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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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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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Newsmax Wires / NewsMax.com:
InsiderAdvantage Poll: Gingrich Surging, Race ‘Tighter Than Expected’
InsiderAdvantage Poll: Gingrich Surging, Race ‘Tighter Than Expected’
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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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Washington Post, Patterico's Pontifications and ABCNEWS
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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Quinnipiac University:
Romney Romps To 14-Point Lead In Florida GOP Primary, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds
Romney Romps To 14-Point Lead In Florida GOP Primary, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds
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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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Power Line, The Atlantic Online, The Politico, Modeled Behavior, Economix, The Enterprise Blog and National Review
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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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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 to women. This is not an opinion. It is a fact. But you wouldn't know it reading political coverage of the administration's decision to do the right thing and approve the rule mandating coverage of it. — And frankly, that's shameful.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Contraception and “Religious Liberty” — It's been underway for a good while now. But the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' offensive to label federal requirements that religiously affiliated non-church institutions offer coverage for contraceptive services in employee health plans as an assault on …
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Religion Dispatches, Washington Post and ProfessorBainbridge.com
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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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’.
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Andrew Parker / The Sun:
US bars friends over Twitter joke — Ordeal ... Leigh Van Bryan and Emily Bunting were locked up — TWO pals were barred from entering the US after innocent tweets joking about “destroying America” were picked up by the country's anti-terror cops. — US special agents monitoring Twitter …
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
GOP Voters Continue to Give Field Subpar Ratings — Obama Seen as More Understanding than Romney, Gingrich — Amid a bruising primary campaign, Republicans remain unimpressed with their party's presidential field. In fact, more Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters …
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Poll finds increasing dissatisfaction in GOP field
Poll finds increasing dissatisfaction in GOP field
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Wall Street Journal and Hot Air
Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Obama best understands people, poll finds
Obama best understands people, poll finds
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Ballot Box and CNN
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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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
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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The Hill, Verum Serum, Right Wing Watch, ThinkProgress and Mediaite
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.
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Bobby Bank / ABCNEWS:
Donald Trump Staff in Talks With Financiers, Campaign Managers to Explore Third Party Bid — ABC News' Huma Khan and Jennifer Wlach report: — Donald Trump's top political adviser told ABC News he's speaking to “high-level political operatives” to explore a third-party presidential bid …
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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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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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Salon.com, A plain blog about politics, Daily Kos, Washington Monthly, Race 4 2012, Swampland and American Prospect
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich Wants A Government That Respects ‘Our Religion’ Not ‘Every Other Religion’ — As TP's Igor Volsky pointed out today, Newt Gingrich has been accusing President Obama of perpetrating a “war on religion,” saying the president has made it more difficult for people of faith to practice their beliefs.
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Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
Concerned that too many “deniers” are in the meteorology business, global warming activists this month launched a campaign to recruit local weathermen to hop aboard the alarmism bandwagon and expose those who are not fully convinced that the world is facing man-made doom.
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Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, iOwnTheWorld.com and Michelle Malkin
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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Unions set to blast Dems for selling out on FAA reauthorization — One of the biggest requests that labor had made of Congressional Dems was this: Don't sell out unions when the long-term Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization is renegotiated with House Republicans.
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ProPublica:
Freddie Mac Bets Against American Homeowners — by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica and Chris Arnold, NPR News — Jan. 30: Read the update to this article, “Bets Against Homeowners Must Stop, Freddie Mac Was Told.” … Freddie Mac, the taxpayer-owned mortgage giant, has placed multibillion-dollar bets …
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Blogs fume over Allen West's new district — Conservative bloggers are lashing out against the Republican “establishment” for a redistricting map that could harm tea party favorite Rep. Allen West's (R-Fla.) reelection chances, even sparking a conspiracy that pins the alleged campaign against West on Mitt Romney.
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New Jersey Online:
While clarifying remarks linking civil rights to gay marriage, Gov. Christie calls N.J. assemblyman ‘numbnuts’ — TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie this morning attempted to clarify statements he made about same sex marriage and civil rights, but in the process called an openly gay assemblyman …
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Gay Star News, Gothamist and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
New York Archdiocese Worker Accused of $1 Million Embezzlement — For eight years, the woman worked in accounts payable for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, gaining the trust of her superiors. — Colleagues praised her quiet dedication and hard work, and noted that she prayed often …
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