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First Read / msnbc.com:
Gingrich opens up big leads in South Carolina and Florida — Newt Gingrich's surge in the polls isn't limited to just the early presidential-nominating contest of Iowa. — According to new NBC News-Marist polls, the former House speaker has now opened up commanding leads in South Carolina and Florida …
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Matthew Putney / ABCNEWS:
Democrats Blast Newt Gingrich in First Video Ad as ‘Original Tea Partier’ — For the first time in the presidential primary campaign, Democrats are turning their web video and “rapid response” email attack machine on former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. — Just hours after the ABC News …
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The Last Tradition, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit and The Caucus
David Weigel / Slate:
The Iowa Debate: Newt Wins the Dress Rehearsal
The Iowa Debate: Newt Wins the Dress Rehearsal
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Eunomia, Daily Pundit and Mediaite
San Francisco Chronicle:
Opposition grows to Occupy's port shutdown plan — Occupy Oakland's plan to shut down the city's bustling port on Monday for the second time in as many months is facing a complicating wrinkle nowhere in sight last time - opposition from several unions and some within the Occupy movement itself.
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Laird Harrison / Reuters:
Anti-Wall Street activists look to block West Coast ports — (Reuters) - Anti-Wall Street protesters, hoping to briefly cripple a key supply chain of American commerce and re-energize their movement, plan to attempt to block major West Coast ports on Monday.
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The Gateway Pundit, The Lonely Conservative and The Other McCain
John T. Bennett / The Hill:
Perry, Huntsman pledge major changes for Congress — Two long shot Republican presidential candidates took aim at the nation's capital on Sunday, vowing to make major changes to Congress as they search for traction with GOP voters. — Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman …
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CNN and Outside the Beltway
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Michael Barone / Campaign 2012:
Thoughts on the ABC/Drake debate
Thoughts on the ABC/Drake debate
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americanthinker.com, Iowa Caucuses, Los Angeles Times and National Review
Kim Geiger / Los Angeles Times:
Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich spar over moon mining, child labor
Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich spar over moon mining, child labor
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Balloon Juice, Guardian and No More Mister Nice Blog
Barry Rubin / Rubin Reports:
Fact-Checking Newt Gingrich and the Fact-Checkers on the Middle East — ABC News “fact-checked” Newt Gingrich's Middle East statements and some readers asked me to fact-check ABC, so here is my view: — Gingrich said Palestinians are an “invented” people. ABC says: Not true.
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The PJ Tatler, American Power, Israel Matzav, Outside the Beltway, americanthinker.com and Associated Press
Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times:
Police employ Predator drone spy planes on home front — Unmanned aircraft from an Air Force base in North Dakota help local police with surveillance, raising questions that trouble privacy advocates. — A Predator drone spy plane helped police make arrests after a North Dakota family's run-in with a local sheriff.
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Michelangelo Signorile / The Huffington Post:
Candace Gingrich-Jones Questions Whether Brother Newt Gingrich Really Believes His Own Anti-Gay Rhetoric … Gay Marriage , Newt Gingrich , Same-Sex Marriage , Video , 2012 Presidential Race , Candace Gingrich-Jones , Candace Gingrich-Jones Gay Marriage , Michelangelo Signorile …
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Crooks and Liars
Christopher Sherman / Associated Press:
US proposes unmanned border crossing with Mexico — BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas (AP) — The bloody drug war in Mexico shows no sign of relenting. Neither do calls for tighter border security amid rising fears of spillover violence. — This hardly seems a time the U.S. would be willing …
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PoliPundit.com and The Lonely Conservative
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Rick Perry: 'I Don't Have Memorized' The Names Of All 9 Supreme Court Justices — During a meeting with the Des Moines Register editorial board on Friday, Rick Perry asserted there were eight justices on the Supreme Court and mispronounced Sonia Sotomayor's name.
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bustardblog, The Political Carnival, Booman Tribune, Iowa Caucuses and Washington Post
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Jason Clayworth / Iowa Caucuses:
Rick Perry campaign clarifies context on Supreme Court count
Rick Perry campaign clarifies context on Supreme Court count
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Hot Air, Don Surber, The Raw Story, Towleroad News #gay, Burnt Orange Report, Campaign 2012 and Washington Post
Washington Examiner:
Why Americans no longer trust Washington — Survey after survey in recent months has shown an alarming decline in public confidence in the nation's chief federal institutions, as well as a deepening pessimism about America's future. Congressional approval is at an all-time low of 13 percent …
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The Other McCain
New York Post:
Rev. Al deep in the red — The Rev. Al Sharpton's nonprofit paid him nearly $242,000 — even as it carried $1.6 million in debt, according to documents obtained by The Post. — In all, the controversial activist and his empire, including the National Action Network and two for-profit companies …
CBS News:
Obama: Not redistributing wealth — In a “60 Minutes” interview with Steve Kroft, President Obama disputes the notion he is trying to redistribute wealth with his plans to treat the country's economic ills. He tells Kroft he's just attempting to deliver the “American Deal” of a strong middle class …
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The Gateway Pundit, CANNONFIRE, The Lonely Conservative, americanthinker.com and Weasel Zippers