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7:55 AM ET, February 6, 2012

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Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Religious Caucus Causes Protest in Las Vegas  —  LAS VEGAS — A special Saturday night Republican caucus here intended to accommodate Orthodox Jews who could not vote before sundown became the scene of controversy and confrontation after caucusgoers were told that to be admitted they had to sign …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and The Raw Story
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Anjeanette Damon / Las Vegas Sun:
Vote count in GOP caucus continuing in Nevada's largest county  —  The voting ended half a day ago.  The networks have called the race.  The GOP presidential candidates have delivered their speeches and left the state.  —  And, still, party officials in Nevada's largest county continue to count the vote.
Gerald Herbert / ABCNEWS:
Romney's Big Win: Who Turned Out for Romney
Discussion: Politico
Tim Mak / Politico:
Super Bowl ads: Pete Hoekstra's hits a nerve  —  The campaign of former Rep. Peter Hoekstra for U.S. Senate explained a racially charged Super Bowl advertisement they developed - complete with an Asian actress speaking in broken English - as a reflection of China's increasingly competitive education system.
Financial Times:
Greece takes step closer to default  —  By Kerin Hope in Athens, Alex Barker in Brussels and Quentin Peel in Munich  —  Lucas Papademos, the Greek premier, failed to make party leaders accept harsh terms in return for a second €130bn bail-out, pushing Athens closer to a disorderly default as early as next month.
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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Greeks Inch Closer to Default  —  Debt negotiations usually seem to get resolved at the very last minute.  After all, the resolution is almost always that someone is not going to get paid as expected, and this gives every “someone” strong incentive to hold out as long as possible …
The Columbus Dispatch:
Mitt Romney  —  Experience and wide appeal make him the best GOP presidential nominee  —  In the March 6 primary, The Dispatch urges Ohio Republicans to choose Mitt Romney as their party's presidential nominee.  —  American voters need someone who offers an alternative to the failed policies of President Barack Obama.
Discussion: CNN and Ballot Box
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Dick Armey / CNN:
Gingrich a lost cause for tea party base
Discussion: Politico and The Impolitic
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Gingrich's Speech — How to Make a Bad Night Worse
Washington Post:
Obama holds edge over Romney in general election matchup, poll finds  —  Boosted by improved public confidence in his economic stewardship, President Obama for the first time holds a clear edge over Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in a hypothetical general-election matchup, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Discussion: Prairie Weather and ABCNEWS
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Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Biographer: Mitt grew up in “series of bubbles”
New York Times:
Deal Is Closer for a U.S. Plan on Mortgage Relief  —  With a deadline looming on Monday for state officials to sign onto a landmark multibillion-dollar settlement to address foreclosure abuses, the Obama administration is close to winning support from a crucial state that would significantly expand the breadth of the deal.
Discussion: naked capitalism and The Page
Michael Medved / Wall Street Journal:
Presidential Fathers and Sons  —  For the seventh consecutive election, the next president will either be a privileged son or a man with no relationship with his biological father.  —  Voters this year look set to continue an odd pattern that's prevailed in presidential politics for a quarter century.
Discussion: Power Line and Betsy's Page
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Egypt Will Try 19 Americans on Criminal Charges  —  CAIRO — Egyptian authorities on Sunday referred 19 Americans and two dozen others to criminal trials as part of a politically charged investigation into the foreign financing of nonprofit groups that has shaken the 30-year alliance between the United States and Egypt.
Discussion: Israel Matzav, Truthdig and The Page
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:   Report: Egypt to put Transportation Secretary LaHood's son on trial
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The Citizens United catastrophe  —  We have seen the world created by the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, and it doesn't work.  Oh, yes, it works nicely for the wealthiest and most powerful people in the country, especially if they want to shroud their efforts to influence politics behind shell corporations.
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Huffington Post
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Things Are Not O.K.  —  In a better world — specifically, a world with a better policy elite — a good jobs report would be cause for unalloyed celebration.  In the world we actually inhabit, however, every silver lining comes with a cloud.  Friday's report was, in fact, much better than expected …
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Daily Kos
 
 
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Richard Spencer / Telegraph:
Syria's most senior defector: Assad's army is close to collapse
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Politics and the Supreme Court
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Nevada caucuses 2012: 5 takeaways
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Police hold smaller Occupy Oakland protest in check
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Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
The Perversion of the Words of Our Lord Jesus Christ by the Sinner Barack H. Obama
Cynthia R. Fagen / New York Post:
Teen mistress addresses relationship, pol's Cold War fears in memoir
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Washington Examiner:
It's takers versus makers and these days the takers are winning
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Komen confirms continued involvement of Ari Fleischer on Planned Parenthood strategy
Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
A Mortgage Tornado Warning, Unheeded
 

 
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