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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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John Hawkins / John Hawkins' Right Wing News:
The Chart That Proves Donald Trump Has No Chance In A General Election — ShareTweet — Whether Donald Trump wins the Republican primary or not, he'll never be the President of the United States. Well, I shouldn't say never. Hillary could go to jail, a meteor could strike …
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The Right Scoop, American Spectator and RedState
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Graham: Choice between Trump, Cruz like ‘being shot or poisoned’ — Sen. Lindsey Graham unloaded on GOP presidential frontrunners Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, comparing the choice between the two “like being shot or poisoned.” — The South Carolina Republican, who recently endorsed former Florida …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Donald Trump or Ted Cruz? Republicans Argue Over Who Is Greater Threat — WASHINGTON — With Donald J. Trump and Senator Ted Cruz battling for the Republican nomination, two powerful factions of their party are now clashing over the question: Which man is more dangerous?
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump and Cruz try out new attacks on each other
Trump and Cruz try out new attacks on each other
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ABC News, Breitbart, Trail Blazers Blog and RedState
Loras College:
TRUMP AND CRUZ DEADLOCKED, WITH RUBIO A DISTANT THIRD, LORAS COLLEGE POLL FINDS
TRUMP AND CRUZ DEADLOCKED, WITH RUBIO A DISTANT THIRD, LORAS COLLEGE POLL FINDS
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Politico, Talking Points Memo and Hot Air
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Battle for the Soul of the Right
The Battle for the Soul of the Right
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Hot Air, Daily Wire and Washington Post
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Rubio to Cruz: If I'm so ‘establishment,’ why are they attacking me?
Rubio to Cruz: If I'm so ‘establishment,’ why are they attacking me?
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Hot Air, New York Times and The Resurgent
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton Library set to release Donald Trump records
Clinton Library set to release Donald Trump records
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The Hill, The Moderate Voice, BizPac Review, Mediaite, Associated Press and New York Times
Elianayjohnson / National Review:
Cruz: Establishment Has Abandoned Rubio for Trump
Cruz: Establishment Has Abandoned Rubio for Trump
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Power Line, Bloomberg Business, RedState and DownWithTyranny!
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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NBC News:
First Read: The GOP Establishment's Risky Bet on Trump — First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — The GOP establishment's risky bet on Trump — Former Sen. and GOP presidential …
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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Trail Blazers Blog and Mediaite
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Clinton hits Sanders: ‘A president has to deliver in reality’ — Hillary Clinton further sharpened her attack on Bernie Sanders on Thursday, saying that a “president has to deliver in reality.” — “I'll tell you, I'm not interested in ideas that sound good on paper but will never make it in the real world.
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Bloomberg Business:
Campaigner-in-Chief Bill Clinton Is Worried
Campaigner-in-Chief Bill Clinton Is Worried
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Reuters, Talking Points Memo, National Review and MSNBC
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP party elders aren't rallying for Rubio
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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Cincinnati.com, Hot Air, Washington Post and Florida Politics
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 …
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Vets: Don't Blame Obama for Track Palin's Behavior — Don't blame President Obama for the PTSD that Sarah Palin claims her oldest son is battling. — That was the message Wednesday from the head of a New York City-based veteran's organization that has fought for years to get Iraq …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
My Sarah Palin Romance
My Sarah Palin Romance
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New York Daily News:
Where have you gone, Sarah Palin? …
Where have you gone, Sarah Palin? …
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Sarah Palin's Circle of Victimhood
Sarah Palin's Circle of Victimhood
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Washington Monthly, Althouse and BuzzFeed
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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Dan Merica / CNN:
Sanders uses Simon & Garfunkel in non-traditional closing ad
Sanders uses Simon & Garfunkel in non-traditional closing ad
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Yahoo Politics and American Spectator
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.”
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The Poisoning of Flint's Water
The Poisoning of Flint's Water
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Detroit Free Press, Slantpoint and Seeing the Forest
Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Putin ‘Probably Approved’ Litvinenko Poisoning, British Inquiry Says — LONDON — A high-profile British inquiry into the poisoning of Alexander V. Litvinenko, a former K.G.B. officer and foe of the Kremlin, concluded on Thursday that his murder “was probably approved” by the head …
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Former CIA Official: ‘Zero Ambiguity’ Over Hillary's Email Conduct, ‘Absolutely’ Endangered Lives — In a powerful interview on Fox News' America's Newsroom, former CIA officer Charles Faddis delivered succinct, devastating responses to anchor Bill Hemmer's questions about the latest revelations pertaining …
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Power Line, NBC News and Taylor Marsh
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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Raw Story, addictinginfo.org, Talking Points Memo and Defend Your Base
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Refugee bill stalls in Senate after battle over Trump amendment — Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked legislation from the House that would crack down on the resettlement of Syrian and Iraqi refugees in the United States. — The 55-43 vote came after Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid …
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CNN, The Bob and Chez Show and ImmigrationProf Blog
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