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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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CNN, Reuters, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Don Surber, The Impolitic, Connecting.the.Dots, ABCNEWS and Washington Wire
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 and American Power
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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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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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
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Rick Santorum's ‘phony theology’ criticism of Obama follows a familiar theme
Rick Santorum's ‘phony theology’ criticism of Obama follows a familiar theme
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The Huffington Post and The Caucus
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
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Romney, Santorum Closely Matched Against Obama Nationally
Romney, Santorum Closely Matched Against Obama Nationally
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Washington Post, YID With LID, Hot Air, CNN, Daily Kos and The New Civil Rights Movement
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
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, Verum Serum and The Daily Caller
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Ben Geman / The Hill:
DNC chairwoman slams GOP on energy ahead of Obama speech — Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Thursday that GOP White House hopefuls will do nothing to help consumers at the gasoline pump. — The Florida congresswoman's comments come hours …
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Politico, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
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, Taylor Marsh, Swampland, Guardian, The Daily Caller and Naked Politics
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Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:
Three things you didn't know about Marco Rubio
Three things you didn't know about Marco Rubio
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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, Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway, Corrente, Jihad Watch 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, Washington Post 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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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
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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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
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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, Gothamist, Wilshire & Washington, Politico and Guardian
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
Purna Nemani / Courthouse News Service:
Governor Gives Up in Gay Marriage Case — HONOLULU (CN) - Gov. Neil Abercrombie will not defend a state ban on gay marriage, but the state official who issues marriage licenses will defend the state in a lawsuit filed before Hawaii legalized same-sex civil unions this year.
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The Snitch, On Top Magazine Headlines and Advocate
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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