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Greg Hengler / Townhall.com:
Andrea Mitchell: “Top Romney Advisor” Said “Party Elites” Will Find Alternative If Mitt Loses Florida … Dude!? — ANDREA MITCHELL: “I talked to a top Romney adviser tonight who said, 'Look, if Mitt Romney can not win here in Florida then we're going to have to try to reinvent …
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Florida Surprise — We have a motto at We Ask America Polls: The Numbers are the Numbers. That means that if the audience we dial meets our standards, we don't second-guess the results-even if the numbers buck conventional wisdom. — That's the situation we face with our first Florida poll …
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Wallacegw / CNN:
Pro-Romney super PAC makes major ad purchase in Florida
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Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Gingrich overtakes Romney nationally
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Newt-Mitt Electability Gap Shrinks
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The Power Broker — After weeks of temporizing, Mitt Romney …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
What the battle over Romney's wealth is really about, in one poll finding
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Washington Post:
In State of the Union, Obama expected to warn that middle class threatened by economic unfairness — President Obama will warn the nation Tuesday evening that the decades-old promise of a secure and rising middle class is threatened by economic unfairness as he delivers an election-year State …
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Wallacegw / CNN:
Boehner: Politics President Obama is running on ‘almost un-American’ — Washington (CNN) - House Speaker John Boehner Tuesday forcefully denounced the Democrats' campaign theme that they are for the middle class and Republicans are for the wealthy - saying the politics the president is running on are “almost un-American.”
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Seung Min Kim / The Politico:
White House SOTU talking points
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Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
Obama's State of the Union will include new push for tax reform
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Read Obama's State Of The Union — Feisty, and full of veiled shots at Mitt Romney. “I intend to fight obstruction with action, and I will oppose any effort to return to the very same policies that brought on this economic crisis in the first place.” — The speech begins and ends …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
CHART: What Romney would pay under his own tax plan — Now that Mitt Romney has released his tax returns for 2010, we can have a stab at answering another key question. What would Romney himself pay in taxes if his tax policies become law? — In 2010, Romney enjoyed an income of $21.7 million.
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Brad Plumer / Washington Post:
Tax rates of presidential candidates, in one chart
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Jeremy W. Peters / The Caucus:
Gingrich Threatens to Skip Debates if Audiences Can't Participate — Newt Gingrich insists his fans will not be silenced. — Mr. Gingrich, a former House speaker, on Tuesday morning threatened not participate in any future debates with audiences that have been instructed to be silent.
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Excerpts from Governor Mitch Daniels' Republican Address to the Nation — Tonight, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels will deliver the Republican address following President Obama's State of the Union. A two-term governor with a successful record of reining in spending, reforming government …
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Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:
Google announces privacy changes across products; users can't opt out — View Photo Gallery — Google announced a new privacy policy and terms of service on Jan. 24. Here's a look at some of the Google products that will be affected by the policy change.
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
EXCLUSIVE: Obama To Announce Mortgage Crisis Unit Chaired By New York Attorney General Schneiderman … Barack Obama , Obama State Of The Union , State Of The Union , State Of The Union Address , Obama , Obama Speech , President Obama , Video , Eric Schneiderman , Obama Address …
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Andrew Kaczynski / Politics:
Photo Exclusive: When George Romney Met Saul Alinsky — In the wake of the devastating Detroit riots of the summer of 1967, Michigan Gov. George Romney — a liberal Republican — met the radical organizer Saul Alinsky to discuss the grievances of the urban black poor.
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Grassley: Author of legal opinion on recess appointments may have seen her last Senate confirmation — Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Monday evening that he doubts that the Senate will ever confirm again the Obama administration Justice Department official …
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Popular Mechanics:
Supreme Court Privacy Ruling Is About More Than GPS Tracking: Analysis — The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that attaching a GPS tracker to your car amounts to a search, and therefore law-enforcement officers must get a warrant before they can do it. Read deeper, though …
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Dylan Byers / The Politico:
The first Occupy candidate: Nate Kleinman — Nathan Kleinman, a 29-year-old member of the Occupy Philadelphia movement, intends to run for congress in Pennsylvania's 13th district against Democratic incumbent Allyson Schwartz. — “The petition gathering period starts today and lasts for three weeks …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Herman Cain: 'Mr. President, some of us aren't stupid' — Herman Cain delivered a critical response to President Obama's State of the Union address on behalf of the Tea Party. — “With all due respect Mr. President, some of us aren't stupid,” Cain, the one-time Republican presidential candidate …
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The Gallup Organization / Gallup:
U.S. Economic Confidence Best Since May — Current index score is similar to that of one year ago — PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. economic confidence is at -25 in the week ending Jan. 22, improved from -29 the prior week and the best since the week ending May 22, 2011.
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Matt Stopera / BuzzFeed:
The Most Badass Excerpt From Barney Frank's Interview With The NY Times — Barney Frank was interviewed about a variety of subjects by the NY Times recently. Here's how he answered a question about his views on marijuana. — Interviewer: You've long argued for the decriminalization of marijuana.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Hello, I must be going — I have some news to share: after three-and-a-half years at the Washington Monthly, I'm moving on. My last post will be tomorrow and I'll start my new career at MSNBC on Monday morning. — Working for the Monthly has been an amazing experience …
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Kevin Paul Dupont / Boston Globe:
On a day for team, Thomas left them shorthanded — Tim Thomas separated himself from his Bruins' teammates yesterday afternoon when he refused to join them at the White House, a day meant to celebrate their 2011 Stanley Cup championship. — The two-time Vezina Trophy winner later …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Healthcare swing vote Kennedy attends Obama speech — Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy was one of four Supreme Court justices to attend Tuesday night's State of the Union address. — Kennedy, a possible swing vote when the court considers Obama's healthcare law, sat along side …
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