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The Des Moines Register's GOP caucus endorsement: Mitt Romney is best to lead — Sobriety, wisdom and judgment. — Those are qualities Mitt Romney said he looks for in a leader. Those are qualities Romney himself has demonstrated in his career in business, public service and government.
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Des Moines Register endorses Romney
Des Moines Register endorses Romney
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Poll watcher: Gingrich slides in national, Iowa polls
Poll watcher: Gingrich slides in national, Iowa polls
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Outside the Beltway, Scared Monkeys and The Moderate Voice
A.Killough / CNN:
TRENDING: Paul claims Bachmann ‘hates’ Muslims
TRENDING: Paul claims Bachmann ‘hates’ Muslims
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Iowa Caucuses, Reuters, The Iowa Republican, The Politico and The Other McCain
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Paul on Bachmann: ‘She hates Muslims’
Associated Press:
Vaclav Havel, Dissident Playwright Who Led Czechoslovakia, Dead at 75 — PRAGUE — Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who wove theater into politics to peacefully bring down communism in Czechoslovakia and become a hero of the epic struggle that ended the Cold War, has died. He was 75.
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Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Vaclav Havel, RIP — The great anti-communist dissident, writer, and politician Vaclav Havel is dead at the age of 75. — From Matt Welch's great 2003 profile, Velvet President: … Read the whole thing. — Reason on Havel.
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Harry's Place and Outside the Beltway
J.Y. Smith / Washington Post:
Vaclav Havel, dissident playwright and former Czech president, dies — Václav Havel, a Czech writer who was imprisoned by his country's former communist rulers, only to become a symbol of freedom and his nation's first president in the post-communist era, died Sunday morning …
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Suburban Guerrilla
Michael Winfrey / Reuters:
Vaclav Havel, leader of “Velvet Revolution,” dies — (Reuters) - Vaclav Havel, a dissident playwright who was jailed by Communists and then went on to lead the bloodless “Velvet Revolution” and become Czech president, died at 75 on Sunday. — The former chain smoker …
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americanthinker.com
Jonathan Allenand Jake Sherman / The Politico:
House GOP revolts on payroll deal — House Republicans are in full revolt in the wake of Senate passage of a two-month payroll tax holiday package, casting serious doubt on the fate of a bill that already has President Barack Obama's approval. — In a private conference call on Saturday afternoon …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Keystone climbdown leaves Obama supporters scratching their heads
Keystone climbdown leaves Obama supporters scratching their heads
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Allysia Finley / Wall Street Journal:
The Chicago Expulsion Act of 2011 — Windy City pols are bankrupting Illinois with bailouts for their hometown. Now downstate legislators are fighting back. — 'Why would anyone want to live in Illinois? " So muses Curt Wooters, who works for the state and helps his dad run …
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americanthinker.com and Instapundit
Max Fisher / The Atlantic Online:
A Photo That Encapsulates the Horror of Egypt's Crackdown — Three soldiers beat a defenseless woman, pull off her abaya, and drag her down a Cairo street — The above photo shows Egyptian army soldiers beating a young woman in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Saturday, the second straight …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Egyptian Soldiers Chase and Beat Unarmed Civilians in Cairo
Egyptian Soldiers Chase and Beat Unarmed Civilians in Cairo
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americanthinker.com
New York Times:
Last Convoy of American Troops Leaves Iraq, Marking an End to the War — BAGHDAD — The last convoy of American troops to leave Iraq drove into Kuwait on Sunday morning, marking the end of the nearly nine-year war. — The convoy's departure, which included about 110 vehicles and 500 soldiers …
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Martin Newman / Mirror.co.uk:
Bollywood actress Veena Malik reported missing after nude FHM photo scandal — Veena Malik — There were fears today for the wellbeing of Bollywood actress Veena Malik after she was reported missing by her manager. — The controversial Pakistani model and actress …
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Scared Monkeys and The Other McCain
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Op-Ed Columnist: Newt Gingrich's Self-Adoration — MARVELING over a presidential candidate's arrogance is like noting that a hockey player wears skates. It states not just the obvious but the necessary. You can't zip across the ice in Crocs, and you can't thrash your way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue …
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The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos and Bark Bark Woof Woof
Blue Yeti / Ricochet Conversations Feed:
When Events Collide: An “Uncommon Knowledge” from July, 2002 with Hitchens and Gingrich — A few days ago as part of his remembrance of Christopher Hitchens, Rob posted an episode of Uncommon Knowledge from 1998 with Hitchens and William F. Buckley. Almost immediately …
Financial Times:
False assumptions underpinned British strategy — UK's isolation at EU summit follows policy of secrecy — Statecraft in Europe is usually exercised on a full stomach. So it was that Angela Merkel and David Cameron sat in the stark white dining room of Berlin's chancellery on a cold November afternoon …
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Political Mojo
Jason Clayworth / Iowa Caucuses:
Rick Perry: Herman Cain is the type of person I'd consider for cabinet appointment — Spencer, Ia. — Herman Cain is the type of person Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he'd consider for his cabinet if elected president, he told a crowd here today. — “He has all the characteristics of the type …
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Spencer Platt / ABCNEWS:
Rick Perry Picks Up the Attacks on Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul for Earmarks
Rick Perry Picks Up the Attacks on Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul for Earmarks
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Campaign 2012