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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Santorum unveils zero-zero-zero plan — Rick Santorum came out with his own economic plan Friday to top the 9-9-9 plan pushed by Herman Cain. — “I've got a better plan. It's the zero-zero-zero plan,” the GOP presidential candidate and former senator told the Value Voters Summit.
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Rick Perry backer Robert Jeffress: Mitt Romney not a Christian — Texas evangelical leader Robert Jeffress, the Baptist megachurch pastor who introduced Rick Perry at the Values Voter Summit, said Friday afternoon he does not believe Mitt Romney is a Christian.
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CNN, The Reality-Based Community, The Daily Dish, Daily Kos, Hot Air and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Robert Jeffress endorses Rick Perry, says Mormonism is a ‘cult’ — We're live-blogging this year's Values Voters summit, a three-day conference organized by the social conservative Family Research Council where most presidential contenders are speaking. — 5:28 p.m.: Gingrich actually …
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Iowa Caucuses, The Politico, Crooks and Liars, The New Republic, Swampland, Daily Kos and GOP 12
Bernie Becker / Ballot Box:
Bachmann to social conservatives: Choosing a candidate is no time to settle
Bachmann to social conservatives: Choosing a candidate is no time to settle
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CNN
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Rick Perry Endorser Calls Mormonism A ‘Cult’ And Planned Parenthood A ‘Slaughterhouse For The Unborn’
Rick Perry Endorser Calls Mormonism A ‘Cult’ And Planned Parenthood A ‘Slaughterhouse For The Unborn’
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The Politico, New York Magazine, ThinkProgress, msnbc.com, Little Green Footballs and National Review
New York Times:
Prominent Pastor Calls Romney's Church a Cult
Prominent Pastor Calls Romney's Church a Cult
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The Reality-Based Community and The Caucus
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Perry gets warm reception as surrogate attacks Romney's Mormon faith
Perry gets warm reception as surrogate attacks Romney's Mormon faith
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CNN
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
White House: Cantor's ‘Mob’ Criticism Of Occupy Wall Street Is ‘Hypocrisy Unbound’ — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is speaking out of both sides of his mouth when it comes to the thousands of Americans taking to the streets for the Occupy Wall Street movement, the White House said Friday.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Rand Paul blames Obama for ‘inflaming’ Occupy Wall Street protests, worries of ‘lawlessness’ — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Friday that he believes the Occupy Wall Street protests stem from divisive rhetoric from President Obama, who has called for the richest Americans to pay increased taxes to help close the budget deficit.
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MyFox New York, Weasel Zippers and JammieWearingFool
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Confronting the Malefactors — There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear, but we may, at long last, be seeing the rise of a popular movement that, unlike the Tea Party, is angry at the right people. — When the Occupy Wall Street protests began three weeks ago …
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Sam Graham-Felsen / Mother Jones:
Occupy Wall Street, Steve Jobs, and the Crazy Ones
Occupy Wall Street, Steve Jobs, and the Crazy Ones
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AlterNet, newsfeed.time.com, Althouse, Political Mojo and Runnin' Scared
Harry Siegel / Runnin' Scared:
Mayor Bloomberg: Occupy Wall Street ‘Trying To Destroy the Jobs of Working People’
Mayor Bloomberg: Occupy Wall Street ‘Trying To Destroy the Jobs of Working People’
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Eric Cantor: ‘Increasingly Concerned’ About Occupy Wall Street ‘Mobs’
Eric Cantor: ‘Increasingly Concerned’ About Occupy Wall Street ‘Mobs’
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Opinionator, The Huffington Post, Gawker, Hullabaloo, Firedoglake, Balloon Juice, Campaign 2012, American Power, The Politico and National Review
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Cantor Smears Occupy Wall Street As A ‘Mob’
Cantor Smears Occupy Wall Street As A ‘Mob’
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PolitickerNY, PERRspectives, Gawker, Political Mojo, Daily Kos and Washington Monthly
Joe Stephens / Washington Post:
Solyndra loan deal: Warnings about legality came from within Obama administration — Energy Department officials were warned that their plan to help a failing solar company by restructuring its $535 million federal loan could violate the law and should be cleared with the Justice Department …
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Business Insider, Big Government, ThinkProgress, Pajamas Media, National Review, Hot Air, Scared Monkeys and Althouse
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ABCNEWS:
Obama Fundraiser Pushed Solyndra Deal From Inside — An elite Obama fundraiser hired to help oversee the administration's energy loan program pushed and prodded career Department of Energy officials to move faster in approving a loan guarantee for Solyndra, even as his wife's law firm …
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The Politico, Michelle Malkin, Weasel Zippers, The Lonely Conservative, Verum Serum, nation.foxnews.com and Campaign 2012
Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:
Solyndra loan supported by Obama fundraiser
Solyndra loan supported by Obama fundraiser
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Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
Exclusive: Computer Virus Hits U.S. Drone Fleet — A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America's Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots' every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones. — The virus, first detected nearly two weeks ago …
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Attorney General Eric Holder fires back on Fast & Furious — Attorney General Eric Holder is denying charges that he misled Congress about his knowledge of Operation Fast and Furious, and he's denouncing lawmakers for “political posturing” in their strident criticism of the ill-fated gunrunning probe.
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ABCNEWS, Doug Ross and National Review
John Richardson / No Lawyers:
Every Picture Tells A Story — I have some of the best readers in the world. One such reader is Rob Vance of California. He works in the software industry and must analyze data on a regular basis. The graphic below is as a result of his sitting down and examining U.S. Census data alongside …
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The Volokh Conspiracy
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
One Reason We Need The 99 Percent Movement — Two good charts from Planet Money: — If you know a lot of young people, your social reality is of an economy in crisis. If you know a lot of older people, things look better. — Again, if everyone you know has a BA …
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NPR
Washington Wire:
Text of Mitt Romney's Speech on Foreign Policy at The Citadel — Here is the text of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's speech on foreign policy as prepared for delivery Friday at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C.: — Mr. Romney: It's a great honor to be in South Carolina …
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Journalistdee / CNN:
Romney's foreign policy blueprint
Romney's foreign policy blueprint
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The Politico, Ben Smith's Blog and Daily Kos
Wall Street Journal:
Steve Jobs Funeral Is Friday — The funeral for Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.'s co-founder, is taking place Friday, according to a person familiar with the matter. — The funeral is characterized as a small private gathering, this person said. The person wouldn't say where or when the event was taking place …
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Emily B. Hager / City Room:
Meet the Contraption That Wants to Replace Central Park Horses — The faux-vintage electric car that horse advocates want to replace Central Park's carriage horses has classic white-walled tires, running boards, mahogany and an “ah-hoogah” horn. — On Thursday, in a fourth-floor conference room …
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New York Magazine
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
‘An unforced economic error’ — Following up on this morning's job numbers, it's worth reemphasizing a point the right generally prefers to ignore: spending cuts are making unemployment worse. Dealing with the jobs crisis is hard enough, and conservative policies are akin to throwing an anvil at a drowning economy.
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Political Correction RSS, ThinkProgress and Daily Kos
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
The Shrinking Public Sector
The Shrinking Public Sector
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New Deal 2.0 and Rortybomb
WMUR:
Primary Poll Shows Romney With Strong Lead — Many Likely Voters Remain Undecided — DURHAM, N.H. — A new poll shows that Mitt Romney continues to lead the race for the Republican presidential nomination in New Hampshire, and there is a new candidate in second place.
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Hot Air, The Page and Hotline On Call
Sarah Binder / The Monkey Cage:
Did the Senate Just Go Nuclear? — I sat down tonight to read a little of Mr. Speaker!, Jim Grant's new, breezy biography of House Speaker Thomas Reed. “Czar Reed” was the author of “Reed's Rules”—the package of House rule changes that broke the back of minority party obstruction in the late 19th century.
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Steven T. Dennis / Roll Call:
Harry Reid Changes Rules in Floor Fight With Mitch McConnell
Harry Reid Changes Rules in Floor Fight With Mitch McConnell
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msnbc.com, The Monkey Cage, ThinkProgress, Washington Post and The Politico