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Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Romney opens 21-point lead in South Carolina: Reuters/Ipsos poll — (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has opened a wide lead over his rivals in the South Carolina primary election race, trouncing Newt Gingrich and gaining momentum in his march toward the party's nomination, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.
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Amy Bingham / ABCNEWS:
Stephen Colbert Mocks Anti-Romney Ads in Faux Bid For President — Running for president is hard work. But for comedian Stephen Colbert, who announced his plans to “explore” a presidential bid in South Carolina earlier this week, it's not the long hours of campaigning or the intense public scrutiny …
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Brendan Sasso / Ballot Box:
Perry vows to fight on, regardless of result in South Carolina primary — Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Sunday vowed to continue his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination in Florida, regardless of his finish in the South Carolina primary. — “That's our intention,” he told Candy Crowley on CNN's State of the Union.
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Gingrich faces tough questions at SC campaign event with black church — GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich faced a round of tough questions in a campaign event before an African-American church in South Carolina on Saturday. — Gingrich spoke with members of the Jones Memorial …
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ABCNEWS:
SC Republicans Boo Newt Gingrich Over Romney Attacks — At a forum hosted by Mike Huckabee with 800 undecided South Carolina Republicans, Newt Gingrich was loudly booed when he criticized Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital, according to a Republican who attended the closed-press event.
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Social conservatives back Rick Santorum
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Macon Phillips / White House.gov Blog:
Obama Administration Responds to We the People Petitions on SOPA and Online Piracy — The White House has responded to two petitions about legislative approaches to combat online piracy. In their response, Victoria Espinel, Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator at Office of Management and Budget …
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Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
SOPA shelved until ‘consensus’ is found — House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said early Saturday morning that Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) promised him the House will not vote on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) unless there is consensus on the bill.
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New York Times:
The 1 Percent Paint a More Nuanced Portrait of the Rich — KINGS POINT, N.Y. — Adam Katz is happy to talk to reporters when he is promoting his business, a charter flight company based on Long Island called Talon Air. — But when the subject was his position as one of America's top earners, he balked.
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
With ‘angry black woman’ remark, first lady addresses race head-on — Michelle Obama finally went there. — The first lady jumped head first into a discussion about racial issues. — She and her husband, the first African-American president, have mostly avoided addressing race except …
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ABCNEWS:
Romney Gives Unemployed Woman Cash on Ropeline — SUMTER, S.C. — Amid shaking hands and signing campaign posters, Mitt Romney did something he has never done before on the ropeline: He took out his wallet and handed a wad of cash to a woman waiting to shake his hand.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
White House signals more aggressive stance to protect homeowners — The Obama administration has signaled to allies that it will take a more aggressive role this year in protecting homeowners from foreclosure, a posture that fits with Obama's populist campaign stance.
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Paul Krugman:
S&P On Europe — S&P's downgrade of a bunch of European sovereigns was no surprise. What was somewhat surprising — and which went unmentioned in almost all the news stories I've read — was why S&P has gotten so pessimistic. From their FAQs: … And today we read about the response:
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Amir Oren / Haaretz:
Israeli official: Report of Mossad agents posing as CIA spies ‘absolute nonsense’ — Senior Israeli government official issues complete denial of Foreign Policy report that Mossad agents posed as CIA officers to recruit Pakistani terrorists to carry out attacks in Iran. — Get Haaretz on iPhone
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