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NBC's Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC poll: Mitt Romney, Ron Paul neck-and-neck in Iowa; Newt Gingrich in 5th — In the past two weeks, support has fallen sharply in Iowa for Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich. NBC's Chuck Todd reports. — By NBC's Mark Murray — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Michele Bachmann's hard fall — Four months ago, Michele Bachmann seemed poised for a banner December. — She'd just won the Ames Straw Poll — vanquishing her Minnesota rival, Tim Pawlenty, in the process — and was getting accustomed to life in the top tier of 2012 candidates.
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Peter Schorsch / Saint Petersblog:
Latest Florida poll: Mitt Romney 27%, Newt Gingrich 26%; no one else in double digits — As Florida voters begin to focus on the state's pivotal GOP presidential primary at the end of January, the leading contenders are former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich …
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Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney: President Obama Out Of Touch Like Marie Antoinette … 2012 Election , Barack Obama , Mitt Romney , Republican Presidential Primary , Elections 2012 , Ron Paul , Unemployment , Video , Iowa Caucuses , Marie Antoinette , Ron Paul 2012 , Caucus , Iowa , Iowa Caucus …
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Nearly half of Iowa ads attack Gingrich
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
NBC-Marist poll confirms Santorum surge
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msnbc.com:
Bachmann campaign loses second key staffer in Ron Paul flap
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Michele Bachmann's hard fall
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Michele Bachmann's campaign flameout
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Alex Roarty / 2012 Decoded:
Why Is No One Attacking Romney? — Mitt Romney's confidence is brimming.
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Judy Woodruff / Online NewsHour:
Iowa Dispatch: After ‘Christmas With Ron Paul,’ a Texas Respite
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CNN:
TRENDING: In early book, Rep. Ron Paul criticized AIDS patients, minority rights and sexual harassment victims — Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) - Texas Rep. Ron Paul has distanced himself from a series of controversial newsletters from the 1980s and 1990s that bore his name and included inflammatory and racially charged language.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Ron Paul Claimed An AIDS Patient Is ‘A Victim Of His Own Lifestyle’ In 1987 Book — In recent days, Ron Paul has tried to distance himself from damaging newsletters from the late 1980s and 1990s by attributing racist and anti-gay statements to ghost writers and disavowing the most incendiary sentiments.
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Joseph W. McQuaid / unionleader.com:
Ron Paul is truly dangerous
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Keynes Was Right — “The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.” So declared John Maynard Keynes in 1937, even as F.D.R. was about to prove him right by trying to balance the budget too soon, sending the United States economy — which had been steadily recovering …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WordPress Takes Down “Bare Naked Islam” Blog After Threats From CAIR — WordPress took down Bare Naked Islam Blog today after threats from CAIR.
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
An Election Year Dawns Without Keith Olbermann — Keith Olbermann, who came to Current TV this year to remake the channel and compete against his old home, MSNBC, is sitting out the biggest political nights of the season. — Despite being the biggest star on the fledging channel …
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Wall Street Journal:
Gingrich Is Making Romney Better — The most memorable campaign line so far isn't ‘9-9-9’ or ‘Oops.’ — So the first third of the Republican presidential race is ending. The first third is the introduction: “This is who I am, this is what I want to do, this is why you want to choose me.”
Marist Poll:
12/30: Romney, Paul Battle for Lead in Iowa...Santorum Surges, Perry in Mix, Gingrich Stumbles — With just days until the Iowa caucus, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul are in a virtual dead heat. Romney receives the support of 23% to Paul's 21%, well within this NBC News/Marist Poll's margin of error …
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Firedoglake, The Caucus and Gallup
almasryalyoum.com:
Muslim villagers burn houses of Christian family Upper Egypt — Average: — ShareThis — views: — Send to friend — Dozens of residents of the village of Baheeg in Assiut, Upper Egypt, burnt three houses owned by a Christian family after a Christian villager allegedly published …
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Jed Babbin / American Spectator:
2011: The Year the Wheels Fell Off — The coming year will not give us a break from the steady stream of political knavery, green graft and governmental stupidity that 2011 delivered, though it will surely provide a flood of politically-induced comedy. — JANUARY: An enterprising BBC reporter …
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama visits Pearl Harbor for first time since entering office — President Obama on Thursday evening made his first trip to Pearl Harbor since becoming commander-in-chief. — The president and first lady Michelle Obama visited the USS Arizona Memorial, where they observed a moment …
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