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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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The Politico, CNN and The Caucus
Publius / Big Government:
BREAKING: Palin Urges Romney to Release Tax Returns, Provide Proof of 100,000 Jobs Created at Bain Capital — Former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has called for Gov. Mitt Romney to release his tax returns, as well as the data that could substantiate his claim of having created 100,000 jobs as CEO of Bain Capital.
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Erick's blog, Conservatives4Palin and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Donald Johnson / The Politico:
Mitt Romney's Bain Capital days: A black box — But, as the Post pointed out, this didn't take into account the jobs lost due to layoffs at firms Bain invested in, particularly during its later-stage leveraged buyout period, and so the statement got a single Pinocchio.
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Right Wing News, Washington Post and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
NationalJournal.com:
Perry: Bain Attacks Will Help Romney Prepare
Perry: Bain Attacks Will Help Romney Prepare
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Weekly Standard, Washington Post, ABCNEWS, Hot Air and National Review
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:
NH poll workers shown handing out ballots in dead peoples' names [VIDEO] — 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.
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 and TEXAS REDISTRICTING
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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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Applesauce, The Hill, Wonkette, Guardian and The Daily Caller
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
Mitt's S.C. plan: Divide and conquer
Mitt's S.C. plan: Divide and conquer
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THEROOT.COM, Washington Post, Daily Kos and FiveThirtyEight
Jennifer Levitz / Washington Wire:
Santorum Casts Himself as the Romney Alternative
Santorum Casts Himself as the Romney Alternative
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Taylor Marsh
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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The Raw Story, Washington Post, Little Green Footballs and AKSARBENT
Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
Bolton to Back Romney — Former U.N Ambassador John Bolton is set to endorse Mitt Romney and will join his top team of foreign-policy advisers, according to people close to the campaign. — The move is a blow to Newt Gingrich, who is close to Mr. Bolton and said recently that he would nominate …
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Washington Post, The Right Scoop, Michelle Malkin and Campaign 2012
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Emily Schultheis / The Politico:
John Bolton endorses Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential run
John Bolton endorses Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential run
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Weasel Zippers, New York Times and CNN
Rana Foroohar / Swampland:
Warren Buffett Ready to Take Republicans' Tax Challenge — Updated, 6:10 p.m. E.T. — Warren Buffett is ready to call Republicans' tax bluff. Last fall, Senator Mitch McConnell said that if Buffett were feeling “guilty” about paying too little in taxes, he should “send in a check.”
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The Caucus, Reuters, The Hill, Weasel Zippers, Don Surber, The Politico, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, ThinkProgress, The Page and Saint Petersblog
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Homeland Security watches Twitter, social media — (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's command center routinely monitors dozens of popular websites, including Facebook, Twitter, Hulu, WikiLeaks and news and gossip sites including the Huffington Post and Drudge Report, according to a government document.
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Weasel Zippers and The Volokh Conspiracy, more at Techmeme »
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Adam Clark Estes / The Atlantic Wire:
Homeland Security Is Monitoring The Drudge Report, The New York Times — It's unclear exactly why, but the Department of Homeland has been operating a “Social Networking/Media Capability” program to monitor the top blogs, forums and social networks online for at least the past 18 months.
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Mediaite, The Lonely Conservative and Maggie's Farm
Bob Cesca / The Huffington Post:
The Fantastical Crackpot Cult of Ron Paul — During Tuesday night's New Hampshire Primary election coverage, Lawrence O'Donnell hilariously and saliently described Ron Paul as “not a candidate,” therefore Jon Huntsman was the realistic second place winner, though not technically since he placed third on paper.
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Alas, a Blog
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David Weigel / Slate:
Haven't We Lived Through This Primary Before?
Haven't We Lived Through This Primary Before?
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No More Mister Nice Blog, The Other McCain, Booman Tribune and The Mahablog
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, ProfessorBainbridge.com and ACS Blog
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Eddy / Crossing Wall Street:
Correction on the Mankiw Model — I have to apologize. I made a mistake in a post from last week in calculating the interest rate based on Professor Greg Mankiw's interest rate model. — His model for where the Fed funds rate ought to be is: … In my original post …
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Modeled Behavior, Paul Krugman and Free exchange
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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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The Raw Story, Washington Post, The Politico, msnbc.com and New York Times
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
U.S. peace talks with Taliban to resume — Musadeq Sadeq/AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai gives a speech in December. The senior U.S. diplomat who shepherded a series of secret U.S. meetings with the insurgents last year will meet with him late next week to ensure he's on board, officials said.
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Weasel Zippers
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
Mercedes channels Che Guevara for car tech
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Weasel Zippers and National Review
Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
Hollywood or Silicon Valley? — President Obama must choose — A controversial online piracy bill could force President Obama to choose between two of his most important allies: Hollywood and Silicon Valley. — Obama hasn't taken a position yet on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) …