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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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Rasmussen Reports:
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.
Rasmussen Reports:
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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Big Government, Campaign 2012, Taegan Goddard's …, Hot Air and GOP 12
ABCNEWS:
Gingrich on Romney Debating the President: ‘Obama is Going to Laugh at Him’ — Former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich drew a clear distinction between himself and his rivals, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, and insisted in an interview with me today that he's the best conservative candidate to beat President Obama.
Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
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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Phil Izzo / Real Time Economics:
Unemployment Rate Drop Is for Real — The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 8.5% in December, while a broader measure dropped even further to 15.2% from 15.6% the prior month, both at their lowest levels since February 2009. — While the unemployment rate has been falling in part due …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Unemployment Falls to 8.5%; 200,000 New Jobs Created — The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 8.5 percent last month as job creation was more robust than expected, providing continued signs that the nation's labor market is improving gradually. — Growth in manufacturing jobs helped offset …
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Calculated Risk, FT Alphaville, Main Street, MarketBeat and The Political Carnival
Josh Boak / The Politico:
Unemployment rate falls to 8.5 percent, economy adds 200K jobs
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CNN
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Romney hits Obama's economic record despite improving jobs numbers
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The Politico
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
A good jobs report — and a good year
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Washington Monthly, Daily Kos and Hot Air
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
Payroll jobs up, jobless rate falls to 8.5 percent
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The Enterprise Blog, The Gateway Pundit and Taylor Marsh
Tim Mullaney / USA Today:
Dec. unemployment rate lowest in nearly 3 years
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Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
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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David Brooks / New York Times:
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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The New Republic, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post and The Mahablog
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Was Santorum ‘Weird’ For Bringing Home His Stillborn Baby? (UPDATED) — There is much I don't like about Rick Santorum's ideas, but the story of how he and his wife dealt with the tragic death of their baby is not something that bothers me. Pete Wehner has an appropriately indignant post …
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Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Rick Santorum: ‘We Always Need a Jesus Candidate’
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Spotlight Shines on Santorum, Rough Edges and All
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New York Times and Connecting.the.Dots
NBC's Andrew Rafferty / msnbc.com:
Santorum booed in contentious exchange over gay marriage
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Santorum denies making racially-charged statement on welfare
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
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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Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Obama rule would let undocumented stay in U.S. during application
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Susan Walsh / Latino.FoxNews.com:
Obama Administration Plans Immigration Rule Change
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Right Wing News
The Boston Globe:
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 …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
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
Tom Tolan / JSOnline:
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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Greg Wilson / NBC Los Angeles:
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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