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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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A.Killough / CNN:
Des Moines Register endorses Romney — (CNN) - The Des Moines Register, the largest newspaper in Iowa, backed Mitt Romney late Saturday in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. — The much-anticipated endorsement gives the former Massachusetts governor special bragging rights …
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The Politico, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and USA Today
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Poll watcher: Gingrich slides in national, Iowa polls
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Scared Monkeys, The Moderate Voice and Don Surber
A.Killough / CNN:
TRENDING: Paul claims Bachmann ‘hates’ Muslims
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Iowa Caucuses, Reuters, The Iowa Republican and The Politico
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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Reuters, Harry's Place, Outside the Beltway and americanthinker.com
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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.
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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Booman Tribune, Power Line, The Other McCain and Don Surber
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David Taintor / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — MN GOPer Resigns Leadership Post Over Alleged ‘Inappropriate Relationship’ — Minnesota's Republican Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch abruptly resigned from her leadership post this week, and there are now allegations that she had an “inappropriate relationship” with a subordinate staffer.
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The Other McCain, Minneapolis Star Tribune, MinnPost, The Blotter, Hullabaloo, Firedoglake, Hot Dish Politics and The Raw Story
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
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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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
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
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
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
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Campaign 2012
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 …
ABCNEWS:
Romney Declares Himself ‘Ideal’ Tea Party Candidate — CHARLESTON, S.C. — Mitt Romney said today he's “the ideal candidate” for the Tea Party movement because his stance on issues lines up “pretty darn well” with the movement he says will soon realize that GOP frontrunner Newt Gingrich isn't their best option for president.
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Sara Murray / Washington Wire:
Can Tea Partiers Grow to Love Mitt Romney?
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Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — GOP Wins On Keystone As Senate Agrees To Two Month Payroll Tax Cut Extension — Senate leaders have agreed to a plan that will prevent key policies, including a two percent payroll tax cut for employees, from lapsing on January 1, 2012, according to top aides.
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Liberty Street and Zandar Versus The Stupid
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