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Reuters:
Newt Gingrich: I crossed the line — SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Newt Gingrich signaled Wednesday that he believes his criticism of Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital is a mistake — and that he's created an impression that he was echoing Democratic rhetoric. — Gingrich conceded the problem …
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Karl / Patterico's Pontifications:
A bigger problem than Bain? — The New York Times picks up where I left off, reporting on Team Romney's reaction to the attacks from Mitt's rivals on his tenure at Bain Capital. The news is not particularly reassuring: … They should be concerned, given that New Hampshire and Iowa …
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CNN, The Politico, New York Times and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
David Weigel / Slate:
Haven't We Lived Through This Primary Before? — I'm thinking of a Republican primary. It starts with a candidate (John McCain/Mitt Romney) who ran once before, came in second place, and won over the party's elite class without winning over its base. Other candidates, understandably unwilling …
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Booman Tribune, The Other McCain, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Mahablog
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Romney likens work at Bain Capital to Obama's auto industry bailout
Romney likens work at Bain Capital to Obama's auto industry bailout
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Rush Limbaugh, Hot Air, The Strata-Sphere, Big Government, CNN and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Eric Kleefeld / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — CNN Apparently Waives Its Own Debate Rules To Let Rick Perry In
TPM2012 — CNN Apparently Waives Its Own Debate Rules To Let Rick Perry In
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The Right Sphere, The Hill, Applesauce, The Politico, Wonkette, Guardian and National Review
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich Touts War Against Christianity, Gay Adoption In South Carolina
Gingrich Touts War Against Christianity, Gay Adoption In South Carolina
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Washington Post, The Raw Story, Little Green Footballs and AKSARBENT
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: Moderation is winning in the Republican primary
Wonkbook: Moderation is winning in the Republican primary
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Political Mojo, New York Times, Washington Monthly, Washington Wire, The New Republic, Reuters and Campaign 2012
Jennifer Levitz / Washington Wire:
Santorum Casts Himself as the Romney Alternative
Santorum Casts Himself as the Romney Alternative
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Taylor Marsh
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
James O'Keefe's Group Appears To Commit Voter Fraud In Order To Gin Up Hysteria Over Non-Existent Fraud Problem — James O'Keefe's latest video features surrogates appearing to commit voter fraud in yesterday's New Hampshire primary election, all in an attempt to highlight voter fraud …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Indecision Forever and US Politics
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
VIDEO: NH poll workers shown handing out ballots in dead peoples' names — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Video footage provided exclusively to The Daily Caller shows election workers in New Hampshire giving out ballots in the names of dead voters at multiple voting precincts during the state's primary election on Tuesday.
Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Would-be dead man voter stopped at polls — MANCHESTER, N.H. — A mystery man trying to vote in the New Hampshire primary using a dead man's name got caught by an eagle-eyed voting supervisor in Manchester, then disappeared before police could corral him. — “We take a lot of pride in this primary …
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Little Green Footballs and Blue Hampshire
Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
NH turnout dropped 16% among actual Republicans — Over at Townhall, Guy Benson has defended the strength of Mitt Romney's victory in New Hampshire, and I don't think there's any disputing that it was a solid win. But I think there's one important point worth clarifying.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A tale of two speeches — After watching Mitt Romney's speech …
A tale of two speeches — After watching Mitt Romney's speech …
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Boston Globe, FP Passport, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, Balloon Juice and Alas, a Blog
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Five Myths About Romney's New Hampshire Win
Five Myths About Romney's New Hampshire Win
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The Enterprise Blog and Campaign 2012
Rana Foroohar / Swampland:
Warren Buffett Ready to Take Republicans' Tax Challenge — Warren Buffett is ready to call Republicans' tax bluff. Last fall, Senator Mitch McConnell said that if Buffett was feeling “guilty” about paying too little in taxes, he should “send in a check.” The jab was in response …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Politico, ThinkProgress, Weasel Zippers, Reuters, The Hill, Don Surber, Lists, Taegan Goddard's …, Saint Petersblog and The Page
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Recognize ‘Ministerial Exception’ to Job Bias Laws — WASHINGTON — In what may be its most significant religious liberty decision in two decades, the Supreme Court on Wednesday for the first time recognized a “ministerial exception” to employment discrimination laws …
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Hot Air, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Truthdig and ACS Blog
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Fox News:
Supreme Court sides with church on decision to fire employee on religious grounds
Supreme Court sides with church on decision to fire employee on religious grounds
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The Stir By CafeMom, Applesauce and The PJ Tatler
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
High Court Reverses Conviction in Killings
High Court Reverses Conviction in Killings
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Washington Monthly, Political Mojo, Outside the Beltway, TBogg and Washington Post
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Romney: Questions about Wall Street and inequality are driven by ‘envy’ — Mitt Romney had a remarkable exchange on NBC this morning that may not be as attention-grabbing about his “fire people” gaffe — but may actually be just as revealing and significant. And I hope it gets some attention.
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Washington Monthly, Wonkette, The Political Carnival, Balloon Juice, Riehl World View, The Loyal Opposition and Daily Kos
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
If Newt Is Perot . . . . . . then Romney should avoid being Bush.
If Newt Is Perot . . . . . . then Romney should avoid being Bush.
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American Spectator, The Huffington Post and Rush Limbaugh
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Romney: Any Concern For Income Inequality Is ‘About Envy’
Romney: Any Concern For Income Inequality Is ‘About Envy’
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News Desk and Conservative Hideout 2.0
Greg Mankiw / Greg Mankiw's Blog:
The Liquidity Trap may soon be over — About a decade ago, I wrote a paper on monetary policy in the 1990s (published in this book). I estimated the following simple formula for setting the federal funds rate: — Federal funds rate = 8.5 + 1.4 (Core inflation - Unemployment).
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Modeled Behavior
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Eddy / Crossing Wall Street:
Correction on the Mankiw Model
Correction on the Mankiw Model
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Paul Krugman, Free exchange and Modeled Behavior
Rich Morin / Pew Social & Demographic Trends:
Rising Share of Americans See Conflict Between Rich and Poor — The Occupy Wall Street movement no longer occupies Wall Street, but the issue of class conflict has captured a growing share of the national consciousness. A new Pew Research Center survey of 2,048 adults finds that about two-thirds …
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Washington Post, msnbc.com, The Raw Story and New York Times
Michael Gonzalez / The Huffington Post:
El Che: The Crass Marketing of a Sadistic Racist … There's something about Che Guevara that convinces older European men that they will become cooler through association with his “brand.” We saw that again yesterday when Mercedes-Benz Chairman Dieter Zetsche launched a new car under a banner picture of Guevara.
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The Volokh Conspiracy and Ricochet Conversations Feed
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Daniel Terdiman / CBS News:
Mercedes channels Che Guevara for car tech
Donovan Slack / The Politico:
W.H. guests bail, Biden gets a seat — Dozens of journalists packed into the East Room at the White House today for the president's remarks on “in-sourcing,” at least 60 of them lining the press risers and walls. — But what many couldn't see in press coverage of the event …
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Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Mayor's plan to limit booze sales — Party pooper! — First, Mayor Bloomberg went after smoking in public places. Then trans-fats, salt and sugary drinks. — Now Bloomberg — known for sipping fine wine and downing a cold beer from time to time — wants to crack down on alcohol sales …
McKay Coppins / Politics:
Bishop Romney Pressured Single Mother To Give Up Baby, Book Says — The Boston Globe's biography opens new windows into the candidate's time as a Mormon lay leader. Romney was a traditionalist. — Republican presidential candidate former Governor Mitt Romney, left …
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The Political Carnival, Jezebel, Brad DeLong, Feministing and ThinkProgress
Breitbart.tv:
CNN PRIME TIME ANCHOR TO BREITBART: ‘YOU ARE NOTORIOUSLY EVIL’ — In the midst of an otherwise straight-forward appearance on CNN, Andrew Breitbart was bizarrely addressed by host Piers Morgan as being “notoriously evil about almost everybody.” After Breitbart responded that Morgan …
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NewsBusters.org and Mediaite
Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator:
Voting in Plain Sight — Of all the domestic policy differences between the Bush and Obama administrations, just about the sharpest and most telling may be their opposite responses to the drive by Republican-dominated states to require voters to present photo identification at the polls.
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Election Law Blog, TEXAS REDISTRICTING and southernstudies.org
Yuval Levin / National Review:
Obama's Peculiar Re-Election Strategy — I know we're all supposed to think that the primaries are poised to turn out a weak Republican nominee and that President Obama will swoop in this fall and carry the day with some brilliant pincer move that simultaneously dubs the Republican too extreme, too moderate, too boring, and too weird.
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The Lonely Conservative, Political Mojo and The Enterprise Blog
Buzzfeed Politics / Politics:
Bush Beats Obama — Bush picked up more votes in 2004 in New Hampshire than Obama did last night. A measure of intensity. — U.S. President Barack Obama and former president George W. Bush during the inauguration ceremony in Washington on January 20, 2009. — (Reuters / KEVIN LAMARQUE)
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CNN
Washington Post:
Child cruelty charge after baby found alone in Occupy camp — An infant's cries rang through the Occupy DC encampment in McPherson Square Wednesday morning, and when a group went to investigate they found only a baby girl alone in a tent, wearing a onesie and mittens.
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Verum Serum and Big Government