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Mark Maremont / Wall Street Journal:
Romney at Bain: Big Gains, Some Busts — Mitt Romney's political foes are stepping up attacks based on his time running investment firm Bain Capital, tagging him with making a fortune from the rougher side of American capitalism—even as Mr. Romney says his Bain tenure shows he knows how to build businesses.
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Quinnipiac University:
Romney Has Big GOP Likely Voter Lead In Florida, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Most Voters Say They Might Change Their Mind — With 36 percent of Florida Republican likely primary voters, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has a double-digit lead three weeks before the nation's …
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New York Times:
Pro-Gingrich PAC Details Ads Against Romney's Bain Role — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Thanks to a $5 million donation from a wealthy casino owner, a group supporting New Gingrich plans to place advertisements in South Carolina this week attacking Mitt Romney as a predatory capitalist who destroyed jobs …
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ABCNEWS:
Perry Lambasts Romney For Handing Out Pink Slips — ANDERSON, S.C. - Texas Gov. Rick Perry picked up the attacks on Mitt Romney this morning, trying to capitalize off the former Bain Capital executive's comment that he once feared getting a pink slip. — “Now I have no doubt that Mitt Romney …
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Reuters:
Mitt Romney and the Bain bomb — NASHUA, N.H. — Forget his specific rivals. The biggest threat to Mitt Romney is hitting now and set to fully detonate in South Carolina: it's the Bain bomb. — While conservatives look unlikely to unite around one alternative to Romney …
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David Brody / The Brody File:
Exclusive: Gingrich Tells The Brody File His Goal Is To Slow Romney Down And Expose Him
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Ashley Parker / The Caucus:
Romney Firing Remarks Draw Criticism From Huntsman
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Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Pro-Gingrich group attacks Romney in big ad campaign
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Laura Conaway / The Maddow Blog:
And Mitt Romney keeps on talking
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Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Romney's Bain Capital Made Billions While Bankrupting Nearly One-Quarter Of The Companies It Invested In
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Byron Tau / The Politico:
Obama spokesman: ‘!!!’ — Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt tweets …
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Michelle Malkin:
The abysmal incompetence of the non-Romneys
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Boffo Awfulness — In the preceding post I referenced …
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Richard A. Oppel Jr / The Caucus:
Perry Joins Rivals in Attacking Romney on Bain
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Bloomberg:
Romney Bain Leadership Attacked as Exploiting Companies for Cash
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
PPP: Romney at 35 percent, Paul and Huntsman nearly tied
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Huntsman Has Momentum, but He Lacks Time
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WMUR:
Poll Shows Battle For 2nd In Primary; Romney Keeps Lead
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Walter Shapiro / The New Republic:
This Is the Most Boring New Hampshire Primary Ever
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Campaign Disavows Pro-Gay Rights Flyer From 2002 … GOP Debate , Mitt Romney , Republican Debate , Video , New Hampshire Primary , Romney Gay Rights , Romney New Hampshire , Mitt Romney 2012 , New Hampshire Primary 2012 , New Hampshire Romney , Social Issues , Politics News
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Romney Campaign Disavows 2002 Gay Pride Flyers
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Holy Bullies …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Record-High 40% of Americans Identify as Independents in '11 — More Americans identify as Democrats than as Republicans, 31% to 27% — PRINCETON, NJ — The percentage of Americans identifying as political independents increased in 2011, as is common in a non-election year …
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Santina Leuci / ABCNEWS:
Todd Palin Endorses Newt Gingrich — ABC News' Santina Leuci and Z. Byron Wolf report: — Sarah Palin's husband is endorsing Newt Gingrich for president, Todd Palin told ABC News today. — But Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and John McCain's 2008 Republican running mate …
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Morgen / Verum Serum:
HalloweenGate: White House Covered Up 2009 Halloween Party Hosted by Johnny Depp & Tim Burton (With Near-Exclusive Photos) — As is often the case, the cover-up is worse than the crime: … The White House is going to spin this as “old news”, but it's not old news if it's never been reported.
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Richard Black / BBC:
Carbon emissions ‘will defer Ice Age’ — The climate, if not species, of an Ice Age “ought” to return within 1,500 years — Human emissions of carbon dioxide will defer the next Ice Age, say scientists. — The last Ice Age ended about 11,500 years ago, and when the next one should begin has not been entirely clear.
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Bill Keller / New York Times:
Just the Ticket — THE beginning of a new year is a time for resolutions, and Hillary Clinton's admirers are already busily, lovingly resolving on her behalf. On one sideline, her friends tell me that after a few years of hyperactive globetrotting what she really needs is to put her feet …
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Media mob chases Ron Paul from campaign stop in New Hampshire — MANCHESTER, N.H. — A campaign stop at a New Hampshire eatery unraveled into a bit of a circus when the media scrum chasing Ron Paul apparently became too much for the 76-year-old Texas congressman to handle.
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David Kotok / Business Insider:
An Alarming Development In China That Everyone Has Missed — “I think this move is a sign of weakness and will only increase the likelihood that the winds of change from the Arab spring will reach China. The Chinese middle class, while enjoying their new wealth, will eventually demand …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
America's Unlevel Field — Last month President Obama gave a speech invoking the spirit of Teddy Roosevelt on behalf of progressive ideals — and Republicans were not happy. Mitt Romney, in particular, insisted that where Roosevelt believed that “government should level the playing field …
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Keith Olbermann Agrees to Anchor Current Election Coverage (Exclusive) — “I am pleased that I'll be running the election coverage on Current, following this Tuesday's New Hampshire primary,” said Olbermann in a statement on Sunday. “However, I don't think those participating in the New Hampshire primary will share my satisfaction.”
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David Carr / New York Times:
The Media Equation: At Current TV, Keith Olbermann Is Trapped Inside His Show
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