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1:10 AM ET, January 28, 2012

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Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Cannibals in GOP Establishment Employ Tactics of the Left  —  We have witnessed something very disturbing this week.  The Republican establishment which fought Ronald Reagan in the 1970s and which continues to fight the grassroots Tea Party movement today has adopted the tactics of the left …
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Ginger Gibson / The Politico:
Sarah Palin: Newt Gingrich's secret weapon  —  Newt Gingrich has a new unofficial campaign surrogate and her name is Sarah Palin.  —  As the 2008 veep nominee sees it, Gingrich is getting a raw deal from the national media and conservative elite, the very same forces who conspired against her when she was on the national ticket.
Discussion: CNN, Reuters and TBogg
WJXX-TV:
Exclusive Poll: Gingrich, Romney in Dead Heat Statewide  —  According to the new results out today, Newt Gingrich leads over Mitt Romney statewide, but his lead is well within the poll's1.93 percent margin of error.  —  MORE: FULL DIXIE STRATEGIES/FIRST COAST NEWS PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY
Jeffrey Lord / American Spectator:
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 …
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Mark Levin bucks conservative media trend, comes to Gingrich's defense
Washington Post:
Paul pursued strategy of publishing controversial newsletters, 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 …
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Jack and Suzy Welch:
Ron Paul and the pink slip that could decide the election  —  Have you ever woken up in the morning knowing you have to let someone go and just felt sick to your stomach?  It's the worst part of work, isn't it?  Even when it's absolutely necessary — the money isn't there or the employee …
Discussion: Politics and Mediaite
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:   No One Left to Lie To  —  The truth hurts: … More: … More:
Washington Post:
Gingrich professes shock at Romney's ‘dishonest’ debate performance  —  MIAMI —Former House speaker Newt Gingrich said Friday that the reason he seemed less combative during Thursday's televised debate was that he was shocked by what he described as rival Mitt Romney's “totally dishonest” replies to several questions.
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ABCNEWS:
Brutal Newt Gingrich Ad in the Works
Wall Street Journal:
Mitt Keeps Missing the Message
Discussion: UrbanGrounds
Quinnipiac University:
Romney Pulls Ahead In See-Saw Florida Gop Primary, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Men Shift From Gingrich To Romney
Brent Budowsky / Pundits Blog:
Ron Paul will defeat Mitt Romney in the Virginia primary
Discussion: CNN, Hot Air and Eunomia
Julian Pecquet / Ballot Box:
Gingrich, Democrats criticize Romney links to Medicare fraud
Nancy Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Impeach Obama?  —  Grover Norquist predicts a rebellion if President Obama wins reelection and doesn't extend the Bush tax cuts. … While other Washington insiders are wringing their hands over the lack of action expected on Capitol Hill in this election year, Grover Norquist is studying his color-coded maps.
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Daily Dish
Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
North Carolina GOP Lawmaker Calls For Bringing Back Public Hangings, Starting With Abortion Providers  —  The last legal public hanging in America took place in 1936 in Owensboro, Kentucky.  The “event” attracted 20,000 people and turned into such a sickening spectacle that many credit it with ending the practice in the U.S.
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@NCCapitol:
Cabarrus lawmaker calls for public hangings
Discussion: Wonkette and Associated Press
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Romney's negative ratings soaring among independents  —  One key metric for determining whether the attacks on Mitt Romney and the bruising GOP primary are damaging him for the general election is this: How is he faring among independent voters, a key swing constituency, now that they're getting to know him better?
Discussion: Daily Kos
Adam Slinger / Phoenix, Arizona:
Secret Service investigating photo of Valley students  —  PEORIA, AZ - A picture that shows several teens, a few of them carrying guns, displaying a bullet-riddled Obama T-shirt has led the U.S. Secret Service to investigate.  —  The Peoria Police Department is also doing its own investigation since …
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Texas Dems, minority groups near huge win with redistricting settlement  —  The Texas state attorneys defending the state's GOP-drawn redistricting plans from court challenges have reached out to settle litigation, according to sources in the state.  The settlement would give minority groups …
Discussion: Off the Kuff and Election Law Blog
Rosie Gray / Politics:
Cooter From Dukes Of Hazzard Really, Really Hates Newt Gingrich  —  Ben Jones played Cooter and also ran against Gingrich for a seat in Congress.  He's the latest 90s figure to come out of the woodwork to stop Newt.  —  The actor who played Cooter on Dukes of Hazzard is joining the ranks …
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Tyler's grandkid: Newt's a ‘jerk’  —  President John Tyler's grandson Harrison Tyler, 84, says he's not impressed with the state of politics today and particularly thinks Newt Gingrich is a “big jerk” for his three marriages.  —  Incredibly, President Tyler, who was born in 1790 and became …
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.
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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Mike Huckabee / Huck PAC:
Statement On Latest Gingrich for President Ad  —  Any use of an out of context quote from the Republican Presidential primary 4 years ago in a political ad to advocate for the election or defeat of another candidate is not authorized, approved, or known in advance by me.
Discussion: Politics, The Caucus and GOP 12
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Senate Dems should force GOP to hold vote on Buffett Rule  —  Picture this scenario.  The Senate holds a high-profile vote on a proposal focused directly on implementing the Buffett Rule, one that would bring the current tax rate for millionaires paying lower rates on investments up to 30 percent.
John Cook / Gawker:
Yes, the Romneys Converted Mitt's Dead Atheist Father-in-Law to Mormonism  —  Gawker's substantial Mormon readership has come through for us: Two readers have sent us confirmation that Edward Davies, Mitt Romney's militantly atheist father-in-law, was indeed posthumously converted to Mormonism …
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Paul makes unannounced stop to meet with Maine gov.  —  Lewiston, Maine (CNN) - Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul met with Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage on Friday, a stop that was not announced as part of the congressman's public schedule.  —  “He called and asked to meet,” …
Discussion: Ron Paul 2012
 
 
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