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David Brooks / New York Times:
Workers of the World, Unite! — The Republican Party is the party of the white working class. This group — whites with high school degrees and maybe some college — is still the largest block in the electorate. They overwhelmingly favor Republicans. — It's a diverse group, obviously …
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Ian Swanson / Ballot Box:
Romney camp sees chance for knockout blow in Iowa caucuses
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Holly Bailey / Yahoo! News:
Why didn't any of the 2012 candidates attack Mitt Romney in Iowa?
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A.Killough / CNN:
Last-day Ron Paul ad is his sharpest anti-Romney attack yet
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Rick Santorum's curious closing argument — POLK CITY, Iowa — Nothing fires up a crowd like cloture. — Rick Santorum, the man who has improbably become a contender in Tuesday's Iowa caucuses, was making his closing argument to a sea of TV cameras here on Monday when he swerved into a thicket of Senate trivia.
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Sleeveless and V-Necked, Santorum's Sweaters Are Turning Heads — PERRY, Iowa — Rick Santorum is definitely pro-traditional sweater. — It's just that in Iowa, he happens to like a smart, sleeveless V-neck number. — Crewnecks, with their neck-hugging collars, aren't suitable …
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Remember the Crying Girl? — Last night I called my wife and told her I loved her, after listening to Rick Santorum's speech to his supporters at the final town hall meeting before Caucus Day here in Iowa. Santorum paid tribute to his wife, Karen, and also to his children, who have worked so hard and sacrificed so much:
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Alan Colmes: The way Santorum dealt with the death of his child sure was crazy
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Did Rick Santorum Really Talk About Making 'Black People's Lives Better' With 'Somebody Else's Money?'
Ned Martel / Washington Post:
Conflicting reports: Political reporters share a home but not their stories
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John Garver / The Daily Caller:
The trouble with my uncle, Rick Santorum — If you want another big-government politician who supports the status quo to run our country, you should vote for my uncle, Rick Santorum. America is based on a strong belief in individual liberty. My uncle's interventionist policies …
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Serafin Gomez / Fox News:
Santorum: “ Ron Paul is Disgusting.” — “Ron Paul is disgusting,” presidential candidate Rick Santorum said to a handful of FOX reporters shortly after his FOX and Friends interview Tuesday morning. — Santorum blamed his rival for Iowa robo calls that claimed that the former U.S. senator …
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Charles Dharapak / ABCNEWS:
Does Ron Paul See Himself in the Oval Office? ‘Not Really’
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CBS News:
Gingrich: Mitt Romney is a liar — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose support in Iowa has withered after riding on top of the polls, today called former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney a liar who would lie to the American people if elected to the White House …
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
W.H. to Boehner: Ditch the GOP, pass bills — John Boehner walks to a news conference on the payroll tax cut with Eric Cantor on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. AP Photo — A senior White House official challenged House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to buck his own Republican conference …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama willing to work with Congress in 2012 on taxes, cutting debt
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Santorum: States Should Have The Right To Outlaw Birth Control — Rick Santorum reiterated his belief that states should have the right to outlaw contraception during an interview with ABC News yesterday, saying, “The state has a right to do that, I have never questioned that the state has a right to do that.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich: I 'Wouldn't Make Exceptions' For Abortions In Cases Of Rape Or Incest — Newt Gingrich explicitly told a voter in Iowa this afternoon that he opposes all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest, joining fellow GOP presidential candidates Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Gingrich would not support rape, incest abortion exceptions
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Thomas Erdbrink / Washington Post:
Iran warns U.S. carrier not to return to Persian Gulf — Handout/Reuters - Iranian naval ships take part in a naval parade on the last day of the Velayat-90 war game in the Sea of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. Iran's army chief has warned an American aircraft carrier not to return to the Persian Gulf.
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O.Kay Henderson:
Huckabee: Rs more interested in defeating Obama than in rebuilding USA (audio) — Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, victor in the 2008 Iowa Caucuses, called into the Radio Iowa newsroom this morning for a chat. I'll be posted snippets over the next few hours.
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Mary C. Curtis / Washington Post:
Michelle Obama's backside is your business how? — Can you imagine how the incident would play out if an African American congressman made a crude remark about First Lady Laura Bush's body? It certainly would have taken more than an insincere apology to wash that sin away.
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Why Iowa gets to go first, and other facts about tonight's caucus — (Jessica Reilly) David Redlawsk is a political scientist at Rutgers University and co-author of “Why Iowa? How Caucuses and Sequential Elections improve the Nominating Process.” We spoke earlier today …
Sarah Ryley / The Daily:
Probe reveals feds pressuring agents to rush immigrant visas - even if fraud is feared — One-quarter of the USCIS officers surveyed said they have pressured to approve questionable cases. — Alejandro Mayorkas heads the agency. — Higher-ups within U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services …
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NBC's Carrie Dann / msnbc.com:
Perry: ‘This is Omaha Beach’ — WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — With a sense of history on the biggest political day — to date — of the 2012 cycle, Texas Gov. Rick Perry today compared the GOP's quest to defeat President Barack Obama to one of the deadliest battles of the D-Day landings in Normandy in 1944.
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New York Times:
The Next War: Pentagon to Present Vision of Reduced Military — WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is set this week to reveal his strategy that will guide the Pentagon in cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from its budget, and with it the Obama administration's vision …
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Joshua Spivak / The Recall Elections Blog:
Wisconsin: No Roger, No Rerun, No Recall? Barrett and the unusual nature of the recall Rematch/Rerun — As we heard earlier this week, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the losing Democratic gubernatorial candidate in 2010, is considering running in the recall against Governor Scott Walker.
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Young, gay caucus-goers talk politics, support for GOP — Several young gay Iowa caucus goers discuss which GOP candidates they will support today. (Washington Blade photo by Chris Johnson) — DES MOINES, Iowa — For some gay Iowa Republicans, the 2012 presidential election is about more than just LGBT issues.
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George Packer / News Desk:
Un-American Activities — In the tenth paragraph of a page A15 Times piece, Rick Santorum accuses Barack Obama of engaging in “absolutely un-American activities.” What are they? The article doesn't say. The quote appears without explanation or comment, in an article entitled …
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