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3:55 AM ET, January 31, 2012

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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Racial code words obscure real issues  —  Two weeks ago at the Fox News/Wall Street Journal debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C., I asked each GOP presidential candidate some pointed questions about the racial politics that will play a big role in the presidential campaign.
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Dave Levinthaland Robin Bravender / The Politico:
Rick Perry's campaign burned through millions  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry burned through the bulk of a once-sizable campaign war chest late last year in what became an increasingly desperate attempt to right his listing — and ultimately doomed — presidential campaign, federal financial disclosures released late Monday show.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney headed for Florida victory  —  PPP's tracking of the Florida Republican primary wraps up with Mitt Romney at 39%, Newt Gingrich at 31%, Rick Santorum at 15%, and Ron Paul at 11%.  Our three days of tracking found very little movement in the race: Romney was at 39-40% every day …
Discussion: The Politico and GOP 12
Wallacegw / CNN:
Over 600,000 have already voted in Florida primary
Discussion: ABCNEWS and The Politico
Wallacegw / CNN:
Santorum promises high road, 'We'll beat them straight up'
Discussion: The Politico
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
CBO: Federal workers better compensated than in private sector
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Andrew Parker / The Sun:
US bars friends over Twitter joke  —  Ordeal ... Leigh Van Bryan and Emily Bunting were locked up  —  TWO pals were barred from entering the US after innocent tweets joking about “destroying America” were picked up by the country's anti-terror cops.  —  US special agents monitoring Twitter …
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Richard Hartley-Parkinson / Daily Mail:
'I'm going to destroy America and dig up Marilyn Monroe': British pair arrested in U.S. on terror charges over Twitter jokes  —  Two British tourists were barred from entering America after joking on Twitter that they were going to ‘destroy America’ and ‘dig up Marilyn Monroe’.
Ben Johnson / LifeSiteNews.com Latest Headlines:
Demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street movement threw condoms on Catholic schoolgirls, refused to allow a Catholic priest to give a closing prayer, and shouted down a pro-life speaker at a Rhode Island right to life rally on Thursday, according to its organizer.
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ZIP / Weasel Zippers:
Über-Classy: Occupy Wall Street Protesters Throw Condoms At Catholic Schoolgirls …
E .J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Obama's Breach of Faith Over Contraceptive Ruling  —  Obama's breach of faith over contraceptive ruling  —  One of Barack Obama's great attractions as a presidential candidate was his sensitivity to the feelings and intellectual concerns of religious believers.
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Nita Chaudhary / The Huffington Post:
Birth Control Matters
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Contraception and “Religious Liberty”
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
GOP Voters Continue to Give Field Subpar Ratings  —  Obama Seen as More Understanding than Romney, Gingrich  —  Amid a bruising primary campaign, Republicans remain unimpressed with their party's presidential field.  In fact, more Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters …
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Poll finds increasing dissatisfaction in GOP field
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Hot Air
Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Obama best understands people, poll finds
Discussion: Ballot Box and CNN
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Leon Panetta's explicitly authoritarian decree  —  The DoD chief says clearly: once the president accuses a citizen of terrorism, execution without trial is permitted  —  CBS News' Scott Pelley appears to be one of the very few American journalists bothered by, or even interested in …
Rosie Gray / Politics:
State Senator Behind “Don't Say Gay” Bill Refused Service At Restaurant  —  Tennessee state senator Stacey Campfield, who recently said that it is “virtually impossible” to contract HIV through heterosexual sex, was kicked out of a restaurant in Knoxville.  He went quietly.
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New Jersey Online:
While clarifying remarks linking civil rights to gay marriage, Gov. Christie calls N.J. assemblyman ‘numbnuts’  —  TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie this morning attempted to clarify statements he made about same sex marriage and civil rights, but in the process called an openly gay assemblyman …
Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Obama's Bodyguard  —  Meet the Democratic leader who's blasting Republicans and reaching out to a peeved Congress.  —  The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee is running late, prepping for an MSNBC interview while she brushes her tangled mass …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
RNC chief doubles down on comparing Obama to disgraced Capt. Schettino
Discussion: Hot Air
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich Wants A Government That Respects ‘Our Religion’ Not ‘Every Other Religion’  —  As TP's Igor Volsky pointed out today, Newt Gingrich has been accusing President Obama of perpetrating a “war on religion,” saying the president has made it more difficult for people of faith to practice their beliefs.
Bobby Bank / ABCNEWS:
Donald Trump Staff in Talks With Financiers, Campaign Managers to Explore Third Party Bid  —  ABC News' Huma Khan and Jennifer Wlach report:  —  Donald Trump's top political adviser told ABC News he's speaking to “high-level political operatives” to explore a third-party presidential bid …
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Mitt Romney On Fox & Friends: ‘I Wish I Could Claim I Was Hispanic’  —  On Monday morning's Fox and Friends, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney let out another one of those “I'm running for office, for Pete's sake!” bursts of honesty which, like a burlesque revue at a leper colony, are revealing, but not in a good way.
Josh Putnam / Frontloading HQ:
I'll see your white knight and raise you a filing deadline.  Why It's Too Late for Entry in the Republican Nomination Race  —  Way back in the summer (of 2011), FHQ began fielding calls and emails from a number of media outlets asking about the filing deadlines for primaries and caucuses in the various states.
Anita Singh / Telegraph:
Jonathan Franzen: e-books are damaging society  —  Jonathan Franzen has launched a passionate defence of the printed book, warning that our desire for the instant gratification of e-books is damaging for society.  —  Jonathan Franzen, author of Freedom, is being hailed as one of America's greatest novelists
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Alison Flood / Guardian:
Franzen warns ebooks are corroding values
Discussion: Runnin' Scared and Althouse
Katrina Trinko / National Review:
Palin: ‘Vote for Newt.  Annoy a Liberal.’  —  Todd Palin has endorsed Newt Gingrich.  And Sarah Palin, before the S.C. primary, urged voters to vote for Gingrich to keep the primary going.  And in a Fox News interview this weekend, she reiterated that message.
 
 
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Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
Rep. Markey releases draft of cellphone privacy bill
Discussion: Threat Level and VentureBeat
Ynetnews:
Iraqi bill to ban travels to Israel
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Israel Matzav
Thomas E. Ricks / Foreign Policy:
No, foreign policy matters in elections — even in years when people think it doesn't
Discussion: democracyarsenal.org
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
White House: No rush on Iran
New York Times:
New York Archdiocese Worker Accused of $1 Million Embezzlement
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
U.S. Embassy in Cairo Shields 3 Americans
Discussion: msnbc.com
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Unions set to blast Dems for selling out on FAA reauthorization
Discussion: Daily Kos
Lauren Fox / US News:
Ron Paul's Appealing to Mormons
Discussion: American Spectator
Dylan Byers / The Politico:
Newt's promise: No reporters as moderators
BBC:
Sarkozy announces French financial transaction tax
Discussion: Business Insider and ThinkProgress
Jay Donovan / TechCrunch:
Flying People Spotted Over New York City...Film At Nine
Walter Shapiro / The New Republic:
Doing It For the Gipper: Why Old People Could Be Newt Gingrich's Saving Grace
Discussion: Washington Post and ABCNEWS
 

 
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