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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 …, Shakesville, ABCNEWS, 2012 Decoded, The PJ Tatler, Don Surber, Ballot Box, The Moderate Voice, The Page, Business Insider, National Review and USA Today
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New York Times:
Democrats See 2-Horse Race, Adding Whip — WASHINGTON — The White House and its allies are starting to turn their sights to Newt Gingrich, invoking his tumultuous history as House speaker to brand him as the “king of gridlock,” a testament to his new viability and the sudden realization …
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ABCNEWS, The Hill, Washington Post, The Page, Wall Street Journal, The Caucus, Prairie Weather, Campaign 2012 and The Smoking Gun, more at Mediagazer »
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
GOPers prep for ‘alpha dog’ debate — In a Republican presidential campaign marked by eventful debates, Saturday's forum stands to outdo all the others that came before it. — The drama is unmistakably building. The ABC News/Des Moines Register debate at Drake University comes …
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CNN, Media Decoder, Swampland, Hot Air and The Caucus
Mj Lee / The Politico:
Reince Priebus: Trump debate is ‘malpractice’ — Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus spoke out Thursday against an upcoming GOP presidential debate to be moderated by Donald Trump, saying it would be “malpractice” for him as the leader of the party not to think the debate was problematic.
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2012 Election Central
ABCNEWS:
The Forgotten Candidate: Ron Paul Gathers Momentum, Has Sights Set on Newt Gingrich
The Forgotten Candidate: Ron Paul Gathers Momentum, Has Sights Set on Newt Gingrich
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GOP 12 and The Reaction
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Trump: I know more than all the other moderators
Trump: I know more than all the other moderators
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The Politico, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Weasel Zippers and The Right Scoop
Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
Gingrich Clocks Huge Gains in All Early Voting States
Gingrich Clocks Huge Gains in All Early Voting States
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The Other McCain, Swampland, Hot Air, Capital J | JTA and Taegan Goddard's …
Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:
JON CORZINE WILL TESTIFY: ‘I Simply Do Not Know Where The Money Is’ — Former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine will speak in front of a House panel today. — His testimony has just been released. — You can download it here. — One line that stands out (via @djfxtrader): “I simply do not know where the money is.”
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Firedoglake, Rolling Stone, New York Magazine and Jammie Wearing Fools
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Wall Street Journal:
Corzine: ‘I Simply Do Not Know Where The Money Is’ — A contrite Jon S. Corzine will express both sorrow and a firm defense of his actions Thursday in his first public appearance since the collapse of MF Global Holdings Ltd. in late October. — “Recognizing the enormous impact …
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Hot Air, Law Blog and americanthinker.com
David S. Hilzenrath / Washington Post:
Jon Corzine to tell House panel he doesn't know where customers' money went
Jon Corzine to tell House panel he doesn't know where customers' money went
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Outside the Beltway and The Lonely Conservative
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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The Daily Caller, Big Government, Hot Air, Questions and Observations, Wizbang, The Gateway Pundit, Conservative Hideout 2.0, YID With LID, Big Journalism, americanthinker.com, National Review, RedState, Verum Serum, Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler, The Lonely Conservative, Conservatives4Palin, The Politico, Jammie Wearing Fools, Campaign 2012 and Clayton Cramer's Blog
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Was Fast and Furious All About Gun Control? — The Democrats have longed to impose gun control, or confiscation, for decades, but after a series of electoral defeats they finally backed off. The issue has largely receded from view, although gun owners have remained vigilant.
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The Daily Caller, Althouse and National Review
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
NY Dems unaware of Operation Fast and Furious, confronted by reporter [VIDEO]
NY Dems unaware of Operation Fast and Furious, confronted by reporter [VIDEO]
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Hot Air and The Right Scoop
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
New e-mails: ATF officials discussed using Fast & Furious to ... push gun control
New e-mails: ATF officials discussed using Fast & Furious to ... push gun control
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The Politico, Right Wing News, The Daily Caller and CNN
Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Poll: Elizabeth Warren soars 7 up over Scott Brown — UMass-Lowell, Herald poll shows attack ads harm both — Democrat Elizabeth Warren has opened up a lead against Republican incumbent Scott Brown for the first time in their U.S. Senate showdown, but a barrage of attack ads appears …
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Taegan Goddard's …, Talking Points Memo, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Jammie Wearing Fools and HotAirPundit
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Warren Cursed by the Bambino
Warren Cursed by the Bambino
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ThinkProgress, The Boston Globe and Taegan Goddard's …
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Obama threatens veto if pipeline decision is added to payroll tax cut — The battle between the White House and Republicans over the Keystone XL pipeline escalated Wednesday with a veto threat delivered personally by President Obama. — Obama warned that he would veto an extension of the payroll-tax cut …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Republicans are the real defenders of Social Security, Republicans say
Republicans are the real defenders of Social Security, Republicans say
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Daily Kos
David Weigel / Slate:
Republicans: Save Social Security!
Republicans: Save Social Security!
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The Hill, Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress and Political Mojo
Alec Baldwin / The Huffington Post:
A Farewell to Common Sense, Style, and Service on American Airlines … Airlines , American Airlines , Alec Baldwin , Alec Baldwin American Airlines , Flight Attendants , Flying , Travel News — First off, I would like to apologize to the other passengers onboard the American Airlines flight that I was thrown off of yesterday.
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National Review, Mediaite, Gawker, Hot Air, Associated Press, ECHIDNE of the snakes, L.A. NOW, ABCNEWS, Ace of Spades HQ, Sister Toldjah, Gothamist, New York Post and TMZ.com
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Republicans Less Enthusiastic About Voting in 2012 — Republicans' enthusiasm gap over Democrats narrows — PRINCETON, NJ — Republicans' enthusiasm about voting in the election for president next year has decreased, with 49% of Republicans and independents who lean Republican now saying …
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Hotline On Call and The Politico
Washington Post:
Air Force dumped ashes of more troops' remains in Va. landfill than acknowledged — The Air Force dumped the incinerated partial remains of at least 274 American troops in a Virginia landfill, far more than the military had acknowledged, before halting the secretive practice three years ago, records show.
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ThinkProgress, Wonkette, Outside the Beltway, msnbc.com, Mediaite and Booman Tribune
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Eric Boehlert Targeted In Bungled ‘Verizon’ Sting … Verizon , Video , 99 Percent , Eric Boehlert , Mandy Nagy , Media Matters , Media Criticism , Mike Flynn , Sam Stein , Andrew Breitbart , James o'Keefe , To Catch a Journalist , Politics News — It was the middle of the day on Friday, and Eric Boehlert heard a knock on the door.
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Big Journalism
Investor's Business Daily:
A Lesson in Fairness For Obama — Election '12: President Obama this week started testing his new campaign theme, replacing “hope and change” with the equally vacant promise of “fairness.” Apparently he hopes Americans can be fooled twice. — In a talk Tuesday at the site of Teddy Roosevelt's …
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Los Angeles Times and Indecision Forever
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The U.S. Department of Labor:
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Washington Monthly, MarketWatch and BizzyBlog
Wall Street Journal:
Banks Prep for Life After Euro — Countries Study Printing Their Own Notes in Case Monetary Union Unravels — Some central banks in Europe have started weighing contingency plans to prepare for the possibility that countries leave the euro zone or the currency union breaks apart entirely …
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Guardian, naked capitalism and Business Insider
Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
House Passes Bill To Grant Congress Veto Power Over White House Rules … 112th Congress , Nancy Pelosi , Congress , Regulation , Video , Government Regulators , Obama Regulations , Ben Quayle , Congress Regulations , Epa , Government Regulations , Reins Act , Ted Poe , Politics News
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Firedoglake
Jason Trahan / Crime Blog:
Fifth Circuit: Holy Land Foundation convictions upheld on appeal — Today a Fifth Circuit judicial panel released a highly anticipated opinion affirming the convictions against the five organizers of the former Richardson-based Holy Land Foundation on charges that they conspired to funnel money to the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.
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National Review, Israel Matzav, Atlas Shrugs, americanthinker.com and Jihad Watch