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Emily Schultheis / The Politico:
New Paul S.C. ad hits Santorum on ‘betrayal’ — Ron Paul's campaign is out with this new ad in South Carolina, which hits Rick Santorum on his “record of betrayal.” — “One serial hypocrite exposed,” the ad says, showing clips of Newt Gingrich. “Now another has emerged: Rick Santorum …
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Adam Sorensen / Swampland:
TIME/CNN/ORC Poll: Romney Storms Ahead in South Carolina — In another sign of the front-runner's growing strength. Mitt Romney has taken the lead in South Carolina, according to a TIME/CNN/ORC poll released Friday. — The poll, which surveyed likely primary voters on Wednesday and Thursday …
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Rick Perlstein / Crooks and Liars:
Santorum's ‘Freedom’ is Pretty Much Slavery — Rick Santorum got high marks for his near-victory speech in Iowa. In the Washington Post, E.J. Dionne called it “by far the best speech Tuesday night.” Santorum's address impressed me, too, but for a different reason: his astonishing endorsement …
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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.
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Geneva Sands-Sadowitz / The Hill:
Gingrich turns fire on Santorum — Just days after praising his rival GOP presidential candidate, Newt Gingrich took aim at Rick Santorum's congressional record and said he would be considered the “junior partner” in a match-up between the two Republican hopefuls.
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Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Ron Paul Suggests Third Party Presidential Run Still An Option … 2012 Election , Elections 2012 , Ron Paul , Video , New Hampshire Primary , New Hampshire Primary Election , Ron Paul 2012 , New Hampshire Primary 2012 , New Hampshire Primary Election 2012 , Politics News
James Oliphant / Los Angeles Times:
Rick Santorum jeered after comparing gay marriage to polygamy
Rick Santorum jeered after comparing gay marriage to polygamy
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: Romney and Santorum soar in South Carolina
CNN/Time Poll: Romney and Santorum soar in South Carolina
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Rasmussen Reports:
New Hampshire: Romney 42%, Paul 18%, Santorum 13%, Huntsman 12%
New Hampshire: Romney 42%, Paul 18%, Santorum 13%, Huntsman 12%
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Iowan Casts Doubt on Winner of Caucus
Iowan Casts Doubt on Winner of Caucus
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Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Pro-Santorum SuperPAC Buys Ad Time in South Carolina
Pro-Santorum SuperPAC Buys Ad Time in South Carolina
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
A worthy challenger — After every other conservative alternative …
A worthy challenger — After every other conservative alternative …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
‘The Obamas’: Book Reveals Friction Between Rahm Emanuel, Michelle Obama (UPDATE) … Barack Obama , Michelle Obama , Rahm Emanuel , White House , Obama , Video , Jodi Kantor , Obama White House , The Obamas , Obama Marriage , Obamas Marriage , The Obamas Jodi Kantor , Politics News
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Another Romney layoff victim, this one a conservative, speaks out — Reuters published a blockbuster story today on GS Technologies, a steel mill in Kansas City that was acquired by Bain Capital, leading to the layoffs of some 750 workers. In this case, the workers lost promised severance pay …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Bain, Barack and Jobs
Bain, Barack and Jobs
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Dylan Byers / The Politico:
What Newt said about food stamps — Newt Gingrich's comments about African-Americans and food stamps, made at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire yesterday, have made the expected media rounds — from Slate to The Daily Beast to The Associated Press to MSNBC — but the interpretation has changed somewhat along the way.
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama takes victory lap — Two days after defying Republicans and appointing Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, President Obama took a little time to gloat. — Making a victory lap of sorts at the independent agency, Obama cracked a joke …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
House Democrats Rush Floor Demanding Republicans Come Back To Work, GOP Cuts Off C-SPAN — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and a group of Democratic lawmakers took to an empty House floor today to demonstrate that they were willing to work while Republicans lawmakers are at home.
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Elizabeth McNeil / People.com:
Kristy McNichol Wants to ‘Be Open About Who I Am’ — Kristy McNichol has been out of the public eye for 20 years. Now she's chosen to come out - to try to help kids who are being bullied. — McNichol, 49, who has lived with her partner Martie Allen, also 49, for the past two decades …
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Brad Cooper / Kansas City Star:
Legislator apologizes for ‘YoMama’ email about first lady — Kansas legislator acknowledges forwarding email note mocking first lady's name, hair style. — Kansas House Speaker Mike O'Neal on Thursday apologized for an email that made fun of first lady Michelle Obama's hair style and mockingly called her “Mrs. YoMama.”
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Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Mike O'Neal sorry for Michelle ‘YoMama’ email
Mike O'Neal sorry for Michelle ‘YoMama’ email
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Two new cases granted — UPDATE: The Court has announced that it will issue opinions in argued cases on both Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Further orders from today's Conference will be issued at 10 a.m. Monday. — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to clarify when police may use …
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David Frum / FrumForum:
All Good Things... FrumForum launched itself almost exactly three years ago, on Inauguration Day 2009. Over the subsequent interval, our hundreds of contributors have reached more than 5 million individual readers. I like to think that together we have helped to move the national debate.
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Bruce Vielmetti / JSOnline:
Embezzlement probe also results in sex charges — By Bruce Vielmetti of the Journal Sentinel — The secret John Doe investigation into embezzlement of funds intended for veterans also produced a jarring unrelated sex crime case against the domestic partner of a former top aide to Gov. Scott Walker.
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Holly Robichaud / Lone Republican:
Wall Street money for Warren — I thought Elizabeth Warren was all about transparency. We are all still waiting for her to file the required financial disclosure form. — The Oklahoma Professor has been criticizing Scott Brown for being “Wall Street's favorite Senator.”
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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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