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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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ABCNEWS:
Brutal Newt Gingrich Ad in the Works — Newt Gingrich is responding to last night's debate with a brutal new ad accusing Romney of trying to mislead, deceive, and distort his way to the White House. — Here's the money line: “What kind of man would mislead, distort and deceive just to win an election?
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The Hill, GOP 12 and Taegan Goddard's …
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, Ross Douthat, New York Magazine, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Mahablog
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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Reuters, GOP 12, Wake up America, NewsMax.com, National Review, The PJ Tatler, Hot Air 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, Hotline On Call and Naked Politics
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
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 and Guardian
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
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Newt pulls punches in Fla.
Newt pulls punches in Fla.
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CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters, No More Mister Nice Blog, Connecting.the.Dots, The Reaction, Shakesville, PolitiFact and Ballot Box
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 Hill, Outside the Beltway, Hit & Run, Daily Kos, YID With LID, The Daily Dish, GOP 12, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The PJ Tatler 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.
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
No One Left To Lie To — The truth hurts: … More: … More:
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
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James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
The economic chart that may doom the Obama presidency — In his State of the Union response the other night, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels neatly summed up Mitt Romney's (who has a roughly 90 percent chance of being the GOP nominee according to Intrade) economic case against President Barack Obama …
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Wall Street Journal and COURAGE IN AMERICA
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Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
U.S. growth quickens, but speed bumps ahead
U.S. growth quickens, but speed bumps ahead
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New York Times, Outside the Beltway, Sweetness & Light and Hot Air
Jeffrey Lord / The Spectacle Blog:
Elliott Abrams Caught Misleading on Newt — As Ronald Reagan used to say: Well. — Yesterday we took note of former Reagan State Department official Elliott Abrams' piece over at NRO that went after Newt Gingrich on his relationship with Reagan. While voting regularly with Reagan …
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.
Tim Mak / The Politico:
Voters polarized over Barack Obama, poll finds — President Obama's third year in office elicited some of the most polarized job approval ratings ever, as the differences between Republican and Democratic views of the president stood at near-record highs, a new survey shows.
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Weasel Zippers
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Ratings Historically Polarized
Spencer Ackerman / Tablet Magazine:
Sounding Off — At the risk of sounding like the shtetl police, there's a right way and a wrong way for American Jews to argue with one another. The right way focuses on whose ideas are better—for America, for Israel, for the Jewish community, and for the world.
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The Atlantic Online, The Debate Link and The Daily Dish
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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The Politico, Washington Examiner, The PJ Tatler, Hot Air, National Review, The Spectacle Blog, Mediaite, ABCNEWS, Poynter and The Hill
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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Mediaite, Politics and NewsBusters.org blogs
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, Wake up America 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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The Politico, CNN, Guardian and Washington Post
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Speaking to students, Obama asks colleges to keep tuition down — President Obama put colleges and universities “on notice” on Friday, saying they needed to do their part to keep tuition costs down, so attending college can be a requisite for all Americans and not just a privileged few.
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The Politico
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Alternative Certification and ‘Colorblind Racism’
Alternative Certification and ‘Colorblind Racism’
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Proof Positive
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
FRC: ‘Rebel Fleet Surrenders to Gay Empire’ — After first going after Girl Scout cookies, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins is now attacking the game Star Wars: The Old Republic for allowing same-sex relationships. Stephen Reid of Bioware announced that players in the MMO …
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Balloon Juice, Towleroad News #gay and Good As You