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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The ABC/Yahoo Iowa Debate: What to Watch For — No days off! — That's the motto of the 2012 Republican presidential candidates (and the people that cover them) with only 24 days left before the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses. — FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2011, file photo Republican presidential …
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Richard Adams / Guardian:
GOP presidential debate in Iowa: Gingrich versus Romney - live — Live coverage of the GOP presidential debate in Iowa as Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul battle for support — 9.46pm: And lo, there is already a #romneybets hashtag trending on Twitter. — 9.45pm: Ewen MacAskill on the Perry-Romney business:
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Rick Santorum Will Score Upset Win in Tonight's ‘Pivotal’ ABC Debate in Iowa — That's not the headline on the ABC News story, of course: … We should recognize this as what it is: Hype, of the same sort of stuff Hunter S. Thompson used to write when he was moonlighting as a publicist for a Florida wrestling promoter:
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Daily Pundit, The Spectacle Blog, The Lonely Conservative and goproud.org
CNN:
Palestinians attack Gingrich comment on ‘invented’ people — (CNN) — Senior Palestinian leaders on Saturday strongly criticized comments by Republican presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich that the Palestinians are an “invented” people, calling them ignorant and racist.
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Fox News:
Gingrich Describes Palestinian People as ‘Invented’ — Newt Gingrich declared in an interview that Palestinians are an “invented” people, a statement that drew outrage Saturday from top Palestinian officials. — Gingrich's campaign, while standing by the statement, afterward clarified …
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Associated Press:
Palestinians outraged by Gingrich remarks — JERUSALEM (AP) - A slew of Palestinian officials reacted with dismay Saturday to Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich's statement that the Palestinians are an “invented” people. — The Jewish Channel, a U.S. cable TV network …
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Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Glenn Beck: The Tea Party Supporting Gingrich Over Obama ‘Must Be About Race’ — Glenn Beck has made no secret of how much he dislikes Newt Gingrich- not even to Newt Gingrich's face. But he has yet to confront his supporters until last night, when he reasoned to Freedom Watch host Judge Andrew Napolitano …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
LightSquared disrupts 75% of GPS receivers in gov't testing — The saga of LightSquared added a new chapter last night, as Bloomberg reported on the preliminary result of tests of the satellite Internet provider's service in relation to GPS devices. The Obama administration has pushed LightSquared …
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New York Times:
Two Romneys: Wealthy Man, Thrifty Habits — BOSTON — Soon after Mitt Romney handed out eye-popping bonuses to top performers at his private equity firm in the early 1990s, a young employee invited him to ride in his brand-new toy — a $90,000 Porsche 911 Carrera.
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John Rosenthal / Weekly Standard:
Proposed S. Korean Towers Resemble Exploding World Trade Center — The unveiling of pictures of planned luxury residential towers scheduled to be built in Seoul, South Korea, has sparked instant controversy. The reason is obvious. The towers, which include a so-called “cloud” …
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The Moderate Voice, Outside the Beltway, Questions and Observations, americanthinker.com and Althouse
Eric Kleefeld / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Santorum: ‘Science Should Get Out Of Politics’ — Rick Santorum is known for his insistence that religion has an important place in political life — and also for criticizing various examples of scientific consensus such as evolution, global warming, stem-cell research, human sexuality, and other matters.
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William Petroski / Iowa Caucuses:
Santorum: Parents, not Obama, know what is best for their child's education
Santorum: Parents, not Obama, know what is best for their child's education
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Austin American-Statesman:
U.S. Supreme Court blocks Texas redistricting maps — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked the use of recently redrawn Texas congressional and legislative election maps, possibly throwing the March 6 primary election into disarray. — By granting the stay requested …
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Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
Hollywood Jihad: Shootout, Gunman Calmly Targeted Drivers and People While Shouting Allahu Akbar! — What is most disturbing about this story, apart from the obvious horror, is that not one news account reported what one witness said the shooter was screaming: “allahu akbar.” Not one news account.
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Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
Hollywood shootout: Gunman calmly targeted drivers, pedestrians
Hollywood shootout: Gunman calmly targeted drivers, pedestrians
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