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CBS News:
Poll: Donald Trump still leads, Ben Carson in second — The race for the GOP nomination — Donald Trump continues to lead the field nationally in the race to become the Republican nominee for president. Twenty-seven percent of Republican primary voters support Trump …
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Republicans' Ugly Revolt — OVER the last two decades, through Bob Dole and George W. Bush and John McCain and Mitt Romney, it has become an article of faith that the Republican presidential nominee is a person blessed by, or acceptable to, the party's establishment, meaning the elders …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Romney's path to GOP nomination eludes Jeb
Romney's path to GOP nomination eludes Jeb
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Back in the pack, this is not the campaign Chris Christie envisioned
Back in the pack, this is not the campaign Chris Christie envisioned
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Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Business:
Joe Biden and Paul Ryan Face Decisions That Could Shape Politics for Years to Come — The two men who faced off in the 2012 vice presidential debate are each at a crossroads. — MarkHalperin — Former rivals Vice President Joe Biden and Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan are facing looming decisions …
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Founder: Freedom Caucus not sold on Ryan — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the founder of the House Freedom Caucus, says his group is not sold on Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) for Speaker. — “Well, look, Paul Ryan is a friend, I meet with him every single week, we talk about policy, I think he's be a great messenger.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Wanted: a Tea Party Speaker
Wanted: a Tea Party Speaker
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
ABC host destroys Bobby Jindal's ‘no-fly zone’ plan with four simple words: 'ISIS doesn't have aircraft' — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal said over the weekend that he had a plan to defeat ISIS using “no-fly zones” …
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Politico:
How Could Hillary Lose? — <p>"If a candidate has ever been inevitable—for the nomination—it is Mrs. Clinton today," the <i>New York Times'</i> Nate Cohn <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/ 22/upshot/hillary-clinton-and- inevitability-this-time-is-different.ht ml?_ r=0">declared</a> early this year.
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Cuyahoga County Prosecutor:
Investigation into the Death of Tamir Rice — Statement from Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty on the release of three additional reports regarding the death of Tamir Rice — The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office is releasing three expert reports regarding the shooting death …
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Sarah Boxer / The Atlantic:
The Exemplary Narcissism of Snoopy … It really was a dark and stormy night. On February 12, 2000, Charles Schulz—who had single-handedly drawn some 18,000 Peanuts comic strips, who refused to use assistants to ink or letter his comics, who vowed that after he quit, no new Peanuts strips would be made …
Deanna Pan / Post and Courier:
Would-be Waffle House robber dies after having been shot by customer — Investigators with the North Charleston Police Department collect evidence at the scene of a shooting that stopped an attempted armed robbery at a Waffle House on Dorchester Road, according to police.
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
McConnell denounces Obama's ‘mind-boggling’ foreign policy — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell railed against President Obama's foreign policy on Sunday, calling his philosophy “mind-boggling” and evidence of a belief in “American retreat around the world.”
Ryan Martin / Indianapolis Star:
Indy woman uses medieval combat training, sword to stop intruder — Rule No. 1: Don't break into the home of a woman with medieval combat training. — CONNECT — When a man broke into Karen Dolley's home on Thursday night, her training in medieval combat came in handy. So did her sword.
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Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
DNC Chair: Republicans Are Saying 'Yeah, Let's Kick Women ... Out Of This Country' [VIDEO] — Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz told CNN's Dana Bash Sunday that all of the remaining Republican presidential candidates are trying to “out-Trump Donald Trump” and are saying, “yeah, let's kick women.
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