policy-induced slowdown’ — The markets are tanking. Again. And it's in part because they expect us to screw up. Again. — That, at least, is what JP Morgan is saying. Part of what's driving the market down is that the company announced that it was cutting its global growth forecasts …
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
West: I'll lead you off ‘plantation’ — Rep. Allen West says he is a “modern-day Harriet Tubman” who wants to lead black voters away from the “plantation” of the Democratic Party. — There is a “21st century plantation” of African-American voters unwaveringly supporting Democrats …
Louise Story / New York Times:
U.S. Inquiry Is Said to Focus on S.&P. Ratings — The Justice Department is investigating whether the nation's largest credit ratings agency, Standard & Poor's, improperly rated dozens of mortgage securities in the years leading up to the financial crisis, according to two people interviewed …
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Wall Street Journal:
Perry's Public Service — Behold, a hard-money Texas politician. — All the world's right-thinkers are denouncing Rick Perry for suggesting this week that Texans would get “pretty ugly” with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke if he guns the money supply any more between now and the 2012 election.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama orders federal agencies to focus on diversity — President Obama issued an executive order Thursday intended to coordinate a “government-wide initiative to promote diversity and inclusion in the federal workforce.” — The order creates a council of deputy agency chiefs …
New York Times:
Wrong Answers in Britain — Nothing can justify or excuse the terrifying wave of violent lawlessness that swept through London and other British cities earlier this month. Hardworking people in struggling neighborhoods were its principal victims. Public support for racial and ethnic coexistence …
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Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:
Chart of the Day: Student Loans Have Grown 511% Since 1999 — You think the housing bubble was enormous? Meet the education bubble. On Wednesday, an article here by Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus explained the debt crisis at American colleges. But some startling statistics will help …
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