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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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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Florida Polls Open as Gingrich Tries to Galvanize Conservatives
Florida Polls Open as Gingrich Tries to Galvanize Conservatives
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Daily Kos, The Caucus and Reuters
Zeke Miller / Politics:
Romney Plays Victim On Negative Ads: I'm Just Responding To Gingrich's Attacks
Romney Plays Victim On Negative Ads: I'm Just Responding To Gingrich's Attacks
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The Politico, Daily Kos, US Politics and Guardian
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Romney says Google+ interview shows Obama ‘out of touch’ on economy
Romney says Google+ interview shows Obama ‘out of touch’ on economy
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Richard Miniter / National Security:
Is Mitt Romney Actually Electable?
Is Mitt Romney Actually Electable?
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Washington Post, New York Times, Daily Kos, Conservatives4Palin and Cold Fury
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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New York Magazine, ABCNEWS, USA Today, Daily Kos, Washington Wire and The Politico
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Newt Gingrich Robocall: Mitt Romney Forced Holocaust Survivors To Eat Non-Kosher Food … REACT: — FOLLOW: — 2012 Election, Newt Gingrich 2012, Elections 2012, Video, FL Election, FL Election 2012, FL Primary, FL Primary 2012, FL Primary Election 2012, Florida Primary, Florida Election …
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GOP 12, ABCNEWS, msnbc.com, Politics, The Right Scoop, Saint Petersblog, The Raw Story, Washington Post and American Spectator
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Alana Goodman / Commentary Magazine:
Did Romney Eliminate Kosher Nursing Home Food as Governor? — During the weekend, the New York Post reported that Mitt Romney vetoed a bill to help fund kosher food at Massachusetts nursing homes in 2003. Newt Gingrich, who happens to be courting Jewish and elderly voters in Florida …
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Gingrich: ‘No idea’ about robocall on Romney, Holocaust survivors
Gingrich: ‘No idea’ about robocall on Romney, Holocaust survivors
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GOP 12, The Daily Caller and The Politico
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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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Our Mr. Brooks Finds Another Very Important Thinker — Occasionally, Moral Hazard, the Irish setter belonging to David Brooks, goes wandering out of the clubroom of the Young Fogies Club and down the hall into the library. It is more peaceful there. Nobody is quoting Edmund Burke.
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Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
‘Everyone step on his toes!’ Gingrich security harasses Ron Paul supporter — WINDERMERE, Fla.—Next time, Eddie Dillard won't wear flip-flops. — Dillard, a 29-year-old Ron Paul supporter from this suburb near Orlando, arrived to vote at his precinct at Winderemere Baptist Church early Tuesday morning.
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The Atlantic Online, The Politico, Ballot Box, Hit & Run, Mediaite and Race 4 2012
Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Amid abortion debate, Komen cancer charity halting grants to Planned Parenthood — NEW YORK — The nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate …
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ThinkProgress, The Hill, LifeNews.com, Daily Kos, National Review, US Politics and Feministing
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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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americanthinker.com, L.A. NOW, Hit & Run and The Agitator
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.
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Michael Linden / Center for American Progress:
What Caused This Year's Deficit?
What Caused This Year's Deficit?
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Campaign 2012
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Russia Stands in the Way of U.N. Call for Assad to Step Down — UNITED NATIONS — The tensions over the forces for change erupting across the Middle East were coming to a head here on Tuesday as Arab and Western states confronted Russia over its refusal to condemn the Syrian government for its violent suppression of popular protests.
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Rick Perlstein / Rolling Stone:
Why Mitt Romney's Mormonism Doesn't Matter — I've never been impressed with the argument that Mitt Romney makes for a weak Republican nominee because conservatives don't like him. That's not how that party works. Like they say, “Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line.” Don't believe me?
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Washington Monthly, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Political Mojo and Hullabaloo
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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ThinkProgress, Guardian, The Jawa Report, Hot Air, Taylor Marsh, The Atlantic Online, Pat Dollard, Corrente and The Daily Caller
Investor's Business Daily:
Eric Holder's False Testimony Warrants Impeachment — Scandal: For incompetence alone, Attorney General Eric Holder should resign in the wake of the illegal “Fast and Furious” gunrunning scandal. But fresh news that he knew of it and is covering it up warrants impeachment.
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Brooke Brower / msnbc.com:
CRIST: Might back Obama, run as Dem — In a rare television interview, former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who left the Republican Party during his unsuccessful 2010 U.S. Senate bid, told Chuck Todd on “The Daily Rundown” that he'd consider voting for President Obama in November. — “Consider?
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Saint Petersblog, The Shark Tank and The Political Carnival
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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CNN, New York Magazine, Taylor Marsh, The Atlantic Online, Outside the Beltway and BuzzFeed
Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
Wife Abuse Rap Casts Shadow On “Zeitoun” Hero — The New Orleans man whose post-Hurricane Katrina heroics and tribulations were chronicled by best-selling author Dave Eggers in the book “Zeitoun” was convicted last year of battering his wife, who told police that she had received several prior beatings …
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iOwnTheWorld.com, The Daily Caller and Atlas Shrugs
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Top Obama fundraisers come from Hollywood, media — The Obama campaign provided additional details about its' $222 million fundraising haul Tuesday, revealing that many of the president's top fundraisers were leading figures in Hollywood and the media. — Among those who have raised …
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CNN, Reuters and Business Insider
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.
Tina Daunt / Hollywood Reporter:
Pelosi Presents Haim Saban, Hollywood with Democratic Plan to Recapture House (Exclusive) — Democratic bigwigs brief fundraisers at Saban's mansion Monday evening. — More than 50 of Los Angeles' most influential political fundraisers and consultants quietly met Monday night …
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The Hill and Weasel Zippers