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Reid Pillifant / Capital New York:
- Architect of Obama's health care plan fears a ‘political’ decision by the Supreme Court, says Romney's lying — When Representative Peter King called me between votes on Thursday afternoon to talk about his party's current presidential front-runner, Newt Gingrich, he joked that the conversation …
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Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
Why Republicans like Newt Gingrich — Things sure do change fast around here. One week it's Rick Perry, the next it's Herman Cain. Now it's . . . Newt Gingrich? — The Republican voter is like a starving man at a free buffet. He gorges on this, then that …
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The Moderate Voice, The Politico, New York Times, Daily Kos and Prairie Weather
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney looks to outlast and outwork Gingrich to GOP nomination — BOSTON — Newt Gingrich is spending his Saturday morning staging a hastily organized tea party rally and book signing on Staten Island. About 300 miles north in New Hampshire, Mitt Romney will be ending one of the toughest weeks …
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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and The New Republic
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Does Romney Have a Moderate Problem?
Does Romney Have a Moderate Problem?
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JustOneMinute, The Huffington Post and The New Republic
Fox News:
Cain Plans ‘Announcement’ on Saturday About Future
Cain Plans ‘Announcement’ on Saturday About Future
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Los Angeles Times, Weasel Zippers, Sister Toldjah and PolitickerNY
Dan Amira / New York Magazine:
Fundamentally: Newt Gingrich's Favorite Word
Fundamentally: Newt Gingrich's Favorite Word
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Pundit & Pundette and Political Mojo
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Gingrich's grim ground game
Gingrich's grim ground game
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Balloon Juice, ABCNEWS and The Politico
Zeke Miller / Business Insider:
Here's The Huntsman Campaign's Awesome RSVP To The Trump Debate — Tim Miller, a spokesman for Jon Huntsman's presidential campaign, had this response when asked if his candidate would participate in the Dec. 27 Newsmax debate moderated by Donald Trump: — “Lol.
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Jeremy W. Peters / The Caucus:
Trump to Moderate Republican Debate
Trump to Moderate Republican Debate
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CNN:
Huntsman and Gingrich agree to debate
Huntsman and Gingrich agree to debate
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Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
Jon Huntsman will skip presidential debate moderated by Donald Trump
Jon Huntsman will skip presidential debate moderated by Donald Trump
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Huntsman skips Trump, will debate Gingrich in unmoderated format
Huntsman skips Trump, will debate Gingrich in unmoderated format
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CNN
Charles Grassley / Associated Press:
Justice Dept. details how it got statements wrong — on Friday provided Congress with documents detailing how department officials gave inaccurate information to a U.S. senator in the controversy surrounding — , the flawed law enforcement initiative aimed at dismantling major arms trafficking networks on the Southwest border.
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William Lajeunesse / Fox News:
Memo Shows Early ATF Concern on Fast and Furious Probe Despite Claims — While federal officials publicly denounced a lone whistleblower and told Congress the Obama administration had done everything it could to stop guns from going to Mexico, administration officials had signs that Fast …
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Big Government, americanthinker.com and Weasel Zippers
Charles Moore / Telegraph:
Jacques Delors interview: Euro would still be strong if it had been built to my plan — Former president of the European Commission Jacques Delors talks to Charles Moore about the fate of the euro. — It was Jacques Delors whose report produced the plan for what we now call the euro
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Belmont Club, Business Insider and EU Referendum
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Herman Cain 2012:
ENCOURAGEMENT for HERMAN CAIN — Encouragement for Cain is the official page where supporters are invited to show their support, communicate their prayers and voice their vote for Herman Cain. Please take a moment to write Mr. Cain a note sharing why you feel it is important for him to stay …
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unionleader.com:
Assessing Cain: Charisma isn't enough
Assessing Cain: Charisma isn't enough
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Outside the Beltway, Hot Air, ABCNEWS and The Hill
CNN:
Cain to make campaign announcement Saturday
Cain to make campaign announcement Saturday
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CANNONFIRE, New York Magazine and The Politico
Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
SEC targets Marlins' shady business — For two decades now, Major League Baseball has funded its rise from corporate slacker to gilded cash cow on the backs of taxpayers bullied into building new stadiums. It's a marvel the government took so long to sniff out the rot that emanates from these deals …
J. Bradford DeLong / Brad DeLong:
British Austerity: The Past Weighs Like a Nightmare on the Brains of Cameron and Osborne Blogging — Note that Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats in Britain could end this farce tomorrow, and give their country a chance. It would be the end of Nick Clegg's political career, of course—but his career is over already.
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
Occupy Richmond Stands Up For Local Tea Party Group — The two sides are joining forces. — The Richmond Tea Party has been alleging that it is being singled out for unfair treatment from the city of Richmond, Virginia after officials have opened a tax audit of the group.
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Mike Lilis / The Hill:
Democrats downplay leverage they know they have in fight over payroll tax cut — House Democratic leaders are downplaying talk that they have all the leverage in a tax fight with Republicans even as they insist that the GOP will need to move in their direction if a deal is going to be reached.
Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
LAPD undercover cops infiltrated Occupy camp before raid, source says — The Los Angeles Police Department's effort to evict Occupy L.A. protesters from their camp at City Hall included using Occupy undercover officers in the weeks leading up to Wednesday's raid, a police source said.
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Jamie Schram / New York Post:
Doctor upset over losing hospital fellowship allegedly stole scientific materials, shuffled around lab rats — He really was a mad scientist. Dr. Mohsen Hosseinkhani, angry over losing his fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center, allegedly swiped secret scientific material and screwed …
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