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Kevinliptak / CNN:
CNN/Time Poll: Dead heat in Florida ahead of debate — Jacksonville, Florida (CNN) - One day before the final GOP presidential debate in Florida, it's all tied up between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, according to a new survey. — A CNN/Time/ORC International Poll also indicates …
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Wallacegw / CNN:
Speaker tells members what not to wear — Washington (CNN) - Just seconds after an emotional tribute to Arizona Democratic Rep Gabby Giffords in the House of Representatives Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner - who got a little choked up in the moment - suddenly felt the need to remind members …
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The Politico and Reuters
First Read / msnbc.com:
Santorum hints at leaving FL before Tuesday primary — NAPLES, FL — Failing to show early signs of momentum in the Sunshine State, presidential hopeful Rick Santorum on Wednesday signaled he may be cutting out of Florida before the state's Jan. 31 primary.
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Hot Air, Ballot Box and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
A.Killough / CNN:
Romney was ‘distinguished panelist’ at Fannie Mae conference
Romney was ‘distinguished panelist’ at Fannie Mae conference
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Daily Kos
Donovan Slack / The Politico:
Brewer?s tense exchange with Obama — It was a tense moment on the tarmac. — President Obama, alighting from the stairs of Air Force One in Phoenix this afternoon, was greeted by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, who handed him an envelope and the two exchanged what appeared to be some heated sentiments.
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Washington Wire, Outside the Beltway and Weasel Zippers
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
On visit to Arizona, Obama and Gov. Brewer spar over her book — When President Obama landed in Phoenix on Wednesday, he was greeted with sunny skies and a kerfuffle with Republican Gov. Jan Brewer. — After welcoming the president upon his arrival, Obama told Brewer he didn't like the …
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Carrie Budoff Brown / Arizona Republic:
Brewer, Obama exchange tense words over book, immigration at airport
Brewer, Obama exchange tense words over book, immigration at airport
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Michelle Malkin, Mediaite, Wizbang and The Crawdad Hole
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Thou Shalt Not Write Bad Things About Obama
Thou Shalt Not Write Bad Things About Obama
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Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit and Jammie Wearing Fools
Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:
Romney's Hispanic leadership team: Newt, pull down your ad. Gingrich: I will — In the wake of Sen. Marco Rubio's denunciation of Newt Gingrich's ad calling Mitt Romney ‘anti-immigrant,’ the Romney campaign's Hispanic leadership team — headlined by former Sen. Mel Martinez — is demanding that Gingrich pull down the radio spot.
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SCHotline, Don Surber, Hot Air, The Caucus, The PJ Tatler and Ballot Box
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Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:
Rubio scolds Gingrich camp, says ad bashing ‘anti-immigrant’ Romney is ‘inaccurate, inflammatory’
Rubio scolds Gingrich camp, says ad bashing ‘anti-immigrant’ Romney is ‘inaccurate, inflammatory’
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Michelle Malkin, Little Green Footballs, Guardian, Riptide 2.0, Campaign 2012, Ballot Box, The Moderate Voice and The Other McCain
ABCNEWS:
Is Florida Still in Play for Republicans?
Is Florida Still in Play for Republicans?
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Political Mojo, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, The Politico, Ballot Box and Saint Petersblog
Marc Caputo / MiamiHerald.com:
Gingrich, Romney continue attacks in Miami
Gingrich, Romney continue attacks in Miami
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Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, Eunomia, The Moderate Voice and The Caucus
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Gingrich Pulls Ad Attacking Romney After Rubio Criticizes It
Gingrich Pulls Ad Attacking Romney After Rubio Criticizes It
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Conservatives4Palin, The Daily Caller and The Buzz Florida Politics Feed
Paul Roderick Gregory / EconWorld:
Warren Buffett's Secretary Likely Makes Between $200,000 And $500,000/Year — Warren Buffet's secretary, Debbie Bosanek, served as a stage prop for President Obama's State of the Union speech. She was the President's chief display of the alleged unfairness of our tax system …
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Newt pledges moon base by second term — POLITICO's Ginger Gibson:
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Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich Pledges To Establish Permanent Base On The Moon ‘By The End Of My Second Term’ — In a speech pandering to Florida's aerospace community ahead of the state's primary, GOP contender Newt Gingrich made a bold pledge to establish a permanent U.S. base on the moon “by the end of my second term.”
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Watch Mitt Spin: Romney Claims His Real Tax Rate Is ‘Closer To 45 Or 50 Percent’ — During an interview with Univision, Romney was pressed on whether it was fair for him to pay about 13 percent of his income in taxes — as he did in 2010, according to his recently released tax returns — when many middle class families pay far more.
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pandagon.net, Daily Kos, Riptide 2.0, Paul Krugman and The Daily Dish
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Wall Street Journal:
Romney's Fair Share — The candidate's tax return is an argument for tax reform. — If Mitt Romney's 2010 tax bill were merely his pretax income, he'd still be a member of the 1%—in other words, the government takes more of his wealth every year than 99% of Americans earn.
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Jared Bernstein and The Politico
Eric Ostermeier / Smart Politics:
“My Message is Simple”: Obama's SOTU Written at 8th Grade Level for Third Straight Year — Obama's SOTU addresses have the lowest average Flesch-Kincaid score of any modern president; Obama owns three of the six lowest-scoring addresses since FDR — For the third consecutive State of the Union Address …
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Byron Tau / The Politico:
State of the Union registers at 8th grade reading level
State of the Union registers at 8th grade reading level
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Hit & Run, Hot Air, Weekly Standard, Mediaite, The Jawa Report, Washington Wire, ABCNEWS, NewsBusters.org, Reuters, Mail Online and LewRockwell.com Blog
Robert Seidman / TVbytheNumbers:
State of the Union Averages 37.75 Million Viewers, Down 12% From 2011
State of the Union Averages 37.75 Million Viewers, Down 12% From 2011
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Campaign 2012 and Weasel Zippers
Bloomberg:
Geithner: Obama Wouldn't Ask Me to Stay in a Second Term — Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said he doesn't expect President Barack Obama to ask him to stay in office if he's re-elected, and dismissed Wall Street's concerns about financial regulations.
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ABCNEWS, Shakesville, The Daily Caller, The Hill and Truthdig
WPIX:
“I Might Have Tacos”: Mayor's Outreach Plan After 4 Cops Arrested For Racially Profiling Latinos — EAST HAVEN, Conn. (PIX11)— Latinos in East Haven, Conn. say they have lived in fear of local authorities for years. However, a feeling of shock and relief came Tuesday after the arrests …
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The Huffington Post, The Moderate Voice, Crooks and Liars and Mediaite
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Elliott Abrams / National Review:
Gingrich and Reagan — In the increasingly rough Republican campaign, no candidate has wrapped himself in the mantle of Ronald Reagan more often than Newt Gingrich. “I worked with President Reagan to change things in Washington,” “we helped defeat the Soviet empire,” and …
Paul Haven / Associated Press:
Castro lambasts US Republican primary as idiotic — Fidel Castro lambasted the Republican presidential race as the greatest competition of “idiocy and ignorance” the world has ever seen in a column published Wednesday, and also took shots at the news media and foreign governments for seizing …
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Gawker and Saint Petersblog
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Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Fidel Castro: GOP race is ‘idiocy, ignorance’
Fidel Castro: GOP race is ‘idiocy, ignorance’
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Weasel Zippers
Elizabeth Chuck / msnbc.com:
Wrongfully convicted man awarded $25 million — A man in New Mexico has been awarded $22 million after being tossed in solitary confinement for 2 years following a DWI arrest. KOB-TV's Marissa Torres reports. — A New Mexico man who said he was forced to pull his own tooth …
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Ron Paul 2012 and Balloon Juice
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: Five policies to watch from Obama's State of the Union — Last night's State of the Union will not take a place alongside Barack Obama's 2008 speech on race. It won't be mentioned in the same breath as his 2004 speech in Boston. It didn't even have the intellectual scope …
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Right blogs credit Obama on ‘insider’ bill
Right blogs credit Obama on ‘insider’ bill
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Big Government, RedState and Pirate's Cove
Erica Martinson / The Politico:
Issa: Obama's energy plan not the real thing — The president's promises to make America energy independent on the back of natural gas drilling aren't the real thing, Rep. Darrell Issa said Tuesday night. — “I think the president very much sent a not-so-veiled threat …
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Daily Kos and The Reaction