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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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Ballot Box, M.JOSEPH SHEPPARD'S …, Riehl World View and The Political Carnival
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John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
Newt May Be Mad and Mental Enough to Fight On Long After Florida — For some churchgoers, the attendance of Sunday morning services is a ritual rooted in reflection, for others in repentance, for others in rejoicing, and for still others in all three. But for Newt Gingrich …
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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Washington Post, Florida Times Union, Ballot Box, CBS Miami, National Review and MiamiHerald.com
Susan Page / USA Today:
Swing States poll: Romney and Obama tied; Gingrich trails — WASHINGTON - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney essentially ties Barack Obama in the nation's key battlegrounds, a USA TODAY/Gallup Swing States survey finds, while rival Newt Gingrich now trails the president by a decisive 14 percentage points.
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ABCNEWS, The Moderate Voice, Viking Pundit, Race 4 2012 and National Review
Jonathan Martinand Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich's long march — LUTZ, Fla. - Mitt Romney and much of the GOP establishment may be exultant over Newt Gingrich's likely defeat here Tuesday, but the former speaker has a message for his detractors: he's not going anywhere. — Gingrich is making the case that Romney …
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CNN, Business Insider and Reuters
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Romney, Eyeing Blowout, Keeps Foot To Newt's Neck
Romney, Eyeing Blowout, Keeps Foot To Newt's Neck
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msnbc.com, Taylor Marsh, Mediaite, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Riehl World View and CNN
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Gingrich accuses Romney of ‘carpet bombing’ opponents; Rep. Paul Ryan talks debt reduction
Gingrich accuses Romney of ‘carpet bombing’ opponents; Rep. Paul Ryan talks debt reduction
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ThinkProgress and Campaign 2012
Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Poll: Romney expands Florida lead over Gingrich
Poll: Romney expands Florida lead over Gingrich
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Washington Post and The Raw Story
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.
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Washington Monthly, Pirate's Cove and Washington Wire
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Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Santorum hits campaign trail after child's health scare — GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum heads back out on the campaign trail today but he's not going to Florida, where a primary is being held tomorrow. — Santorum instead is going to Missouri and Minnesota, which hold nominating contests on Feb. 7.
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National Review, LifeNews.com and The Agonist
Andrew Burton / ABCNEWS:
Rick Santorum Says Daughter Bella Has a ‘Miraculous Turnaround’ — DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Rick Santorum made his first public comments on the health of his youngest daughter, Isabella, this evening on a tele-town hall with voters, saying she has had a “miraculous turnaround.”
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The Spectacle Blog
James Hohmann / The Politico:
Rick Santorum's daughter improving
Rick Santorum's daughter improving
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Washington Post, Betsy's Page, Outside the Beltway and Hot Air
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 …
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TalkLeft and Prairie Weather
New York Times:
U.S. Drones Patrolling Its Skies Provoke Outrage in Iraq — BAGHDAD — A month after the last American troops left Iraq, the State Department is operating a small fleet of surveillance drones here to help protect the United States Embassy and consulates, as well as American personnel.
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ThinkProgress, News Desk, Prairie Weather, Israel Matzav, emptywheel, The Page and Truthdig
Rick Pleasures / The Politico:
How conservatives lost their moral compass — There's irony here in that liberals have viewed shame as a conservative ally. They associated it with Puritans and the puritanical who used shame, liberals said, to bludgeon people into moralistic behavior that denied their real passions and interests.
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Jeb Bush Remains Silent on Endorsement — MIAMI — A steady stream of endorsements has been flowing to Mitt Romney, with his campaign promoting Republicans who are giving their blessing to his presidential candidacy. Yet on the eve of the Florida primary, he has been unable to land the biggest catch of all: Jeb Bush.
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ABCNEWS, GOP 12, Campaign 2012 and The Caucus
Michael Brendan Dougherty / Business Insider:
Here Is The Anti-Obama Administration Letter That Was Read To Almost Every Catholic Sitting In Church On Sunday — The Catholic Church is fighting mad with the Obama Administration, and nearly every Catholic sitting in a pew this weekend heard the reasons why.
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Power Line, American Spectator, The PJ Tatler and New York Times
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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American Spectator, Hot Air, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Politics
James Q. Wilson / Washington Post:
Angry about inequality? Don't blame the rich. — There is no doubt that incomes are unequal in the United States — far more so than in most European nations. This fact is part of the impulse behind the Occupy Wall Street movement, whose members claim to represent the 99 percent of us against the wealthiest 1 percent.
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Questions and Observations, TBogg and Power Line
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James Hamilton / Econbrowser:
Inflation expectations and the Fed
Inflation expectations and the Fed
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Brad DeLong, Business Insider and Economist's View