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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Michigan GOP race tightens — The Republican race for President in Michigan has tightened considerably over the last week, with what was a 15 point lead for Rick Santorum down to 4. He leads with 37% to 33% for Mitt Romney, 15% for Ron Paul, and 10% for Newt Gingrich.
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Donald Trump Hitting The Michigan Airwaves For Mitt Romney — ABC News' Michael Falcone reports: — With just over a week to go before Michigan voters head to the polls, Mitt Romney is enlisting the help of one of his highest-wattage surrogates: Donald Trump.
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Alicia M. Cohn / Ballot Box:
Slouching toward GOP nomination, Romney needs win in Michigan — Michigan was supposed to be an easy victory for Mitt Romney, but just over a week away from primary day it is threatening to turn his campaign into turmoil. — Multiple polls last week showed Rick Santorum edging out Romney …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Ron Paul: 'I Think It's A Losing Position' For Republicans To Focus On Social Issues — Ron Paul appeared on CNN's State of the Union today, and in addition to boosting his own candidacy, Candy Crowley asked him about latest frontrunner Rick Santorum and whether or not a candidate like him …
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Rebecca Kaplan / CBS News:
Santorum attacks Obama on prenatal screening — COLUMBUS, Ohio - Campaigning in Ohio on Saturday, Rick Santorum displayed his culture-warrior side in full force, as he harshly attacked President Obama by suggesting the president wanted to see more disabled babies aborted and accusing …
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ABCNEWS:
Senior Obama Advisor: Rick Santorum's ‘Phony Theology’ Comment ‘Well Over the Line’
Senior Obama Advisor: Rick Santorum's ‘Phony Theology’ Comment ‘Well Over the Line’
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Paul Ryan: Obama contraception ruling reveals ‘paternalistic, arrogant’ attitude
Paul Ryan: Obama contraception ruling reveals ‘paternalistic, arrogant’ attitude
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Santorum explains ‘phony theology’ comment, says Obama is ‘a Christian’
Santorum explains ‘phony theology’ comment, says Obama is ‘a Christian’
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Stacey Singer / Palm Beach Post:
David Koch intends to cure cancer in his lifetime and remake American politics — PALM BEACH — David Koch has become the face of conservative America's obsession with weakening organized labor, and for that, he believes, there have been death threats - 100 credible threats last year alone, he says.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Pain Without Gain — Last week the European Commission confirmed what everyone suspected: the economies it surveys are shrinking, not growing. It's not an official recession yet, but the only real question is how deep the downturn will be. — And this downturn is hitting nations that have never recovered from the last recession.
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Fox News:
Domestic production eyed as gas prices head toward record-breaking height — President Obama's re-elect team defended White House energy policy on Sunday as gas prices shoot toward the $4 mark and beyond, a level that could devastate voters' pocketbooks as well as Obama's chances for a second term.
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Obama's Gas Pains
Obama's Gas Pains
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Chris Greenwood / Daily Mail:
Jihad from jail: Islamic terrorists using network website MuslimPrisoner.com to preach hatred from behind bars — Britain's most dangerous Islamic terrorists are exploiting a security loophole to spread their message of hate from behind bars. — Not only have they been able to radicalise fellow inmates …
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The Jawa Report, Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Notes on an Unfinished Letter of Apology (Or, Does Ed Morrissey Torture Cats?) … When the draft of the e-mail passed the 3,000-word mark, and was still clearly not half-finished, I gave it up. What had begun as a mea culpa had metamorphosed into a treatise explaining the entire history …
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Reuters:
Iran stops oil sales to British and French firms — (Reuters) - Iran has stopped selling crude to British and French companies, the oil ministry said on Sunday, in a retaliatory measure against fresh EU sanctions on the Islamic state's lifeblood, oil. — “Exporting crude to British …
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Candice M. Giove / New York Post:
How ‘Occupy’ went wrong — A trashed house in Brooklyn has become a symbol of a movement that failed to capitalize on popular anger — On Dec. 6, nearly 300 members of the Occupy Wall Street movement flooded into East New York to begin what they considered phase two of their efforts.
Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
McCain and Graham Plan U.S. Help to Syria Rebels — KABUL, Afghanistan — With the Syrian government continuing its deadly crackdown on its citizens, two senior American senators who were on their way to the Middle East spoke out strongly on Sunday in favor of arming the Syrian opposition forces.
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