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Quinnipiac University:
Romney Pulls Ahead In See-Saw Florida Gop Primary, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Men Shift From Gingrich To Romney — Just four days before the nation's first big-state presidential primary, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney opens up a 38 - 29 percent lead over former House Speaker …
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NBC's Domenico Montanaro / msnbc.com:
Gingrich leads Romney, but badly trails Obama — Newt Gingrich leads Mitt Romney among Republicans, but he is the weakest of the Republican candidates tested against President Obama, according to an NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll released Thursday evening.
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GOP 12, National Review, The PJ Tatler and The Caucus
Robert Costa / National Review:
Jeb to Newt: Stop the ‘Ridiculous’ Crist Talk — Jacksonville, Fla. - Former Florida governor Jeb Bush tells National Review Online that Newt Gingrich should stop insinuating that Mitt Romney aides, due to their past work for Charlie Crist, are part of a moderate GOP conspiracy.
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ABCNEWS, GOP 12, Hotline On Call and Naked Politics
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Newt Loses It — Last night's presidential candidate debate in Jacksonville, cosponsored by CNN and the Hispanic Leadership Network, was Newt Gingrich's best and perhaps last chance to get his mojo back against a confluence of negative pressures—from sustained attacks to his left and right …
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FiveThirtyEight, TalkLeft and The Mahablog
New York Times:
Romney Stays on the Offense With Gingrich — Newt Gingrich, left, and Mitt Romney during a commercial break at Thursday's debate. Other moments were less agreeable. — The competition between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich dominated the last debate before the Florida primary …
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Newt pulls punches in Fla.
Newt pulls punches in Fla.
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New York Times, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post, CNN, Reuters, The Reaction, Connecting.the.Dots, PolitiFact and Ballot Box
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Romney owned Gingrich, but problems linger
First Thoughts: Romney owned Gingrich, but problems linger
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Salon and Political Mojo
Alex Isenstadtand Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich 2012 rise unnerves House GOP
Newt Gingrich 2012 rise unnerves House GOP
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CNN
Ginger Gibson / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich gets mad
Newt Gingrich gets mad
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CNN, 2012 Decoded, Questions and Observations, Campaign Stops, The Caucus, Balloon Juice and The Gateway Pundit
Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Gingrich Surges to Lead in Poll
Gingrich Surges to Lead in Poll
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Daily Kos, Guardian and Shakesville
Jim Meyers / NewsMax.com:
Mike Reagan, Rush Limbaugh Blast Romney
Mike Reagan, Rush Limbaugh Blast Romney
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Hot Air, Mediaite, The Moderate Voice and The Politico
Wall Street Journal:
No Need to Panic About Global Warming — There's no compelling scientific argument for drastic action to ‘decarbonize’ the world's economy. — Editor's Note: The following has been signed by the 16 scientists listed at the end of the article: — A candidate for public office …
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Don Surber, Hit & Run, Pirate's Cove and The Daily Caller
Stephanie Pappas / Yahoo! News:
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice — There's no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy. — The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults.
Washington Post:
Ron Paul signed off on racist newsletters in the 1990s, associates say — Ron Paul, well known as a physician, congressman and libertarian , has also been a businessman who pursued a marketing strategy that included publishing provocative, racially charged newsletters to make money and spread his ideas …
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The Atlantic Online and Political Mojo
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Brent Budowsky / Pundits Blog:
Ron Paul will defeat Mitt Romney in the Virginia primary — In a dramatic head-to-head contest that will win huge attention throughout the political world, I now believe that Ron Paul will defeat Mitt Romney in the Virginia primary. The implications could be enormous.
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CNN
Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Gingrich gives an awkward defense of a speech that was seen as attacking Spanish — WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney accuses Newt Gingrich of calling Spanish a “ghetto language.” Close, but not quite. — Gingrich denies doing so and said he merely promoted the use of English, “period.”
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Crooks and Liars
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Romney takes the fight to Gingrich in Republican debate in Florida
Romney takes the fight to Gingrich in Republican debate in Florida
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CNN, The Politico, Guardian and Washington Post
Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Gingrich: Gay Marriage a ‘Perfect Example of What I Mean by the Rise of Paganism’
Gingrich: Gay Marriage a ‘Perfect Example of What I Mean by the Rise of Paganism’
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Comments from Left Field, ThinkProgress and Joe. My. God.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Ratings Historically Polarized — Job approval 80% among Democrats, 12% among Republicans — PRINCETON, NJ — The historically high gap between partisans' job approval ratings of Barack Obama continued during Obama's third year in office, with an average of 80% of Democrats and 12% …
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Josh White / Washington Post:
Motive of shooter who targeted military sites is unclear — Yonathan Melaku was sneaking through Fort Myer and Arlington National Cemetery, his backpack filled with plastic bags of ammonium nitrate, a notebook containing jihadist messages, and a can of black spray paint.
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The Jawa Report, Atlas Shrugs, Wizbang, NewsBusters.org, The Daily Caller, Jihad Watch and CBS News
Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:
2011 GDP: 1.7% — That's the final, pathetic growth number for 2011. — From the just-released GDP report: — Real GDP increased 1.7 percent in 2011 (that is, from the 2010 annual level to the 2011 annual level), compared with an increase of 3.0 percent in 2010.
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The Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / USA Today:
Gov. Jan Brewer releases letter she handed to Obama — PHOENIX - In a sudden about-face, Gov. Jan Brewer on Thursday evening made public a copy of the letter she handed President Obama during their high-profile encounter a day earlier that dominated national news, the blogosphere and water-cooler conversation.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
How Siri is ruining your cellphone service — Paul Farhi covers media for The Post. — Like a few million other people this past holiday season, we bought an iPhone 4S, with its much-hyped Siri feature. The vocal interface allows users to speak all kinds of commands into the phone …
today.yougov.com News:
Mitt Romney's Tax Problem … This has been interpreted as a dig at Mitt Romney, whose personal wealth and comparatively low tax rate have been front-and-center in the campaign these past weeks. Romney finally released his tax returns on Thursday, revealing a 2010 income of $27 million and a federal tax rate of 13.9%.
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American Prospect and Daily Kos
Guardian:
Twitter to censor tweets by country — The censorship tool is likely to raise fears that Twitter's commitment to free speech may be weakening — Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis. — The additional flexibility announced on Thursday …
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Boing Boing
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Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Romney Packed Debate Hall With Supporters, Gingrich Aide Says … 2012 Election , Barack Obama , Newt Gingrich 2012 , Republican Presidential Primary , Rick Santorum , Elections 2012 , Newt Gingrich , Video , FL Election , FL Election 2012 , FL Primary , FL Primary 2012 …
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Washington Examiner, The Politico, Mediaite, ABCNEWS, Poynter and National Review
Paul Krugman:
Postmodern Business Cycles — Noah Smith finds John Taylor claiming that the V-shaped recovery from the 1981-2 recession proves that Reagan roolz. Kind of sad, really: I find it hard not to believe that Taylor actually knows better. — But anyway, this gives me an occasion to talk …
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Modeled Behavior, Noahpinion, Wall Street Journal and Brad DeLong