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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Newt up 5 in Florida — PPP's first post-South Carolina poll in Florida finds Newt Gingrich with a small lead. He's at 38% to 33% for Mitt Romney, 13% for Rick Santorum, and 10% for Ron Paul. — Gingrich has gained 12 points since a PPP poll conducted in Florida a week ago. Romney has dropped 8 points.
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Ross Douthat:
Calling Mitch Daniels — For months now, even as the rest of the conservative commentariat has gradually resigned itself to the existing presidential field, the Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol has continued to pine — publicly, unstintingly, immune to either embarrassment or fatigue— for another candidate to jump into the race.
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Romney and Gingrich tussle in scrappy Republican debate — Mitt Romney unleashed his harshest attacks to date on Newt Gingrich Monday in an antagonistic debate in Florida. — He chipped away at the former House Speaker's record from every direction as he worked to fend off the rival …
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The Politico, Wake up America, Taylor Marsh and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Gingrich tops 40 percent in Rasmussen Florida poll
Gingrich tops 40 percent in Rasmussen Florida poll
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The Politico, Taylor Marsh, Liberal Values, CNN, Wake up America, GOP 12, The Other McCain and Orlando Sentinel
Ardem / Blue Arkansas:
Ken Aden's Campaign Manager Comes Home To Find Cat Killed; “LIBERAL” Written On Its Corpse — This post includes a graphic picture. It is included here not for shock value, but to show just how heinous some people can be. — Last night, I got the most chilling phone call I have ever received.
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Reuters, Balloon Juice, Crooks and Liars, RADAMISTO, Towleroad News #gay, BuzzFeed and Gawker
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Ken Aden For Congress:
Democratic Congressional Campaign Manager's Family Pet Killed
Democratic Congressional Campaign Manager's Family Pet Killed
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The Huffington Post and The Raw Story
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Democratic Operative's Cat Slaughtered, ‘Liberal’ Painted On Corpse
Democratic Operative's Cat Slaughtered, ‘Liberal’ Painted On Corpse
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The Moderate Voice
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Arkansas Democratic Campaign Manager Comes Home To Find Child's Cat Murdered, ‘LIBERAL’ Written On Dead Body
David Catanese / The Politico:
Ark. campaign manager's cat slaughtered
The Raw Story:
Romney's released tax return reveals 13.9% rate, holdings in foreign ‘tax havens’ — TAMPA, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released tax records on Tuesday indicating he will pay $6.2 million in taxes on a total of $45.2 million in income over the years 2010 and 2011.
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
‘Super PAC’ for Gingrich to Get $5 Million Infusion
‘Super PAC’ for Gingrich to Get $5 Million Infusion
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News Desk and The Caucus
Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's tax returns shed some light on his investment wealth
Mitt Romney's tax returns shed some light on his investment wealth
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Mail Online, naked capitalism, The Page, Cato @ Liberty, americanthinker.com and CBS News
Nicholas Confessore / The Caucus:
Miriam Adelson Donates $5 Million to a Pro-Gingrich ‘Super PAC’
James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
11 stunning revelations from Larry Summers's secret economics memo to Barack Obama — A lengthy piece in The New Yorker looks at policymaking in the Obama White House. A key source for writer Ryan Lizza is a 57-page, “Sensitive & Confidential” memo written by economist Larry Summers …
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Doug Ross
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
THE OBAMA MEMOS — On a frigid January evening in 2009, a week before his Inauguration, Barack Obama had dinner at the home of George Will, the Washington Post columnist, who had assembled a number of right-leaning journalists to meet the President-elect. Accepting such an invitation …
Ryan Lizza / News Desk:
The Summers Memo — In a piece this week on Barack Obama's shift …
The Summers Memo — In a piece this week on Barack Obama's shift …
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Political Mojo and The Atlantic Online
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Santorum To Rape Victims: ‘Make The Best Out Of A Bad Situation’ — Standing steadfast as the most socially right-wing candidate in the GOP presidential field, Rick Santorum has repeatedly touted his extreme anti-choice position, which dictates that abortion should be uniformly illegal, even in cases of rape or incest.
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TBogg, Shakesville, Wonkette, Little Green Footballs and Zandar Versus The Stupid
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Joe Burbank / Orlando Sentinel:
Photos: Protesters “glitter-bomb” Santorum's town hall meeting — 2012 Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum's town hall meeting in Lady Lake ended with an unexpected twist, Monday afternoon, when two protesters rushed the stage, throwing glitter and shouting at the candidate.
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The Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Rand Paul on TSA detainment: 'I was barked at: 'Do not leave the cubicle! " — Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul told The Daily Caller that being “detained” by the Transportation Security Administration at the Nashville airport Monday was a major ordeal that underscores flaws in TSA's procedures …
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Keith Laing / The Hill:
White House sides with TSA in Rand Paul standoff
White House sides with TSA in Rand Paul standoff
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The Daily Caller, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, The Other McCain, The Mahablog and LewRockwell.com Blog
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Sen. Rand Paul declines TSA pat-down, is escorted from security checkpoint
Sen. Rand Paul declines TSA pat-down, is escorted from security checkpoint
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New York Times and Rod Dreher
Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
Reactions to Jones v. United States: The government fared much better than everyone realizes — Below, Lyle recaps and analyzes the Court's opinion. Given the significance of the decision and the uncertainty about its precise holding, I thought I would add a few thoughts.
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The Volokh Conspiracy
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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Former CIA officer charged in alleged leaks — The Justice Department on Monday charged a former CIA officer with repeatedly leaking classified information, including the identities of agency operatives involved in the capture and interrogation of alleged terrorists.
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The Politico, msnbc.com, RedState, Atlas Shrugs, Weasel Zippers and The Talking Dog, more at Mediagazer »
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
From Gingrich To Palin To Gingrich — Let us now play the tiniest violin for what is called the “Republican Establishment”. I'm not sure what this phrase means or represents any more - the Chamber of Commerce? John Boehner? The Bush family? But the concept of a responsible, sane …
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Enik Rising, Washington Examiner, driftglass, Eunomia and A plain blog about politics
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Stephen Green / PJ Media:
Drunkblogging Tonight's GOP Debate … 5:46PM AsI prepared for the third GOP debate — and my third drunkblog — in eight days, I was sorely tempted to take my PJTV on-air coffee mug and just fill it up with cheap bourbon. But we try to run a classy(ish) joint here, so instead I poured …
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The Moderate Voice and The PJ Tatler
New Jersey Online:
Gov. Christie nominates two for state Supreme Court, including gay African-American mayor — TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie today nominated an openly gay African-American Republican mayor and a Korean-American assistant attorney general to the state's highest court.
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New York Magazine and Towleroad News #gay
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Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
N.J. Gov. Christie Nominates Bruce Harris - Out Gay, Black Mayor - to State Supreme Court
N.J. Gov. Christie Nominates Bruce Harris - Out Gay, Black Mayor - to State Supreme Court
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Washington Blade and Joe. My. God.
Politics:
Is This Barack Obama's Willie Horton? — Is This Barack Obama's Willie Horton? — Politics Buzz There's a long political history of tying a politician — from Michael Dukakis to Mike Huckabee — to a dangerous felon who was released and committed more crimes.
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Hot Air