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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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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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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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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 …
Associated Press:
Trump might scrub his GOP presidential debate — WASHINGTON - Business mogul Donald Trump said Friday he might scrub a presidential debate that so far has drawn only Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum. — Trump, the reality television star who has not ruled out an independent White House bid …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Trump ‘very disappointed in’ Bachmann
Trump ‘very disappointed in’ Bachmann
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CNN, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and GOP 12
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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msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Newt's moment of truth
First Thoughts: Newt's moment of truth
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Next Two Debates Likely to Be Nasty
Next Two Debates Likely to Be Nasty
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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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Nicholas Watt / Guardian:
Cameron: ‘Britain better off outside treaty’
Cameron: ‘Britain better off outside treaty’
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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).
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Justin Amash casts himself in Ron Paul's mold
Justin Amash casts himself in Ron Paul's mold
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American Spectator and Hit & Run
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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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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Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Labor Board Drops Case Against Boeing — A top official with the National Labor Relations Board announced on Friday that the agency was dropping its politically charged case against Boeing, in which the agency had accused the company of violating federal labor law by opening a new aircraft production plant in South Carolina.
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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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A.B. Stoddard / Pundits Blog:
Mitt's moment — Mitt Romney is running out of time to stop New Gingrich. Romney is way behind Gingrich in South Carolina, Iowa and Florida and is seeing his lead in New Hampshire diminish by the day as Gingrich rises. The former House Speaker could well win Iowa and one week later miss beating Romney …
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Mitt's granite fortress under siege
Mitt's granite fortress under siege
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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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Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
Saint Paul: Inside Ron Paul's effort to convince Christian conservatives that he's their man — DES MOINES, Iowa—Ron Paul, standing backstage before a Republican presidential debate in Spartanburg, South Carolina not long ago, was talking to Doug Wead, one of his senior advisers, about his Christian faith.
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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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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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Metropolis, Right Wing News, Prairie Weather, Shakesville, National Review and Washington Post
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Sanders proposes amendment to the Constitution that would limit free speech — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday proposed an amendment to the Constitution to exclude corporations from First Amendment rights to spend money on political campaigns. — The bill is a reaction …
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Weasel Zippers and The Political Carnival
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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