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Maeve Reston / Los Angeles Times:
Mitt Romney tells ‘interrupters’ at rally to ‘take a hike’ — Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, campaigns at Allstar Building Materials in Ormond Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak / January 22, 2012) — Mitt Romney opened an aggressive new phase …
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Mitt Romney: Newt Gingrich is a ‘failed leader,’ ‘disgrace’ — ORMOND BEACH, Fla. - Mitt Romney landed here Sunday with a simple message: Newt Gingrich is a failure and a fraud. And a disgrace. And a hapless showman. — Standing under a brilliant orange Florida sunset …
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Jim Vandeheiand Mike Allen / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich: The master of disguise — The surging Newt Gingrich has mastered debates - and disguise. — The debate part is clear: the former speaker of the House comes to play and owns the stage, with an uncanny capacity to connect with the grievances of conservative voters.
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Pirate's Cove, Reuters and Conservatives4Palin
Alexander Burnsand Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Mitt Romney's misery, in a word: Bain — COLUMBIA, S.C. - The verdict is in: Mitt Romney's Bain Capital problem is real. — Of all the forces that converged to doom Romney in Saturday's South Carolina primary, none may be as disconcerting for Republicans as the attacks on Romney's private equity work …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Romney on Gingrich: ‘He had to resign in disgrace’
Romney on Gingrich: ‘He had to resign in disgrace’
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Coulter: ‘With Newt Gingrich you throw out the baby and keep the bath water’ [VIDEO]
Coulter: ‘With Newt Gingrich you throw out the baby and keep the bath water’ [VIDEO]
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Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney to release tax returns Tuesday
Mitt Romney to release tax returns Tuesday
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American Prospect:
Politics of Resentment — Newt Gingrich supporters hold …
Politics of Resentment — Newt Gingrich supporters hold …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
An open letter to Republican leaders
An open letter to Republican leaders
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Campaign 2012 and Crooks and Liars
The Politico:
Mitt faces a perfect mess — Perfect resume, perfect looks, perfect family, and a perfect roster of skilled campaign operatives and blue-chip endorsements: Mitt Romney has them all. — Yet he comes out of his drubbing in South Carolina with a perfect problem.
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The Moderate Voice and The Hill
Adam Weinstein / Mother Jones:
Gays “Make God Want to Vomit”: Meet Santorum's Honorary Florida Chairman — Rick Santorum's first stop in the Sunshine State is the church of a gay-bashing, Islamophobic pastor. — While the network news shows spend this Sunday marveling over Newtmentum in South Carolina …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
U.S. Economy Most Toxic of 24 Issues — Scope of government and U.S. morality also rankle Americans — PRINCETON, NJ — As President Barack Obama prepares his annual address to Congress, Americans are broadly dissatisfied with the state of the nation in several specific issue areas …
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The Politico and National Review
Daniel Strauss / Ballot Box:
Rep. Giffords to step down from Congress to focus on recovery — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) is stepping down from Congress to focus full-time on her recovery from a shooting which left her severely injured, her office announced Sunday. — “I have more work to do on my recovery …
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Arizona Daily Star:
Giffords to step down from Congress
Giffords to step down from Congress
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James Bennett / KOLD-TV:
Governor will declare April special election for Giffords' seat
Governor will declare April special election for Giffords' seat
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Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Giffords stepping down from Congress
Giffords stepping down from Congress
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The BLT, Washington Post and The Moderate Voice
Gabrielle Giffords:
U.S. REP. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS WILL STEP DOWN FROM CONGRESS THIS WEEK
U.S. REP. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS WILL STEP DOWN FROM CONGRESS THIS WEEK
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Martin Frost / The Politico:
The electoral train wreck scenario — Train wrecks don't happen often in American politics. But there could be one in this presidential election. And if it occurs, it will be big. — Consider: The Constitution has a specific provision regarding an Electoral College deadlock.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Is Our Economy Healing? — How goes the state of the union? Well, the state of the economy remains terrible. Three years after President Obama's inauguration and two and a half years since the official end of the recession, unemployment remains painfully high.
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Daniel W. Drezner, Business Insider, Daily Kos, Paul Krugman, Power Line, Prairie Weather and EconLog
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Federal employees owe $1.03 billion in unpaid taxes — (Daniel Acker - BLOOMBERG) Congressional staffers owed about $10.6 million in unpaid taxes in 2010, a slight increase from the previous year and a growing slice of the roughly $1 billion owed by federal and postal workers nationwide.
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COURAGE IN AMERICA
Rick Santorum / Wall Street Journal:
My Fight for Life — The other Republican candidates simply check the pro-life box. America needs leadership. — Monday marks the first day of the fourth decade of Roe v. Wade, but together we can make it the decade when Roe is overturned. With a president committed to defending life …
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The Politico and New York Magazine
Daniel Klaidman / The Daily Beast:
Obama Team to Break Silence on al-Awlaki Killing — Inside the White House debate over how to talk about al Qaeda's Anwar al-Awlaki. — After months of internal debate, the Obama administration is planning to reveal publicly the legal reasoning behind its decision to kill the American-born leader …
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David Ingram / Reuters:
U.S. lawyer for Megaupload.com withdraws — (Reuters) - Content-sharing Internet service Megaupload.com has lost the help of one of the best-known U.S. defense lawyers as it begins to fight charges of copyright infringement, a person familiar with the matter said.
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