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Gingrich Tells ABC News: 'I'm Going to Be The Nominee' — WEST DES MOINES, IOWA — A very confident New Gingrich asserted to ABC News Thursday afternoon that he will be the Republican presidential nominee. — “I'm going to be the nominee,” the former Speaker told ABC News.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Florida shows perils of Gingrich for GOP — If the Newt surge persists over the next few months the biggest winner is going to be Barack Obama. We can see that pretty clearly in our newest Florida poll. — If Mitt Romney's the Republican nominee, Obama's in a lot of trouble in the Sunshine State.
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Nick Kalman / Fox News:
Newt: Poor Children Have “No Habits of Working” — GOP hopeful Newt Gingrich defended his stance against certain child labor laws during a campaign stop in Iowa Thursday, saying that children born into poverty aren't accustomed to working unless it involves crime.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Gingrich: Poor kids have bad work habits 'unless it's illegal' — GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Thursday that “really poor children” have bad work habits and no knowledge of how to make an income “unless it's illegal.” — Doubling down on his argument that children …
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Newt Gingrich's disgusting remarks about ‘really poor children’ — Newt Gingrich, the know-it-all former Speaker of the House who now rides atop the polls for the Republican nomination for president, has been shooting his mouth off lately. He called himself a celebrity who makes $60,000 a speech.
Nmcalvanah / Florida Democracy 2012:
Christie: Gingrich Has Never Run Anything
Christie: Gingrich Has Never Run Anything
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Los Angeles Times and Opinion L.A.
Morgen / Verum Serum:
Unearthed: Gingrich Makes the Case for GSE's on Freddie Mac's Web Site in 2007/2008
Unearthed: Gingrich Makes the Case for GSE's on Freddie Mac's Web Site in 2007/2008
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
Chris Christie Slams Newt Gingrich
Chris Christie Slams Newt Gingrich
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Mitt Romney preps Newt Gingrich attack
Mitt Romney preps Newt Gingrich attack
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Gingrich's hand ‘always six inches from the self-destruct button’
Gingrich's hand ‘always six inches from the self-destruct button’
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Erin McPike / Real Clear Politics:
Gingrich Instructs Team Not to Attack Romney
Gingrich Instructs Team Not to Attack Romney
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Jim Rutenberg / The Caucus:
Gingrich Says He Was Acting as a Citizen, Not a Lobbyist
Gingrich Says He Was Acting as a Citizen, Not a Lobbyist
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John DiStaso / unionleader.com:
Cain: Wife didn't know about friendship, ‘financial assistance’ to Ginger White — MANCHESTER - Herman Cain acknowledged Thursday that he repeatedly gave Ginger White money to help her with “month-to-month bills and expenses” without telling his wife. — In fact, the embattled presidential candidate …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Cain accuser's phone records sought — At least 70 messages reportedly exchanged recently between White, Cain cellphones — Just days before coming forward with allegations of a 13-year affair with Herman Cain, Ginger White was repeatedly having contact with the presidential candidate, according to her cellphone records.
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Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
How Republicans are being taught to talk about Occupy Wall Street — ORLANDO, Fla. — The Republican Governor's Association met this week in Florida to give GOP state executives a chance to rejuvenate, strategize and team-build. But during a plenary session on Wednesday, one question kept coming up …
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Wall Street Journal:
Google Eyes Amazon on Shipping — In a potential strike against Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc. is in talks with major retailers and shippers to create a service that lets consumers shop for goods on the Web and receive orders within a day for a low fee, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Byron Tau / The Politico:
Group calls for Bush arrest — Amnesty International is calling for the arrest of former President George W. Bush while he is travelling overseas in Africa. — The human rights group issued a statement Thursday calling for the governments of Ethiopia, Tanzania or Zambia to take the former president into custody.
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Judson Berger / Fox News:
Amnesty International Under Fire for Demanding Bush's Arrest During Trip to Africa
Amnesty International Under Fire for Demanding Bush's Arrest During Trip to Africa
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John E. Kramer / ij.org:
Cancer Patients Win Bone Marrow Legal Fight Against U.S. Attorney General — Cancer Patients in California and Elsewhere May Now Offer Modest Compensation for Bone Marrow Donors — Nearly 3,000 Americans Die Each Year Waiting to Find a Bone Marrow Donor Match, Minorities Hit Hardest by Lack of Donors
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Nick Hanauer / Bloomberg:
Raise Taxes on Rich to Reward True Job Creators: Nick Hanauer — It is a tenet of American economic beliefs, and an article of faith for Republicans that is seldom contested by Democrats: If taxes are raised on the rich, job creation will stop. — Trouble is, sometimes the things that we know to be true are dead wrong.
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Andy Stern / Wall Street Journal:
China's Superior Economic Model — The free-market fundamentalist economic model is being thrown onto the trash heap of history. — Andy Grove, the founder and chairman of Intel, provocatively wrote in Businessweek last year that, “Our fundamental economic beliefs, which we have elevated …
Pew Hispanic Center:
Unauthorized Immigrants: Length of Residency, Patterns of Parenthood — OVERVIEW — Nearly two-thirds of the 10.2 million unauthorized adult immigrants in the United States have lived in this country for at least 10 years and nearly half are parents of minor children …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Senate Declines to Clarify Rights of American Qaeda Suspects Arrested in U.S. — WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday decided to leave unanswered a momentous question about constitutional rights in the war against Al Qaeda: whether government officials have the power to arrest people inside …
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Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator:
Sins of the Parents — In the current race to the bottom …
Sins of the Parents — In the current race to the bottom …
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Jason Noble / Iowa Caucuses:
Michele Bachmann debates same-sex rights with high-school students in Waverly — Waverly, Ia. - Amidst a breezy appearance before an enthusiastic crowd at pizza restaurant here, presidential candidate Michele Bachmann debated two high school students over whether civil rights included the right of same-sex couples to marry.
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Dylan Byers / Ben Smith's Blog:
Fox's temptation: Newt — As Newtmentum continues to build, some members of Washington's chattering class are beginning to wonder whether Fox News chairman Roger Ailes might throw his network's weight behind former contributor Gingrich — a move that would deal a powerful blow to Mitt Romney …
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CBS Washington:
New Gun Company Advertisement Compares Obama to Hitler, Stalin — WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBS Washington) — A gun company advertisement that warns of impending gun control compares President Obama to Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. — The USAAmmo ad shows side-by-side pictures of Obama with Hitler …
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Dan Froomkin / The Huffington Post:
Suskind's Confidence Men Raises Questions About Obama's Credibility — Barack Obama , Larry Summers , Bill Daley , Gene Sperling , Peter Orszag , Robert Rubin , Tim Geithner , White House Economic Team , Confidence Men , Jack Lew , Ron Suskind , Politics News
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
The unintended consequences of racial preferences — The Supreme Court faces a discomfiting decision. If it chooses, as it should, to hear a case concerning racial preferences in admissions at the University of Texas, the court will confront evidence of its complicity in harming …
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Ex-Governor Bill Richardson Is Said to Be Under Investigation — PHOENIX — Bill Richardson, the former governor of New Mexico who ran for president in 2008, is being investigated by a federal grand jury for possible violations of campaign finance laws, according to people with knowledge of the inquiry.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Dear Ta-Nehisi — Dreher weighs in on the popular IQ and race thread: … TNC's final thoughts on the subject, which are difficult to excerpt and should be read in full, are here. They deserve a final response from me. — Let me first suggest he is conflating two separate issues.
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Rick Perry 2012 video: 'I'm Rick Perry and...what's that line again?' — Rick Perry is heading to Jay Leno's couch tonight, and he's making the most of it - airing this campaign ad in Iowa, in which he takes on his own “oops” moment from the CNBC debate in which he couldn't remember the third agency he'd cut …
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