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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Gingrich or Romney: McCain prepares to play kingmaker — Arizona Sen. John McCain, the GOP presidential nominee in 2008, is moving toward endorsing a candidate for 2012. — Republican sources familiar with his thinking say he will probably endorse his onetime political enemy, Mitt Romney.
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Romney Losing Among Fox News Viewers
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Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Romney promises ‘loud and clear’ fight with Gingrich
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New York Times, The Reaction, Boston Globe and Taegan Goddard's …
Michelle Fox / Money & Politics Blog:
Newt Gingrich: Obama Is ‘Food Stamp President’
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The White House:
Remarks by the President on the Economy in Osawatomie, Kansas — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Please, please have a seat. Thank you so much. Thank you. Good afternoon, everybody. — AUDIENCE: Good afternoon. — THE PRESIDENT: Well, I want to start by thanking a few folks who've joined us today.
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Robert Reich:
The Most Important Economic Speech of His Presidency — The President's speech today in Osawatomie, Kansas — where Teddy Roosevelt gave his “New Nationalism” speech in 1910 — is the most important economic speech of his presidency in terms of connecting the dots, laying out the reasons behind …
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Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
Obama attacks Republican economic theory: 'It's never worked'
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New York Times:
Obama in Osawatomie — After months of Republican candidates offering …
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Washington Post, Hit & Run, Jared Bernstein, Prairie Weather, News Desk, White House.gov Blog and The Moderate Voice
A. G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
Obama Strikes Populist Chord With Speech in Heartland
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CNN, The Atlantic Online, Michelle Malkin, The Caucus, Daily Kos and 2012 Decoded
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Rick Perry TV ad hits President Obama ‘war on religion’ — Rick Perry's latest spot in his Iowa ad buy rotation is another faith-based appeal, but one that has one of the most audible dog-whistles so far this cycle about President Obama. — In the spot, “Strong,” Perry says …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Rick Perry buys $1 million TV time over 3 weeks in Iowa
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Washington Post, Guardian, GOP 12, The Iowa Republican, Iowa Caucuses and CBS News
Charles Krupa / ABCNEWS:
Rick Perry Says Human Rights for Gays 'Not in America's Interests'
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New York Times, Political Mojo, Outside the Beltway, CNN and American Power
Manny Fantis / wusa9.com:
Sidwell Friends School, Sasha and Malia Obama's School, Opts For Asian, including Japanese Food On Pearl Harbor Day — Sidwell Friends School's website shows the menu for Wednesday December 7th, 2011, the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day, as an Asian food day.
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Michelle Malkin, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Associated Press, UrbanGrounds and HotAirPundit
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Ian W. Toll / New York Times:
A Reluctant Enemy — ON a bright Hawaiian Sunday morning 70 …
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The Moderate Voice
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Fewer Veterans to Remember Pearl Harbor Day
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Washington Post, Hot Air and Outside the Beltway
William Galston / The New Republic:
What Israelis Hear When Obama Officials Talk About Iran — Over the weekend I had the privilege of sitting in on the 8th annual Saban Forum, a high-level, Brookings-sponsored dialogue between Israeli and American officials (current and former) along with journalists, intellectuals …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Israel rift roils Democratic ranks — Two of the Democratic Party's core institutions are challenging a bipartisan consensus on Israel and Palestine that has dominated American foreign policy for more than a decade. — The Center for American Progress, the party's key hub of ideas and strategy …
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Weasel Zippers, Capital J | JTA and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Eric Pfeiffer / Yahoo! News:
Tennessee family home burns while firefighters watch — A Tennessee couple helplessly watched their home burn to the ground, along with all of their possessions, because they did not pay a $75 annual fee to the local fire department. — Vicky Bell told the NBC affiliate WPSD-TV …
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Curtis Cartier / The Daily Weekly:
Crystal Cox, Oregon Blogger, Isn't a Journalist, Concludes U.S. Court—Imposes $2.5 Million Judgement on Her — A U.S. District Court judge in Portland has drawn a line in the sand between “journalist” and “blogger.” And for Crystal Cox, a woman on the latter end of that comparison, the distinction has cost her $2.5 million.
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Shot in the Dark, Law Blog and Guardian, more at Mediagazer »
John B. Taylor / Economics One:
Restoring Robust Growth in America — Why has the recovery been so slow? What can we do about it? Alan Greenspan, George Shultz, Ed Prescott, Steve Davis, Nick Bloom, John Cochrane, Bob Hall, Lee Ohanian, John Cogan and I recently met at the Hoover Institution at Stanford to present papers …
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Noah / Noahpinion:
Hoover Institute recommends Hooverite policies
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Paul Krugman, EconoSpeak and Economist's View
TMZ.com:
Alec Baldwin — Tossed by American Airlines Plane Captain — The last straw in the Alec Baldwin/American Airlines incident came when he “slammed” the bathroom door so loudly the captain of Flight 4 had to get involved ... according to people on the plane. — We're told Baldwin's tweets …
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ABCNEWS, The Jawa Report and The Gateway Pundit
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Dylan Stableford / Yahoo! News:
At White House press briefing, reporter asks if Obama approves of bestiality — At White House press briefings, you don't normally hear questions about bestiality. Today was not normal. — On Monday, press secretary Jay Carney fielded an unusual question from World Net Daily reporter Lester Kinsolving.
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The Moderate Voice, americanthinker.com, The Gateway Pundit and The Raw Story
Mikhail Gorbachev / Associated Press:
Mikhail Gorbachev calls for a new vote in Russia — should annul the results of the parliamentary vote and hold a new one, former Soviet leader — urged Wednesday as popular indignation grew over widespread allegations of — The call for an entirely new vote by the last president …
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Will Kane / San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. police raid Occupy camp, arrest 70 — (12-07) 09:09 PST SAN FRANCISCO — Police raided the Occupy SF camp early today, arresting 70 campers and protesters at Justin Herman Plaza and clearing out the 2-month-old encampment. — Officers, sheriff's deputies, firefighters …
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Guardian, The Snitch and L.A. NOW
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Why Newt's surge is for real — Washington is waking up to a prospect that a week ago seemed far-fetched.
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Hot Air and No More Mister Nice Blog
Daily Mail:
Girl gang who kicked woman in the head while yelling ‘kill the white slag’ freed after judge hears 'they weren't used to drinking because they're Muslims' — Judge: 'Those who knock someone to the floor and kick them in the head can expect to go inside, but I'm going to suspend the sentence'
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Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge:
Bank Of America Sends Internal Email Exposing Where The “Occupy” Movement Is Hurting It Most — While the general media may be ignoring the latest peculiar twist on the “Occupy” theme, or in this case the “occupyourhomes.org”, Bank of America is taking it quote seriously.
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ThinkProgress, Runnin' Scared, Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign, The Big Picture, The Raw Story, Guardian, Daily Kos and The Lede
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Mine safety bill stalled in Congress — Federal regulators unveiled a scathing report Tuesday detailing systemic and flagrant violations of health and safety regulations by the operator of a West Virginia coal mine that exploded last year, killing 29 men. — But, more than a year and a half …
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