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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
BREAKING: Palin Urges Romney to Release Tax Returns, Provide Proof of 100,000 Jobs Created at Bain Capital
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The Politico, Conservatives4Palin and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
New York Times:
Shaken by Attacks on Romney's Past Work, Campaign Tries to Douse Flames
Shaken by Attacks on Romney's Past Work, Campaign Tries to Douse Flames
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The Politico, CNN, Reuters, The Caucus, New York Times, National Review, Washington Post, Hot Air, Campaign Stops, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and Daily Kos
NationalJournal.com:
Perry: Bain Attacks Will Help Romney Prepare
Perry: Bain Attacks Will Help Romney Prepare
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Weekly Standard, ABCNEWS, Washington Post, Hot Air and National Review
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, Big Government, The Strata-Sphere, CNN and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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, Wall Street Journal, Washington Monthly, The Hill, New York Times, Washington Wire and The New Republic
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
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 and Indecision Forever
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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.
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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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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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Hot Air, ProfessorBainbridge.com, 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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Political Mojo, Outside the Beltway, Washington Monthly, TBogg and Washington Post
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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Michelle Malkin, The Right Scoop and Campaign 2012
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Emily Schultheis / The Politico:
John Bolton endorses Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential run — John Bolton, the hawkish former ambassador to the United Nations under George W. Bush, endorsed Mitt Romney Wednesday night. — “I think Gov. Romney is the person who can best lead the party, best articulate our conservative principles …
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CNN and Weasel Zippers
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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David Weigel / Slate:
Haven't We Lived Through This Primary Before?
Haven't We Lived Through This Primary Before?
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Booman Tribune, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Other McCain and The Mahablog
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
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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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 Week and The Enterprise Blog
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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Paul Krugman, Modeled Behavior and Free exchange
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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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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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National Review and Weasel Zippers
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 Politico, The Raw Story, Washington Post, New York Times and msnbc.com
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
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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The Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
Eric Kleefeld / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — CNN Apparently Waives Its Own Debate Rules To Let Rick Perry In — CNN now says that Rick Perry is being invited to their debate in South Carolina on January 19, two days before the big primary in which he hopes to make his last stand. This despite the fact that he has not met …
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Applesauce, The Hill, Wonkette, Guardian, The Daily Caller and National Review
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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Political Mojo, The Lonely Conservative and The Enterprise Blog
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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Jezebel, The Political Carnival, Brad DeLong, Feministing and ThinkProgress