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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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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney leads in SC, Paul gaining — Mitt Romney continues to hold a modest lead in South Carolina's Republican primary for President. He's at 29% to 24% for Newt Gingrich, 15% for Ron Paul, 14% for Rick Santorum, 6% for Rick Perry, 5% for Jon Huntsman, and 1% for Buddy Roemer.
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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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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Report: Rick Perry calls on a mannequin at SC town hall
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ABCNEWS:
Coming Up on ‘This Week’: Gov. Rick Perry and Stephen Colbert
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Emily Schultheis / The Politico:
PPP: Mitt first, Newt second in South Carolina
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Alana Semuels / Los Angeles Times:
Perry pivots away from Romney, focuses on defense
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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 …
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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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Media Matters for America:
UPDATED: CNN Contributor On Marines Urinating On Dead Bodies: “Supposed To Be A Scandal”? “I'd Drop Trou And Do It Too” — On her radio show, CNN contributor and Big Journalism editor Dana Loesch cheered on an Internet video reportedly showing U.S. Marines urinating on what appear to be dead Afghans …
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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
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Scott Powers / Los Angeles Times:
Newt Gingrich calls on ‘super PAC’ to pull anti-Romney ads in S.C.
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Trip Gabriel / The Caucus:
Gingrich Asks ‘Super PAC’ to Address Errors in Ad Against Romney
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Newt hits Romney for speaking French, despite his own apparent fluency
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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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The Daily:
TV chef famous for Southern-fried decadence to reveal she has diabetes — Paula Deen's “brunch burger” uses a donut instead of a bun. — Deen, with Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show,” could make millions endorsing a Novartis diabetes drug, sources say. — Paula Deen — the queen of high-calorie …
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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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The Politico:
Obama tries to checkmate GOP — President Barack Obama stepped firmly onto Republican turf Friday, announcing that he wants to merge a half-dozen agencies to cut spending and streamline the federal government. — Obama's plan would merge the Commerce Department, the Small Business Administration …
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Mark Perry / Foreign Policy:
False Flag — A series of CIA memos describes how Israeli Mossad agents posed as American spies to recruit members of the terrorist organization Jundallah to fight their covert war against Iran. — Buried deep in the archives of America's intelligence services are a series of memos …
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A.Killough / CNN:
Rep. Trent Franks backs Gingrich — (CNN) - Arizona Rep. Trent Franks, who served as former Congressional co-chairman for Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign, announced on Friday he's now throwing his support behind Newt Gingrich. — “America cannot afford another four years of Barack Obama …
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A.Killough / CNN:
Romney back on top in new CNN national poll
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Chronicling Mitt's mendacity — Paul Krugman noted this morning that Mitt Romney tells so many falsehoods so often, he seems determined to rehabilitate George W. Bush's reputation “by running a campaign so dishonest that it makes Bush look like a model of truth-telling.”
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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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Amy Chozick / Media Decoder:
Fighting Antipiracy Measure, Activist Group Posts Personal Information of Media Executives — The online activist group known as Anonymous, which has targeted opponents of the Occupy Wall Street movement and businesses that stopped providing services to WikiLeaks, has set its sights on a new adversary: media executives.
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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
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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 …
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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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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