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Jeff Black / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Fear Stalks Davos as Elite Pray for Spring Reality Check — Concerns over protectionism and U.S. reputation bubble up — Ex-White House advisor still thinks Trump will be nominee — If Donald Trump as president of the United States is the ghost that's stalking Davos …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton Library set to release Donald Trump records — President Bill Clinton's presidential library is set to make public nearly 500 pages of records pertaining to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to an official notice from the National Archives.
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Sarah Palin's Circle of Victimhood
Sarah Palin's Circle of Victimhood
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John Hawkins / John Hawkins' Right Wing News:
The Chart That Proves Donald Trump Has No Chance In A General Election
The Chart That Proves Donald Trump Has No Chance In A General Election
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The Right Scoop and RedState
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Battle for the Soul of the Right — At the moment, the Republican establishment is relevant to the presidential nomination battle only as an epithet. — Two weeks from the Iowa caucuses, the fight for the Republican nomination isn't so much a vicious brawl between the grass roots …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump: Cruz is ‘nervous’ — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says rival Ted Cruz is worried the election is slipping away from him. — “He's very concerned because his poll numbers are going down and he looks very, very nervous,” Trump told CNN's Don Lemon on Wednesday evening.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Bob Dole Warns of ‘Cataclysmic’ Losses With Ted Cruz, and Says Donald Trump Would Do Better
Bob Dole Warns of ‘Cataclysmic’ Losses With Ted Cruz, and Says Donald Trump Would Do Better
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What Palin does for Trump, and to Cruz
What Palin does for Trump, and to Cruz
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Glenn Beck To Hit Campaign Trail In Iowa With Ted Cruz
Glenn Beck To Hit Campaign Trail In Iowa With Ted Cruz
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz: ‘Washington establishment’ backs Trump, has abandoned Rubio
Cruz: ‘Washington establishment’ backs Trump, has abandoned Rubio
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Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
Carly Fiorina accused of ‘ambushing’ children for anti-abortion rally — Party of schoolchildren visiting Iowa botanical garden become part of backdrop for Republican presidential candidate's speech on abortion — Carly Fiorina has been accused of “ambushing” a group of children …
Annie Karni / Politico:
Bill Clinton questions Hillary's Super Tuesday plan — Bill Clinton is getting nervous. — With polls showing Bernie Sanders ahead in New Hampshire and barely behind, if at all, in Iowa, the former president is urging his wife to start looking toward the delegate-rich March primaries …
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New York Post:
Hillary Clinton blames the vast right-wing conspiracy for her e-mail woes — Now the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy has its anti-Clinton tentacles all the way into the Obama administration. At least, that's the new excuse from Team Hillary on why the e-mail mess keeps getting worse.
Bloomberg Business:
Campaigner-in-Chief Bill Clinton Is Worried
Campaigner-in-Chief Bill Clinton Is Worried
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Officials: New Top Secret Clinton Emails ‘Innocuous’
Officials: New Top Secret Clinton Emails ‘Innocuous’
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Moe Lane / RedState:
CNN announces sudden Democratic town hall debate on a Monday during prime time!
CNN announces sudden Democratic town hall debate on a Monday during prime time!
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Kelly Riddell / Washington Times:
Democrats fear Sanders' supporters won't back Clinton if she wins nomination
Democrats fear Sanders' supporters won't back Clinton if she wins nomination
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American Spectator
Eli Stokols / Politico:
The Bush blame game begins — They think he wasted money on everything from an iPad-sized video mailer to direct mail for donors in states that don't yet matter. They think his attacks on Marco Rubio are doing more harm than good. And they worry that, at the end, all he will have accomplished …
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Anthony Brooks / WBUR:
WBUR Poll: Large Share Of N.H.'s Undeclared Voters Yet To Settle On A Candidate Or A Party
WBUR Poll: Large Share Of N.H.'s Undeclared Voters Yet To Settle On A Candidate Or A Party
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New York Times:
As Water Problems Grew, Officials Belittled Complaints From Flint — LANSING, Mich. — A top aide to Michigan's governor referred to people raising questions about the quality of Flint's water as an “anti-everything group.” Other critics were accused of turning complaints about water into a “political football.”
Oregonian:
Oregon standoff: One of protesters has murder conviction — Neil Sigurd Wampler (center, green coat), 68, is among the protesters taking part in the armed occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge outside Burns. Here is pictured here behind Ammon Bundy, who is speaking at a morning news conference.
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders, and Simon and Garfunkel, Put Focus on Voters — With the help of the Simon and Garfunkel song “America,” Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has released a powerful 60-second commercial in Iowa that seeks to remind his supporters how far he, and they, have come — and to inspire them anew to caucus for him on Feb. 1.
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June Shih / Washington Monthly:
Immigrant Song — With Republican presidential candidates daily falling over themselves to slam the door hardest on immigrants to our shores, especially those of specific nationalities and religions, it's interesting to note that 2015 also marks the fiftieth anniversary of the boldest step America ever took in the opposite direction.
Charlie Peat / Daily Express:
Muslim cleric ‘says Cologne sex attacks were VICTIMS’ fault because they wore perfume' — A MUSLIM cleric has allegedly claimed women sexually assaulted during the New-Year Cologne attacks are to blame “because they were half naked” - in a shocking statement. — GETTY •IG
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Is The Supreme Court Poised To Redefine Obama's Executive Power? — It was not unexpected that the Supreme Court took up a case Tuesday challenging the Obama administration's executive actions on immigration. But it was somewhat of a surprise that in doing so, the court asked to be briefed …
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
McCain: ‘I respect’ Palin's decision on Trump — Sen. John McCain declined on Wednesday to criticize Sarah Palin, his former running mate, for endorsing Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump. — “I respect her view,” McCain (R-Ariz.) told reporters in the Senate on Wednesday …
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
The Most Mystifying Lines of Sarah Palin's Endorsement Speech
The Most Mystifying Lines of Sarah Palin's Endorsement Speech
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