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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Florida Primary Overview and Forecast — The shift away from Newt Gingrich in the Florida polls has been as significant as the one toward him in South Carolina. The first two polls released after South Carolina showed Mr. Gingrich with a lead of 8 and 9 points, respectively.
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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.
John Dickerson / Slate:
Mute Gingrich — How Romney stole Gingrich's voice in Florida.
Mute Gingrich — How Romney stole Gingrich's voice in Florida.
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Washington Wire, ABCNEWS, Daily Kos and The Politico
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, National Review and Race 4 2012
ThinkProgress:
Morning Briefing: January 31, 2012
Morning Briefing: January 31, 2012
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The Caucus, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and Prairie Weather, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
Buoyant Romney Speaks of Victory in Florida
Buoyant Romney Speaks of Victory in Florida
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msnbc.com, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, ABCNEWS, americanthinker.com and The Caucus
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney headed for Florida victory
Romney headed for Florida victory
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Firedoglake, The Politico, Daily Kos, Pirate's Cove, Washington Post and GOP 12
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
House GOP closer to vote on making English the official language
House GOP closer to vote on making English the official language
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The Maddow Blog and msnbc.com
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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Jill Tucker / San Francisco Chronicle:
Ranger zaps off-leash dog walker with shock weapon — A Montara man walking two lapdogs off leash was hit with an electric-shock gun by a National Park Service ranger after allegedly giving a false name and trying to walk away, authorities said Monday. — The park ranger encountered Gary Hesterberg …
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The Jawa Report, L.A. NOW and Hit & Run
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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Rachel Leven / Ballot Box:
Huntsman's father accounts for 70 percent of pro-Huntsman super-PAC donations
Huntsman's father accounts for 70 percent of pro-Huntsman super-PAC donations
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GOP 12 and The Politico
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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CBO's Latest 10 Documents:
THE BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: FISCAL YEARS 2012 TO 2022 — Each January, CBO prepares “baseline” budget projections spanning the next 10 years. Those projections are not a forecast of future events; rather, they are intended to provide a benchmark against which potential policy changes can be measured.
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.
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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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Occupy support drops more than 20 points in ... San Francisco? — One would think that the Occupy movement and San Francisco were made for each other. Perhaps at one time they were, but a new Survey USA poll shows that even the City by the Bay has its limits.
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Weasel Zippers and Campaign 2012
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Meredith May / San Francisco Chronicle:
Oakland couple Susan Poff, Robert Kamin mourned
Oakland couple Susan Poff, Robert Kamin mourned
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moonbattracker.com/wordpress, The Gateway Pundit, Verum Serum, Hyscience and Jammie Wearing Fools
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.
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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Washington Monthly, utsandiego.com and News Desk
Alicia M. Cohn / Ballot Box:
Santorum says Gingrich should stop pressuring GOP rivals to drop out — Rick Santorum on Tuesday morning pushed back against calls to drop out of the GOP presidential race in order to unite the conservative vote. — Santorum told Fox News that people like fellow GOP candidate Newt Gingrich …
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CNN and The Politico
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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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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Iran, perceiving threat from West, willing to attack on U.S. soil, U.S. intelligence report finds — U.S. intelligence agencies believe that Iran is prepared to launch terrorist attacks inside the United States in response to perceived threats from America and its allies, the U.S. spy chief said Tuesday.
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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.
Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:
US drone strike kills 11 AQAP leaders, fighters: report — Eleven terrorists, including four local commanders, are reported to have been killed in a US drone airstrike in a southern Yemeni province where al Qaeda's affiliate controls significant ground. — Remotely piloted Predators …
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Mohammed Mokhasaf / Reuters:
At least 12 militants killed in Yemen air strike
At least 12 militants killed in Yemen air strike
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Shakesville, ABCNEWS and Weasel Zippers
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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ThinkProgress, American Prospect, Last Word, PinkNews.co.uk, msnbc.com and Gay Star News
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
New Hampshire Governor Pledges To Veto Repeal Of Same-Sex Marriage In State Address — New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch (D) spoke out against the GOP's effort to repeal the state's same-sex marriage law in his State of the State address this afternoon and promised to veto any bill that strips residents of their “civil rights”:
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Good As You, Towleroad News #gay and Concord Monitor
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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