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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Mitt Romney builds case for inevitability — HANOVER, N.H - Hours after Chris Christie signaled he believes Mitt Romney is the Republican party's inevitable nominee, Romney and the rest of the GOP field went about proving him right. — Romney again outclassed the opposition in Tuesday's Bloomberg/Washington Post debate.
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Michelle Malkin:
Quick and dirty debate after-report: Perry is running out of gas; Excuses, excuses — To be fair, if you and I had to be up on stage with Charlie Rose and Karen Tumulty, we'd be soporifically stupefied after a few minutes, too. — But then again, we're not running for the highest office …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Impressions of Tonight's Debate — The GOP presidential debate is coming to a close. Here are some random thoughts: — * I doubt that many people saw it. My wife wasn't able to find it on television, and finally tracked it down on the internet, when it was half done. So the impact is likely to be slight.
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Datechguy / Datechguy's Blog:
Dartmouth Debate blog — Update: A Memeorandum thread and linked by friends. If it wasn't 3 a.m. and I was awake I'd list them. — The Take away line from the night comes from Herman Cain's man in the spin room. Herman Cain is driving the debate! — My take: Romney Wins Cain close second, Bachmann 3rd.
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Cain takes center stage in Republican economic debate
Cain takes center stage in Republican economic debate
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Stephen Green / Pajamas Media:
Drunkblogging the GOP Presidential Debate
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obama's jobs plan blocked in Senate — President Obama received a slap from members of his own party Tuesday as the Senate voted 50-49 to block his $447 billion jobs package. — The jobs plan, which the president has spent much of the last month touting on a cross-country tour, fell well short of the 60 votes it needed to proceed.
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Associated Press:
GOP senators vote to defeat Obama's jobs bill — WASHINGTON (AP) — United against Barack Obama, Senate Republicans voted Tuesday night to kill the jobs package the president had spent weeks campaigning for across the country, a stinging loss at the hands of lawmakers opposed to stimulus-style spending …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Jim Messina broaches a provocative line
Jim Messina broaches a provocative line
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
President's Jobs Measure Is Turned Back in Key Senate Test
President's Jobs Measure Is Turned Back in Key Senate Test
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Obama's jobs bill stalled in Senate
Obama's jobs bill stalled in Senate
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Washington Monthly and Politics Plus
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama says Senate defeat of jobs bill ‘by no means the end of this fight’
Obama says Senate defeat of jobs bill ‘by no means the end of this fight’
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ABCNEWS:
U.S. Says Iran-Tied Terror Plot in Washington, D.C. Disrupted — FBI and DEA agents have disrupted a plot to commit a “significant terrorist act in the United States” tied to Iran, federal officials told ABC News today. — The officials said the plot included the assassination …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Plot to kill ambassador unraveled on SW border
Plot to kill ambassador unraveled on SW border
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Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Cain defends 9-9-9 plan as not ‘off a pizza box’ — Herman Cain defended the economic team behind his 9-9-9 tax plan but still refused to name his economic advisers. — “My advisers come from the American people,” Cain said Tuesday night at a debate sponsored by Bloomberg News and the Washington Post debt.
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Fox News:
GOP Presidential Candidates Target Cain's 9-9-9 Plan, Gingrich Takes Aim at Federal Reserve
GOP Presidential Candidates Target Cain's 9-9-9 Plan, Gingrich Takes Aim at Federal Reserve
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Hot Air and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Washington Post:
Mitt Romney solidifies his front-runner status in Republican debate
Mitt Romney solidifies his front-runner status in Republican debate
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Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Republican Candidates Divide on How to Aid Economy
Republican Candidates Divide on How to Aid Economy
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Juana Summers / The Politico:
Who is Rich Lowrie? — Herman Cain says his much-touted …
Who is Rich Lowrie? — Herman Cain says his much-touted …
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New York Magazine, The Atlantic Online and FrumForum
Zombie / Pajamas Media:
Occupy L.A. Speaker: Violence will be Necessary to Achieve Our Goals — Citizen journalist Ringo captured this speaker at the Occupy Los Angeles camp a few days ago letting the cat out of the bag: After dismissing nonviolence as a dead end, he admits that for the Occupiers to achieve their goals …
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Obama: 'I'm a fourth-quarter player' — (CNN) - President Barack Obama compared his re-election bid to a game of basketball, to make the point to Democratic supporters that he's a strong closer. — The president made his comments Tuesday night at the second of two campaign fundraisers in Florida.
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George Bennett / Palm Beach Post:
Obama raises campaign cash in Orlando as jobs bill stalls in Senate
Obama raises campaign cash in Orlando as jobs bill stalls in Senate
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Boston Globe:
Police arrest scores of Occupy Boston protesters — Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino today defended the arrests of scores of Occupy Boston protesters in a section of the city's Greenway park, saying he agrees with them on the issues but they couldn't be allowed to “tie up the city.”
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David Seifman / New York Post:
Bloomberg: Occupy Wall Street unfairly blaming hard working people
Bloomberg: Occupy Wall Street unfairly blaming hard working people
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Runnin' Scared and New York Magazine
Ari Rabin-Havt / Media Matters for America:
We Need a New System
We Need a New System
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Cristina Corbin / Fox News:
Family of Al Qaeda's Samir Khan Gets ‘Condolence Call’ From U.S. State Department — The U.S. State Department made a phone call to the family of Al Qaeda propagandist Samir Khan to offer the government's condolences on his death during a U.S. drone strike in Yemen, a department spokesman confirms.
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John Stevens / Daily Mail:
Heartbreak for Huma as new messages reveal how Anthony Weiner called her parents ‘backwards thinking’ and compared her to his ‘sextees’ in vulgar messages — Accused his successor Bob Turner of being ‘just another rich businessman trying to buy himself an election’
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Peter J. Wallison / Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street's Gullible Occupiers — The protesters have been sold a bill of goods. Reckless government policies, not private greed, brought about the housing bubble and resulting financial crisis. — There is no mystery where the Occupy Wall Street movement came from …
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National Review
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Clarence Thomas' Influence On The Supreme Court … Twenty years ago, Justice Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court by the narrowest margin in 100 years. He's the most conservative justice since the 1930s, and, in his passion for his own version of “original intent,” …
Mj Lee / The Politico:
Michelle Obama often unrecognized — Michelle Obama says when she takes a trip to Target or Petco, she is often surprised that people don't even recognize her. — “It's amazing how people don't recognize you,” the first lady said in an interview that aired on NBC Wednesday morning.
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Matt Bai / New York Times:
Does Anyone Have a Grip on the G.O.P.? — It wasn't that long ago that Republican moneymen and operatives in Washington were moping around K Street like Eeyore in the Hundred Acre Wood, lamenting their party's extremist image and casting about for a candidate with a chance of beating Barack Obama in 2012.
A. G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
Facing Cuts, a City Repeals Its Domestic Violence Law — TOPEKA, Kan. — The startling vote came up at a City Council meeting here on Tuesday, provoked by a run-of-the-mill budget dispute over services that had spun out of control: decriminalize domestic violence.
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