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Vanscottcnn / CNN:
Mitt Romney: middle income Americans are focus, not very poor — After winning the Florida primary, GOP presidential nominee hopeful Mitt Romney explains to CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien that he is focused on a particular portion of the American population in his campaign.
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Romney, citing safety net, says he's ‘not concerned about the very poor’ — In an interview with CNN Wednesday morning that should have been a Florida victory lap, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney made a fumble that could give rivals an attack ad sound bite.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum — * Romney: “I'm not concerned about the very poor” …
The Morning Plum — * Romney: “I'm not concerned about the very poor” …
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Ross Douthat / Campaign Stops:
Gingrich 2012? Going, Going, Gone — Last week, New York magazine's John Heilemann pointed out a deep truth about Newt Gingrich's peculiar presidential campaign: The very media elite that Gingrich delights in hammering has actually been in his corner all along.
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Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
The GOP's ongoing turnout problem — There can be little doubt that Mitt Romney dominated in Florida's Republican presidential primary, but there were a few tidbits in the exit polls that stood out, including this one: — This has to be discouraging for the former governor and his campaign.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Newt Gingrich loses Florida — and reminds us why — Newt Gingrich gave his post-primary speech tonight while gracelessly declining to congratulate the man who beat him by double digits. According to the Romney campaign, Gingrich hadn't called to congratulate the Florida winner as of 9:30 p.m. ET.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Romney Wins, but Turnout Lags — In the first three early-voting states, Republican turnout was up from 2008 — just slightly in Iowa and New Hampshire, but significantly in South Carolina, where it jumped by 35 percent. — The pattern did not hold in Florida on Tuesday.
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Fox News:
Romney wins Florida GOP primary, Fox News projects
Romney wins Florida GOP primary, Fox News projects
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Scott Powers / Orlando Sentinel:
2012 Florida primary: Romney cruises to big win over Gingrich
2012 Florida primary: Romney cruises to big win over Gingrich
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Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
Palin: Romney's $17 million in ads bought ‘some false narrative’ in Florida
Palin: Romney's $17 million in ads bought ‘some false narrative’ in Florida
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Glen Johnson / Boston Globe:
Mitt Romney heads to Minnesota amid talk of Michele Bachmann endorsement — TAMPA, Fla. - Mitt Romney is carrying a full head of steam after winning the Florida primary, but the Republican presidential contender isn't headed first today for Nevada or Maine, the next two states to vote.
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New York Times:
Campaign Finance Reports Show ‘Super PAC’ Donors
Campaign Finance Reports Show ‘Super PAC’ Donors
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New York Times:
Romney Wins Big in Florida Primary
Romney Wins Big in Florida Primary
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Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Komen Cuts Planned Parenthood Grants Months After Arrival Of New VP, Who Is Abortion Foe … Komen Planned Parenthood , Politics News — Breast cancer charity giant Susan G. Komen for the Cure on Tuesday did not renew a grant to Planned Parenthood to fund breast exams.
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Amanda Marcotte / Slate:
Susan B. Komen's Act of Cowardice
Susan B. Komen's Act of Cowardice
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TBogg:
The Pink Badge of Cowardice
The Pink Badge of Cowardice
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Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
Why Komen defunded Planned Parenthood
Why Komen defunded Planned Parenthood
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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Administration briefs Senate leaders on Taliban transfer — Top Obama administration officials briefed eight senior Senate leaders Tuesday on a pending deal to transfer as many as five Taliban prisoners from the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to Qatar.
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Reuters:
Taliban “poised to retake Afghanistan” after NATO
Taliban “poised to retake Afghanistan” after NATO
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Nick Paton Walsh / CNN:
Secret NATO Taliban report revives Pakistan fears
Secret NATO Taliban report revives Pakistan fears
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Emmanuel Dunand / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Mitt Romney to Receive Secret Service Protection — TAMPA - Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has been informed that it will start receiving Secret Service protection on Thursday, two campaign sources and a senior Republican tell ABC News. — Secret Service protection …
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Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
‘Soul Train’ creator Don Cornelius dead in apparent suicide — “Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius was found dead at his Sherman Oaks on home Wednesday morning. — Law enforcement sources said police arrived at Cornelius' home around 4 a.m. He apparently died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound …
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Alison Gendar / NY Daily News:
Anthony Weiner used campaign money to hire private investigators to chase down his lie about crotch-shot tweet, financial statements reveal — Weiner hired T&M while in full spin mode over controversy that eventually led to his resignation — Infamous photo that Anthony Weiner tweeted.
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Andrew Restuccia / Ballot Box:
Crossroads GPS hits Obama over Solyndra with new ad campaign — Crossroads GPS is taking aim at President Obama over his administration's $535 million loan guarantee to failed solar company Solyndra with a new national television advertisement. — In the new ad, the non-profit group created …
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Shaun Usher / Letters of Note:
To My Old Master — In August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee, wrote to his former slave, Jourdan Anderson, and requested that he come back to work on his farm. Jourdan — who, since being emancipated, had moved to Ohio, found paid work, and was now supporting his family …
Theodore B. Olson / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Enemies List — David and Charles Koch have been the targets of a campaign of vituperation and assault, choreographed from the very top. — How would you feel if aides to the president of the United States singled you out by name for attack, and if you were featured prominently …
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BBC:
Four men admit London Stock Exchange bomb plot — The men planned to terrorise people and to damage the economy and property — Four men inspired by al-Qaeda have admitted planning to detonate a bomb at the London Stock Exchange. — Mohammed Chowdhury, Shah Rahman …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Approval Above 50% in 10 States and D.C. in 2011 — District of Columbia, Hawaii most approving; Utah, Idaho, least — PRINCETON, NJ — In 10 states plus the District of Columbia, a majority of residents approved of the job Barack Obama was doing as president last year, according to aggregated data from 2011.
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Christie: I wasn't ‘clear enough’ on civil rights remark — New Jersey's Chris Christie, the Mitt Romney super-surrogate who caused a stir last week when he drew a parallel between the gay-marriage push and the civil rights movement, offered up a rare apology last night on a radio program for the comments:
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Marc Kaufman / Washington Post:
Scientists close to entering Vostok, Antarctica's biggest subglacial lake — After drilling for two decades through more than two miles of antarctic ice, Russian scientists are on the verge of entering a vast, dark lake that hasn't been touched by light for more than 20 million years.
Talia Buford / The Politico:
Josh Fox led away in handcuffs from hearing — Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Josh Fox was led away in handcuffs from a House Science Committee hearing Wednesday morning after refusing to pack up his camera. — Fox was led out by Capitol Police shortly after 10 a.m., before the hearing could be gaveled into order.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
How Fox News has stayed on top — Roger Ailes and about 20 of his producers and executives — including experts in lighting, graphics and engineering — gather now and then in a conference room on the second floor of Fox News headquarters in midtown Manhattan and watch the channel for eight hours straight.
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