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Mj Lee / The Politico:
Priebus: ‘Malpractice’ for me to back Trump debate — 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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The Raw Story and 2012 Election Central
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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, Boston Globe, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, The Caucus, The Page, The Smoking Gun, Prairie Weather and Campaign 2012
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
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, The Page, The Moderate Voice, Ballot Box, Business Insider, National Review and USA Today
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Mitt Happens: Gingrich Camp Says Personal Attacks Will Backfire
Mitt Happens: Gingrich Camp Says Personal Attacks Will Backfire
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Mediaite
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
New Romney Ad Turns Up Heat on Gingrich
New Romney Ad Turns Up Heat on Gingrich
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NO QUARTER, msnbc.com, Washington Post, The Reaction and The Caucus, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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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The Heritage Foundation, Hot Air, Law Blog and americanthinker.com
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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 and Jammie Wearing Fools
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, The PJ Tatler 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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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Was Fast and Furious All About Gun Control?
Was Fast and Furious All About Gun Control?
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The Daily Caller, Althouse, Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
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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Scared Monkeys, Hot Air, The Lonely Conservative and The Right Scoop
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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Questions and Observations, Hotline On Call and The Politico
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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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Warren Cursed by the Bambino
Warren Cursed by the Bambino
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The Boston Globe, ThinkProgress and Taegan Goddard's …
Investor's Business Daily:
Five Big Lies in Obama's Economic Fairness Speech — Election '12: One thing is certainly true about President Obama — no matter how many times people point out the falsehoods in his speeches, he just keeps making them. Case in point: his latest “economic fairness” address.
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americanthinker.com
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, PopWatch, Gawker, Mediaite, 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
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 and Balloon Juice
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, News Desk, Wonkette, Outside the Beltway, msnbc.com, Mediaite and Booman Tribune
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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The Hill, Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and Slate
Journalism.org:
TWITTER AND THE CAMPAIGN — HOW THE DISCUSSION ON TWITTER VARIES FROM BLOGS AND NEWS COVERAGE AND RON PAUL'S TWITTER TRIUMPH — A detailed examination of more than 20 million Tweets about the race for president finds that the political discussion on Twitter is measurably different …
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The Politico, Campaign 2012 and Poynter
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:
Skip to page content — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis — EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION — Program Contact: — TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL — (202) 693-4676 — UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT — SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
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Washington Monthly, MarketWatch and BizzyBlog
Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Census: Widening income gap as blacks leave cities — WASHINGTON (AP) — Affluent black Americans who are leaving industrial cities for the suburbs and the South are shifting traditional lines between rich and poor, according to new census data. Their migration is widening the income gap between whites …
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ThinkProgress and The Politico
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
Eric Cantor smacks down ‘insider’ Spencer Bachus — A day after Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus said he would move forward on an insider-trading bill, Majority Leader Eric Cantor stopped him dead in his tracks. — In a Wednesday meeting described by one source as …
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Booman Tribune