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Iowa: Romney 23%, Gingrich 20%, Paul 18% — For the fifth straight survey, the GOP field has a new frontrunner in Iowa. — On this first release video, Scott Rasmussen reveals Mitt Romney as the new frontrunner in the Iowa Caucus. — Although this video is available to everyone, most of the content on Rasmussen Reports is not.
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Poll: Dramatic drop in Gingrich support in Iowa — DES MOINES — A new survey from pollster Scott Rasmussen shows support for Newt Gingrich in Iowa has fallen sharply in recent days. The poll shows the former House speaker with the support of 20 percent of likely Republican caucus-goers …


Gingrich Signs NOM's Marriage Pledge, Leaving Only Paul Among Major Candidates Not To Have Signed — Contact: Mary Beth Hutchins (703-683-5004 ext. 105) — NOM will begin advertising in Iowa to communicate with Iowa voters who is pledged to stand with them to defend marriage
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ThinkProgress and On Top Magazine Headlines


Jon Huntsman leapfrogs Ron Paul in New Hampshire, says poll
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Shakesville, CNN, Business Insider and The Daily Dish

Fox's Chris Wallace: If Ron Paul Wins In Iowa, It Will Discredit The Iowa Caucuses
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The Raw Story and The Daily Dish

Winnowing the Field — A hard-fought presidential primary campaign is obscuring the uncharacteristic degree of unity within the Republican party. It has reached a conservative consensus on most of the pressing issues of the day. All of the leading candidates, and almost all of the lagging ones, support the right to life.
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Giuliani slams Romney, likens Newt to Reagan — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani slammed Mitt Romney as an unelectable flip-flopper, and said Newt Gingrich, who he compared to Ronald Reagan, offers Republicans the best shot at unseating President Obama.
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CNN and nation.foxnews.com

2008 Flashback: Michele Bachmann Gushes Over Newt Gingrich
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The Politico

Pretending That Ron Paul Doesn't Matter Won't Make Him Go Away


A Bipartisan Way Forward on Medicare — Allowing private plans to compete with traditional Medicare will help lower costs and spur innovation. — Few issues draw more heated partisan rhetoric than the future of Medicare. Seniors are a reliable and powerful voting bloc …
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The Wyden-Ryan Breakthrough — A better, bipartisan Medicare future.
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Big Government and Corrente

U.S. Lawmakers Offer Bipartisan Proposal for Medicare With Private Option
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The Hill and ThinkProgress

Lawmakers Offer Bipartisan Plan to Overhaul Medicare
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National Review, Hot Air and Hotline On Call

Paul Ryan to announce new approach to preserving Medicare
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U.S. War in Iraq Declared Officially Over — BAGHDAD — The United States military officially declared an end to its mission in Iraq on Thursday even as violence continues to plague the country and the Muslim world remains distrustful of American power. — In a fortified concrete courtyard …
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Iraq war draws to a quiet close — BAGHDAD — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta paid solemn tribute on Thursday to an “independent, free and sovereign Iraq” and declared the official end to the Iraq war, formally wrapping up the U.S. military's mission in the country after almost nine years.
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Payroll tax cut and spending bill stall in Senate, raising threat of shutdown — Negotiations over how to extend a payroll tax holiday for 160 million Americans and avoid a government shutdown this weekend ground to a halt Wednesday after a standoff in the Senate over how to proceed.
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White House drops veto threat over detainee legislation
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The Atlantic Online

White House backs down from threat to veto Defense bill over detainee language
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Wonkette

Rudy Giuliani Carves Up Mitt Romney on Morning Show — Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani has some thoughts on the GOP field, and he generously shared them with cable news audiences this morning in appearances so sharp they could be used in anti-Romney ads. — “It may be that Newt is appealing …
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Americans face Guantánamo detention after Obama climbdown — Defence funding bill allows American citizens to be arrested as terrorists on home soil and held indefinitely without trial — Barack Obama has abandoned a commitment to veto a new security law that allows the military …


‘Dismal’ prospects: 1 in 2 Americans are now poor or low income — Juan Morena sits on a Los Angeles, Calif., sidewalk as he waits for the St. Francis Center soup kitchen to open on Sept. 13. — By Associated Press — WASHINGTON - Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans …
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Obama's Justice Department joins Britain's ‘Climategate’ leaker manhunt — I have seen apparent proof that the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Criminal Division, is working with United Kingdom police to pursue the leaker of the 2009 and 2011 “Climategate” emails.


Herman Cain's Cabinet dream: DOD — Herman Cain says that if he could be a Cabinet secretary, he wants to be head of the Department of Defense. — In an interview with Barbara Walters, who chose Cain as one of the “10 Most Fascinating People” of the year, the former presidential hopeful was asked what Cabinet position he would like.


China's epic hangover begins — China's credit bubble has finally popped. The property market is swinging wildly from boom to bust, the cautionary exhibit of a BRIC's dream that is at last coming down to earth with a thud. — Chinese stocks are flashing warning signs. The Shanghai index has fallen 30pc since May.
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americanthinker.com, New York Times and Samizdata.net


Obama Family Portrait Revealed — From left: Michelle, Malia, Barack and Sasha Obama — President Obama may be gearing up his campaign for reelection soon, but at home with his wife and daughters, he couldn't be happier. — The White House is releasing this new family portrait of the Obamas …
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Washington Wire and ThinkProgress