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Wall Street Journal:
Gingrich Is Inspiring—and Disturbing — The first potential president about whom there is too much information. — I had a friend once who amused herself thinking up bumper stickers for states. The one she made up for California was brilliant. “California: It's All True.”
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The Caucus, GOP 12, JustOneMinute, The Spectacle Blog, Vodkapundit, 2012 Decoded, Betsy's Page and Connecting.the.Dots
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Gingrich Tragedy — Of all the major Republicans, the one who comes closest to my worldview is Newt Gingrich. Despite his erratically shifting views and odd phases, he continually returns to this core political refrain: He talks about using government in energetic but limited ways to increase growth, dynamism and social mobility.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, FrumForum, Ben Smith's Blog, Opinionator, Slate, Daily Kos, Prairie Weather and Wall Street Journal
Sen. Rand Paul / Des Moines Register:
Rand Paul: Republicans would take a giant step backward by choosing Gingrich — As a U.S. senator elected from and by the tea party, I am often asked about the tea party, the conservative movement and the presidential race. — While conservatives and limited-government activists did …
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Riehl World View, Booman Tribune, Iowa Caucuses, O.KayHenderson.com and The Spectacle Blog
ABCNEWS:
Michele Bachmann Becomes Fifth GOP Candidate To Reject Donald Trump Debate — ABC News' Michael Falcone reports: — DES MOINES — Another one bites the dust. — Michele Bachmann has officially said “no” to the Donald Trump-moderated Newsmax debate scheduled for later this month.
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Newt's moment of truth — Can Gingrich survive the scrutiny, negative attacks to come? In one week, there will be two debates, in which Gingrich be the target. They'll test his mettle and discipline. ... The risk for Romney in using Paul Ryan to go after Gingrich …
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CNN, The Daily Dish, Talking Points Memo and Radio Iowa
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Newt Gingrich's lack of discipline
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Booman Tribune and FrumForum
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Real G.O.P. Dark Horse: None of the Above — Two of my favorite analysts, Rhodes Cook and Josh Putnam, have a good debate going about just how plausible it is that a Republican who is not currently running for president could enter the race later and potentially win it (probably necessitating a brokered convention).
Felix Salmon:
Europe's disastrous summit — I thought disasters were all meant to happen over the weekend? Somehow, in Brussels, EU leaders have contrived to pull defeat out of the jaws of victory on Thursday night, leaving Friday for finger-pointing and recriminations and wondering whether anybody …
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Business Insider, Daniel W. Drezner, Paul Krugman, Financial Times, Economix and Wall Street Journal
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Willem Buiter / Financial Times:
The terrible consequences of a eurozone collapse
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The Big Picture, Global Guerrillas and The Atlantic Online
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Record High Anti-Incumbent Sentiment Toward Congress — But voters are more inclined to say their own representative deserves re-election — PRINCETON, NJ — About three-quarters of registered voters (76%) say most members of Congress do not deserve re-election, the highest such percentage Gallup …
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Hotline On Call, americanthinker.com and The Politico
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Mitt's granite fortress under siege — MANCHESTER, N.H. - Mitt Romney, whose team has been working New Hampshire for nearly five years, has a coordinator in most of the state's 234 towns. Newt Gingrich, who opened an office here less than a month ago, has a state director who's never worked on a campaign before.
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CNN and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
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A.Killough / CNN:
Romney super PAC prepping Gingrich attack
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The Politico, ABCNEWS, Washington Monthly and The Page
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
All the G.O.P.'s Gekkos — Almost a quarter of a century has passed since the release of the movie “Wall Street,” and the film seems more relevant than ever. The self-righteous screeds of financial tycoons denouncing President Obama all read like variations on Gordon Gekko's famous …
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Prairie Weather
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
GOP seeks to cut unemployment benefits — GOP leaders hope to build momentum for an end-of-year tax package with sweeping reforms to federal unemployment benefits. — The Republican proposal is expected to reduce the total number of weeks unemployed workers are eligible for aid …
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ThinkProgress
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Veto threat makes Boehner's job easier — For House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), there's nothing like a presidential veto threat to make his job easier. — The Speaker earned positive reviews for the revised payroll tax cut package he presented to the House Republican conference Thursday …
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Taylor Marsh, The Politico, The New Republic and The Hill
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Eric Segall / Slate:
A Liberal's Lament on Kagan and Health Care — Should Elena Kagan recuse herself in the ACA case? — Elena Kagan was appointed by Obama from within his administration shortly after health care reform passed. Should she hear the case before the Supreme Court?
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JustOneMinute
Google Mobile Blog:
Google Currents is hot off the press — We strive to give you beautiful and simple ways to experience all the content the web has to offer, such as sharing photos on Google+, watching YouTube videos and discovering books, movies and music from Android Market.
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Andrew Grossman / Metropolis:
N.Y.U. to Offer Classes on Occupy Wall Street … Occupy Wall Street is becoming a teachable moment for New York City college students. — New York University plans to offer two classes next semester on the protest movement, whose participants frequently marched and rallied around the school's Greenwich Village campus this fall.
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Shakesville, Washington Post, ThinkProgress, NBC New York, Weasel Zippers and ABCNEWS
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Rita Solomon / Washington Square News:
NYU to add course on OWS next semester
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Business Insider, Runnin' Scared and Gothamist
New York Times:
Obama Endorses Decision to Limit Morning-After Pill — WASHINGTON — President Obama, who took office pledging to put science ahead of politics, averted a skirmish with conservatives in the nation's culture wars on Thursday by endorsing his health secretary's decision to block over-the-counter sales …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Althouse and Balloon Juice
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Obama's campaign for class resentment — In the first month of his presidency, Barack Obama averred that if in three years he hadn't alleviated the nation's economic pain, he'd be a “one-term proposition.” — When three-quarters of Americans think the country is on the “wrong track” …
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The Huffington Post, The Heritage Foundation, Dinocrat and AFL-CIO NOW BLOG
New York Post:
‘Furious’ twisting — For the sake of argument, let's assume that everything Attorney General Eric Holder told the House Judiciary Committee yesterday was true. — That the answer to several questions about who ordered Fast and Furious — the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' …
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Power Line, New York Times and The Politico
Associated Press:
Obama celebrates Hanukkah at White House — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is marking Hanukkah as a story of “faith over doubt.” — Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden convened a Hanukkah celebration at the White House Thursday in an early celebration of the Jewish Festival of Lights.
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The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys, Weasel Zippers and The Lonely Conservative
Ray Smock / hnn.us:
Newt Gingrich the Galactic Historian — The writer was Historian of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995. He was fired from that job as one of the first acts of Speaker Newt Gingrich when he took power. Speaker Gingrich hired his own historian, a fellow Georgian and member …
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The Atlantic Online, Making Light and News Desk
Tamara Keith / NPR:
GOP Objects To ‘Millionaires Surtax’; Millionaires We Found? Not So Much — For the second week in a row, the Senate on Thursday voted down proposals to extend the payroll tax holiday through next year. In the case of the Democrats' proposal, Republicans objected to the “millionaires surtax” that would be used to pay for it.
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Washington Monthly and Prairie Weather
Janet Tavakoli / The Huffington Post:
Jon Corzine Dodges the Fraud Question — It's as if Jon Corzine's PR machine is in top spin mode. You'll recall Jon Corzine is the former head of Goldman Sachs and former CEO of MF Global that appeared in front of Congress yesterday to answer questions about an estimated $600 million …
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Jesse's Café Américain and Business Insider
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