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Pelosi On A Gingrich Presidency: “That Will Never Happen” — John King, CNN: “You make your case there passionately for President Obama. But also understand that this is a tough reelection climate for any president, Democrat or Republican in this economy.
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Romney blasts Gingrich over attacks on debate moderators, news media — Mitt Romney attacked his GOP presidential rival Newt Gingrich over what has to date been one Gingrich's most effective debate methods - going after the moderators and the media for questions he deems inappropriate.
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Reuters and National Review

Pelosi's office says she has no new dirt on Newt Gingrich — Rep. Nancy Pelosi's office on Wednesday said the minority leader doesn't have any dirt on Newt Gingrich. — Pelosi has suggested in two interviews that she knows something that could prevent Gingrich from becoming president …
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Weasel Zippers and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Reagan Count: Gingrich 55, Romney 6 — In Monday night's debate in Tampa, Fla., Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, mentioned Ronald Reagan just four words into his first answer of the night. It was the first of five times that Mr. Gingrich would mention Reagan; no other candidate did so even once.
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Outside the Beltway, The Moderate Voice, Saint Petersblog, HillBuzz.org, Washington Post, National Review, GOP 12 and Mediaite

Romney wants to know Pelosi's secret
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Daily Kos, Taegan Goddard's … and Saint Petersblog

Gingrich says Pelosi is living in a fantasy world
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The Politico and Alan Colmes' Liberaland


“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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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Ricochet Conversations Feed, Althouse and Saint Petersblog
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Republicans: State Of The Union Sounds Familiar — The Republican National Committee points out that Obama has been saying the stuff from year to year. Not sure it's exactly an attack, but it's a pretty compelling video. — BuzzFeed Politics — BuzzFeed — More from BuzzFeed Pol... ›

State of the Union registers at 8th grade reading level
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LewRockwell.com Blog

Is Florida Still in Play for Republicans? — Only nine months from Election Day, Latino voters — the nation's fastest-growing voting bloc — favor President Obama over all the Republican candidates by a wide margin, according to a new poll conducted by Latino Decisions for Univision News and ABC News …
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The Politico, Political Mojo, Ballot Box and Saint Petersblog
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Rubio scolds Gingrich camp, says ad bashing ‘anti-immigrant’ Romney is ‘inaccurate, inflammatory’ — Sen. Marco Rubio scolded Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign over a Spanish-language radio ad that accuses rival Mitt Romney of being “anti-immigrant” — “This kind of language is more than just unfortunate.
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The Moderate Voice, Michelle Malkin, Ballot Box, Guardian, Campaign 2012 and Riptide 2.0


Newt Gingrich plays the Charlie Crist card — LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — Once the Republican presidential campaign came to Florida, it was only a matter of time until someone played the Charlie Crist card. — In an attempt to tarnish Mitt Romney's conservative credentials …
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CNN, Saint Petersblog, Taylor Marsh, Townhall.com and NewsMax.com


Poll: High Marks for Obama's State of the Union Speech — CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. — An overwhelming majority of Americans approved of the overall message in President Obama's State of the Union speech …
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The Moderate Voice, Washington Monthly, The Raw Story, ABCNEWS and The Politico
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Gov. Daniels: Obama is ‘pro-poverty’
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CNN, The Politico, ThinkProgress and Jammie Wearing Fools

Obama's State of the Union speech: Confrontation wrapped in Kumbaya
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Washington Wire, Salon, Wall Street Journal, Pirate's Cove, HousingWire, Gawker, The Moderate Voice, The Page and Saint Petersblog

American hostage in Somalia rescued by US Navy SEALs in overnight raid — WASHINGTON — In a daring nighttime raid Tuesday, U.S. Navy SEALs rescued two hostages, including one American, who were being held by kidnappers in Somalia, U.S. officials tell NBC News.
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Reuters, Washington Monthly, Booman Tribune, Taegan Goddard's …, iOwnTheWorld.com, Scared Monkeys and americanthinker.com
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U.S. Military Frees 2 Western Hostages From Somali Pirates
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Guardian, News Desk and Global Spin

Remarks by the President in State of the Union Address — Washington, D.C. — THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: — Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in Iraq.
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Obama's Schneiderman Gambit: Financial Fraud Unit Appears Designed to Fail, Grease Skids for Foreclosure Fraud Settlement — I'll pepper in my thoughts on the State of the Union Address throughout the day, but I would be remiss if I didn't start with the announcement of a Unit on Mortgage Origination …
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The Huffington Post, Main Street, Baltimore Sun, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, Hullabaloo, msnbc.com and New York Times
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EXCLUSIVE: Obama To Announce Mortgage Crisis Unit Chaired By New York Attorney General Schneiderman
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Reality Check, naked capitalism, Felix Salmon, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, Booman Tribune, Politics, Firedoglake, Guardian, Daily Kos, Taylor Marsh and GOP.com


What really happened in the Gingrich ethics case? — The Romney campaign has been hitting Newt Gingrich hard over the 1990s ethics case that resulted in the former Speaker being reprimanded and paying a $300,000 penalty. Before the Iowa caucuses, Romney and his supporting super PAC …

Newt slams Romney's ‘world of Swiss bank accounts’ — Via Ginger Gibson in Miami — if you thought the tax return issue was over and done with, think again:
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ThinkProgress, Washington Post, GOP 12, Hot Air and Daily Kos

Updating our privacy policies and terms of service — In just over a month we will make some changes to our privacy policies and Google Terms of Service. This stuff matters, so we wanted to explain what's changing, why and what these changes mean for users. — First, our privacy policies.


Will Israel Attack Iran? — As the Sabbath evening approached on Jan. 13, Ehud Barak paced the wide living-room floor of his home high above a street in north Tel Aviv, its walls lined with thousands of books on subjects ranging from philosophy and poetry to military strategy.
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The Atlantic Online, Israel Matzav, Guardian and The Politico


APNewsBreak: Michele Bachmann says to seek 4th term in Congress after failed presidential bid — MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann announced Wednesday she will seek a fourth term in the U.S. House following her failed presidential bid. — Bachmann declared her plans in an interview with The Associated Press.
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Wonkette, Hot Air, Washington Post, Hotline On Call and National Review

House bids farewell to Giffords — The House of Representatives said farewell to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) on Wednesday morning with a moving tribute on her last day as a member of Congress. — “None of us on this floor are talented enough to summon the rhetoric that all of us feel in our hearts …
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The Politico and Ballot Box