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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The reach of the GOP establishment — I remain pretty skeptical about Newt Gingrich's chances of winning the Republican presidential nomination, but on the “Why Newt Will Lose” list of arguments, some points are more compelling than others. — Ezra Klein makes the case today …
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Washington Post, Hit & Run, The Daily Dish, No More Mister Nice Blog and Balloon Juice
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Jonathan Lemire / NY Daily News:
Donald Trump looks into canceling GOP debate he's set to host — The Donald says he may still run for the White House as an independent — Donald Trump smiles at left as Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich talks to media after their meeting in New York, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011.
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Washington Wire, Liberal Values, Gothamist, The Political Carnival, Campaign 2012 and Jammie Wearing Fools
Ginger Gibson / The Politico:
Rick Santorum's Iowa endorser: ‘I tend to like the underdog’ — JOHNSTON, IOWA — Rick Santorum picked up a key Iowa endorsement Friday as he tries to gain steam in a campaign that has focused almost solely on the Hawkeye state. — Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz became …
Jeremy W. Peters / The Caucus:
Newsmax Says Trump Debate Is ‘Full Steam Ahead’ — The Great Donald Trump Debate (well, maybe slightly less great than its organizers had hoped) is still going forward even with just two committed candidates, its organizers said Friday. — “We just had a production meeting this morning …
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TVNewser
Ross Douthat:
The Huntsman 2016 Fallacy — Jon Chait points out, correctly …
The Huntsman 2016 Fallacy — Jon Chait points out, correctly …
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American Prospect, New York Magazine and Patterico's Pontifications
Brent Budowsky / Pundits Blog:
Ron Paul on steady upward trajectory, third-party talk will escalate
Ron Paul on steady upward trajectory, third-party talk will escalate
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CNN, Hit & Run, Yahoo! News, ABCNEWS, The Daily Caller and Campaign 2012
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Mitt Romney Goes After Gingrich: 'We're Going To Have To Make Changes Like The Ones Paul Ryan Proposed'
Mitt Romney Goes After Gingrich: 'We're Going To Have To Make Changes Like The Ones Paul Ryan Proposed'
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Daily Kos, The New Republic and Washington Monthly
Datechguy / Datechguy's Blog:
If you're a conservative Mitt Romney apparently doesn't want you / Update Romney Camp cries false — Matt Lewis in the daily caller reports that in an attempt to make the case that Newt Gingrich as unacceptable to conservatives proceeded to insult conservatives by taking no questions from conservatives outlets.
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LifeNews.com, The Other McCain, The Lonely Conservative and Catholic Bandita
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Newt Strikes Back at Romney — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich may be promising to stay positive amidst the barrage of attacks coming his way from former Governor Mitt Romney and other GOP rivals, but not every utterance out of his mouth is a glowing homage to his opponents.
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The Reaction, Hot Air, Wall Street Journal, Daily Kos and The Page
Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:
As you probably heard, some Mitt Romney surrogates hosted a conference call today to attack Newt Gingrich. Because Romney is attempting to win a Republican primary — and cast Newt Gingrich as unacceptable to conservatives — you probably assume that center-right journalists or conservative bloggers got to ask some questions, right?
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Hot Air, Moe_Lane's blog, Jamie Dupree Washington …, Big Journalism, Datechguy's Blog, Sister Toldjah, The Other McCain and Reuters
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Romney Previously Said Iraq Withdrawal Is An ‘Astonishing Failure,’ Now It's ‘Appropriate’
Romney Previously Said Iraq Withdrawal Is An ‘Astonishing Failure,’ Now It's ‘Appropriate’
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Iowa Caucuses and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Romney greets the conservative new media Romney campaign responds
Romney greets the conservative new media Romney campaign responds
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The PJ Tatler
Brad Jackson / Coffee and Markets:
Newt Gingrich on Entitlement Reform, the Federal Reserve and the Eurozone
Newt Gingrich on Entitlement Reform, the Federal Reserve and the Eurozone
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ABCNEWS
Jim Harger / MLive.com:
Newt Gingrich carries slight lead over Mitt Romney among likely voters in Michigan's Feb. 28 primary
Newt Gingrich carries slight lead over Mitt Romney among likely voters in Michigan's Feb. 28 primary
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Ballot Box, GOP 12 and Campaign 2012
Charlemagne / Economist:
Europe's great divorce — WE JOURNALISTS are probably too bleary-eyed after a sleepless night to understand the full significance of what has just happened in Brussels. What is clear is that after a long, hard and rancorous negotiation, at about 5am this morning the European Union split in a fundamental way.
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BBC, Bagehot's notebook, Guardian and AMERICAN FUTURE
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Marina Hyde / Guardian:
Following Cameron's Europe raspberry, how low can Nick Clegg go?
Following Cameron's Europe raspberry, how low can Nick Clegg go?
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Making Light
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Oops: Perry Forgets Justice Sotomayor's Name — Echoing his devastating “oops” moment in an earlier GOP debate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) forgot the name of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in an interview today with the Des Moines Register editorial board. He had to be assisted by a reporter who offered the jurist's name.
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Mediaite, Washington Monthly and Shakesville
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Texas election maps blocked, for now — The Supreme Court, working late on a Friday, agreed to rule on the constitutionality of three redistricting plans drawn up by a federal court for the two houses of the Texas legislature and its 36-member U.S. House of Representatives delegation …
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Election Law Blog and Off the Kuff
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Court to Hear Texas Dispute on Drawing New Districts — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday evening agreed to hear a tangle of lawsuits over how Texas should conduct elections for its Legislature and for Congress next year. — The court stayed orders from a special three-judge court in San Antonio …
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msnbc.com
Alexi Friedman / New Jersey Online:
N.J. man dies from penis enhancing injection, authorities say; woman charged with manslaughter — EAST ORANGE — Authorities have filed homicide charges against a woman after she allegedly administered a silicone injection into the penis of a 22-year-old man, who suffered a fatal blood clot.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
NLRB:
NLRB Acting General Counsel announces close of Boeing case — NLRB Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon made the following announcement today: — I am very happy to announce that my office has approved the withdrawal of a charge by the Machinists union against the Boeing Co., which brings our case in this matter to an end.
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Daily Kos, The Hill, ThinkProgress and AFL-CIO NOW BLOG
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Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Labor Board Drops Case Against Boeing
Labor Board Drops Case Against Boeing
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Hot Air, RedState, Campaign 2012, The ChamberPost, Weasel Zippers, The Right Scoop and The PJ Tatler
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Ron Paul: 9/11 prompted “glee” in Bush administration — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said Thursday evening that Bush administration officials were gleeful after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks because it gave them a pretext to invade Iraq. — “Just think of what happened after 9/11.
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Mediaite, Weasel Zippers and The Raw Story
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Ron Paul gears up for long primary slog
Ron Paul gears up for long primary slog
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Firedoglake, Hullabaloo, FiveThirtyEight and The Impolitic
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Gingrich: Palestinians ‘invented,’ promises Netanyahu-style foreign policy — Former Speaker Newt Gingrich dismissed the Palestinian bid for statehood as the effort of an “invented Palestinian people, who are in fact Arabs, and were historically part of the Arab community.”
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The Daily Dish, Mediaite, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, National Review and ThinkProgress
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Steven I. Weiss / TJC Newsdesk:
The Jewish Channel Exclusive Interview With GOP Front-Runner and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich
The Jewish Channel Exclusive Interview With GOP Front-Runner and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich
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ThinkProgress, Guardian and Mediaite
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Repeal of sodomy, bestiality ban sparks fight on Defense bill — One surprising issue is riling both social conservatives and animal rights activists: the repeal of a ban on sodomy and bestiality. — As the final Defense authorization bill gets hammered out in conference committee …
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Hot Air
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Internal DOJ Email: Kagan Was Brought Into Loop on Mark Levin's Obamacare Complaint — (CNSNews.com) - Internal Justice Department email communications made just days before the House of Representatives passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act show that then-Solicitor General Elena Kagan …
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Doug Ross, Sister Toldjah and The Other McCain
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Army slashing 8,700 jobs as budget cuts begin — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has warned that the federal budget cuts could be “devastating” for the Pentagon. (Jonathan Ernst - Reuters) — With deeper budget cuts looming, the Pentagon is starting to cut back by trimming the Defense Department's civilian workforce.
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LewRockwell.com Blog and Hot Air