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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Four Pinocchios for ‘King of Bain’ — Your Browser DoesNot Support IFrames. … — Voice-over from “King of Bain” video promoted by a pro-Newt Gingrich super PAC, “Winning Our Future.” — Newt Gingrich, meet Michael Moore! — The 29-minute video “King of Bain” is such an over-the-top assault …
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Terrance Heath / ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*:
Palin Advises Romney On Bain — The Romney campaign's “Bain problem,” which is also now the Republican party's problem, doesn't look like it's going away anytime soon. Sure, Republicans are figuring out that this is not a winning issue for them. Thus they've circled their wagons around Romney …
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Zeke Miller / Politics:
Gingrich Repudiates Super PAC For Inaccurate Video He Praised
Gingrich Repudiates Super PAC For Inaccurate Video He Praised
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Scott Powers / Los Angeles Times:
Newt Gingrich calls on ‘super PAC’ to pull anti-Romney ads in S.C.
Newt Gingrich calls on ‘super PAC’ to pull anti-Romney ads in S.C.
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Rich Lowry / National Review:
‘The Leni Riefenstahl of the blistering attack documentary’
‘The Leni Riefenstahl of the blistering attack documentary’
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Emily Schultheis / The Politico:
Judge rules against Rick Perry's Virginia ballot suit — Following a hearing in Richmond today, U.S. district judge John Gibney ruled against Rick Perry's challenge to the Virginia ballot rules. — In his opinion, Gibney says Perry, and the other candidates who joined the challenge, waited too long to bring the suit.
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
New poll in S.C. indicates tight race for top spot — (CNN) - With eight days to go until the South Carolina primary, a new poll suggests a close contest in the first southern state to vote in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. — According to an American Research Group …
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A.Killough / CNN:
Romney back on top in new CNN national poll — Washington (CNN) - It's amazing what back to back wins can do for your poll numbers. — One-time Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is back on top in the race for the GOP nomination, according to a new national survey. — See full results (pdf)
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney leads in SC, Paul gaining
Romney leads in SC, Paul gaining
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Hans von Spakovsky / The Heritage Foundation:
BREAKING: Perry, Gingrich, Santorum, Huntsman Will Not Be on Virginia Ballot
BREAKING: Perry, Gingrich, Santorum, Huntsman Will Not Be on Virginia Ballot
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Allen West on the Marines Incident: ‘Shut Your Mouth, War Is Hell’ — Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), a former Army lieutenant colonel, sends THE WEEKLY STANDARD an email commenting on the Marines' video, and has given us permission to publish it. — “I have sat back and assessed the incident …
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Dylan Byers / The Politico:
CNN's Loesch champions Marine video — CNN political analyst Dana Loesch celebrated the U.S. Marines who appear to have urinated on the bodies of dead Taliban members during her radio show on Thursday. — “Now we have a bunch of progressives that are talking smack about our military …
Dana Loesch / Big Journalism:
Correcting the Progressive Spin on My Defense of the Marines — Yesterday on my radio show I discussed the topic of the Marines videotaping themselves urinating on dead Taliban fighters. The usual mob of progressive haters started campaigning on Twitter and complaining to CNN. — Video still
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Toni Sandys / ABCNEWS:
Rick Perry Lists 3 Departments He'd Cut, But Adds One, Misses Another — BLUFFTON, S.C. - Oops he did it again. When asked to name and provide the number of federal departments he'd eliminate as president, Texas Gov. Rick Perry managed to list three, but they weren't the three agencies …
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Report: Rick Perry calls on a mannequin at SC town hall
Report: Rick Perry calls on a mannequin at SC town hall
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Alana Semuels / Los Angeles Times:
Perry pivots away from Romney, focuses on defense
Perry pivots away from Romney, focuses on defense
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Nando Di Fino / Mediaite:
Soledad O'Brien Hammers Jodi Kantor Over Her Controversial Book On The Obamas — Soledad O'Brien welcomed The Obamas author Jodi Kantor on Starting Point Friday morning, and things got a little heated as O'Brien continuously tried to ask Kantor to defend her methodology in reporting the book.
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Reuters:
Tea Party may get rebuffed in tax cut showdown — (Reuters) - House Speaker John Boehner, hoping to spare fellow Republicans a second embarrassing defeat over payroll tax cuts, is prepared to navigate around rebellious Tea Party-aligned lawmakers to get a deal, according to congressional aides.
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Obama opposes laws ‘designed to take rights away’
Obama opposes laws ‘designed to take rights away’
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Associated Press:
Edwards' trial delayed because of heart condition — GREENSBORO, N.C. — A federal judge on Friday delayed John Edwards' trial on alleged campaign finance violations for at least two months because the two-time Democratic presidential candidate is suffering from a heart condition.
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Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
John Edwards has life-threatening medical condition, judge says
John Edwards has life-threatening medical condition, judge says
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Henry / Crooked Timber:
The New Gmail Sucks — Doesn't it though? It looks horrible. The interface is badly designed. Keyboard short cuts do unexpected things like e.g. make your email disappear irrevocably. And while you can temporarily revert back to the old look, they make it clear that they are going to impose …
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Daniel J. Wakin / New York Times:
Ringing Finally Ended, but There's No Button to Stop Shame — They were baying for blood in the usually polite precincts of Avery Fisher Hall. — The unmistakably jarring sound of an iPhone marimba ring interrupted the soft and spiritual final measures of Mahler's Symphony No. 9 at the New York Philharmonic on Tuesday night.
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JP Moore / BuzzFeed:
Hey Mitt! Dogs Don't Go There! — Politics Buzz Mitt Romney once drove for twelve hours with his dog on the roof of his car. In this children's book Mitt's dog Seamus walks you through the many things you shouldn't do as a dog owner. — JP Moore — posted about an hour ago — Follow @jpmoore
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Dana DiFilippo / Philly.com:
Woman says her fake penis got her fired — IS THAT a Fruit-A-Freeze in your pocket - or are you just happy to see me? — A northeastern Pennsylvania woman is suing a South Jersey-based maker of frozen treats and other snack foods, claiming that she was wrongfully fired because she wore a prosthetic penis to work.
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Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Fox News John Stossel: Young People 'Are Dumb Or Don't Pay Attention, And They Shouldn't Vote' — Last night on Fox's Your World with Neil Cavuto, fellow Fox host John Stossel waxed scientific on the counter-intuitive nature of human intuition. Noting that “we're alive because our ancestors …
Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Tax dollars backing some “risky” energy projects — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — WASHINGTON - Solar panel maker Solyndra received a $528 million Energy Department loan in 2009 - and went bankrupt last year. The government's risky investment strategy didn't stop there, as a CBS News investigation …
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Zeke Miller / Politics:
Huntsman Exodus Begins — Some staffers have departed, others wish they could. “We're not going to quit, but we don't really want to keep going either.” — (Getty Images / Richard Ellis) — Days after his third place finish in New Hampshire, some Huntsman for President staffers …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
How low can he go? — Everyone has probably heard the corny “I once caught a fish this big” joke. A guy boasts about the size of the fish he reeled in, but when pressed, he gradually reduces the actual size of his catch. The little comedic routine is about exaggeration. — I wonder if Mitt Romney has heard it.
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Seung Min Kim / The Politico:
Menendez drops hold on judicial pick — Sen. Robert Menendez on Friday gave the green light to one of President Barack Obama's judicial nominations — following media speculation that he had blocked the appointment due to a personal vendetta. — The New Jersey Democrat had refused …
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Tim Mak / Reuters:
Chris Christie praises Obama political skills — In a wide-ranging interview with Oprah Winfrey, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has kind words for President Barack Obama, calling him “charismatic,” “genuine” and “as good a politician as I've ever seen.” — Winfrey, who is a well-known friend …
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