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Could Typo Rewrite Caucus History? — Caucus Vote Counter Says Romney Mistakenly Given 20 Votes — DES MOINES, Iowa — Caucus night was chaotic in many places, with hundreds of voters, candidates showing up and the throngs of media who followed. The world's eyes were on Iowa.
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South Carolina Primary: Romney 27%, Santorum 24%, Gingrich 18% — What a difference a caucus makes. Rick Santorum who two months ago had one percent (1%) support among likely South Carolina Republican Primary voters now is running a close second there with 24% of the vote.

New Hampshire: Romney 42%, Paul 18%, Santorum 13%, Huntsman 12% — Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is pulling away from the pack in New Hampshire as Tuesday's first-in-the-nation primary nears. His nearest rival now trails him by more than 20 points.
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Romney hits Obama's economic record despite improving jobs numbers — Conway, South Carolina (CNN) - Friday's announcement that the unemployment rate had dropped to 8.5% did little to deter Mitt Romney from savaging President Barack Obama's handling of the economy.
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Gingrich: Romney should drop out if he doesn't win New Hampshire primary
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A New Social Agenda — I'm to Rick Santorum's left on most social issues, like same-sex marriage and abortion. I'm also put off by his Manichaean political rhetoric. He seems to imagine America's problems can best be described as the result of a culture war between the God-fearing conservatives and the narcissistic liberals.
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Santorum Booed After Gay Marriage Exchange — Rick Santorum was booed after a lengthy back-and-forth with several students in Concord, N.H., on the issue of same-sex marriage, which is legal in New Hampshire. — As Santorum addressed a group of college students, one asked …
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Was Santorum ‘Weird’ For Bringing Home His Stillborn Baby? (UPDATED)

Rick Santorum: ‘We Always Need a Jesus Candidate’
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Spotlight Shines on Santorum, Rough Edges and All
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Santorum booed in contentious exchange over gay marriage
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Santorum denies making racially-charged statement on welfare
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U.S. Adds 200,000 Jobs; Unemployment Rate at 8.5% — The United States added a robust 200,000 new jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday, in a sign that the long-awaited economic recovery has finally built up a head of steam. — The nation's unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent in December …
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Unemployment Rate Drop Is for Real
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Unemployment Falls to 8.5%; 200,000 New Jobs Created
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Unemployment rate falls to 8.5 percent, economy adds 200K jobs
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A good jobs report — and a good year
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Payroll jobs up, jobless rate falls to 8.5 percent
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Dec. unemployment rate lowest in nearly 3 years
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Path to Green Card for Illegal Immigrant Family Members of Americans — Obama administration officials announced on Friday that they will propose a fix to a notorious snag in immigration law that will spare hundreds of thousands of American citizens from prolonged separations from immigrant spouses and children.
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Obama rule would let undocumented stay in U.S. during application
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Obama Administration Plans Immigration Rule Change
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For vision and national unity, Huntsman for GOP nominee — DISSATISFACTION WITH the economy, expressed in spasms of anger toward Wall Street and Washington; the dashed hopes of many who believed that Barack Obama's election would create a new spirit of unity; and genuine uncertainty …


Short NBC gig for Chelsea? — Chelsea Clinton's much-trumpeted deal with NBC seems to be nearly done. Her contract is for only 90 days, and while she'll provide the network with two more stories, sources say it is not certain she'll immediately sign again.
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Business Insider, Jammie Wearing Fools and Althouse

Gingrich's NAACP, Food Stamp Remarks Stir Controversy — Manchester, N.H.— The blogosphere piled up with headlines Thursday over a part of Newt Gingrich's campaign speech involving food stamps and the NAACP, which left the Gingrich campaign scrambling in defense to put Gingrich's comments in context.
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Special report: Romney's steel skeleton in the Bain closet — (Reuters) - It was funny at first. — The young men in business suits, gingerly picking their way among the millwrights, machinists and pipefitters at Kansas City's Worldwide Grinding Systems steel mill.
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Private sector jobs looking much stronger — In the previous post, we talked about the new monthly jobs report, but in keeping with tradition, here's a slightly different chart — one showing just the private sector job market. — Overall, the U.S. economy added 200,000 jobs in December …
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ThinkProgress and Brad DeLong

Judge rules for Walker campaign in case against state election officials — Waukesha — A judge ruled Thursday that the state Government Accountability Board needs to take more aggressive action to vet recall signatures that are expected to be submitted in two weeks against Gov. Scott Walker and other Republican office holders.
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Woman Scratches, Rubs Butt Over $30M Painting — Police say she was drunk — This work by Clyfford Still, titled “D No. 1,” was not damaged by a drunken woman. — A Colorado woman dropped her pants at a museum and rubbed her rear end all over a painting valued at $30 million, according to police.
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