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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Thou Shalt Not Write Bad Things About Obama — Drudge has a story about Obama getting off of Air Force One in Arizona, greeting Republican governor Jan Brewer, and immediately giving her a piece of his mind. Evidently our president did not appreciate something Brewer wrote about him.
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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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Norah O'Donnell / CBS News:
Obama, Ariz. governor in heated exchange — President Obama got into a verbal dust-up with the governor of Arizona Wednesday. — Republican Jan Brewer and Mr. Obama got into a finger-pointing conversation when the president arrived in Phoenix. — She says he was upset about the description …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
On visit to Arizona, Obama and Gov. Brewer spar over her book
On visit to Arizona, Obama and Gov. Brewer spar over her book
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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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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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A.Killough / CNN:
Gingrich campaign admits error — (CNN) - Newt Gingrich's campaign admitted Wednesday night the former House speaker was inaccurate when he claimed his team offered several witnesses to ABC News to refute statements made by Gingrich's second wife in a controversial interview aired last week.
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Matt Dixon / Florida Times Union:
Times-Union/Insider Advantage poll: Romney 40, Gingrich 32
Times-Union/Insider Advantage poll: Romney 40, Gingrich 32
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Naked Politics and The Buzz Florida Politics Feed
First Read / msnbc.com:
Santorum hints at leaving FL before Tuesday primary
Santorum hints at leaving FL before Tuesday primary
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Paul Roderick Gregory / EconWorld:
Warren Buffett's Secretary Likely Makes Between $200,000 And $500,000/Year — Warren Buffett'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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ABCNEWS:
Warren Buffett and His Secretary Talk Taxes — ABC News' Seniboye Tienabeso reports: — In a week when taxes and tax returns have dominated the headlines, billionaire investor Warren Buffett jumped back into the political debate and showed his returns exclusively to ABC News' Bianna Golodryga …
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Broadside Books, NewsBusters.org blogs and ABCNEWS
Wall Street Journal:
Romney's Fair Share
Romney's Fair Share
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Jared Bernstein, JustOneMinute and The Politico
Ann Coulter:
RE-ELECT OBAMA: VOTE NEWT! — To talk with Gingrich supporters is to enter a world where words have no meaning. They denounce Mitt Romney as a candidate being pushed on them by “the Establishment” — with “the Establishment” defined as anyone who supports Romney or doesn't support Newt.
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Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:
Romney's Hispanic leadership team: Newt, pull down your ad. Gingrich: I will
Romney's Hispanic leadership team: Newt, pull down your ad. Gingrich: I will
Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:
Mitt Romney's campaign is attacking Newt Gingrich as an “influence peddler.”
Mitt Romney's campaign is attacking Newt Gingrich as an “influence peddler.”
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Eric Pfeiffer / Associated Press:
Former President John Tyler's (1790-1862) grandchildren still alive — Former President John Tyler, born 221 years ago, still has two living grandchildren. The one-term president isn't a well-known historical figure; he's probably best remembered for helping to push through the annexation of Texas in 1845 …
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Newt pledges moon base by second term — POLITICO's Ginger Gibson:
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Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National:
Barack Obama: “In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than 3 million jobs. Last year, they created the most jobs since 2005." — Have private-sector jobs grown by 3 million in 22 months, with the best annual totals since 2005? — EDITOR'S NOTE: Our original Half True rating …
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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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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Confident Obama struts his stuff — A relaxed, confident Barack Obama hit a pitch-perfect high note last week at the famed Apollo Theater in New York. — President Obama sang, “I'm so in love with you” — from Al Green's hit “Let's Stay Together” — and showed the world just how comfortable …
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 …
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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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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For immediate release — Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in December suggests that the economy has been expanding moderately, notwithstanding some slowing in global growth. While indicators point to some further improvement in overall labor market conditions, the unemployment rate remains elevated.
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Investor's Business Daily:
36 Obama aides owe $833,000 in back taxes — Pete Souza / White House (Obama addresses his White House staff, file) — How embarrassing this must be for President Obama, whose major speech theme so far this campaign season has been that every single American, no matter how rich, should pay their “fair share” of taxes.
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Alejandro Lazo / Los Angeles Times:
California calls $25-billion mortgage settlement ‘inadequate’ — California Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris walked away from talks with the banks last year, saying not enough was being offered for California homeowners. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) — Calif. Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris' office …
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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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