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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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Gallup, Ballot Box, Firedoglake, Hot Air and Marist Poll
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Bloomberg:
Michigan's Airwaves Saturated With ‘Fast and Furious’ Political Ad Blitz
Michigan's Airwaves Saturated With ‘Fast and Furious’ Political Ad Blitz
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Daily Kos, Lynn Sweet, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, News Desk and CNN
CNN:
New Poll: All tied up in Michigan
New Poll: All tied up in Michigan
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Politico, Nice Deb, The Week, The Moderate Voice and Wake up America
Rick Santorum / CNN:
Romney: ‘I wonder which team Santorum was taking it for’
Romney: ‘I wonder which team Santorum was taking it for’
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ABCNEWS, The PJ Tatler, Swampland, Don Surber and Politico
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Pro-Romney group's new ad says he saved a teen girl
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Specter scoffs at Santorum's endorsement claim — Former Pennsylvania senator Arlen Specter said Thursday that Rick Santorum got his facts wrong when he said that he endorsed Specter only after securing a promise that Specter would support GOP Supreme Court nominees.
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ThinkProgress, The Spectacle Blog, American Spectator, The Hill, American Power and Riehl World View
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Gene J. Puskar / ABCNEWS:
Arlen Specter: ‘Leave Me Out of It’
Arlen Specter: ‘Leave Me Out of It’
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Mediaite
Toby Harnden / Mail Online:
Santorum campaign suggests Mitt Romney may have done deal to make Ron Paul his running mate
Santorum campaign suggests Mitt Romney may have done deal to make Ron Paul his running mate
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89.3 WFPL News, National Review, The Lonely Conservative, Washington Post, The Other McCain and Israel Matzav
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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National Review, The Hill, msnbc.com, Taylor Marsh, ABCNEWS, US Politics, Guardian, Swampland, The Daily Caller and Naked Politics
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Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:
Three things you didn't know about Marco Rubio — From vice-presidential shortlister to auto-biographer, Marco Rubio is gaining the type of nationwide attention that most freshmen U.S. Senators only dream of. — Late last year, Rubio announced he inked a book deal with Sentinel …
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Washington Monthly, News Desk and blogs.telegraph.co.uk
Joel Gehrke / Campaign 2012:
Obama: Use ‘algae’ as substitute for oil — President Obama admitted today that he does not have a “silver bullet” solution for skyrocketing gas prices, but he proposed alternative energy sources such as “a plant-like substance, algae” as a way of cutting dependence on oil by 17 percent.
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Hot Air, Houston Chronicle, Wizbang, Right Wing News, Weasel Zippers, The Lonely Conservative and HotAirPundit
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Tries to Blunt Attacks on Gas Prices
Obama Tries to Blunt Attacks on Gas Prices
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Wizbang, The Gateway Pundit, Political Mojo, Campaign 2012 and Washington Post
Ben Geman / The Hill:
DNC chairwoman slams GOP on energy ahead of Obama speech
DNC chairwoman slams GOP on energy ahead of Obama speech
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CNN, Politico, Michelle Malkin, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama tells Univision he'll be in White House ‘another five years’ — President Obama declared Monday that his presidency “is not over” and that he'll be occupying the White House for another five years. — In an interview with Univision, a seemingly confident Obama said he'll …
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Hot Air, The Other McCain, Politico, Fausta's Blog, Verum Serum and The Daily Caller
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Jared A. Favole / Washington Wire:
Obama to Hispanics: 'I've Got Another 5 Years' to Fix Immigration
Obama to Hispanics: 'I've Got Another 5 Years' to Fix Immigration
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Dave Stopera / BuzzFeed:
Jason Alexander Responds To Mitt Romney's George Costanza Misquote — Ryan Alexander Jenkins [Second Update] Is a Person of Interest to the Police! Megan Wants A Millionaire contestant Ryan Alexander Jenkins is being sought for questioning about the murder of Jasmine Fiore.
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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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Mediaite, Politics, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Gothamist, The Moderate Voice, Politico, Wilshire & Washington and Guardian
Jim R. Bounds / ABCNEWS:
Rielle Hunter Settles John Edwards Sex Tape Suit — The long-running court battle over a sexually explicit videotape featuring former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards and his mistress, Rielle Hunter, has been settled out of court today and all copies of the tape will be destroyed, ABC News has learned.
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The Raw Story and Sister Toldjah
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Female Witness Hits Back At Issa: 'I'm A Woman Who Uses Contraception, That Makes Me Qualified' To Testify — Democrats on the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee held a special hearing Thursday morning in response to the GOP's decision to prevent women from testifying in support …
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msnbc.com and The Raw Story
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Betsy Rothstein / FishbowlDC:
Females on Campaign Trail Go For Sexpot Look — Forget about SexyTwitPics. Washington has its own crop of would-be sexy females on the loose. And an unusual trend is developing among campaign and White House reporters of the XX persuasion. They're using provocative …
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Guardian and Poynter, more at Mediagazer »
Annie Linskey / Baltimore Sun:
Maryland Senate passes gay marriage bill — O'Malley will sign, but voters likely will have the last say — The Maryland Senate approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage Thursday night, sending the Civil Marriage Protection Act to Gov. Martin O'Malley for his signature.
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msnbc.com, Daily Kos and Shakesville
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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Washington Post and The New Civil Rights Movement
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — GOP Rep: I'd Have To Personally Kill Some Senators To Get The Ryan Budget Passed (AUDIO) — Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK) sent TPM a public apology Thursday after we obtained audio of the five-term Republican telling constituents at a town hall this week that he'd have to personally shoot members …
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The Hill, ThinkProgress, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and Wonkette
Mj Lee / Politico:
Allen West fills Hummer, blames Obama — Rep. Allen West says he is not happy that he had to spend $70 this week to fill up the gas tank of his Hummer, and he's directing his anger at President Barack Obama. — “People have asked me before is there any area where I could praise President Obama?
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BuzzFeed and The Maddow Blog
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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Don Surber and Sky Dancing
American Atheists / Opposing Views:
Muslim Admits to Attacking Atheist; Muslim Judge Dismisses Case — The Pennsylvania State Director of American Atheists, Inc., Mr. Ernest Perce V., was assaulted by a Muslim while participating in a Halloween parade. Along with a Zombie Pope, Ernest was costumed as Zombie Muhammad.
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Weasel Zippers, The Jawa Report, Atlas Shrugs and Jihad Watch
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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Politico, ABCNEWS, Washington Monthly and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Leaker of Stimulus Memo Uncovered? — The New Republic senior editor Noam Scheiber has created some buzz with his new book The Escape Artists: How Obama's Team Fumbled the Economic Recovery. — One of the juiciest nuggets Scheiber uncovered deals with a December 2008 memo written by Christie Romer …
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Brad DeLong
Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:
Mutated Trout Raise New Concerns Near Mine Sites — It was the two-headed baby trout that got everyone's attention. — Photographs of variously mutated brown trout were relegated to an appendix of a scientific study commissioned by the J. R. Simplot Company, whose mining operations have polluted nearby creeks in southern Idaho.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and BuzzFeed
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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The Week, Booman Tribune and Wonkette
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
TX GOP Senate Candidate Craig James Claims That Being Gay Is A Choice That Will Be Punished By God — Texas Republican senate candidates Craig James, a former NFL player, and Ted Cruz went after former Dallas mayor Tom Leppert (R) for marching in a gay pride parade during a debate yesterday …
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KERA News, Dallas Voice and SBNation.com
Peter H. Stone / The Huffington Post:
Top fundraiser for Romney super PAC gets a $1.9 million payday — A super PAC supporting Mitt Romney has paid one of the Republican candidate's veteran fundraisers a fee of $1.9 million for his work during a period when the super PAC raised about $24 million, according to new FEC filings.
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Los Angeles Times and Washington Times