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McKay Coppins / Politics:
BYU Students Bus In To South Carolina To Rally For Romney — The campaign has been buzzing about growing energy at recent events. But it turns out, many of the candidate's most energetic fans are actually in from Provo, Virginia, or D.C. — (Reuters / JIM YOUNG)
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Gingrich Is Well-Positioned as South Carolina Votes — Newt Gingrich, who had trailed Mitt Romney by a double-digit margin in South Carolina in several polls conducted just after the New Hampshire primary, may instead be headed to a big victory there, recent polling suggests.
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Doubts creep in as an awkward Mitt Romney tries not to lose the GOP nod — What's wrong with Mitt Romney? — In the early stages of this cycle's Republican nominating process, the former Massachusetts governor seemed confident and sure-footed. Now he seems awkward and defensive.
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Gingrich has momentum as South Carolina votes — It's a big day for politics in South Carolina Saturday on CNN. Tune in at 4 p.m. ET to see the candidates debate the issues from Thursday night's edge-of-your-seat debate then, at 6 ET, CNN's special live coverage of the South Carolina primary begins.
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Gingrich, Romney in savage fight as South Carolina voters head to polls
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Romney demands Gingrich release contract for Freddie Mac work
Romney demands Gingrich release contract for Freddie Mac work
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Outside the Beltway and CNN
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Newt expands South Carolina lead
Newt expands South Carolina lead
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Santorum now the Iowa winner, officially
Santorum now the Iowa winner, officially
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Not Just A Democrat Dirty Trick, But A Crime — A few years ago, as part of its strategy of facilitating voter fraud as a means of winning close elections, the Democratic Party undertook a campaign to secure as many Secretary of State offices in swing states as possible.
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Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz Targeted for Identity Theft by Former Obama Staffer — I heard this on WHO Radio tonight driving home, and then I saw this article in The Des Moines Register. … So for political reasons Secretary Schultz and his brother Thomas were targeted... hmmmmm.... Where are we Chicago?
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Campaign 2012
Kevin Hall / The Iowa Republican:
Former Obama Staffer Busted for Stealing Iowa Secretary of State's Identity — Barack Obama's 2008 Iowa New Media Director was arrested Friday for attempting to use the identities of Secretary of State Matt Schultz, and/or his brother Thomas, with the intent to falsely implicate the Secretary Schultz in illegal or unethical behavior.
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Gingrich confronted on race, agrees to meet with Sharpton — GREENVILLE, S.C. — Newt Gingrich was confronted by a black man outside Tommy's Country Ham House, who drilled him on his comments on having poor children work as janitors. — The man, who sounded like he had a northern accent …
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Fox News:
Sheila Jackson Lee: Newt Using ‘Codewords’ to be Racist — BASHIR: Let me play something that you said about the current GOP debate on the floor of the house on Wednesday. Just listen. I think what you said and what I was hoping to run is we find candidates like Newt Gingrich who simply …
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Little Green Footballs
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No Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich Throw Down at Tommy's Ham House
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National Review
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich Says ‘Work’ Is A ‘Strange, Distant Concept’ To Juan Williams
Gingrich Says ‘Work’ Is A ‘Strange, Distant Concept’ To Juan Williams
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Hullabaloo, Mediaite, The Raw Story and Gawker
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The New American Divide — The ideal of an ‘American way of life’ is fading as the working class falls further away from institutions like marriage and religion and the upper class becomes more isolated. Charles Murray on what's cleaving America, and why. — America is coming apart.
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Huckabee Wants To Know If Obama Got College Loans “As A Foreign Student” — During a Fox News appearance this evening, Mike Huckabee suggested that Mitt Romney, who has come under fire for refusing to immediately release his tax returns, respond by challenging President Obama to release …
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Zandar Versus The Stupid, Washington Monthly, The Political Carnival and The Raw Story
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Averages 44% Approval in 3rd Year — Averaged 43% job approval in most recent quarter in office — PRINCETON, NJ — President Barack Obama averaged 44% job approval for his third full year in office, which ended Jan. 19. His third-year average is down slightly from his second-year average …
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Ron Edmonds / Investor's Business Daily:
Exactly 3 years in, Obama's job approval hits lowest level yet
Exactly 3 years in, Obama's job approval hits lowest level yet
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The Lonely Conservative
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The iEconomy: Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class — When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley's top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with a question for the president. — But as Steven P. Jobs of Apple spoke, President Obama interrupted …
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Blacks Face Bias in Bankruptcy, Study Suggests — Blacks are about twice as likely as whites to wind up in the more onerous and costly form of consumer bankruptcy as they try to dig out from their debts, a new study has found. — The disparity persisted even when the researchers adjusted for income …
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Jean Braucher / SSRN:
Race, Attorney Influence, and Bankruptcy Chapter Choice