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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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GOP 12, The Caucus, JustOneMinute, The Spectacle Blog, Slate, 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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Ben Smith's Blog, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Opinionator, 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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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.
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Newt Gingrich's lack of discipline
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FrumForum and Booman Tribune
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).
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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americanthinker.com, Hotline On Call and The Politico
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
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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ABCNEWS, Washington Monthly and The Page
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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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
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Winning the argument
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Shakesville, Washington Monthly, The Raw Story, Daily Kos and Paul Krugman
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
Joel Gehrke / Campaign 2012:
Obama: More jobs in jobless benefits than Keystone — President Obama said that he will delay his vacation and keep Congress in session until the passage of his desired payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits extension — two proposals that Obama said would create more jobs …
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama makes Boehner's job easier with payroll veto threat
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The New Republic and The Politico
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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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
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
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
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
Virginia Postrel / Bloomberg:
About Virginia Postrel — Virginia Postrel writes about commerce and culture, innovation, economics and public policy. Shes the author of “The Future and Its Enemies” and “The Substance of Style,” and is writing a book on glamour. — U.S. Universities Feast on Federal Student Aid: Virginia Postrel
Scott Olson / ABCNEWS:
Iowa's Secretary of State Matt Schultz to Endorse Rick Santorum — DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa's Secretary of State Matt Schultz will be endorsing Rick Santorum Friday, ABC News has learned. — The campaign teased the endorsement as a “major announcement” and it is a big boost for the candidate …
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Datechguy's Blog, The Iowa Republican, Catholic Bandita and CBS News
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A.Killough / CNN:
Santorum on Trump debate no-shows: They're hypocrites
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Michelle Malkin and Pundit & Pundette
Jennifer Griffin / Fox News:
Officials Confirm Authenticity of Iranian TV Images Showing Lost U.S. Drone — U.S. officials have confirmed to Fox News that images aired by Iranian state television do in fact show the secret U.S. drone that went down last week in eastern Iran. — “Yep, that's it,” one senior official told Fox News.
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Atlas Shrugs and Vodkapundit
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