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Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Heartbreak Awaits Republicans Who Love Newt: Ramesh Ponnuru — Before Republicans put Newt Gingrich at the top of their party, they should consider what happened the last time he led it. — In the mid-1990s, Gingrich was the de facto head of the Republican Party.
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The Gallup Organization / Gallup:
Gingrich 37%, Romney 22% Among GOP Voters Nationwide — Gallup's initial Daily tracking finds all other candidates in single digits — PRINCETON, NJ — Newt Gingrich leads Mitt Romney 37% to 22% in Gallup's inaugural Daily tracking of Republican registered voters' preferences …
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GOP 12, The Caucus, A plain blog about politics, RedState, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Ballot Box, Guardian and Taegan Goddard's …
Pema Levy / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — The Libertarian Intelligentsia Is Freaking Out Over Newt — Libertarians in Washington are not happy about how the Republican primary is shaping up. Barring a miracle, there are two candidates with a decent shot at the nomination. Mitt Romney, the godfather of Obamacare, is not libertarians' first choice.
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The Truth About Pundit Crap: Could Jon Meacham Be the Most Insufferable Human in Washington? — I have long proposed that every single major elite political pundit be frog-marched away from the buffet tables inside the Beltway and deep into the Blue Ridge Mountains, there to be confined …
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
GOP kingmakers unhappy with choice between Romney, Gingrich for 2012 — The Republican presidential primary is shaping up as a two-man race, but influential conservatives are clearly expressing their dissatisfaction with choices A and B. — In recent weeks, key GOP lawmakers …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Ron Paul goes negative against Newt Gingrich on air in Iowa — Ron Paul is becoming the first to go negative against Newt Gingrich on the air in Iowa, with a 60-second version of a blistering, and roughly two-minute, web video he did painting the former House Speaker as the portrait of ‘serial hypocrisy.’
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Indecision Forever
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich: 'Kids shouldn't work in coal mines'
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Pentagon Encourages Newt Gingrich to Read Panetta Speech Before Criticizing
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Glenn Beck:
Transcript of Newt Gingrich interview — Glenn is back on TV! Watch Glenn's new two-hour show available live and on-demand Monday through Friday on GBTV.com! Start your two week free trial HERE! — Below is a rush transcript of Glenn's interview with Newt Gingrich this morning.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
An absurd choice for a health care award
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PERRspectives, Paul Krugman and The Politico
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: Beck the latest GOPer to take on Gingrich
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The Spectacle Blog and The Huffington Post
Rachel Rose Hartman / Yahoo! News:
On private call, Republicans say attacking Obama personally is too dangerous: Yahoo News exclusive — Obama greets a crowd at Wilkes Barre/Scranton International Airport (Carolyn Kaster/AP) — Republicans on a private Republican National Committee conference call with allies warned Tuesday …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Gingrich: Most likely to kiss up to the liberal elite
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American Spectator
Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Rick Santorum Has Tense Exchange on Gay Rights and Health Care in Iowa — SIOUX CENTER, IOWA—Rick Santorum is usually quite amiable on the trail, but Monday evening at campaign event at small Christian college in Sioux City he had some tense back and forth exchanges with one student and another graduate of the college.
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Daniel Strauss / Ballot Box:
Call him crazy but Huntsman shifts on climate change — GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman shifted his position on global warming Tuesday, telling a conservative audience that there is “not enough information right now” on the issue to formulate policies.
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The Politico, ThinkProgress, CNN and Grist
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Jon Huntsman Flip-Flops On Climate Change
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Washington Monthly, Little Green Footballs, The Atlantic Online and Talking Points Memo
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Senate Republican filibuster blocks Obama D.C. Circuit nominee Caitlin Halligan — Senate Republicans on Tuesday filibustered the nomination of Caitlin Halligan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, blocking a nominee tapped last year by President Obama to serve on one of the country's most powerful courts.
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Washington Monthly, Law Blog, A plain blog about politics, NetRight Daily and RedState
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James Hibberd / Inside TV:
Republicans vs. Democrats TV survey results: Lefties want comedy, right wingers like work — Republicans don't watch MTV's Jersey Shore. But they dig ABC's Castle. — Democrats don't like Discovery's Deadliest Catch. But they swoon for NBC's Parks and Recreation.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Guardian, Big Hollywood and Mediaite
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Correction from White House: President didn't say he's ‘mad living here’ — Note to critics of President Obama and any remaining birthers out there: Contrary to what the White House originally claimed, the president didn't actually say he was “mad” living here.
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CNN
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Bob Woodward says sitting next to Al Gore is ‘taxing, unpleasant’ — If you plan on throwing a dinner party full of VIPs, whatever you do, don't seat Bob Woodward next to Al Gore. — In a speech at the Organization for International Investment's annual dinner at D.C.'s Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Thursday …
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Spike Dolomite Ward / Los Angeles Times:
‘Obamacare’ to the rescue — A woman who felt President Obama had let the middle class down has changed her mind. — In this August 20, 2009 photo, President Obama spoke during a town hall meeting on healthcare at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington. (Alex Wong/Bloomberg)
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Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
ALEC Deems Kids Eating Rat Poison An ‘Acceptable Risk’ — As ThinkProgress has been reporting for some time, the corporate front group American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has been colluding with the billionaire Koch brothers to privatize government and eliminate environmental regulations that interfere with profits.
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Center for Media and Democracy
William Glaberson / New York Times:
N.Y.C. Police Maligned Paradegoers on Facebook — They called people “animals” and “savages.” One comment said, “Drop a bomb and wipe them all out.” — Hearing New York police officers speak publicly but candidly about one another and the people they police is rare indeed, especially with their names attached.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Atlantic Online, Gawker and Gothamist
Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:
Who Killed the Postal Service? — USPS is slashing first-class delivery, cutting billions of dollars, and looking to cut thousands of workers. How did it get this bad? — Wikipedia — Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night will keep your postman from delivering that Mad Men DVD you've been waiting for.
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The Agonist and americanthinker.com
Huw Evans / autoguide.com:
Chevrolet Volt Battery Issues Growing, Safety Findings May Have Been Suppressed — Following on from the announcement that GM is looking at redesigning the Chevrolet Volt's lithium-ion battery system in the wake of several highly publicized fires resulting from test crashes …
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Don Surber, americanthinker.com and The Enterprise Blog
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
GOP members offer payroll tax solution: Let taxpayers choose — Three House Republicans have put forward a possible solution to the payroll tax cut debate — a bill that would give taxpayers the choice of whether to continue to receive a payroll tax cut. — Under the bill offered by Rep. Jeff Landry …
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CNN and The Politico
Andrew Ross Sorkin / DealBook:
It's Tone, Not Taxes, a Tycoon Tells the President — Leon Cooperman, a 68-year-old Wall Street veteran, says he is for higher taxes on the wealthy. He'd happily give up his Social Security checks. He voted for Al Gore in 2000. He says the special treatment of investment gains …
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The New Republic, Booman Tribune, Lawyers, Guns & Money, No More Mister Nice Blog and Hullabaloo
Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
NAACP warns black and Hispanic Americans could lose right to vote — Civil rights group petitions UN over ‘massive voter suppression’ after apparent effort to disenfranchise black and Hispanic people — The largest civil rights group in America, the National Association for the Advancement …
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