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Michael O'Brien / msnbc.com:
Gingrich wins SC GOP primary, beating Romney — Newt Gingrich has won the South Carolina Republican primary, capping off a remarkable comeback for his presidential bid that reshapes the trajectory of the battle for the GOP nomination. — Based on exit polls and early returns …
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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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The Atlantic Online, FITSNews, Daily Kos, The Political Carnival and US Politics
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
South Carolina primary exit polls: 2/3rds say debates mattered — Nearly two out of three South Carolina Republican primary voters say the recent Republican presidential debates played an important factor in their decision, according to early CBS News exit polls - a good sign for Newt Gingrich …
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Newt Gingrich wins South Carolina primary, CBS News projects — Newt Gingrich has defeated Mitt Romney in the South Carolina Republican primary, CBS News is projecting from analysis based on exit polls and early vote totals. Rick Santorum and Ron Paul are battling for third place.
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Wonkette, 2012 Decoded and Atlas Shrugs
Abby Rapoport / American Prospect:
No One Cares About the Affair — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks to a crowd in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. — Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina—One of the larger tourist landmarks in the Charleston-area is a decommissioned warship that's been converted to a museum.
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Scared Monkeys and Eschaton
Richard A. Oppel Jr / The Caucus:
Santorum Says He Will Remain in Race Through Florida — CHAPIN, S.C. — Rick Santorum said he would be pleased with a third-place finish in South Carolina Saturday but vowed to stay in the presidential race through the Florida primary no matter what. — He also blasted his “desperate” …
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New York Times, The Other McCain, The Political Carnival and HotAirPundit
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Newt Gingrich Wins. What It Means.
Newt Gingrich Wins. What It Means.
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Wall Street Journal, Ricochet Conversations Feed, National Review, Doug Ross and GOP 12
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Gingrich Wins South Carolina Primary, Upending G.O.P. Race
Gingrich Wins South Carolina Primary, Upending G.O.P. Race
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Final survey suggests Gingrich leads in SC
Final survey suggests Gingrich leads in SC
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The Caucus, FiveThirtyEight, The Stranger …, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Pat Dollard, Mail Online and Riehl World View
New York Magazine:
Heilemann: USS Gingrich Now Boarding in South Carolina
Heilemann: USS Gingrich Now Boarding in South Carolina
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The Daily Dish
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Santorum releases Florida campaign schedule just after SC polls close
Santorum releases Florida campaign schedule just after SC polls close
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Weasel Zippers
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Gingrich Is Well-Positioned as South Carolina Votes
Gingrich Is Well-Positioned as South Carolina Votes
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CNN:
Gingrich tops Romney in S.C. primary
Gingrich tops Romney in S.C. primary
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The Reaction, The Atlantic Online, Liberal Values, US Politics, Telegraph, The Stranger …, This Just In, Wonkette, ThinkProgress and The Politico
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
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
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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The Lonely Conservative, Des Moines Register and Atlas Shrugs
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Shane Vander Hart / Iowa Grounds:
Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz Targeted for Identity Theft by Former Obama Staffer
Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz Targeted for Identity Theft by Former Obama Staffer
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Campaign 2012 and The PJ Tatler
Iowa Department of Public Safety:
Man Charged with Identity Theft after Falsely Implicating Secretary of State in Illegal Activity
Man Charged with Identity Theft after Falsely Implicating Secretary of State in Illegal Activity
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National Review
Kevin Hall / The Iowa Republican:
Former Obama Staffer Busted for Stealing Iowa Secretary of State's Identity
Former Obama Staffer Busted for Stealing Iowa Secretary of State's Identity
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RedState, The Gateway Pundit and Hot Air
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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Scared Monkeys, Michelle Malkin, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Weasel Zippers and ThinkProgress
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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
Charles Dharapak / ABCNEWS:
No Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich Throw Down at Tommy's Ham House
No Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich Throw Down at Tommy's Ham House
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National Review
Charles Murray / Wall Street Journal:
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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Eunomia, No More Mister Nice Blog, alicublog, The Mahablog, pandagon.net and Ricochet Conversations Feed
New York Times:
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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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
The Irony Of American History — I'd like to think that the Confederate Flag in the back was photo-shopped. At any rate, what's amazing is the frame here—It's not the firing on federal property that inaugurated the War, it's Bull Run, or some such. It's as if I punch you in the face …
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Hullabaloo and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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Washington Monthly, Zandar Versus The Stupid, 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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Don Surber, Hot Air, Campaign 2012, Weasel Zippers and Scared Monkeys
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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