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NewsMax.com:
Rick Perry to Newsmax: I Regret ‘Heartless’ Comment on Immigration — More ways to share... Mixx — Stumbled — LinkedIn — Vine — Buzzflash — Newstrust — Technocrati — Forward Article — Presidential candidate Rick Perry on Wednesday apologized for saying …
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Defiant Team Perry's plan: Hit harder — Rick Perry's widely panned debate performances? Just a hiccup. Any major changes in debate prep? None planned. His unexpected and deflating Florida straw poll loss last weekend? Not a big deal. — Even as some of his supporters grow anxious …
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Caller:
Jonathan Martin's post today on how Rick Perry's campaign has …
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Deborah Solomon / Wall Street Journal:
Solyndra Said to Have Violated Terms of Its U.S. Loan — Solyndra LLC had such steep financial problems in late 2010 that the company violated terms of its loan-guarantee agreement with the Department of Energy and technically defaulted on its $535 million loan, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Energy Department approves $1 billion in solar loan guarantees — The Energy Department announced Wednesday that is has finalized more than $1 billion in loan guarantees for two separate solar projects. — The decision comes several weeks after Solyndra, a California-based solar manufacturer …
Peter Hamby / CNN:
First on CNN: Florida will likely hold Jan. primary, threatening presidential calendar — Washington (CNN) — Florida is now expected to hold its presidential primary on the last day in January 2012, a move likely to throw the carefully arranged Republican nominating calendar into disarray …
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John Whitesides / Reuters:
Bachmann says she is “comeback kid”
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Christie's Father: ‘I Think He Would Beat Obama’ — Trenton, N.J. — Bill Christie, Gov. Chris Christie's father, tells National Review Online that his son will make the final decision about a presidential bid. But as the governor mulls, he can count his father as one of many Republicans …
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Heresies of Chris Christie
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Jason Linkins / The Huffington Post:
Late Returns: One More Reason For Chris Christie To Stay Home In 2012
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
What's behind the scorn for the Wall Street protests? — It's unsurprising that establishment media outlets have been condescending, dismissive and scornful of the ongoing protests on Wall Street. Any entity that declares itself an adversary of prevailing institutional power is going to be viewed …
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Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Obama's top ‘fat cat’ strays — JP Morgan honcho Jamie Dimon, once a “fat cat” ally of President Obama, seems to have strayed to Republican contender Mitt Romney. — Dimon, a lifelong Democrat who was rumored to be on Obama's short list for treasury secretary before he settled on Tim Geithner …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney up in Florida — Rick Perry's led the Republican field in every Southern state that we've polled since he entered the Presidential race...until now. Mitt Romney continues to lead the way in Florida with 30% to 24% for Perry, 10% for Gingrich, 8% for Ron Paul, 7% for Herman Cain …
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Ali A. Akbar / Tea Party Brew:
A Tea Party Invitation to Morgan Freeman — My name is Ali Akbar. I'm a 26 year-old African-American small business owner and a tea party activist. I'm not writing to rake you over the coals in the way that many conservatives have done in the last 48 hours.
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Obama's Racial Crisis — In the current racial circus, the president of the United States, in addressing an assembly of upscale black professionals and political leaders, adopts the style of a Southern Baptist preacher of the 1960s. He alters his cadences and delivery to both berate and gin …
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Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Palin sends more mixed signals — Sarah Palin, as often, sent ambivalent signals in her interview on Fox News last night. — The clip that everyone is buzzing about last night and this morning as a sign that she's leaning against a run: … I say “ambivalent signals” because …
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Sheila Marikar / Politics:
Sarah Palin: ‘Is a Title and Campaign Too Shackle-y?’
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Stephanie Cutter / White House.gov Blog:
Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court to Hear Health Care Lawsuit — Tens of millions of Americans are benefiting from the Affordable Care Act, including the parents of children with preexisting conditions, women getting mammograms with no out-of-pocket cost, seniors saving hundreds …
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate Magazine:
The Supreme Court is less interested in ruling on Obama's health care law than you think.
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Timothy R. Homan / Bloomberg:
Obama Jobs Plan May Prevent 2012 Recession — President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs plan would help avoid a return to recession by maintaining growth and pushing down the unemployment rate next year, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. — The legislation …
Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:
Al-Qaida calls on Ahmadinejad to end 9/11 conspiracy theories — Terrorist organisation's magazine reportedly says it is ‘ridiculous’ for Iran's president to blame the attacks on the US government — Al-Qaida has sent a message to the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad …
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Lee Ferran / ABCNEWS:
Al Qaeda to Iran: Stop Spreading 9/11 Conspiracy Theory
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Man arrested in ‘step-by-step’ plot to blow up Capitol, Pentagon — The FBI arrested and charged a man Wednesday for allegedly plotting to blow up the Capitol and the Pentagon. — The 26-year-old Massachusetts man, Rezwan Ferdaus, was arrested as part of an FBI sting operation …
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Rights Collide as Town Clerk Sidesteps Role in Gay Marriages — LEDYARD, N.Y. — Rose Marie Belforti is a 57-year-old cheese maker, the elected town clerk in this sprawling Finger Lakes farming community and a self-described Bible-believing Christian. She believes that God has condemned homosexuality …
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
TRENDING: Cain: Black community ‘brainwashed’ into voting for Dems — Washington (CNN) - The one African-American running for the GOP presidential nomination said Wednesday the black community was ‘brainwashed’ for traditionally siding with liberal politicians.
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
New audio: NC governor struck serious tone on suspending congressional elections — If it was a joke, North Carolina Democratic Governor Bev Perdue needs to polish her delivery. — Newly released audio contradicts the claims of Perdue's press team that her call Tuesday for suspending Congressional election was a joke or hyperbole.
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Nicholas Kulish / New York Times:
As Scorn for Vote Grows, Protests Surge Around Globe — MADRID — Hundreds of thousands of disillusioned Indians cheer a rural activist on a hunger strike. Israel reels before the largest street demonstrations in its history. Enraged young people in Spain and Greece take over public squares across their countries.
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Bloomberg:
Amazon Unveils $199 Kindle Fire Tablet, Targeting IPad — Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), the world's largest online retailer, unveiled its Kindle Fire tablet computer, taking aim at Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s bestselling iPad with a device that's smaller and less than half the price.
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Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Judge OKs key parts of Alabama immigration law — A federal judge gave a green light for Alabama to enforce some of the most controversial parts of its toughest-in-the-nation immigration law, ruling that certain measures do not violate federal law. — U.S. District Judge Sharon Blackburn ruled …
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Joseph Goldstein / City Room:
Police Dept. to Examine Pepper-Spray Episode — Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said on Wednesday that the Internal Affairs Bureau “will look” into the decision of a high-ranking officer to use pepper spray on a number of female protesters at an Occupy Wall Street demonstration on Saturday.
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Alec MacGillis / The New Republic:
The Permanent Candidate — What's Driving Rick Perry? — The Tea Party movement had not yet fully impinged on the nation's consciousness when Rick Perry stepped to the podium outside Austin City Hall on April 15, 2009, to speak at a tax-day protest. Wearing a big “DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS” …
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