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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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Washington Monthly, The Hill, GOP 12 and Taegan Goddard's …
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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 …
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 …
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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The Caucus, Reuters, GOP 12, Wake up America, The PJ Tatler, National Review, Hot Air and NewsMax.com
Robert Costa / National Review:
Jeb to Newt: Stop the ‘Ridiculous’ Crist Talk
Jeb to Newt: Stop the ‘Ridiculous’ Crist Talk
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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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Daily Kos, Guardian and Shakesville
Alex Isenstadtand Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich 2012 rise unnerves House GOP
Newt Gingrich 2012 rise unnerves House GOP
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The Brody File and Voice of San Diego
NBC's Alex Moe / msnbc.com:
Gingrich spokesman gets in spat with pro-Romney congressman
Gingrich spokesman gets in spat with pro-Romney congressman
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The Page, Washington Post and Saint Petersblog
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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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
No One Left to Lie To — The truth hurts: … More: … More: … More: … More: … All parties agree that Ron Paul is not, personally, racist and that he didn't write the passages. This is comforting. I am not an anti-Semite. But give me a check to tell Harlem the Jews invented AIDS, and I'll do it.
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.
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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The Daily Caller, Don Surber, Pirate's Cove and Hit & Run
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
“Cui Bono” Indeed! — In a world full of doubt and contention, there are a few things, other than the proverbial items of death and taxes, you can count on to be completely reliable. And one of those is the ideological mendacity of the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal.
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Political Mojo and The Daily Caller
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, Hot Air and Sweetness & Light
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, Big Journalism, The Debate Link, Balloon Juice and The Daily Dish
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 …
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
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Huntsman steps away from politics in new job — Jon Huntsman accepted a new position as chairman at the Huntsman Cancer Foundation on Thursday, the cancer research center announced this week. — Huntsman's position was effective immediately on Thursday, meaning he had a new job just 10 days …
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CNN and The Impolitic
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 Gateway Pundit, 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
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
Steve Jordon / Omaha World-Herald:
Buffett: Criticism is ‘ridiculous’ … Warren Buffett's secretary, after being pointed out on national television during Tuesday's State of the Union speech, now is facing criticism over her salary and second home. — Debbie Bosanek and her boss both declined Thursday to disclose how much she's paid, saying it's private.
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Campaign 2012, Broadside Books and The Daily Caller
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, Taylor Marsh and Daily Kos
Amanda Peterson Beadle / ThinkProgress:
Alabama School Under Scrutiny After Official Tells A Student To Remove A Gay Rights Sweatshirt — The Southern Poverty Law Center has warned an Alabama school district against infringing on a student's freedom of speech. Elizabeth Garrett, an openly gay sophomore at Brookwood High School …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Tuscaloosa
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.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Biden: Dems will take the House — CAMBRIDGE, Md. —House Democrats will win the House in November, swinging the gavel back into the hands of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Vice President Biden predicted Friday. — “Nancy, I think, is not going to be remembered just for being the first woman Speaker …
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The Politico