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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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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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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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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Romney latest candidate to say no to Trump — (CNN) - Donald Trump's Republican presidential debate took another hit Wednesday when White House hopeful Mitt Romney said he wouldn't participate in the event. — Romney is now the third candidate to decline Trump's invitation to participate in the event.
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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.
The Caucus:
Gingrich Surges Ahead in Iowa
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Ron Paul goes negative against Newt Gingrich on air in Iowa
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Indecision Forever
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich: 'Kids shouldn't work in coal mines'
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Indecision Forever, ThinkProgress and JustOneMinute
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
GOP kingmakers unhappy with choice between Romney, Gingrich for 2012
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CNN, Taylor Marsh, CANNONFIRE and The Politico
Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Poll: Gingrich takes double-digit lead over Romney in Iowa
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Ballot Box and GOP 12
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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Rush Limbaugh and American Spectator
Jroot / Rick Perry for President 2012:
Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Obama Administration's Use of Gay Rights to Make Foreign Aid Decisions — AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry today issued the following statement: — “Just when you thought Barack Obama couldn't get any more out of touch with America's values, AP reports …
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New York Times:
U.S. to Use Foreign Aid to Promote Gay Rights Abroad
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Candidates quick to pan Obama foreign aid decision
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Right Wing Watch, Towleroad News #gay and The Raw Story
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Sec. Clinton To UN: ‘Gay Rights Are Human Rights, And Human Rights Are Gay Rights’
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The Huffington Post and Mediaite
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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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Pentagon Encourages Newt Gingrich to Read Panetta Speech Before Criticizing
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Salon, Rubin Reports, Newshoggers.com and Right Wing News
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: Beck the latest GOPer to take on Gingrich
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The Spectacle Blog and The Huffington Post
Benjamin Domenech / Heartlander Magazine:
Quarter-Billion Taxpayer Dollars Spent on Penis Pumps — Benjamin Domenech is managing editor of Health Care News and a research fellow at The Heartland... (read full bio) — TWITTER — According to data collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
An absurd choice for a health care award
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Paul Krugman, PERRspectives and The Politico
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Obama's Osawatomie Speech Attempts a Populist Rebranding — President Obama gives Teddy Rooseveltian speech. Will he now walk the walk? — In his Osawatomie, Kansas speech, an echo of Theodore Roosevelt's 1910 address in the same city calling for a “New Nationalism,” …
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Grace Wyler / Business Insider:
Here's The BIG Class Warfare Speech Obama Is Giving In Kansas Right Now
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Patterico's Pontifications, Hot Air and National Review
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Obama says economic ‘inequality’ hurts everyone
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Weasel Zippers and The Impolitic
Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Jon Huntsman Flip-Flops On Climate Change — Jon Huntsman used to believe climate change is real. Now he's not so sure. — In a move that's sure to endear him to the conservatives who are starting to warm up to the former Utah governor, Huntsman said Tuesday under questioning …
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Daniel Strauss / Ballot Box:
Call him crazy but Huntsman shifts on climate change
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ThinkProgress, CNN and Liberal Values
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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ThinkProgress and The Raw Story
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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, Gawker, Guardian, Mediaite and Big Hollywood
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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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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Townhall.com, The Politico, Law Blog, Booman Tribune, Daily Kos, A plain blog about politics, ACS Blog, Washington Monthly, NetRight Daily and RedState
Dalia Sussman / The Caucus:
New Iowa Poll: Who Can Beat Obama? — Just weeks before the first votes are cast in the 2012 presidential campaign, likely Republican caucus-goers in Iowa are closely divided over which candidate has the best chance of defeating President Obama, the latest New York Times/CBS News poll finds.
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CNN, ABCNEWS, Washington Post, O.KayHenderson.com, Iowa Caucuses, The Political Carnival and Business Insider
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