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Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Kidding around: Romney defends bet — Mitt Romney on Fox & Friends this morning, responding to controversy surrounding his offer of a $10,000 bet with Rick Perry during last weekend's GOP debate. … He then blamed Barack Obama for advancing a narrative that Romney is out-of-touch.
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CBS News and National Review
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Mitt Romney, ‘human-like’ — HUDSON, N.H. — Meet Mitt Romney, human. — In the past 24 hours, the former Massachusetts governor has talked about his father, experiences while working as a missionary that weren't even in his memoir — and twice in two days, he's brought up the Mormon faith …
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Iowa Caucuses, Washington Post, The Caucus, Business Insider and Reuters
Maeve Reston / Los Angeles Times:
Under fire for bet, Mitt Romney recalls more austere times — Mitt Romney speaks during a We the People Presidential Forum at the VFW Post, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011 in Hudson, N.H. (Jim Cole / Associated Press) — Reporting from Hudson, N.H. — GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney …
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The Last Tradition, Washington Post and ABCNEWS
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Perry going for broke in Iowa with 3 weeks to go — AMES, Iowa (AP) — Seen just four months ago as conservatives' potential savior, Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is fighting for his life in Iowa. — With three weeks until Iowa's leadoff caucuses, the Texas governor …
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New York Times, Washington Wire and Boston Herald
John T. Bennett / The Hill:
Perry, Huntsman pledge major changes for Congress
Perry, Huntsman pledge major changes for Congress
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ThinkProgress, CNN and Outside the Beltway
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Depression and Democracy — It's time to start calling the current situation what it is: a depression. True, it's not a full replay of the Great Depression, but that's cold comfort. Unemployment in both America and Europe remains disastrously high. Leaders and institutions are increasingly discredited.
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Business Insider, Prairie Weather, US Politics, Daily Kos and Truthdig
Daniel B. Klein / The Atlantic Online:
I Was Wrong, and So Are You — A libertarian economist retracts a swipe at the left—after discovering that our political leanings leave us more biased than we think. — BACK IN JUNE 2010, I published a Wall Street Journal op-ed arguing that the American left was unenlightened, by and large, as to economic matters.
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American Spectator
Daniel Yergin / Wall Street Journal:
America's New Energy Security — Thanks to new technology, the U.S. has become less dependent on petroleum imports from unstable countries. — Every president since Richard Nixon has called for energy independence. Nevertheless, U.S. reliance on imported oil long seemed to be headed …
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Via Meadia
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Record 64% Rate Honesty, Ethics of Members of Congress Low — Ratings of nurses, pharmacists, and medical doctors most positive — PRINCETON, NJ — Sixty-four percent of Americans rate the honesty and ethical standards of members of Congress as “low” or “very low,” tying the record “low” …
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Outside the Beltway and Hotline On Call
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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Michelle Malkin, Firedoglake and American Power
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Laird Harrison / Reuters:
Anti-Wall Street activists look to block West Coast ports
Anti-Wall Street activists look to block West Coast ports
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The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys, The Lonely Conservative and The Other McCain
Phoebe Greenwood / Guardian:
Newt Gingrich condemned for calling Palestinians ‘terrorists’ — Palestinian officials say Republican frontrunner's claim children are taught to kill in textbooks is based on Israeli propaganda — Leading Palestinian officials have rounded on the Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich …
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Blogcritics and Booman Tribune
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Newt's Palestinian comment was more than about history
Newt's Palestinian comment was more than about history
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The Reaction, Eunomia, Israel Matzav, Daily Pundit, Slate and The Other McCain
Barry Rubin / Rubin Reports:
Fact-Checking Newt Gingrich and the Fact-Checkers on the Middle East
Fact-Checking Newt Gingrich and the Fact-Checkers on the Middle East
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ABCNEWS, The PJ Tatler, American Power, Israel Matzav, Outside the Beltway and americanthinker.com
DealBook:
A Romance With Risk That Brought On a Panic — Soon after taking the reins of MF Global in 2010, Jon S. Corzine visited the Wall Street firm's Chicago offices for the first time, greeting the brokers, analysts and sales staff there. — One broker, Cy Monley, caught Mr. Corzine's eye.
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Eschaton
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Voting Rights? It All Depends — Yesterday a motley coalition of left-wing groups operating under the name Stand For Freedom marched in New York City, ostensibly to support voting rights. A large number of groups were represented, almost more organizations than people: the NAACP, the ACLU …
Jason Clayworth / Iowa Caucuses:
Iowa audience members yell at Rick Perry after Ames appearance [includes video] — Ames, Ia. - A packed coffee house where Rick Perry spoke this afternoon turned into a bit of a ruckus that left the candidate heading out the back door and straight to his vehicle after several Iowans screamed questions about his views on gays.
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Los Angeles Times, On Top Magazine Headlines, LGBTQ Nation and Towleroad News #gay
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Rick Perry: 'I Don't Have Memorized' The Names Of All 9 Supreme Court Justices
Rick Perry: 'I Don't Have Memorized' The Names Of All 9 Supreme Court Justices
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Hot Air, Don Surber, bustardblog, The Political Carnival and Booman Tribune
Bloomberg:
No One Says Who Took $586B in Fed Swaps — For all the transparency forced on the Federal Reserve by Congress and the courts, one of the central bank's emergency-lending programs remains so secretive that names of borrowers may be hidden from the Fed itself.
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naked capitalism and Mish's Global Economic …