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Dave Levinthaland Robin Bravender / The Politico:
Rick Perry's campaign burned through millions — Texas Gov. Rick Perry burned through the bulk of a once-sizable campaign war chest late last year in what became an increasingly desperate attempt to right his listing — and ultimately doomed — presidential campaign, federal financial disclosures released late Monday show.
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The Other McCain
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ThinkProgress:
Morning Briefing: January 31, 2012 — Voting is underway in Florida's GOP presidential primary, and last-minute polls suggest Mitt Romney is heading toward a big win. A new Quinnipiac poll released Monday shows Romney with a double-digit lead over Newt Gingrich. Polls close statewide at 7 p.m.
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The Politico, The Hill, Reuters and Prairie Weather
John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
Romney Ramps Up Attack Ads Against Gingrich to Unprecedented Levels — In the most negative primary season ever, Mitt Romney is outspending Newt Gingrich 5 to 1 on attack ads ahead of today's primary in Florida, stopping the ex-speaker's momentum coming off a South Carolina win.
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The PJ Tatler, CNN, The Atlantic Online, Babalú Blog and US Politics
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney headed for Florida victory
Romney headed for Florida victory
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The Politico, Pirate's Cove and GOP 12
Christopher Rowland / Boston Globe:
Newt Gingrich says Mitt Romney denied Jewish seniors kosher meals while governor
Newt Gingrich says Mitt Romney denied Jewish seniors kosher meals while governor
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msnbc.com, MiamiHerald.com and The Loyal Opposition
Washington Post:
Florida primary: Mitt Romney pulls ahead of Newt Gingrich
Florida primary: Mitt Romney pulls ahead of Newt Gingrich
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THEROOT.COM and The Raw Story
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Mitt Romney On Fox & Friends: ‘I Wish I Could Claim I Was Hispanic’
Mitt Romney On Fox & Friends: ‘I Wish I Could Claim I Was Hispanic’
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THEROOT.COM and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
GOP Field's Private Sector Work Unpopular — Neither Mitt Romney's nor Newt Gingrich's private sector experience is playing particularly well with the American public, although Gingrich's consulting work draws far more criticism than Romney's background buying and restructuring companies.
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The Page
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Sarah Huisenga / CBS News:
Gingrich: I won't debate Obama if media moderates
Gingrich: I won't debate Obama if media moderates
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Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, Race 4 2012 and The Other McCain
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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Washington Monthly, The Maddow Blog, Taegan Goddard's … and Ballot Box
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Romney Seen as More Presidential, Sincere Than Gingrich
Romney Seen as More Presidential, Sincere Than Gingrich
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No More Mister Nice Blog, American Spectator, Daily Kos, Firedoglake and The Politico
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
Wallacegw / CNN:
Santorum promises high road, 'We'll beat them straight up'
Santorum promises high road, 'We'll beat them straight up'
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American Spectator, The Politico and Michelle Malkin
Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Obama best understands people, poll finds
Obama best understands people, poll finds
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Ballot Box and CNN
Ben Johnson / LifeSiteNews.com Latest Headlines:
Demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street movement threw condoms on Catholic schoolgirls, refused to allow a Catholic priest to give a closing prayer, and shouted down a pro-life speaker at a Rhode Island right to life rally on Thursday, according to its organizer.
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Washington Monthly, The Gateway Pundit, iOwnTheWorld.com and Pat Dollard
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New York Times:
College Says It Exaggerated SAT Figures for Ratings — Claremont McKenna College, a small, prestigious California school, said Monday that for the past six years, it has submitted false SAT scores to publications like U.S. News & World Report that use the data in widely followed college rankings.
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News Desk and Associated Press
Washington Examiner:
Holder's fantastical claim about ‘Fast and Furious’ — Philosophers and poets have argued for at least three millennia about who is more valuable. Poets claim they tell tales that inspire men to do things they would otherwise never accomplish. But philosophers argue that this requires …
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Patterico's Pontifications
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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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
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Great Divorce — I'll be shocked if there's another book this year as important as Charles Murray's “Coming Apart.” I'll be shocked if there's another book that so compellingly describes the most important trends in American society. — Murray's basic argument is not new, that America is dividing into a two-caste society.
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Brad DeLong and Marginal Revolution
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Obama Tells Woman: “Interesting” Unemployed Husband Can't Find Job — During his Google+ hangout Pres. Obama tells a woman that her husband shouldn't be unemployed from the growth he has seen in the economy. Obama said he finds it “interesting” because he is getting “the word” …
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Hot Air, Mediaite and National Review
New York Times:
Buoyant Romney Speaks of Victory in Florida — TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney swept through a final day of campaigning here on Monday, energized by more polls showing him with a commanding lead in the Florida primary. He even allowed himself to break superstition and proclaim, “I'm beginning to feel we might win.”
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msnbc.com, Los Angeles Times, americanthinker.com, Taegan Goddard's …, ABCNEWS and The Caucus
Dave Levinthal / The Politico:
Stephen Colbert's FEC report: Big money! — No kidding: Comedian Stephen Colbert's satirical super PAC raised some serious cash. — Between July 1 and Dec. 31, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow collected more than $825,400, ending the year with nearly $674,000 cash on hand …
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Taylor Marsh
Jeffrey Lord / American Spectator:
Newt Battles Mush From the Wimps — “Ford Declares Reagan Can't Win” — Headline in The New York Times, March 1, 1980 — Yet still more mush from the wimps. — To borrow a famous Reagan phrase: “Well, there they go again.” — Somewhere an exasperated Gipper is doubtless shaking his head.
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News Desk, UrbanGrounds, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Opinion L.A., Conservatives4Palin and The New Republic
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Republicans have only themselves to blame — On Saturday night, at precisely 9:19 and 30 seconds, my iPhone, my iPad, my computer and, for all I know, my toaster were informed that Herman Cain had endorsed Newt Gingrich. The ping-ping of the devices suggested that something momentous had happened …
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The Moderate Voice and Mediaite
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Catholics hear anti-Obama letter in church — During church services on Sunday, Catholics around the country were read a blistering letter assailing the Obama administration for an “assault on religious liberty” in the form of a coming requirement that most church-linked organizations …
Lucas Grindley / Advocate:
Cynthia Nixon: Being Bisexual “Is Not a Choice” — Actress Cynthia Nixon is bisexual and that “is not a choice,” she said in an exclusive statement to The Advocate. — The former star of Sex and the City who is now on Broadway in Wit has been the focus of heated discussion among …
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American Prospect, PinkNews.co.uk, Last Word, msnbc.com and Gay Star News