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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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Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
UT/TT Poll: Santorum Crushing GOP Hopefuls in Texas … Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania has a commanding lead among Republican presidential candidates in Texas, according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll. — Santorum would get the votes of 45 percent of the respondents …
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Walter Shapiro / The New Republic:
Why Mitt Romney's Presidential Prospects May Not Be Salvageable — Business School Case Study: Company R has the financial resources, the professional staff, the marketing know-how, and the business expertise to dominate its competition. But despite the near-universal familiarity of its signature product …
Maggie Habermanand Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Worry over Mitt Romney sparks talk of Tampa — There are growing calls for an alternative to Mitt Romney as the Republican standard-bearer, with the names of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie again being seen as the most likely saviors.
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ABCNEWS:
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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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Romney adviser says Michigan not a ‘must-win’ for campaign
Romney adviser says Michigan not a ‘must-win’ for campaign
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Alicia M. Cohn / Ballot Box:
Slouching toward nomination, Romney needs win in Michigan
Slouching toward nomination, Romney needs win in Michigan
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Is Santorum the Sharon Angle of 2012?
Is Santorum the Sharon Angle of 2012?
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NY Daily News:
Jeremy Lin headline slur was ‘honest mistake,’ fired ESPN editor Anthony Federico claims — EXCLUSIVE: ‘This had nothing to do with me being cute or punny’ — Jeremy Lin looks on during Knicks' victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. — The ESPN editor fired Sunday for using …
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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Elisabeth Afseth of Investec:
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New York Post:
H'wood snubs Muslim Stone — Sean Stone, son of controversial director Oliver Stone, converted to Islam in Iran last week and says he's already experiencing a Hollywood backlash. — The ceremony was held in Isfahan, where he is researching a documentary. He now goes by the name of Sean Christopher Ali Stone.
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Pakistan Can't Seem to Figure Out Why Bin Laden Was Hiding There — The Pakistani commission appointed to investigate just how Osama bin Laden came to be living in Abbottabad, in a large house adjacent to Pakistan's military academy (a house built by an architect regularly employed …
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CBS News:
Rising gas prices and the 2012 election … PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — On another front in campaign 2012 : Rising gasoline prices are getting the attention of both the White House and its Republican challengers. Gasoline is now the costliest it's ever been this time of year — an average $3.56 per gallon, up 40 cents in a year.
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Poll: 32% say Iran greatest enemy — A record number of Americans believe the United States's public enemy number one is Iran, according to a new poll out Monday. — About three in ten Americans, or 32 percent, say Iran is the one country in the world they consider to be the U.S's greatest enemy today, according to the Gallup poll.
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Olympia Meola / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Poll finds most Virginians oppose changes in abortion, gun laws — Virginia voters, by wide margins, want to retain the state's landmark one-handgun-a-month law and oppose mandating that a woman receive an ultrasound before having an abortion, according to a new poll.
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Iran Raid Seen as a Huge Task for Israeli Jets — WASHINGTON — Should Israel decide to launch a strike on Iran, its pilots would have to fly more than 1,000 miles across unfriendly airspace, refuel in the air en route, fight off Iran's air defenses, attack multiple underground sites simultaneously — and use at least 100 planes.
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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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Ryan Jones / Israel Today:
Muslims stone Christians on Temple Mount — A mob of some 50 Palestinian Muslims stoned a group of Christian tourists atop Jerusalem's Temple Mount on Sunday morning. Three of the Israeli police officers who acted to protect the Christian group were wounded by the stone-throwers.
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Geneva Sands-Sadowitz / The Hill:
Sen. Conrad: GOP suffers from ‘convenient amnesia’ on budget matters — Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) accused his Republican colleagues of having “convenient amnesia” when claiming that the Senate has not passed budget in over 1,000 days. — “Our friends have convenient amnesia.
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Dave Levinthal / Politico:
Tim Pawlenty pays down 2012 race debt — Former Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty has nearly paid off his outstanding campaign debt, new federal filings today indicate. — Just $44,670 in debt remained for Pawlenty's campaign through Jan. 31, down from almost $103,000 at the end …
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Plouffe, Obama Aide, Lends Firm Hand to Campaign — WASHINGTON — David Plouffe is not a hugger, crier or someone who gets all gaga every time he walks into his West Wing office, just a few feet from that of the president. He disdains doomsayers as “bed-wetters,” press hordes as “jackals” …
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