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Swampland:
Topline Results of Nov. 29-Dec. 6, 2011, CNN/TIME/ORC Poll — FLORIDA — BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH 446 REGISTERED REPUBLICANS WHO ARE LIKELY TO VOTE IN THE FLORIDA REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY — SAMPLING ERROR: +/- 4.5 PERCENTAGE PTS. — 1. If the Republican presidential primary were held today …
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Taegan Goddard's …, The Hill, Hot Air, National Review and The Page
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
CNN Poll: Gingrich front-runner in 3 of first 4 states to vote — (CNN) - Newt Gingrich tops the field of Republican presidential candidates by double digits in three of the four states to first hold contests in the race for the GOP nomination, according to new surveys in those states.
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Guardian and Politics & Elections Blog
Michael Kazin / The New Republic:
Why a Gingrich vs. Obama Matchup Would Be Good For the Country
Why a Gingrich vs. Obama Matchup Would Be Good For the Country
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Campaign Stops and Business Insider
Erick Erickson / RedState:
My Confession — The problem with Mitt Romney is the inconsistencies in his record.
My Confession — The problem with Mitt Romney is the inconsistencies in his record.
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Money & Politics Blog and GOP 12
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Colorado shows GOP electability differences
Colorado shows GOP electability differences
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Hot Air and Ballot Box
United States Department of Health and Human Services:
A Statement by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius — Plan B One-Step is an emergency contraceptive, sometimes referred to as the “morning after pill.” Plan B One-Step is currently labeled over the counter to women ages 17 years and older, but is sold behind the pharmacy counter.
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Firedoglake, Daily Kos, Feministing, CBS Boston, Jessica Valenti, Gothamist and TIME Healthland
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Rob Stein / Washington Post:
Obama administration refuses to relax Plan B restrictions — The federal government Wednesday rejected a request to let young teenage girls buy the controversial morning-after pill Plan B directly off drugstore and supermarket shelves without a prescription.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Gingrich or Romney: McCain prepares to play kingmaker in 2012 GOP primary — Arizona Sen. John McCain, the GOP presidential nominee in 2008, is moving toward endorsing a candidate for 2012. — Republican sources familiar with his thinking say he will probably endorse his onetime political enemy, Mitt Romney.
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CNN, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, The Right Scoop, ABCNEWS, The Politico and Taylor Marsh
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Romney Losing Among Fox News Viewers — If there were a Fox News primary, Mitt Romney would be losing it. — Among Republican voters in Iowa, nearly 40 percent say they get most of their news from the network and its many conservative hosts, according to the most recent New York Times poll.
Jackie Kucinich / USA Today:
Romney says he'd consider naming his Cabinet early
Romney says he'd consider naming his Cabinet early
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ABCNEWS and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Natasha Korecki / Chicago Sun Times:
Ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich sentenced to 14 years — Disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison after he made a final plea for leniency, acknowledging his guilt and saying, “I am unbelievably sorry.” — “I believe he did, in fact, accept [responsibility] …
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Associated Press, The Hill, Outside the Beltway, CNN, Hot Air, The Raw Story, Business Insider and Indecision Forever
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Manny Fantis / wusa9.com:
Sidwell Friends School, Sasha and Malia Obama's School, Opts For Asian, including Japanese Food On Pearl Harbor Day — Sidwell Friends School's website shows the menu for Wednesday December 7th, 2011, the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day, as an Asian food day.
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Los Angeles Times, Wonkette, Rumproast, USA Today, Michelle Malkin, Gawker, The PJ Tatler, Associated Press and HotAirPundit
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Fewer Veterans to Remember Pearl Harbor Day
Fewer Veterans to Remember Pearl Harbor Day
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The Atlantic Online, Washington Monthly, Hot Air, Washington Post and Outside the Beltway
Michael Pollak / New York Times:
Harry Morgan, Colonel Potter on ‘M*A*S*H,’ Dies at 96 — Harry Morgan, the prolific character actor best known for playing the acerbic but kindly Colonel Potter in the long-running television series “M*A*S*H,” died Wednesday morning at his home in Los Angeles. He was 96.
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entertainment.time.com, Washington Post, Macleans.ca and Inside TV
Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Documents: ATF used “Fast and Furious” to make the case for gun regulations — Documents obtained by CBS News show that the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) discussed using their covert operation “Fast and Furious” to argue for controversial new rules about gun sales.
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RedState, Hot Air, National Review, The PJ Tatler, Conservatives4Palin, Jammie Wearing Fools, Campaign 2012 and Clayton Cramer's Blog
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Israel rift roils Democratic ranks — Two of the Democratic Party's core institutions are challenging a bipartisan consensus on Israel and Palestine that has dominated American foreign policy for more than a decade. — The Center for American Progress, the party's key hub of ideas and strategy …
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William Galston / The New Republic:
What Israelis Hear When Obama Officials Talk About Iran
What Israelis Hear When Obama Officials Talk About Iran
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The Atlantic Online and Capital J | JTA
Tom Kennedy / Telegraph:
Nasa's Voyager 1 in ‘cosmic purgatory’ on verge of entering Milky Way — Nasa's Voyager 1 has entered a new region of space between the Solar System and interstellar space in what Nasa has described as a ‘cosmic purgatory’. — Nasa's Voyager 1 spacecraft
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Clayton Cramer's Blog
Washington Examiner:
Transcript of our interview with Mitt Romney — MARK TAPSCOTT: From the very beginning of this race you've drawn support from about 25 percent of Republican voters and there's been a succession of “not Romney” shooting stars, if you will, who shot up and then down.
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ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly, Campaign 2012 and American Spectator
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Obama's Kansas speech: some suspect facts — “I mean, understand, it's not as if we haven't tried this theory. Remember in those years, in 2001 and 2003, Congress passed two of the most expensive tax cuts for the wealthy in history. And what did they get us? The slowest job growth in half a century.”
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
The Gingrich who stole Christmas? — Republican presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich waged a quiet war on Christmas — or at least the Capitol Christmas Tree — shortly after becoming speaker of the House in 1995. — In a time of heightened political correctness, Gingrich preferred …
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Ballot Box and Business Insider
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Susan Crabtree / Washington Times:
Gingrich struggles on state deadlines for filing
Gingrich struggles on state deadlines for filing
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The Hill, 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com, Hot Air, The Raw Story, Washington Post, Daily Kos, 2012 Decoded and Taegan Goddard's …
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Rick Perry TV ad hits President Obama ‘war on religion’ — Rick Perry's latest spot in his Iowa ad buy rotation is another faith-based appeal, but one that has one of the most audible dog-whistles so far this cycle about President Obama. — In the spot, “Strong,” Perry says …
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CNN, Little Green Footballs, ThinkProgress, Outside the Beltway and Hullabaloo
Fox News:
Lawmakers Blast Administration For Calling Fort Hood Massacre ‘Workplace Violence’ — Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday blasted the Defense Department for classifying the Fort Hood massacre as workplace violence and suggested political correctness is being placed above the security of the nation's Armed Forces at home.
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The Jawa Report, Weasel Zippers, BLACKFIVE, The PJ Tatler and The Lonely Conservative
Kathy Matheson / Associated Press:
Death penalty dropped against Mumia Abu-Jamal — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will no longer pursue the death penalty against former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, meaning he will spend the rest of his life in prison for gunning down a white police officer nearly 30 years ago.
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Colorlines, Michelle Malkin, Gawker, The Raw Story, Truthdig and Shakesville
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Jon Huntsman dials back squishiness on climate change — POLITICO's James Hohmann reports:
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Mediaite, ThinkProgress, The Atlantic Online, Liberal Values, The Daily Dish, LewRockwell.com Blog and Grist
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Chuck Grassley: Lanny Breuer must go — The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, demanded the resignation of Lanny Breuer, a senior Justice Department official, for what he said was Breuer's “lack of judgment” and for misleading Congress.
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The Daily Caller and CNN
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The right's problems with children's entertainment — You've likely heard about Fox News targeting the Muppets, but it's worth appreciating the extent to which this ties into a larger pattern. … Bolling actually went after Muppets twice, first accusing the movie of trying to …
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Big Hollywood, Verum Serum, Balloon Juice and Media Matters for America
Ishaan Tharoor / Time:
1. Occupy Wall Street Protests Spread — On Sept. 17, a couple hundred protesters demonstrating against the excesses of corporate execs and the pervasive influence of high finance in U.S. politics set up camp in Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park and refused to leave.
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Firedoglake, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Nation, Hot Air, OccupyOurHomes, The Volokh Conspiracy, National Review and Daily Kos
Curtis Cartier / The Daily Weekly:
Crystal Cox, Oregon Blogger, Isn't a Journalist, Concludes U.S. Court—Imposes $2.5 Million Judgement on Her — A U.S. District Court judge in Portland has drawn a line in the sand between “journalist” and “blogger.” And for Crystal Cox, a woman on the latter end of that comparison, the distinction has cost her $2.5 million.
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Hit & Run, Law Blog, Shot in the Dark and Guardian, more at Mediagazer »
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Why Newt's surge is for real — Washington is waking up to a prospect that a week ago seemed far-fetched.
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Hot Air, No More Mister Nice Blog and Swampland