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Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
Michelle Obama and the Evolution of a First Lady — Michelle Obama was privately fuming, not only at the president's team, but also at her husband. — In the days after the Democrats lost Edward Kennedy's Senate seat in January 2010, Barack Obama was even-keeled as usual in meetings …
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The Hill, JustOneMinute, TalkLeft, The Impolitic, Hullabaloo, Bangor Daily News, Weasel Zippers and Chicago magazine
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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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Weasel Zippers, iOwnTheWorld.com, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, Firedoglake, Guardian, Lynn Sweet and The Politico
Raf Sanchez / Telegraph:
Michelle Obama ‘raged against Rahm Emmanuel and White House advisors’
Michelle Obama ‘raged against Rahm Emmanuel and White House advisors’
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Doug Ross, Atlas Shrugs and The Gateway Pundit
Los Angeles Times:
Rick Santorum focuses on gay marriage — He suggests to a New Hampshire audience that an imprisoned father is preferable to a same-sex parent. — Mitt Romney leaves a campaign event outside an old peanut warehouse in Conway, S.C. (David Goldman, AP / January 6, 2012)
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The Political Carnival, Taylor Marsh, Outside the Beltway, Balloon Juice, The Daily Dish, Joe. My. God. and ThinkProgress
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msnbc.com:
NBC/Marist Poll: Romney has 20-point lead in N.H.; Santorum gets Iowa bounce — A new NBC News-Marist poll of NH Republicans shows Romney with a 20-point lead. NBC's Chuck Todd reports. — Just four days until Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney …
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The Moderate Voice, Franklin Center, Outside the Beltway and 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com
ABCNEWS:
Republican Candidates Ready to Rumble in Key New Hampshire Debate — CHICAGO - With the race for the Republican presidential nomination at its most critical moment to date, only days before the crucial New Hampshire primary, the six candidates will square off Saturday night in Manchester …
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The Lonely Conservative and Power Line
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Romney pushing for four-state streak to steamroll GOP opponents — TILTON, N.H. — After preparing for a drawn-out nominating battle that would stretch well into the spring, Mitt Romney's campaign is now quietly shifting gears in an effort to steamroll his underfunded opponents …
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Campaign 2012, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and American Power
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
All We Are Saying . . . The establishment usually wins. That, after all, is what it means to be an establishment. But not always. Three of the last six presidents—Jimmy Carter in 1976, Ronald Reagan in 1980, and Barack Obama in 2008—ran against their own party's powerbrokers …
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Washington Monthly and Outside the Beltway
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Government: The redistributionist behemoth — Liberals have a rendezvous with regret. Their largest achievement is today's redistributionist government. But such government is inherently regressive: It tends to distribute power and money to the strong, including itself.
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Campaign 2012 and Maggie's Farm
Sydney Morning Herald:
Climate change castaways consider move to Australia — Ben Doherty in Male, Maldives — Threat ... much of the Maldives could be lost to climate change. — THE President of what could be the first country in the world lost to climate change has urged Australia to prepare for a mass wave …
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Pirate's Cove, The Impolitic, Biased BBC, Fausta's Blog, Tim Blair and ThinkProgress
The Right Scoop:
Hilarious! McCain mistakenly refers to Romney as Obama — Oh man, this is classic. McCain totally referred to Romney as “President Obama” and went on for a few seconds before Gov. Haley corrected him. Hilarious! You know what they say about drunk people being more truthful, right?
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Althouse and Michelle Malkin
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Santorum: All Students Shouldn't Be Pushed to Go to College — GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — Former Sen. Rick Santorum expanded his populist message into education Saturday, accusing President Barack Obama and others of “snobbery” for pushing all kids to go to college.
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The Hill
Barry Rubin / RubinReports:
Why Is an Anti-American Islamist Obama's Favorite Middle East Leader? — This article was published in a very different form in the Jerusalem Post. I own the rights and ask you to read and link to this version. — For the first time in forty years,Israel is not the American president's favorite Middle Eastern ally.
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Power Line and Israpundit
CNN:
U.S. Navy rescues Iranian sailors — From Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon Producer — (CNN) — U.S. sailors from a carrier strike group whose recent presence in the Persian Gulf drew the ire of Iranian military officials have rescued 13 of the Middle Eastern country's sailors from a hijacked fishing boat …
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Outside the Beltway, ThinkProgress and The Jawa Report
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Peter J. Boyer / The Daily Beast:
New Anti-Romney Video Attacks Bain Capital Work — An ex-Romney adviser is unleashing a half-hour attack video blasting Mitt's work at Bain Capital. A pro-Gingrich super PAC just scooped it up. Peter J. Boyer reports. — The effort to derail Mitt Romney's presidential quest heightened dramatically …
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US Politics and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Bain, Barack and Jobs
Bain, Barack and Jobs
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Firedoglake, msnbc.com, Business Insider, ABCNEWS and Daily Kos
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Nigeria sect kills 15; Christians vow defense — MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A radical Muslim sect attacked a church during a worship service in Nigeria's northeast during assaults that killed at least 15 people, authorities said Saturday, as Christians vowed to defend themselves …
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Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
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Mike Pflanz / Telegraph:
20 killed as Nigerian gunmen attack Christian mourners
20 killed as Nigerian gunmen attack Christian mourners
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The Gateway Pundit, Libertarian Republican, Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Jill Schlesinger / CBS News:
December employment report: 200K new jobs, 8.5% unemployment — 2011 ended on a high note for jobs. The December jobs report showed that 200,000 new jobs were created in the month, and the unemployment rate dropped to 8.5, the lowest rate since February 2009.
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Crooks and Liars, Political Mojo, New York Times, The Raw Story and Calculated Risk
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Jared Bernstein / On the Economy:
Jobs Report, Second Impressions: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Jobs Report, Second Impressions: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly
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Firedoglake