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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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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Christie: Gingrich ‘embarrassed’ GOP — Gov. Chris Christie called Newt Gingrich an embarrassment to the Republican Party. — “I think Newt Gignrich has embarrassed the party, over time,” Christie (R), who endorsed Mitt Romney, said Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press. “Governor Romney never has.”
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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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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ABCNEWS, Washington Post, New York Times, Reuters, The Moderate Voice and Gothamist
John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
Five Consequences of Gingrich's South Carolina Win
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Hot Air, Wizbang, CNN and American Power
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Romney on Gingrich: ‘He had to resign in disgrace’
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The Page and New York Magazine
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Coulter: ‘With Newt Gingrich you throw out the baby and keep the bath water’ [VIDEO]
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THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, The Gateway Pundit, Power Line and Guardian
Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney to release tax returns Tuesday
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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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Andrew Abramson / Post on Politics:
Pastor at Santorum rally: Americans won't vote for Mormon president, Mormon church is racist — Rev. O'Neal Dozier, the conservative pastor of Pompano Beach's Worldwide Christian Center, told the Palm Beach Post Sunday that Mitt Romney cannot win the presidency because Americans won't vote for a Mormon president.
Arizona Daily Star:
Giffords to step down from Congress — U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will step down from Congress this week to focus on her recovery, her staff announced Sunday. — “I have more work to do on my recovery, so to do what is best for Arizona, I will step down this week,” Giffords said in a video message.
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James Bennett / KOLD-TV:
Governor will declare April special election for Giffords' seat
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CNN:
Gabrielle Giffords will resign to focus on her recovery
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Daniel Strauss / Ballot Box:
Rep. Giffords to step down from Congress to focus on recovery
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The Politico, The Hill and Transterrestrial Musings
Gabrielle Giffords:
U.S. REP. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS WILL STEP DOWN FROM CONGRESS THIS WEEK
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Healthland
Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Giffords stepping down from Congress
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Washington Post and The Moderate Voice
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
Candice M. Giove / New York Post:
'God'-awful OWS mob steals sacred item from church — There's no longer room at the inn at a Manhattan church that's sheltering Occupy Wall Streeters after a holy vessel disappeared from the altar last week. — When the Rev. Bob Brashear prepared for Sunday services at West Park Presbyterian Church …
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Scared Monkeys, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and Jammie Wearing Fools
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
BBC:
IDS: Welfare reform is about ‘changing lives’ — The government is set to come up against strong opposition in the House of Lords over its plans to cap benefits payments to £26,000 per household per year in England, Scotland and Wales. — Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith told …
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Guardian, Melanie Phillips and Biased BBC
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
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
New York's Redistricting Process Led by Insiders — ALBANY — Howard Leib, a 53-year-old entertainment lawyer, is considering a run for the New York State Senate this year. — But Mr. Leib, a Democrat from the Finger Lakes region, has an unexpected first challenge: he does not know what district he lives in.
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