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Washington Examiner:
In Arizona, GOP debates end on low point — MESA, Ariz. — Rick Santorum suspects something is up between Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. Santorum had a tough night at the 20th, and likely last, Republican debate, held here at the Mesa Arts Center. He took a lot of attacks from Romney and a few from Paul …
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Roger Simon / Politico:
Will GOP perp walk lead to White House? — I am sick to death of the media's scare tactics. — Which is why I nearly jumped out of my skin when CNN's John King said during Wednesday night's Republican debate, “One of these men could be president 11 months from now.” — It was enough to give one chills.
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Reuters, Don Surber, The Impolitic, Connecting.the.Dots, CNN, ABCNEWS, The Other McCain and Campaign 2012
CNN:
CNN LIVE EVENT/SPECIAL — Full Transcript of CNN ARIZONA REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, 20:00-22:00 — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: The presidential race has been won by Governor Ronald Reagan of California.
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Washington Monthly, National Review, Donklephant, The New Republic, Eunomia, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress and The Reality-Based Community
CNN:
New Poll: All tied up in Michigan — (CNN) - With five days until Michigan's GOP presidential primary, a new poll indicates Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are still tied for the top spot, but it appears the order has changed. — According to an American Research Group survey released Thursday …
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The Hill, Politico and Wake up America
Detroit Free Press:
Poll graphic: Who would you vote for in Republican primary? | Poll graphic: What do you think of Romney, Santorum TV ads? | Poll graphic: How satisfied are you with the choices? — After jumping out to an improbable lead in Michigan a week ago following a sweep in three western states …
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Ballot Box
Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
Santorum stumbles in Arizona debate — None of the candidates really shined in tonight's Republican debate, but Rick Santorum, in his first debate as a co-frontrunner, badly stumbled. So by default, that helps Mitt Romney. — From the get go and throughout the debate …
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Romney hits Santorum, says his ‘team’ is people of United States
Romney hits Santorum, says his ‘team’ is people of United States
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Politico
New York Times:
Romney, Seeking Traction, Duels With Santorum
Romney, Seeking Traction, Duels With Santorum
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Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Politico, The Daily Beast, The Atlantic Online, Campaign Stops, Wall Street Journal, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Outside the Beltway, Poliglot, The Week, American Spectator, ABCNEWS, The Other McCain, The Confluence, NPR, The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos, The Page and Newsy
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Romney, Santorum Closely Matched Against Obama Nationally
Romney, Santorum Closely Matched Against Obama Nationally
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YID With LID, Hot Air, CNN, Daily Kos, Firedoglake and The New Civil Rights Movement
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Politico Sends In The Clowns — In the course of thumping Gingrich Alexander Burns of Politico delivers a howler: — Newt: Media never asked Obama about ‘infanticide’ - except it did (UPDATE: Or did it?) — That is quite an UPDATE. As if to illustrate Newt's point that the Elite Media turned …
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NationalJournal.com and The New Civil Rights Movement
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Newt: Media never asked Obama about ‘infanticide’ - except it did (UPDATE: Or did it?) — Surprise! Newt Gingrich is attacking the press. — Coming out of the debate's first break, CNN moderator John King read off a question: What are the candidates' views on contraception?
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Jill Stanek, NewsBusters.org, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and his vorpal sword
Politico:
GOP fears rise over 2012 tone, message — MESA, Ariz. — In 2008, after Republicans were routed in the presidential and congressional elections, there was widespread consensus within elite GOP circles about the party's structural problems: The Republican voter base was too old, too white …
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Wonkette and Booman Tribune
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Exclusive: Marco Rubio's Mormon Roots — As a child, he was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ticket balancing is a great tradition, and this could affect Romney's Vice Presidential calculation. — Do Rubio's Mormon roots complicate the Republican's electable dream ticket?
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The Hill, Naked Politics, US Politics, Taylor Marsh, Swampland, Guardian and The Daily Caller
CBS News:
2 U.S. troops killed in Koran backlash — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — Afghanistan, Ten Years Later — (CBS News) Updated at 10:10 a.m. Eastern. — Two U.S. troops have been shot to death and four more wounded by an Afghan solider who turned his gun on his allies in apparent anger …
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Office of the President, Corrente, Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway, Jihad Watch and Taylor Marsh
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Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Heck: Romney wrong on foreclosures — GOP Rep. Joe Heck, an early endorser of Mitt Romney for president, said this week that the presidential hopeful is wrong on the housing market in Nevada, a sharp break from the man he has embraced and a shift from where the congressman was last year.
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ThinkProgress, The Maddow Blog and Ballot Box
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Romney Endorser Corrects Mitt On Auto Rescue: ‘No One Could Have’ Saved The Industry Except The Government
Romney Endorser Corrects Mitt On Auto Rescue: ‘No One Could Have’ Saved The Industry Except The Government
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Riehl World View and THEROOT.COM
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Huntsman calls for third party, says GOP '12 field lacks big ideas — Jon Huntsman called for the rise of a third party on Thursday as he argued the remaining GOP presidential candidates lack big ideas. — The comments from the former Utah governor, who dropped out of the race in January …
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Washington Monthly, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, ABCNEWS and Politico
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Unplanned Parenthood — Illegitimacy and the liberal elite. — (Best of the tube tonight: We'll appear on Fox Business's “Lou Dobbs Tonight.” The program starts at 7 p.m. ET, with our panel around 7:40.) — Social issues are so fascinating for the same reason debates over them are so often dull …
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Don Surber, Shakesville, Prairie Weather and New York Times
Ben Smith / Politico:
A secret history of the 2008 campaign — Modern political conventions are notoriously stage-managed events, scripted, vetted and produced for television. But on Aug. 27, 2008, the climactic scene nearly went horribly awry. — According to a careful plan negotiated between the Clinton …
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Sky Dancing and Taegan Goddard's …
Rob Koebel / Local:
Rep. Joel Kleefisch allegedly caught voting for absent member — MADISON- The I-Team confronts a state representative after he's caught breaking a rule and that state representative was caught on tape! — The issue is caught on, what appears to be, cell phone video.
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The Raw Story
Bill Clark / ABCNEWS:
Will Supreme Court Reconsider Citizens United? Two Justices Hope So — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg knows an opportunity when she sees one. — Last Friday night at the close of business, she wrote a statement in which she was joined by Justice Stephen Breyer suggesting …
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com/hollywood:
SACHA BARON COHEN BANNED FROM OSCARS: EXCLUSIVE — BREAKING... EXCLUSIVE: The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has pulled actor Sacha Baron Cohen's tickets from the 84th Academy Awards. This means he is banned from attending the Oscars even though he is an Academy member …
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Truthdig, Sky Dancing, Gawker, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, ThinkProgress and Atlas Shrugs
Scott Lamb / BuzzFeed:
Romney Misquotes George Costanza — In his opening remarks at the Arizona debate, Mitt Romney stepped on his own applause and tried to throw in a Seinfeld reference for cover. Unfortunately, he got the quote and the speaker wrong. — Source: youtube.com — Romney, tonight at the Arizona debate (one he's used before:
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The Moderate Voice, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Mediaite, Gothamist, Wilshire & Washington and Guardian
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Chris Christie: Obama Is Showing ‘Cowardice’ For Trying To Have It ‘Both Ways’ On Marriage Equality — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) accused President Obama of “cowardice” and trying to have it “both ways” on marriage equality during a contentious appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Thursday.
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Towleroad News #gay and Joe. My. God.
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
President Obama as an alien — They say that President Obama is a Muslim, but if he isn't, he's a secularist who is waging war on religion. On some days he's a Nazi, but on most others he's merely a socialist. His especially creative opponents see him as having a “Kenyan anti-colonial worldview …
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The Mahablog
Eva / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
How to Remove Your Google Search History Before Google's New Privacy Policy Takes Effect — [UPDATE 2/22/2012] It is important to note that disabling Web History in your Google account will not prevent Google from gathering and storing this information and using it for internal purposes.
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Guardian
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Israeli strike on Iran would pose risk for US economy, Obama — A military strike by Israel against Iran's nuclear facilities has emerged as one of the biggest threats to the U.S. economic recovery and could roil the November elections. — The Obama administration and economic experts …
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Weasel Zippers
Bloomberg:
Jobless Claims in U.S. Point to Improving Labor Market — The number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits last week held at a four- year low and consumers became more confident, indicating an improving labor market may boost household spending.
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Rick Santorum's ‘phony theology’ criticism of Obama follows a familiar theme — When Rick Santorum accused President Obama of having “some phony theology” last weekend, it was neither an isolated event nor an offhand remark. — Instead, Santorum's comments were a new twist on a steady theme …
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The Huffington Post, emptywheel and The Caucus
Sally Goldenberg / New York Post:
Gay nups boo$t city — Gay marriage has been good for the city's bottom line. — Total revenue to the city's marriage bureau jumped from $2.07 million from August through December 2010, to $2.26 million in the same period last year, after same-sex nuptials went into effect, according the City Clerk's Office.
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ThinkProgress and Runnin' Scared
Anthony Federico / TwitLonger:
TwitLonger — I wrote the headline in reference to the tone of the column and not to Jeremy Lin's race. It was a lapse in judgment and not a racist pun. It was an awful editorial omission and it cost me my job. — I owe an apology to Jeremy Lin and all people offended. I am truly sorry.
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ThinkProgress, Politico, Hot Air, Gothamist and Patterico's Pontifications