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Newsmax Wires / NewsMax.com:
InsiderAdvantage Poll: Gingrich Surging, Race ‘Tighter Than Expected’ — More ways to share... Mixx — Stumbled — LinkedIn — Vine — Buzzflash — Newstrust — Technocrati — Forward Article — A new InsiderAdvantage poll conducted Sunday night of likely Republican voters …
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Mitt Romney On Fox & Friends: ‘I Wish I Could Claim I Was Hispanic’ — On Monday morning's Fox and Friends, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney let out another one of those “I'm running for office, for Pete's sake!” bursts of honesty which, like a burlesque revue at a leper colony, are revealing, but not in a good way.
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THEROOT.COM and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:
An internal Gingrich campaign memo obtained by The Daily Caller shows the campaign is planning to continue long after Tuesday's Florida primary, stating simply: “this race is just getting started.” — The memo, from National Political Director Martin Baker, notes Romney's lack …
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The PJ Tatler, Business Insider, Wake up America, Taegan Goddard's …, New York Magazine and Political Mojo
Quinnipiac University:
Romney Romps To 14-Point Lead In Florida GOP Primary, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has a 43 - 29 percent lead over former House Speaker Newt Gingrich among Republican likely voters in Florida, the nation's first big-state presidential primary …
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Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Obama best understands people, poll finds — Most Americans say President Barack Obama understands the problems of average Americans better than either Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich do, according to a new poll Monday. — More than half of voters, or 55 percent, say Obama connects with the needs …
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Ballot Box and CNN
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
GOP Voters Continue to Give Field Subpar Ratings
GOP Voters Continue to Give Field Subpar Ratings
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Taegan Goddard's … and Ballot Box
Walter Shapiro / The New Republic:
Doing It For the Gipper: Why Old People Could Be Newt Gingrich's Saving Grace
Doing It For the Gipper: Why Old People Could Be Newt Gingrich's Saving Grace
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Patterico's Pontifications, ABCNEWS and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Gingrich forces outspent by nearly $12 million on Florida airwaves
Gingrich forces outspent by nearly $12 million on Florida airwaves
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Little Movement in Florida
Little Movement in Florida
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Gallup, Firedoglake, Guardian, Daily Kos, The Politico, Hot Air and BuzzFeed
E .J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Obama's Breach of Faith Over Contraceptive Ruling — Obama's breach of faith over contraceptive ruling — One of Barack Obama's great attractions as a presidential candidate was his sensitivity to the feelings and intellectual concerns of religious believers.
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Nita Chaudhary / The Huffington Post:
Birth Control Matters
Birth Control Matters
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Hullabaloo and Washington Post
Michael Brendan Dougherty / Business Insider:
Here Is The Anti-Obama Administration Letter That Was Read To Almost Every Catholic Sitting In Church On Sunday
Here Is The Anti-Obama Administration Letter That Was Read To Almost Every Catholic Sitting In Church On Sunday
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Washington Monthly, Sister Toldjah, The Gateway Pundit, Power Line, The PJ Tatler and American Spectator
CBO's Latest 10 Documents:
COMPARING THE COMPENSATION OF FEDERAL AND PRIVATE-SECTOR EMPLOYEES — HOW DOES THE COMPENSATION OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES COMPARE WITH THAT OF EMPLOYEES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR? — Employees of the federal government and the private sector differ in ways that can affect compensation.
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The Enterprise Blog and The Atlantic Online
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
CBO: Federal workers better compensated than in private sector
CBO: Federal workers better compensated than in private sector
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The Jawa Report
Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Obama's Bodyguard — Meet the Democratic leader who's blasting Republicans and reaching out to a peeved Congress. — The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee is running late, prepping for an MSNBC interview while she brushes her tangled mass …
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Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler and National Review
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Mj Lee / The Politico:
Debbie Wasserman Schultz hits Reince Priebus on Concordia jab
Debbie Wasserman Schultz hits Reince Priebus on Concordia jab
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
RNC chief doubles down on comparing Obama to disgraced Capt. Schettino
RNC chief doubles down on comparing Obama to disgraced Capt. Schettino
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Hot Air
Washington Post:
Obama: The most polarizing president. Ever. — President Obama ran — and won — in 2008 on the idea of uniting the country. But, each of his first three years in office have marked historic highs in political polarization, with Democrats largely approving of him and Republicans deeply disapproving.
Richard Hartley-Parkinson / Daily Mail:
'I'm going to destroy America and dig up Marilyn Monroe': British pair arrested in U.S. on terror charges over Twitter jokes — Two British tourists were barred from entering America after joking on Twitter that they were going to ‘destroy America’ and ‘dig up Marilyn Monroe’.
Morgen / Verum Serum:
Gingrich Called for ObamaCare Mandate in May 2009, Said ObamaCare “Healthier...More Open” Process than HillaryCare — Note: I wanted to draw extra attention to the name on the byline since John does by far the majority of the blogging here. The opinions expressed below are my own …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Romney Swipes Gingrich's Base
Romney Swipes Gingrich's Base
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Politics, A plain blog about politics, American Prospect, Washington Monthly and The Gateway Pundit
Andrew Kaczynski / Politics:
When Obama Ran Against The Mandate
Anita Singh / Telegraph:
Jonathan Franzen: e-books are damaging society — Jonathan Franzen has launched a passionate defence of the printed book, warning that our desire for the instant gratification of e-books is damaging for society. — Jonathan Franzen, author of Freedom, is being hailed as one of America's greatest novelists
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Alison Flood / Guardian:
Franzen warns ebooks are corroding values
Franzen warns ebooks are corroding values
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Runnin' Scared and Althouse
ProPublica:
Freddie Mac Bets Against American Homeowners — by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica and Chris Arnold, NPR News … Freddie Mac, the taxpayer-owned mortgage giant, has placed multibillion-dollar bets that pay off if homeowners stay trapped in expensive mortgages with interest rates well above current rates.
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Dylan Byers / The Politico:
Newt's promise: No reporters as moderators — Newt Gingrich lashed out at the media today during a rally in Pensacola, Florida, suggesting that all reporters are in the tank for President Obama: — “As your nominee, I will not accept debates in the fall in which the reporters are the moderators …
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Racial code words obscure real issues — Two weeks ago at the Fox News/Wall Street Journal debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C., I asked each GOP presidential candidate some pointed questions about the racial politics that will play a big role in the presidential campaign.
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Washington Monthly, Don Surber and Weasel Zippers
Rosie Gray / Politics:
State Senator Behind “Don't Say Gay” Bill Refused Service At Restaurant — Tennessee state senator Stacey Campfield, who recently said that it is “virtually impossible” to contract HIV through heterosexual sex, was kicked out of a restaurant in Knoxville. He went quietly.
Helia Ebrahimi / Telegraph:
Agent Provocateur sales boosted by US First Lady Michelle Obama — Agent Provocateur saw sales jump by more than 12pc, helped by US First Lady Michelle Obama spending $50,000 (£31,794) in one shopping spree. — Michelle Obama's shopping spree caused part of Madison Avenue to be closed off
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Karen Famighetti / Media Matters for America:
Wash. Post's Parker Wildly Distorts Charitable Giving Of Obama, Romney — On this morning's edition of The Chris Matthews Show, panelist Kathleen Parker claimed that Mitt Romney has “give[n] away “42 percent of his income, compared to Obama, who gave away 1 percent to charity.
Josh Putnam / Frontloading HQ:
I'll see your white knight and raise you a filing deadline. Why It's Too Late for Entry in the Republican Nomination Race — Way back in the summer (of 2011), FHQ began fielding calls and emails from a number of media outlets asking about the filing deadlines for primaries and caucuses in the various states.
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Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, A plain blog about politics, Race 4 2012, Swampland and American Prospect
Jay Donovan / TechCrunch:
Flying People Spotted Over New York City...Film At Nine — In a recent publicity venture for their new movie “Chronicle”, 20th Century Fox enlisted the help of viral marketing agency Thinkmodo to design and execute a rather unique campaign element that surely caused several doubletakes over the New York City skyline.
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Gothamist, Towleroad News #gay and ANIMAL
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Austerity Debacle — Last week the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, a British think tank, released a startling chart comparing the current slump with past recessions and recoveries. It turns out that by one important measure — changes in real G.D.P. since the recession began …