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ABCNEWS:
Bachmann, Paul Call Debate Moderators ‘Disgraceful’ — SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Fireworks were few and far between at the GOP's foreign policy debate tonight, but if any issue provoked the ire of some candidates it was not each other but rather how CBS News' moderator Scott Pelley ran the event.
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Marc A. Thiessen / National Review:
The Big Loser of the Night: CBS — If there was a loser on the debate stage tonight, it was CBS. First, they scheduled their debate on a Saturday night between two major football games. Then they decide to only broadcast the first hour of their 90-minute debate. Then their Internet feed failed for the final 30 minutes.
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Taylor Marsh, Don Surber, Hot Air, JustOneMinute, americanthinker.com, Outside the Beltway, The PJ Tatler and Ballot Box
Ben Smith / The Politico:
CBS panned for Republican debate performance — The first broadcast network presidential debate this year, which ended its national telecast and switched to a choppy livestream feed two-thirds of the way through the event, produced a storm of complaints from viewers across the country …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Towleroad News #gay
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Foreign policy debate highlights differences within Republican field — The Republican presidential candidates finally found a way to draw stark contrasts with one another, revealing a surprising amount of divergence on the proper role for the U.S. in world affairs.
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A.Killough / CNN:
TRENDING: Bachmann cries ‘bias’ after Saturday debate — Spartanburg, South Carolina (CNN) - Michele Bachmann accused CBS News of ‘media bias’ Saturday night after her campaign was included on an email chain that suggested she would get fewer questions than other candidates in a debate co-sponsored by the network and National Journal.
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Mediaite, Iowa Caucuses and The Raw Story
Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
U.S., EU pressure Netanyahu to scrap proposed bill against Israeli NGOs — EU ambassador to Israel, Andrew Standley, warns prime minister's national security adviser, Yaakov Amidror that passage of legislation could harm Israel's standing. — The European Union and the United States …
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The Volokh Conspiracy and Israel Matzav
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Adrian Blomfield / Telegraph:
Israel refuses to tell US its Iran intentions
Israel refuses to tell US its Iran intentions
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iOwnTheWorld.com, Founding Bloggers, americanthinker.com and The Raw Story
Washington Post:
The epic global leadership fail — I'm very excited to announce that Wonkblog will be republishing Pulitzer-prize winner Steve Pearlstein's Sunday Business column. Steve has long been an inspiration for my work and, more recently, a mentor to me, and I couldn't be prouder to be showcasing his pieces.
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ThinkProgress and Modeled Behavior
William Deresiewicz / New York Times:
Generation Sell — EVER since I moved three years ago to Portland, Ore., that hotbed of all things hipster, I've been trying to get a handle on today's youth culture. The style is easy enough to describe — the skinny pants, the retro hats, the wall-to-wall tattoos. But style is superficial.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Devil and Joe Paterno — WHEN I think about the sins of Joe Paterno, and the ignominious ending of his long and famous career, I think about Darío Castrillón Hoyos. — Castrillón is a Colombian, born in Medellín, who became a Catholic priest and then a bishop during …
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Scared Monkeys, No More Mister Nice Blog and Rod Dreher
Charles Dharapak / ABCNEWS:
President Obama to CEOs: 'We've Been a Bit Lazy' — For the second time in as many months, President Obama has taken the nation that elected him president to task for its own lackadaisical economic performance on the global stage. — Obama told a group of CEOs today that the United States has gotten …
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Scared Monkeys, americanthinker.com, National Review and The Gateway Pundit
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Josh Lederman / The Hill:
Obama, leaders set framework for Asia-Pacific trade agreement
Obama, leaders set framework for Asia-Pacific trade agreement
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The Politico and CNN
Financial Times:
Bundesbank warns against intervention — The president of Germany's powerful Bundesbank has firmly rebuffed international demands for decisive intervention in the bond markets by the European Central Bank to combat the eurozone debt crisis, warning that such steps would add to instability by violating European law.
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Modeled Behavior and AMERICAN FUTURE
Tyler Cowen / New York Times:
Whatever Happened to Discipline and Hard Work? — THE Occupy Wall Street movement has raised important questions about the respect paid to wealth in our society. There is a good deal of unfairness in the American economy, and by deliberately targeting the “top 1 percent,” …
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Economist's View, Marginal Revolution and EconLog