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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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Firedoglake, Ballot Box and Marist Poll
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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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CNN, Reuters, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Don Surber, The Impolitic, Connecting.the.Dots, ABCNEWS and Washington Wire
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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The Lonely Conservative, Washington Post and Israel Matzav
CNN:
New Poll: All tied up in Michigan
New Poll: All tied up in Michigan
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Politico, The Hill, The Week, ABCNEWS and Wake up America
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Romney, Santorum Closely Matched Against Obama Nationally
Romney, Santorum Closely Matched Against Obama Nationally
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Washington Post, Hot Air, YID With LID, CNN, Daily Kos and The New Civil Rights Movement
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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The PJ Tatler, Politico and Swampland
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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The Hill, The Spectacle Blog, American Spectator, Riehl World View and American Power
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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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Bloomberg, Campaign 2012, RedState, Hot Air, The Hill, The Other McCain, Nice Deb, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, americanthinker.com, msnbc.com and CNN
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.
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
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Transcript of Tonight's CNN Republican Debate in Arizona
Transcript of Tonight's CNN Republican Debate in Arizona
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RedState, The Spectacle Blog and CNN
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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ABCNEWS, The Hill, US Politics, Swampland, Taylor Marsh, 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
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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Politico, Hot Air, Verum Serum and The Daily Caller
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Sorourke / nation.foxnews.com:
President Obama: 'My Presidency Is Not Over. I've Got Another Five Years'
President Obama: 'My Presidency Is Not Over. I've Got Another Five Years'
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The Lonely Conservative and The Gateway Pundit
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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Politico, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
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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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, RedState, Wake up America, NewsBusters.org, his vorpal sword and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Naureen Khan / NationalJournal.com:
FACT CHECK: Gingrich Claim on Obama Infanticide Vote A Stretch
FACT CHECK: Gingrich Claim on Obama Infanticide Vote A Stretch
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New York Times, The Raw Story, Balloon Juice, Nice Deb and The New Civil Rights Movement
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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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, Washington Monthly, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and ABCNEWS
CBS News:
2 U.S. troops killed in Koran backlash … Afghan demonstrators destroy a U.S. flag during a protest against Quran desecration in Helmand province, Feb. 23, 2012. (Getty) — Afghanistan, Ten Years Later — Two U.S. troops have been shot to death and four more wounded by an Afghan solider …
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Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway and Jihad Watch
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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Booman Tribune and Wonkette
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 and Prairie Weather
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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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
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, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Moderate Voice, Gothamist, Politico, Wilshire & Washington and Guardian
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Pro-Romney group's new ad says he saved a teen girl — Restore Our Future, the super-PAC support backing Mitt Romney, is out with a personal new ad featuring one of Romney's former business partners crediting him for saving his teenage daughter after she disappeared.
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Ted Nesi / WPRI.com Blogs:
Cicilline, Chafee approval ratings now worse than Nixon in 1974 — Hard as it is to imagine, Congressman David Cicilline and Gov. Lincoln Chafee have managed to lose even more public support. — Cicilline's job approval rating has sunk to just 15% among all Rhode Island voters …
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Taegan Goddard's … and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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.