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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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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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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Giuliani: Gingrich may be stronger than Romney
Giuliani: Gingrich may be stronger than Romney
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The Hill, Washington Wire, iWatch News, New York Times, GOP 12, msnbc.com and RedState
Jason Zengerle / New York Magazine:
Playing With Mud — The hobbyist oppo researcher.
Playing With Mud — The hobbyist oppo researcher.
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ThinkProgress and Business Insider
New York Post:
GOP cruise missiles
GOP cruise missiles
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The Enterprise Blog, Washington Post and Betsy's Page
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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New York Times, Washington Post, The Reaction and Daily Kos
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Josh Lederman / The Hill:
Mitt Romney starts to show cracks as front-runner status slips further
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?
Were the Debates a Mistake?
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Ross Douthat and American Power
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 / News: News blog:
Belgium attack: grenades thrown at bus-stop in Liège - live updates
Belgium attack: grenades thrown at bus-stop in Liège - live updates
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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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Washington Post:
Eric Holder wades into debate over voting rights as presidential election nears — The Obama administration on Tuesday will wade into the increasingly divisive national debate over new voting laws in several states that could depress turnout among minorities and others who helped elect the president in 2008.
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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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thenation.com/blogs/163253, LBJ Library & Museum and UrbanGrounds
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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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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americanthinker.com, Hot Air and UrbanGrounds
Los Angeles Times:
Occupy protesters block West Coast ports — Demonstrators fail to shut down most shipping business. Rain in some areas hampered turnout. — Protesters square off against police at the Port of Long Beach in one of several West Coast demonstrations. (Mark Boster, Los Angeles Times)
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L.A. NOW, Patterico's Pontifications and The Heritage Foundation
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Leonardo Mejia / Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports:
AN OPEN LETTER FROM AMERICA'S PORT TRUCK DRIVERS ON OCCUPY THE PORTS
AN OPEN LETTER FROM AMERICA'S PORT TRUCK DRIVERS ON OCCUPY THE PORTS
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New York Magazine, Daily Kos, The Raw Story, KQED News Fix and Guardian
Mike Pearson / CNN:
Protesters try to shut down ports
Protesters try to shut down ports
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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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Towleroad News #gay and Joe. My. God.
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Deal reached on DoD authorization bill
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.
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
Supreme Court inserts itself into 2012 election in a major way
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No More Mister Nice Blog, New York Magazine, THEROOT.COM, The Week and The PJ Tatler
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Romney in 2002: I'm “Moderate,” “Progressive,” and “Not a Partisan Republican” [VIDEO] — Mitt Romney says he's a die-hard conservative. He says he's not a flip-flopper. Yet...plenty of Republican voters don't seem to believe him. They have plenty of reasons not to.
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The Maddow Blog and Hot Air
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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The Atlantic Online, msnbc.com and Campaign 2012
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Ben Smithand Juana Summers / The Politico:
Newt, Huntsman agree, seriously
Newt, Huntsman agree, seriously
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The Reaction, Datechguy's Blog, Guardian, Outside the Beltway, CNN and Hot Air
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Yearly deficit falls below $1 trillion for the first time under Obama — The Treasury Department forecast Monday that the budget deficit for fiscal 2012 will come in at $996 billion, the first time President Obama has presided over an annual deficit of less than $1 trillion.
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Ali Gharib / ThinkProgress:
Ehud Barak Calls Extremist Israeli Settlers' Attack On IDF ‘Homegrown Terror’ — Militant settlers stand guard at Migron — In the latest of a recent trend of attacks in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank, dozens of right-wing Israeli settlers stormed an army base in order to punish the state.
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New York Times, Associated Press and Mondoweiss
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
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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