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Anita Kumar / Washington Post:
Gingrich, Perry disqualified from Va. primary ballot — Former House speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry failed to submit enough valid signatures to qualify for the Virginia primary ballot, state GOP officials said Friday evening and early Saturday.
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Perry ballot petition rejected in Virginia — (CNN) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry will not appear on the Virginia primary ballot after submitting a petition that didn't meet the commonwealth's requirements, the Virginia Republican Party announced Friday. — In an announcement on their Twitter feed …
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Associated Press:
Gingrich fails to qualify for Va. primary ballot — WASHINGTON - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has failed to qualify for Virginia's March 6 Republican primary, a development that complicates his bid to win the GOP presidential nomination. — “After verification …
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Rockland County Times:
Two's Company, is Three a Crowd? — CORRECTION FROM EARLIER VERSION— Gingrich has not yet been certified as qualifying — The Virginia State Republican Party has indicated that of the seven candidates Mitt Romney and Ron Paul are the only two GOPers to qualify for their March 6 GOP primary ballot as of mid-Friday evening.
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Perry knocked off Va. primary ballot
Perry knocked off Va. primary ballot
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Maeve Reston / Los Angeles Times:
Spotlight on Romney's marriage casts shadow on Gingrich's past
Spotlight on Romney's marriage casts shadow on Gingrich's past
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Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich Defends South Carolina's Decision To Fly Confederate Flag At Capital — At an event in South Carolina yesterday, Newt Gingrich was asked by a town hall participant to offer his views regarding the state's decision to fly the Confederate flag at the statehouse in Columbia.
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Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. rejects South Carolina voter ID law, calling it discriminatory — REUTERS/Benjamin Myers (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW) — The Justice Department on Friday entered the divisive national debate over new state voting laws, rejecting South Carolina's measure requiring …
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Justice Department blocks South Carolina's voter identification law
Justice Department blocks South Carolina's voter identification law
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Christmas greetings replace partisanship in weekly addresses — (CNN) - After weeks of squabbling over extending the payroll tax cut, Republicans and President Barack Obama turned their focus on the holidays in their weekly addresses Saturday. — The addresses, which typically ding …
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Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Barbara Walters' Slobbering Interview With Obama: What Super Power Do You Want? — Barbara Walters, who famously asked Katherine Hepburn what type of tree she was, may have outdone herself in a slobbering interview with Michelle and Barack Obama. In previews of Friday's “20/20” segment …
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Holly Bailey / Yahoo! News:
Congressman apologizes for criticizing Michelle Obama's ‘large posterior’
Congressman apologizes for criticizing Michelle Obama's ‘large posterior’
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The Humble Libertarian, THEROOT.COM and Outside the Beltway
Sara Sorcher / The Atlantic Wire:
Obama Blames Hawaii for his ‘Deep Down’ Laziness
Obama Blames Hawaii for his ‘Deep Down’ Laziness
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Republican lawmakers frustrated with Boehner-Cantor soap opera — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) are being prodded by their House GOP colleagues to work through their battle-scarred relationship. — Republican lawmakers said they are frustrated …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Payroll tax fight leaves Hill Republicans divided and angry
Payroll tax fight leaves Hill Republicans divided and angry
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Obama says he's not bound by Guantanamo, gun-control provisions — President Obama said Friday he will not be bound by at least 20 policy riders in the 2012 omnibus funding the government, including provisions pertaining to Guantanamo Bay and gun control. — After he signed the omnibus …
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Joe Nocera / New York Times:
The Big Lie — So this is how the Big Lie works. — You begin with a hypothesis that has a certain surface plausibility. You find an ally whose background suggests that he's an “expert”; out of thin air, he devises “data.” You write articles in sympathetic publications …
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
TRENDING: Trump dumps GOP — (CNN) - Donald Trump continued to tease a potential presidential run by changing his voter registration Thursday from Republican to “unaffiliated” and publicly denouncing the behavior of members of his former party. — Michael Cohen, an aide to Trump …
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