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Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Romney poised to roll, poll shows — A new poll shows Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney headed for a blowout victory Saturday in Nevada's GOP caucuses. — Romney wins support from 45 percent of Nevada Republicans who said they plan to participate in the caucuses …
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KLAS-TV 8 News Now:
BREAKING NEWS: Trump to Endorse Newt Gingrich Tomorrow — LAS VEGAS — An advisor to Donald Trump says he will make a major announcement in Las Vegas tomorrow. Sources tell the 8 News NOW I-Team Trump will endorse Newt Gingrich. — According to Trump advisor Michael Cohen …
Donald Trump / CNN:
BREAKING: Trump to back Romney — Posted by CNN Political Director Mark Preston — Washington (CNN) - Donald Trump will endorse Mitt Romney for president, sources with knowledge of the endorsement tell CNN. — Trump will make the announcement Thursday in Las Vegas, two days before the Nevada caucuses.
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Washington Wire, TalkLeft, GOP 12 and KLAS-TV 8 News Now
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Sources: Trump to endorse Newt — Word started leaking out in Las Vegas earlier that Donald Trump's “major announcement” is to back Newt Gingrich, and sources are confirming it to POLITICO. — The announcement is expected to come at an 11:30 a.m. press conference tomorrow that The Donald is holding.
Erick Erickson / RedState:
The National Review's Candidate Won't Stop Digging — It is days like today that make me thankful I think they all suck. At least I'm thankful I'm in the firmly not Romney camp. — Having told us only Romney was viable (with half-nods to Huntsman and Santorum) and having trotted …
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Trump guarantees an endorsement circus, likely backing Romney — We reported, along with the New York Times and the Associated Press among others, last night that Donald Trump is expected to endorse Newt Gingrich, according to sources around his campaign. The Times went first with the news in terms of national outlets.
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The Politico and The PJ Tatler
Alexander Burns / Politico:
How Newt Gingrich could bounce back
How Newt Gingrich could bounce back
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Ballot Box and Business Insider
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Romney: Context for me, but not for thee
Romney: Context for me, but not for thee
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Washington Wire, Shakesville, CNN, The Maddow Blog, Daily Kos, msnbc.com, ABCNEWS, Daily Pundit, Firedoglake, American Spectator, The Loyal Opposition and The Caucus
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Newt Gingrich's Nevada campaign appears in disarray
Newt Gingrich's Nevada campaign appears in disarray
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Hot Air, The Spot, A plain blog about politics, Hyscience and GOP 12
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Report says Trump set to endorse Gingrich on Thursday in Vegas
Report says Trump set to endorse Gingrich on Thursday in Vegas
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GOP 12, americanthinker.com and Naked Politics
Jan Crawford / CBS News:
Romney tries to explain remark about “very poor” — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — As the candidates for the Republican presidential nomination moved from Florida to Nevada, frontrunner Mitt Romney tripped over his own tongue. — It was a day he should have been celebrating his landslide victory …
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Carl Cameron / Fox News:
Florida primary might not be a done deal — TAMPA, Fla. — Florida's primary might not be over just yet. — The Newt Gingrich campaign is gearing up to challenge the results of the Florida Republican presidential primary based on the Republican National Committee's own rules which state …
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Outside the Beltway, Hot Air, Frontloading HQ, Wake up America, Politics and The Other McCain
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Romney on the safety net; anti-Romney media still unhinged
Romney on the safety net; anti-Romney media still unhinged
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Instapundit, No More Mister Nice Blog, Balloon Juice, The New Republic and American Power
Ashley Parker / The Caucus:
Romney's ‘Poor’ Remark Resonates
Romney's ‘Poor’ Remark Resonates
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The Atlantic Online, Guardian, New York Times, The Moderate Voice, Weekly Standard, dotCommonweal, The Reid Report and RedState
David M. Drucker / Roll Call:
DeMint Calls on Romney to Reframe Comments on Poor
DeMint Calls on Romney to Reframe Comments on Poor
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Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress and National Review
Christopher Wanjek / Yahoo! News:
Sugar Should Be Regulated As Toxin, Researchers Say — A spoonful of sugar might make the medicine go down. But it also makes blood pressure and cholesterol go up, along with your risk for liver failure, obesity, heart disease and diabetes. — Sugar and other sweeteners are, in fact …
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Moonbattery, The Gateway Pundit and LewRockwell.com Blog
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Hey, isn't it time we regulate sugar like alcohol or tobacco?
Hey, isn't it time we regulate sugar like alcohol or tobacco?
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Hit & Run and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Ryan Jaslow / CBS News:
Sugar should be regulated like alcohol, tobacco, commentary says
Sugar should be regulated like alcohol, tobacco, commentary says
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JustOneMinute, americanthinker.com and Guardian
Laura Schmidt / CNN:
Opinion: Why we should regulate sugar like alcohol
Opinion: Why we should regulate sugar like alcohol
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americanthinker.com
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Bribery, compromised officials leave indicted financial-crime suspects free from prosecution under Holder's DOJ — A U.S. Justice Department source has told The Daily Caller that at least two DOJ prosecutors accepted cash bribes from allegedly corrupt finance executives who were indicted …
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
For Romney and Paul, a strategic alliance between establishment and outsider — RENO, NEV. — The remaining candidates in the winnowed Republican presidential field are attacking one another with abandon, each day bringing fresh headlines of accusations and outrage.
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The Moderate Voice, Hot Air, New York Times, GOP 12 and ABCNEWS
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Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Among These Republicans, Paul Supporters Go From Outsiders to Vanguard
Among These Republicans, Paul Supporters Go From Outsiders to Vanguard
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msnbc.com and Los Angeles Times
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Top Susan G. Komen Official Resigned Over Planned Parenthood Cave-In — An entirely avoidable, and deeply regrettable, controversy has been raging this week over the decision by the (formerly highly-esteemed) Susan G. Komen For the Cure foundation, the world's leading breast-cancer research advocacy group …
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The Maddow Blog, Washington Post, Colorlines and The Mahablog
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Ann Coulter:
THREE CHEERS FOR ROMNEYCARE! — If only the Democrats had decided to socialize the food industry or housing, Romneycare would probably still be viewed as a massive triumph for conservative free-market principles — as it was at the time. — It's not as if we had a beautifully functioning free market …
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Jim Vandehei / Politico:
Why Obama should be worried — To hear Democrats (and much of the media) tell it, President Barack Obama is a man on the rebound. The president turned in a strong State of the Union speech, picked a smart political fight over taxing the rich and authorized another heroic Navy SEAL mission in terrorist territory.
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Outside the Beltway, Instapundit and Betsy's Page
Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Groundhog Day 2012: Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, 6 more weeks of winter — At 7:25 a.m. this morning, amidst mostly cloudy skies, and temperatures in the low 30s, Groundhog Phil saw his shadow in the little town of Punxsutawney, Pa. — According to folklore, Phil's sighting …
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americanthinker.com, ABCNEWS, Towleroad News #gay and Balloon Juice
David Shepardson / detroitnews.com:
Volt sales fall in January — Washington- General Motors extended-range electric Chevrolet Volt had its worst sales month since August, as negative publicity over fire risks hurt vehicles sales in January. — GM sold just 603 Volts - above its sales in January 2011, but far below GM's best-ever sales month …
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Power Line and americanthinker.com
Commentary Magazine:
Press Man: Why They Wept for Hitchens — One night, nearly 25 years ago, I was talking with Christopher Hitchens at a cocktail party—that this statement could be construed as name-dropping is actually the subject of this column, so please read on—when we were interrupted by the actor Richard Dreyfuss.
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