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Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Cain: Rove deliberately talking down my campaign — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain says GOP strategist and former top Bush aide Karl Rove is deliberately trying to talk down Cain's campaign in order to benefit rival candidate Mitt Romney. — Appearing on Fox News Monday morning …
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Karl Rove sticks a fork in Herman Cain — The Republican super-strategist pulls out a whiteboard on Fox News to tick off Herman Cain's self-destructive mistakes, concluding: “I think it has created an image of him as not being up to this task. That's really deadly.” — More on POLITICO
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The Mystery of the Missing Presidential Campaign: Cain Operation MIA in Key States — Republican Presidential candidate Herman Cain appears on “Meet the Press” Oct. 16, 2011 in Washington. — In early October, as Herman Cain caught fire in national polls and began to climb into the first tier …
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Medical help for illegal immigrants could haunt Mitt Romney — On the Republican campaign trail, he derides any such public aid. But the healthcare law he signed as Massachusetts governor allows it. — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney sharply criticizes public aid for illegal immigrants.
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Romney blames successor for illegal immigrant health care
Romney blames successor for illegal immigrant health care
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Rick Perry=Rick Scott?
Rick Perry=Rick Scott?
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Santorum: Because Of Obama, We've ‘Lost The War In Iraq’ — Last Friday, President Obama announced a total troop withdrawal from Iraq at the end of year to signify that “after nine years, America's war in Iraq will be over.” Naturally, the 2012 GOP presidential field took this historic opportunity …
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Gingrich Suggests Obama Is Ushering ‘Defeat’ In Iraq, Two Days After Saying He's ‘Right’ To Withdraw
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Key general: Iraq pullout plan a ‘disaster’
Key general: Iraq pullout plan a ‘disaster’
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CNN:
Wall Street discontent high but Occupy Wall Street largely unknown — (CNN) - Although most Americans don't trust Wall Street, that hasn't translated into full support -or understanding- of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Despite large majorities who think that Wall Street bankers are greedy …
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Cain, Gingrich Set to Spar — A group of tea-party activists in Texas will host a “modified Lincoln-Douglas debate” between Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich next month. — Bill O'Sullivan, the treasurer of Texas Tea Party Patriots, tells National Review Online that both candidates have confirmed …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Report: Cain, Gingrich to square off in Lincoln-Douglas-style debate
Report: Cain, Gingrich to square off in Lincoln-Douglas-style debate
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State mum on Libya's Sharia law — The Obama administration on Monday treaded carefully around the announcement that Sharia law will be enforced in post-Muammar Qadhafi Libya, refraining from expressing disapproval of Islamic law as the foundation of the country's new legal system.
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Simon Martelli / Agence France Presse:
Sharia law declaration raises concerns in new Libya
Sharia law declaration raises concerns in new Libya
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CBS News:
GlobalPost: Qaddafi apparently sodomized after capture — Amid mounting questions about just how and when Muammar Qaddafi died, a GlobalPost analysis of video footage suggests a Libyan fighter sodomized the former dictator after he was captured near Sirte. — As GlobalPost reports:
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Obama to announce actions on housing, student loans — (Reuters) - President Barack Obama this week will announce a series of actions to help the economy that will not require congressional approval, including an initiative to make it easier for homeowners to refinance their mortgages, according to a White House official.
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Obama's pathetic refinancing initiative
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Nick Timiraos / Developments:
Twelve Questions on Obama's Refi Plan
Twelve Questions on Obama's Refi Plan
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Bachmann's ex-NH staff releases scathing letter about campaign — A backbiting joint letter from presidential contender Michele Bachmann's former New Hampshire staff spells out how frustration with the Minnesota Republican's national staff led the entire team to jump ship.
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Yes, the GOP Just Might Nominate a Candidate Patently Unqualified to Be President — Herman Cain's recent stumbles over substantive issues have a way of making Rick Perry seem like the Stephen Hawking of politics. In the midst of a softball CNN interview last week, he appeared to abandon his no-exceptions anti-abortion stance.
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The Outsider — In an exclusive interview, Raj Rajaratnam reveals his surprising motivations—and the reasons he didn't take a plea that could have saved him from 11 years in jail. — It was 6 a.m. on Oct. 16, 2009, and Raj Rajaratnam, head of the Galleon Group hedge fund …
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FT Alphaville, Deal Journal, New York Magazine and Dealbreaker
Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
Taking back ‘Obamacare’? — In the political conversation about health-care reform, the term “Obamacare” is almost always used as a pejorative, hurled at the law in long floor speeches and short political ads deriding the Affordable Care Act. — Now, health reform's staunchest supporters want to change that.
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Police Investigating Possible Sexual Assault Of Teen At Occupy Dallas — DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) - Dallas Police continue to investigate whether a teenage runaway was sexually assaulted by an adult male at the Occupy Dallas encampment behind City Hall. — A source within the Dallas Police Department …
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Dennis Hoey / Portland Press-Herald:
Chemical bomb tossed into Occupy Maine encampment — PORTLAND — Portland police are looking for the person who threw a chemical bomb at the Occupy Maine encampment in Portland during the early morning hours today. — Sgt. Glen McGary said police responded around 4 a.m. today to an explosion …
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At Zuccotti Park, Love Under the Tarps … Occupy Wall Street is an experiment in communal living, with basic human needs on public display. Even, at times, very intimate human needs. — Outdoor sex has been a topic of discussion at quality-of-life meetings held each afternoon inside Zuccotti Park.
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Gothamist, New York Magazine and Sister Toldjah
Jonathan Bines / The Huffington Post:
How to Speak Republican — Republican Party , Gop Dictionary , Gop Party , How To Speak Republican , Political Comedy , Political Satire , Republican Dictionary , Republican Satire , Comedy News — Talking to a Republican can be frustrating. Often, it seems like they are speaking …
CNN:
Texas Rep. Ron Paul drops a bomb — (CNN)-2012 GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul raked in almost $3 million in small donations over the last five days during his latest fundraising push. — The twelve-term congressman launched his “Black This Out” moneybomb following the CNN Western Republican Debate in Las Vegas.
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John Podesta to step down as Center for American Progress president — John Podesta will step down as president of the Center for American Progress, an official at the organization said today. — Podesta, who served as Bill Clinton's last chief of staff from 1998 to 2001 …
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Lieberman Irks Democrats Before Race for His Senate Seat — WASHINGTON — A few months ago, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut who is allied with the Democratic majority in the Senate, had a surprising guest at his office: Linda E. McMahon, the former wrestling mogul …
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The Romney Economy — At Bain Capital, Romney remade one American business after another, overhauling management and directing vast sums of money to the top of the labor pyramid. The results made him a fortune. They also changed the world we live in. — One day early this August …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Would Swap Electoral College for Popular Vote — Majority of Republicans now agree with most Democrats that Constitution should be amended — PRINCETON, NJ — Nearly 11 years after the 2000 presidential election brought the idiosyncrasies of the United States' Electoral College into full view …
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