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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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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 — On the heels of his decisive victory in the New Hampshire primary, Mitt Romney took the attacks on his private sector record used by GOP rivals and turned them against President Obama. — Romney's critics have accused …
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Rush Limbaugh, Hot Air, The Strata-Sphere, Big Government, CNN, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Politico
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
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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Jennifer Levitz / Washington Wire:
Santorum Casts Himself as the Romney Alternative
Santorum Casts Himself as the Romney Alternative
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Taylor Marsh
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.
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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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Indecision Forever and US Politics
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
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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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
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
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 in New Hampshire last night, I went back and watched Barack Obama's speech in New Hampshire, delivered almost exactly four years ago. The contrast told me quite a bit about the two candidates. — Obama, who'd just lost …
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Five Myths About Romney's New Hampshire Win
Five Myths About Romney's New Hampshire Win
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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
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Joel B. Pollak / Big Government:
Axelrod Defends Jeremiah Wright, Says He Was Victim of Selective Editing
Axelrod Defends Jeremiah Wright, Says He Was Victim of Selective Editing
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Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit and The PJ Tatler
Patrick Hruby / Washington Times:
Top 5 ‘let them eat cake’ moments of the Obama White House
Top 5 ‘let them eat cake’ moments of the Obama White House
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UrbanGrounds
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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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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Daniel Terdiman / CBS News:
Mercedes channels Che Guevara for car tech
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Recognize ‘Ministerial Exception’ to Job Discrimination 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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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 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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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
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 …
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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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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Mediaite and NewsBusters.org
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 and Scared Monkeys
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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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
Joel Gehrke / Campaign 2012:
DNC chair blames Tea Party for Tucson shooting — Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., speaking in New Hampshire this morning, reminded her audience of the tragic Tucson shooting last year — and also insinuated that the Tea Party, which she said regards political opponents as “the enemy …
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Sister Toldjah, Hot Air, Wizbang, The Gateway Pundit and Michelle Malkin