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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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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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Steve Contorno / Campaign 2012:
Rick Perry won't make ballot in Virginia — Texas Gov. Rick Perry failed to get on Virginia's presidential primary ballot after the state Republican Party determined Friday that he didn't submit at least 10,000 valid signatures. The GOP earlier announced former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney …
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 …
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Perry knocked off Va. primary ballot — Rick Perry has been knocked off the Virginia GOP primary ballot, a key bar for candidate credibility past the early states - and a surprising state of affairs for the only campaign other than Mitt Romney that has had the resources with which to organize.
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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 — Video: President Obama spoke on Friday after Congress approved the payroll tax cut extension through February. The President urged Congress to extend the tax cut through all of 2012. (Dec. 23)
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Suicidal House Republicans
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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 …
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Justice Department blocks South Carolina's voter identification law
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
New York Times sues Justice Department over targeted-killing memo
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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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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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The Politico
Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Ron Paul Denies Writing Letter On ‘Coming Race War’ — Ron Paul's campaign tells TPM that the presidential candidate did not write a signed direct mail piece in 1993 aimed at attracting subscribers to his newsletter by warning of a “coming race war” and a “federal-homosexual cover-up on AIDS.”
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TNR Exclusive: A Collection of Ron Paul's Most Incendiary Newsletters
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Obama campaign returns Corzine donations — (CNN) - President Barack Obama's reelection campaign returned political donations made by Jon Corzine, the embattled former Democratic governor and senator from New Jersey, on Friday. — The move comes as Corzine endures increased scrutiny following …
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Larry Pearce / Governors' Wind Energy Coalition:
Former Sen. Tim Wirth outlines ambitious 2nd Obama term on climate change — President Obama has a “last window of opportunity” to get it right on climate change, U.N. Foundation President Tim Wirth warned this week. — The former Democratic U.S. senator from Colorado and undersecretary …
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Holly Bailey / Yahoo! News:
Congressman apologizes for criticizing Michelle Obama's ‘large posterior’ — A Republican congressman from Wisconsin has offered a personal apology to First Lady Michelle Obama after he was overheard at an airport lounge criticizing her “large posterior.” — Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner …
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