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Romney: Politics For The Rich — His father told him he shouldn't go into politics if he had a mortgage to pay. Most people have mortgages to pay. — (Reuters / JIM BOURG) — Mitt Romney suggested in today's debate that only rich people should run for office, and then quickly celebrated …
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Romney's Inexplicable Debate Fibs — Why not just tell the truth? The odd, small shadings of truth were the talk of the spin room in Concord after Sunday's debate. — (AP / Elise Amendola) — CONCORD, New Hampshire — Mitt Romney's generally strong debate performance was marred …
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Weekly Standard and Power Line
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Stephanopoulos struggles with fairness during NH debate — ABC News commentator George Stephanopoulos directed pointed, hard-edged questions to Republican presidential candidates during Saturday night's New Hampshire debate, often attacking without providing evidence to justify his broadsides.
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Campaign 2012, Wizbang, The Gateway Pundit, NO QUARTER, Wake up America, Doug Ross, The Lonely Conservative and Instapundit
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Romney: elected office is for the rich — About 10 hours after last night's debate, the six Republican presidential candidates met again this morning for another debate, this time sponsored by NBC and Facebook. — This one was far livelier than its predecessor — maybe the GOP field …
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The Reaction, No More Mister Nice Blog and Booman Tribune
ABCNEWS:
Why Mitt Romney Didn't Get Attacked In Saturday Night's Debate — The assumption was that Saturday's ABC/WMUR debate was going to produce some serious fireworks. — After all, you have a front-runner who is quickly assuming the mantle of the “inevitable” nominee.
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Campaign 2012, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, msnbc.com, The Other McCain, Taylor Marsh, Connecting.the.Dots and American Spectator
Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Mitt Romney: Don't Run For Office If You Need The Salary
Michael O'Brien / msnbc.com:
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The latest political headlines powered by NBC News and msnbc.com
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The Moderate Voice, blogs.telegraph.co.uk and The Caucus
Michael O'Brien / msnbc.com:
Sunday debate offers GOP hopeful second chance at fireworks
Sunday debate offers GOP hopeful second chance at fireworks
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Slate, Washington Monthly, The Gateway Pundit and Reuters
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
2012 ABC/Yahoo!/WMUR New Hampshire GOP primary debate (Transcript) — SAWYER: And good evening to all of you. Welcome to Saint Anselm College and the first debate of the year, 2012. The voting is underway. And, George, those eight votes in Iowa reminded us on Tuesday every vote counts.
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Althouse and Crooks and Liars
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Romney Trips On Contraception Question: 'It's Working Just Fine, Just Leave It Alone'
Romney Trips On Contraception Question: 'It's Working Just Fine, Just Leave It Alone'
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Los Angeles Times, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Daily Caller
Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Team Romney: Steph ‘obsessed’ with contraception
Team Romney: Steph ‘obsessed’ with contraception
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Crooks and Liars, NewsBusters.org, National Review and The Lonely Conservative
ABCNEWS:
Anti-Romney Movie Attacks to Bain Career — Supporters of Newt Gingrich have bought the rights to a new short movie that is very critical of Mitt Romney's tenure as head of Bain Capital. — Romney's business career made him a very wealthy man, but has come under some criticism because Bain bought …
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Mediaite, TomDispatch and The Gateway Pundit
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New York Times:
Romney Eludes Rivals' Attacks at Republican Debate in N.H.
Romney Eludes Rivals' Attacks at Republican Debate in N.H.
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The Caucus, JustOneMinute, Capital New York, Outside the Beltway, FiveThirtyEight and 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
New Hampshire primary: Mitt Romney rises above squabbling pack
New Hampshire primary: Mitt Romney rises above squabbling pack
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CNN and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Washington Post:
Mitt Romney under attack from other GOP candidates ahead of N.H. debate
Mitt Romney under attack from other GOP candidates ahead of N.H. debate
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Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, State of the Union, New York Times and The Page
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Trailing in New Hampshire, Jon Huntsman takes the long view
Trailing in New Hampshire, Jon Huntsman takes the long view
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Outside the Beltway, Campaign 2012, Washington Monthly and The Reality-Based Community
James V. Grimaldi / Washington Post:
Billionaire Adelson gives millions to Gingrich Super PAC — Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has given $5 million to an independent committee supporting GOP presidential aspirant Newt Gingrich, the first of what is expected to be many millions the Las Vegas billionaire plans to spend this election year.
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Capital New York, Crooks and Liars, Hot Air, The Moderate Voice, The Daily Caller and The Politico
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Social conservatives start to coalesce around Santorum
Social conservatives start to coalesce around Santorum
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CNN, Reuters and Prairie Weather
Gautham Nagesh / Ballot Box:
GOP debate: Gingrich, Romney trade barbs over super-PAC ads
GOP debate: Gingrich, Romney trade barbs over super-PAC ads
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ThinkProgress and CBS News
David Eldridge / Washington Times:
Ex-Times Editorial Page Editor Tony Blankley dead at 63 — Tony Blankley, a noted conservative author and commentator and former editorial page editor of The Washington Times, died Sunday morning, according to family sources. He was 63 and had been battling stomach cancer.
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CNN, Scared Monkeys, NewsBusters.org, The Sundries Shack and Outside the Beltway
And Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Romney Is the Main Target in a Caustic G.O.P. Debate — CONCORD, N.H. — The five major Republican presidential candidates who are not named Mitt Romney ferociously attacked him during a debate here Sunday morning, questioning his conservative credentials, his authenticity and even his honesty …
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Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight, Outside the Beltway, The Page, msnbc.com, The Mahablog and The Caucus
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Marriage Equality Opponent Mitt Romney To Gay People: 'I Don't Discriminate' — Mitt Romney had a hard time explaining how he has lived up to his 1994 campaign promise to “foster anti-discrimination efforts” on behalf of gays and lesbians within the Republican party during the NBC/Facebook debate in New Hampshire Sunday morning.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
GOP Candidates Condemn Same-Sex Marriage In New Hampshire Debate
GOP Candidates Condemn Same-Sex Marriage In New Hampshire Debate
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Reuters, The Huffington Post, Firedoglake, Poliglot, Truth Wins Out and Steve Rothaus' Gay …
Associated Press:
MSNBC chief: No decision on Pat Buchanan's return — (AP) PASADENA, Calif. — MSNBC's top executive said Saturday that he hasn't decided whether conservative commentator and author Pat Buchanan will be allowed back on the network. — Buchanan, a former GOP presidential candidate …
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Little Green Footballs, Outside the Beltway, The Impolitic and The Raw Story
New York Post:
White House threw secret ‘Alice in Wonderland’ bash during recession — It was the tea party the Obamas just couldn't resist. — A White House “Alice in Wonderland” costume ball — put on by Johnny Depp and Hollywood director Tim Burton — proved to be a Mad-as-a-Hatter idea that was never …
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Don Surber, Doug Ross, Weasel Zippers, Atlas Shrugs and The Lonely Conservative
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The Grating Santorum — MANCHESTER, N.H. — RICK SANTORUM was locking down the youth vote. — The man who fondly recalls nuns rapping his knuckles with rulers did some verbal knuckle-rapping of his own on Thursday with students at a forum in Concord hosted by New England College.
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The Other McCain, Datechguy's Blog and Prairie Weather
Free exchange:
The zero lower bound in our minds — PRIOR to the crisis, there was a general (if tenuous) accord among macroeconomists of many different stripes, that the Federal Reserve could and would act to stabilise the economy when necessary. Then, in December of 2008, the Fed hit the zero lower bound …
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Tim Duy's Fed Watch, Economist's View, EconLog and ParaPundit
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Black Man Confronts Gingrich On Food Stamps Comments: ‘Stop Using Blacks As A Punching Bag’ — MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich defended himself today against charges of racial insensitivity by noting that he's worked with African-American leaders in the past.
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