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Michael Savage / michaelsavage.wnd.com:
SAVAGE OFFERS GINGRICH $1 MILLION TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE — WILL ANNOUNCE ON SHOW TODAY — THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL FIELD HAS COME DOWN TO TWO CANDIDATES WHO HAVE A REAL CHANCE OF GETTING THE NOMINATION: NEWT GINGRICH AND MITT ROMNEY. WHILE IT'S TRUE THAT ROMNEY IS NOT AS STRONG …
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Ben Smithand Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Romney's role: The Hillary Clinton of 2012? — For Mitt Romney this December, it's beginning to look a lot like Clinton. — Like the great, fallen front-runner of 2008, here is another well-funded, Establishment-blessed, presumptive nominee whose supposedly firm hold on his party's greatest prize seems to be slip-sliding away.
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Giuliani: Gingrich may be stronger than Romney
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New York Post:
GOP cruise missiles
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Jason Zengerle / New York Magazine:
Playing With Mud — The hobbyist oppo researcher.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Republicans Don't Nominate Swells — Don't pull a silver dollar out of that ear! Don't! — The political press corps has decided that the “moment” of Saturday night's Republican presidential debate occurred when Mitt Romney decided to challenge Rick Perry to a $10,000 bet.
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Josh Lederman / The Hill:
Mitt Romney starts to show cracks as front-runner status slips further
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Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
Were the Debates a Mistake?
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BBC:
Deadly attack rocks central Liege in Belgium — A gun and grenade attack in the centre of the Belgian city of Liege has killed at least two people and wounded about 25, Belgian media say. — They say several men threw grenades and fired on a crowd at a bus stop in Place Saint Lambert, a busy square.
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Lizzy Davies / Guardian:
Two dead in Belgian grenade attack — • ‘Four dead’ and dozens injured after blasts in Belgian city — • Attacker threw grenades into crowd before shooting self — • Situation ‘under control’, say police — 3.15pm: The man who carried out the attack had been due …
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Rep. Dennis Cardoza / The Hill:
Opinion: Obama would rather be university professor than president — After observing President Obama for the last three years, it has become obvious to me that the President might prefer to be a university professor rather than do the job he holds today. While he may not realize that he feels …
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Swing States Poll: Downbeat Dems, resurgent Republicans — WASHINGTON - President Obama is moving to energize the Democratic base for his re-election campaign, but in the case of a dozen battleground states, he'll have to work harder than four years ago to find it.
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Hank Stuever / Washington Post:
Chelsea Clinton makes broadcast debut on NBC's ‘Rock Center’ — It's no surprise whatsoever that Chelsea Clinton didn't electrify broadcast journalism with her debut Monday night on NBC's “Rock Center With Brian Williams,” because she has no experience in broadcast journalism.
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Conferees omit anti-gay provisions from defense bill — Lawmakers on Capitol Hill unveiled on Monday an agreement on major defense budget legislation that omits anti-gay provisions found in the House version of the legislation — including language that would have prohibited military chaplains …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Obama Administration Coordinating With Left-Wing Groups on Voter Fraud? — I wrote yesterday about the lightly-attended march in New York, ostensibly on behalf of voting rights, which was sponsored by a broad coalition of left-wing groups and was addressed by several Democratic politicians.
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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Supreme Court an ‘enormous issue’ for 2012 — The Supreme Court, which has faded as a major campaign issue in recent years, could make a resurgence in 2012: The justices just keep adding to the hot-button political issues they plan to tackle before the election.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Supreme Court inserts itself into 2012 election in a major way
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Agree to Hear Challenge to Arizona Immigration Laws
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Elizabeth Mendes / Gallup:
In U.S., Fear of Big Government at Near-Record Level — Democrats lead increase in concerns about big government — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' concerns about the threat of big government continue to dwarf those about big business and big labor, and by an even larger margin now than in March 2009.
John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
The Gingrich-Huntsman Debate: A New Way to Bash Mitt Romney — If you happened to devote 90 minutes to the Lincoln-Douglas-style debate between Newt Gingrich and Jon Huntsman that took place yesterday at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire — and you are in tenuous possession …
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Ben Smithand Juana Summers / The Politico:
Newt, Huntsman agree, seriously
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Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
Newt Gingrich takes his fourth ‘no-adultery pledge’ — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich this week signed a pledge to uphold conservative values from the Iowa-based group The Family Leader and vowed to restrict federal dollars from paying for abortion overseas …
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Rasmussen Reports:
55% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law — Most voters still want to repeal the national health care law, even though they tend to believe the law won't force them to change their own health insurance coverage. — The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 55% …
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Weasel Zippers, Weekly Standard and The Lonely Conservative
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Huh? Now Obamas Are Condemned For Celebrating Christmas Too Enthusiastically — Man, this whole War on Christmas is getting confusing. — Right on cue, the right-wing media this month has been waging its annual battle to convince faithful followers that religious-hating liberals are at war …
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BBC:
Saudi woman executed for ‘witchcraft and sorcery’ — A Saudi woman has been executed for practising “witchcraft and sorcery”, the country's interior ministry says. — A statement published by the state news agency said Amina bint Abdul Halim bin Salem Nasser was beheaded on Monday in the northern province of Jawf.
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Washington Examiner:
York: In Iowa, evangelical church to Queer Studies — Jacob Ellis, left, and Pastor Larry Wagner, both of Keosauqua, Iowa, close their eyes in prayer during an anti gay-marriage rally sponsored by The Family Leader, Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa.
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New York Times:
Premier's Actions in Iraq Raise U.S. Concerns — Jasim Nusaif, 71, in a photograph held by his son. He was among hundreds of former Baath Party members swept up in recent arrests. His family said the party expelled him in the 1980s. — BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki …
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