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Joseph W. McQuaid / unionleader.com:
For President, Newt Gingrich — This newspaper endorses Newt Gingrich in the New Hampshire Presidential Primary. — America is at a crucial crossroads. It is not going to be enough to merely replace Barack Obama next year. We are in critical need of the innovative …
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NewsMax.com:
Bill Clinton Praises Old Foe Newt Gingrich — More ways to share... Mixx — Stumbled — LinkedIn — Vine — Buzzflash — Newstrust — Technocrati — Forward Article — [Editor's Note: The interview below is an excerpt from a longer Newsmax interview …
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Mediaite, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Hill and Business Insider
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Gingrich wins Union Leader endorsement — GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich received the endorsement of the influential editorial board of the New Hampshire Union Leader on Sunday, providing another boost to his surging campaign. — The endorsement gives the former House Speaker additional momentum …
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David Frum / National Post:
In the Republican race, it's Romney, Huntsman or bust — Yesterday, 11 National Post contributors named their preferred Republican nominee in less than 250 words. — Being more indecisive and longer-winded, I needed 24 extra hours and 500 more words. — I'm looking for two chief things in a candidate for 2012:
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Moe Lane
CNN:
N.H. Union Leader backs Gingrich — Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) - New Hampshire's largest newspaper has endorsed Newt Gingrich for the Republican presidential nomination. — The New Hampshire Union Leader's Sunday editorial says the former House speaker “is by no means the perfect candidate” …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, RedState and Poynter
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Union Leader backs Gingrich in NH — To the extent that newspaper endorsements still matter, this is one Newt Gingrich will be thrilled to pick up. … Here's the Union Leader's front-page editorial. — Gingrich was looking for some kind of boost in New Hampshire, and this may well give him one.
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Don Surber and iOwnTheWorld.com
Serafin Gomez / Fox News:
Newt Gingrich Gets Big New Hampshire Endorsement
Newt Gingrich Gets Big New Hampshire Endorsement
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Iowa Caucuses, americanthinker.com and American Spectator
James Joyner / Outside the Beltway:
Kimberly Webb Joyner, 1970 to 2011 — My wife, Kimberly Webb Joyner, died this morning in her sleep from unknown causes. She was 41. — She leaves behind two little girls she loved more than anything, Katie, who turns 3 on New Year's Eve, and Ellie, who was born June 21.
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The Moderate Voice, Vodkapundit and The Agonist
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Cain: Confusion has led to drop in support — (CNN) - Herman Cain ascribed his recent drop in the polls to false sexual harassment allegations and voter confusion about his positions on abortion and foreign policy, saying Sunday that some of his remarks over the past month had been taken out of context.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Other McCain
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
President as Piñata — A YEAR before President Obama faces re-election, take a look at what has happened to other Western leaders confronting voters in this economic vortex. — Spain's Socialist government was defeated in a crushing landslide vote a week ago, leaving the party …
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The Moderate Voice, Washington Monthly, Smartypants, Taylor Marsh and The Political Carnival
David Rose / Daily Mail:
BBC sought advice from global warming scientists on economy, drama, music... and even game shows — Britain's leading green activist research centre spent £15,000 on seminars for top BBC executives in an apparent bid to block climate change sceptics from the airwaves, a vast new cache of leaked ‘Climategate’ emails has revealed.
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Weasel Zippers, The Strata-Sphere, NewsBusters.org and Biased BBC
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Willis Eschenbach / Watts Up With That?:
An Open Letter to Dr. Phil Jones of the UEA CRU — Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach — Dear Dr. Jones: — You and I have been interacting, albeit at a distance, since I first asked you for your data some five years ago. I asked for your data in part because I was astounded by your answer …
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The Air Vent
Jon Boone / Guardian:
Nato air attack on Pakistani troops was self-defence, says senior western official — US-Pakistan relations strained further after attack allegedly kills up to 28 and prompts ban on Nato trucks crossing Afghan border — An attack by Nato aircraft on Pakistani troops that allegedly killed …
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The Long War Journal, Associated Press, The Atlantic Online, US Politics, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Reuters and Jihad Watch
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Edward Jay Epstein / media.nybooks.com:
What Really Happened to Strauss-Kahn? — Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his wife, Anne Sinclair, in the courtyard of their Paris residence, September 2011 — May 14, 2011, was a horrendous day for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, then head of the International Monetary Fund and leading contender …
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Guardian, TalkLeft, EconomicPolicyJournal.com and New York Magazine
James Kirkup / Telegraph:
Prepare for riots in euro collapse, Foreign Office warns — British embassies in the eurozone have been told to draw up plans to help British expats through the collapse of the single currency, amid new fears for Italy and Spain. — As the Italian government struggled to borrow …
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Saturday Night Card Game (Jeremiah Wright still scares Democrats) — This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: — As you know, I support Newt Gingrich. — But you also know that I have a policy of uniting behind any Republican candidate …
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Israel Matzav and TigerHawk
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Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Team Romney on Obama: ‘We will tie them in knots’
Team Romney on Obama: ‘We will tie them in knots’
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Rumproast and Power Line