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ABCNEWS:
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: MyFox Atlanta
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 …
Discussion: DISSENTING JUSTICE and Daily Kos
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Wire:
Chris Christie Slams Newt Gingrich
John Gizzi / Human Events:
Top Romney Aide Calls Gingrich Evil
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Gingrich's hand ‘always six inches from the self-destruct button’
Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Mitt Romney preps Newt Gingrich attack
O.Kay Henderson:
Harkin: Gingrich as GOP nominee would be “heaven sent” (audio)
Discussion: The Hill
Erin McPike / Real Clear Politics:
Gingrich Instructs Team Not to Attack Romney
Discussion: Pat Dollard and GOP 12
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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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Herman Cain sets Monday decision deadline  —  Herman Cain said Thursday night he'll decide by Monday whether he continues or suspends his campaign for president, as the Atlanta woman who claimed to have had a 13-year affair with him described the relationship as “a sexual affair.”
Discussion: CNN
Shannon McCaffrey / Associated Press:
For Herman Cain, the campaign all but over  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Herman Cain is still campaigning for president.  But by most measures, his White House bid is all but over.  —  His standing in polls is cratering.  Supporters are wavering if not fleeing.  Fundraising is suffering.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
CNN:
Cain's wife not aware of friendship with Ginger White
Discussion: The Politico
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
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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.
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 …
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
Discussion: PointOfLaw Forum
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Associated Press:
Court says some bone marrow donors can be paid, overturning law that made compensation a crime
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: American Glob
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 …
Tom Krisher / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: GM willing to buy back Volts … NEW YORK (AP) — General Motors will buy Chevrolet Volts back from any owner who is afraid the electric cars will catch fire, the company's CEO said Thursday.  —  In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, CEO Dan Akerson insisted …
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 …
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.
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 …
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Rep. Ryan: Calculate the true cost of Energy Dept. loan guarantees  —  House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is wading into the politically charged issue of Energy Department loan guarantees.  —  Ryan urged the head of an independent probe of the department's loan programs …
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Rahm Emanuel / NBC Chicago:
Emanuel ‘Will Testify’ in Solyndra Scandal
Discussion: The Hill and The Politico
 
 
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Modest Rise in Number Saying There Is ‘Solid Evidence’ of Global Warming
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James Dao / New York Times:
More Military Dogs Show Signs of Combat Stress
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Senate Declines to Clarify Rights of American Qaeda Suspects Arrested in U.S.
Zoe Tillman / The BLT:
Judge Finds Sudan and Iran Liable for 1998 Embassy Bombings
Discussion: MyFox Atlanta
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Gingrich Backed Freddie Mac in 2007 Interview
Dan Froomkin / The Huffington Post:
Suskind's Confidence Men Raises Questions About Obama's Credibility
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner calls on Obama to help Congress alter automatic cuts
Discussion: The Politico
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The political significance of the Boeing deal
Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
New Hampshire GOP Speaker Discourages Students From Voting Because They'll Vote ‘Liberal’
Discussion: The Politico
Gail Burkhardt / Monitor:
Brother: Late student ‘shut down’ by legal status; he was ‘bound for greatness,’ principal says
Kimberly Kindy / Washington Post:
Bill to ban insider trading in Congress is suddenly popular
Discussion: Conservatives4Palin
Ed Blaguszewski / University of Massachusetts Amherst:
In High-Profile Matchup, UMass Amherst Poll Finds Elizabeth Warren in Dead Heat with Incumbent Sen. Scott Brown
Discussion: Firedoglake and CNN
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