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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 …
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Burgess Everett / The Politico:
Candidates steer clear of transportation before Iowa — Building roads and rails is central to President Barack Obama's economic recovery plans. Congressional leaders are calling new long-term surface transportation legislation this Congress's “jobs bill.” — So in Washington, transportation means jobs.
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Gingrich blasts Romney for attacks, says it's ‘sad he had to stoop to that level’ — Newt Gingrich continued his strong attacks on Mitt Romney Tuesday blaming him for a barrage of negative ads, calling them “an embarrassment” and admitting they had hurt his efforts to win the Iowa caucuses.
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Mark Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Iowa Caucus Final Poll Snapshot: Close, But Romney's Ahead … 2012 Election , Michele Bachmann , Mitt Romney , Newt Gingrich 2012 , Rick Santorum , Elections 2012 , Michele Bachmann 2012 , Newt Gingrich , Rick Perry , Ron Paul , Video , Iowa Caucuses , Iowa Poll , Mitt Romney Iowa …
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John G. Geer / The Politico:
Newt's slide is not about attack ads
Newt's slide is not about attack ads
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Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
Be wary of reports of “packed rooms” in Iowa
Be wary of reports of “packed rooms” in Iowa
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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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Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Rick Santorum: Iowa ‘moving’ my way — Rick Santorum told “Fox & Friends” Tuesday that Iowa voters are “moving in our direction” and he's encouraged by the large crowds he's been drawing. — “When it came down to crunch time, the last two weeks when they started to study all the candidates …
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Pete Kasperowicz / Ballot Box:
Dick Morris: Santorum could win Iowa
Dick Morris: Santorum could win Iowa
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Did Rick Santorum Really Talk About Making 'Black People's Lives Better' With 'Somebody Else's Money?'
Did Rick Santorum Really Talk About Making 'Black People's Lives Better' With 'Somebody Else's Money?'
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Fox News' Alan Colmes Flips Out When Called Out For ‘Cheap Shot’ About Rick Santorum Baby (Updated) — In a wild exchange on Fox News' Happening Now, longtime contributor Alan Colmes lost it a little bit when National Review's Rich Lowry pressed him over an attack on Rick Santorum's handling of the 1996 death of his newborn son.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Alan Colmes: The way Santorum dealt with the death of his child sure was crazy — You'd think liberals would want to pull their punches against Santorum until he's built up enough momentum nationally to complicate life for Romney, yet here's Colmesy throwing an uppercut straight to the groin.
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Brian Stelter / The Caucus:
Taking to Twitter, Murdoch Signals Support for Santorum
Taking to Twitter, Murdoch Signals Support for Santorum
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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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Kevin Drum / Political Mojo:
Crackpots Do Not Make Good Messengers
Crackpots Do Not Make Good Messengers
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Ron Paul's Libertarian Principles Support Racism
How Ron Paul's Libertarian Principles Support Racism
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Mj Lee / The Politico:
DNC chair: No time to meet Occupy — The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee said Tuesday morning she probably will not meet with Occupy Wall Street protesters, who have been rallying in Iowa against both Republicans and Democrats ahead of Tuesday's caucuses.
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Romney Iowa event interrupted by Occupy Wall Street protesters
Romney Iowa event interrupted by Occupy Wall Street protesters
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Richard Winton / L.A. NOW:
L.A. arson suspect is 24-year-old Hollywood man — Los Angeles police on Monday afternoon booked a 24-year-old man on suspicion of arson after an L.A. County sheriff's deputy detained him in connection with a string of more than 50 deliberately set fires — Booking records identified …
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Dennis Romero / The Informer:
Harry Burkhart, L.A. Arson Fires Suspect From Germany, Says ‘I Hate America’
Harry Burkhart, L.A. Arson Fires Suspect From Germany, Says ‘I Hate America’
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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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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Rasmussen: Dem party affiliation at all-time low — Perhaps the report of a general retreat on party affiliation was a bit exaggerated — at least for one of the two parties. Rasmussen's latest monthly survey of 15,000 respondents for party affiliation shows Republicans gaining …
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msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Caucus Day — It's Caucus Day in Iowa... Romney yesterday: “We're going to win this thing”... Gingrich yesterday: “I don't think I'm going to win”... Gingrich also calls Romney a liar... Watch to watch tonight... What happens (process begins at 8:00 pm ET …
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Reuters:
Iran threatens action if US carrier returns-IRNA — Iran will take action if a U.S. aircraft carrier which left the area because of Iranian naval exercises returns to the Gulf, the state news agency quoted army chief Ataollah Salehi as saying on Tuesday. — “Iran will not repeat its warning …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Santorum: States Should Have The Right To Outlaw Birth Control — Rick Santorum reiterated his belief that sates 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.