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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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Campaign 2012, The Hill, The Other McCain, Hot Air, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, americanthinker.com and CNN
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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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The Impolitic, CNN, ABCNEWS, The Other McCain, Hot Air 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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National Review, The New Republic, Daily Kos, Eunomia, ThinkProgress and The Reality-Based Community
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Romney hits Santorum, says his ‘team’ is people of United States — Mitt Romney slammed Rick Santorum Thursday for his taking “one for the team” remark in Wednesday night's contentious GOP debate. — His attacks come as he and Santorum battle it out for primary wins in Arizona and Michigan next Tuesday.
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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 …
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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Josh Lederman / The Hill:
Romney, Santorum rip into one another at pivotal GOP debate
Romney, Santorum rip into one another at pivotal GOP debate
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CNN, Bloomberg, Reuters, Politico, The Daily Beast, The Week, Don Surber, Shakesville, ABCNEWS, The Moderate Voice, Connecting.the.Dots and msnbc.com
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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Corrente, Jihad Watch, Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway and Taylor Marsh
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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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NewsBusters.org, Jill Stanek 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, Taylor Marsh, Guardian and The Daily Caller
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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Washington Monthly, 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 and Taegan Goddard's …
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 …
Jordan Fabian / Univision News Tumblr:
Obama: I didn't break my promise on immigration reform — President Obama participates in a radio interview conducted via telephone with Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo, Univision Radio, in the Oval Office, Feb. 21, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) — Channel: Politics, Immigration
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Weasel Zippers and Colorlines
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
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
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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Gawker, Sky Dancing, Mediaite, ThinkProgress, The Daily Caller and Atlas Shrugs
Donovan Slack / Politico:
No shovel for Obama — It was a rather odd sight: as an array of museum officials, including former first lady Laura Bush, took up shovels at the groundbreaking for the first national museum dedicated exclusively to African-American history and culture, the nation's first black president sat watching, no shovel in hand.
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UrbanGrounds, Scared Monkeys, Weasel Zippers, The Huffington Post and The Hill
James Kwak / The Atlantic Online:
Mitt Romney's Tax Plan Is a Mathematical Disaster — There are only two possible outcomes of the candidate's proposal to cut taxes by 20 percent: Either the deficit explodes or the rich pay much more. — Reuters — Poor Mitt Romney. First it turned out that he couldn't even put away Rick Santorum …
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Washington Post and Talking Points Memo
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, more at Techmeme »
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
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.
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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Gothamist, Wilshire & Washington, Mediaite and Guardian
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