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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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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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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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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.
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Donald Trump to endorse Mitt Romney
Donald Trump to endorse Mitt Romney
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Shley Parker / The Caucus:
A Trump Endorsement — to Romney?
A Trump Endorsement — to Romney?
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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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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Newt Gingrich's Nevada campaign appears in disarray
Newt Gingrich's Nevada campaign appears in disarray
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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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Bri Taylor / Gather:
Susan G. Komen Hacked: Website Displayed Political Message Briefly — Was breast cancer research and fundraising giant Susan G. Komen hacked? It appeared that way when Wednesday night, when those who logged into the sight were greeted with an unorthodox message, likely a result of their changing policies involving Planned Parenthood.
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David Nather / Politico:
Susan G. Komen founder: We won't ‘bow down’ — Susan G. Komen for the Cure is speaking out about its controversial decision to stop giving grants to Planned Parenthood, with its founder claiming the decision has been “mischaracterized” and vowing to resist “political pressure.”
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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Why Did Susan G. Komen Pull the Plug on Planned Parenthood?
Why Did Susan G. Komen Pull the Plug on Planned Parenthood?
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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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Jeremy Pelofsky / Reuters:
U.S. Republicans, attorney general fight over gun sting
U.S. Republicans, attorney general fight over gun sting
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Zeke Miller / Politics:
Obama: I Pushed Dodd-Frank And Health Care Reform Because Of Christ — At National Prayer Breakfast, Obama grounds his controversial policies in the Bible. Tax hikes for rich “[coincide] with Jesus's teaching.” — Source: cache.daylife.com — President Barack Obama has been taking lumps …
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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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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Have Democrats Succeeded in Pre-Destroying Romney? — Inside the left's little-noticed, relentless, brutally effective campaign to tear down the Republican front-runner in advance of the general election. — Tuesday's installment of the left's crusade to destroy Mitt Romney began like this …
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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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Charlie Spiering / Campaign 2012:
Ron Paul declines CPAC invitation
Ron Paul declines CPAC invitation
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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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Tina Susman / Nation Now:
Groundhog Day confusion: More winter, says Phil; nope, say rivals
Groundhog Day confusion: More winter, says Phil; nope, say rivals
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Rasmussen Reports:
Arizona GOP Primary: Romney 48%, Gingrich 24%, Santorum 13%, Paul 6% — Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has a big lead over his rivals in the first Rasmussen Reports survey of the Republican primary race in Arizona. The state's Republicans vote on February 28.
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Steven Rattner / Politico:
Mitt Romney pushes the envelope on his taxes — By now, every literate American is probably familiar with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's 14 percent federal tax rate, the result of most of his income coming via capital gains. — Romney should be grateful to fellow Republicans for that low tax rate.
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Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
What does Obama do all day? — What does he do all day? Are you impressed with the impression of President Obama left by Ryan Lizza's “Obama Memos” piece in the New Yorker? His decision-making method-at least as described in the piece-seems to consist mainly of checking boxes on memos his aides have written for him. ...
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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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Chairman Ben S. Bernanke / Board of Governors …:
Testimony — The Economic Outlook and the Federal Budget Situation — Before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. — Chairman Ryan, Vice Chairman Garrett, Ranking Member Van Hollen, and other members of the Committee, I appreciate this opportunity …
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