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Matt ViserGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Mitt Romney will not run for president in 2016 — WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney told his supporters Friday that he will not run for president a third time in 2016, abruptly ending a three-week flirtation that illuminated a conflict between his White House dreams and the prospect of a highly taxing campaign …
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Joshua Green / Bloomberg Business:
Scott Walker is Out of Mitt's Shadow—But Staying In the Spotlight Is A Challenge — In a D.C. speech, the Wisconsin governor expands his presidential case. — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was the breakout star of last weekend's Iowa Faith and Freedom Summit, elbowing aside bigger names …
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
New Iowa Poll: Romney Would Have Faced Many Campaign Hurdles — Mitt Romney would have faced numerous challenges in the presidential nomination lead-off state of Iowa if he had decided to enter the 2016 presidential contest, a new Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll shows.
The Huffington Post:
Obama Mocks Mitt Romney For Being ‘Suddenly Deeply Concerned About Poverty’ — WASHINGTON — Thought the 2012 presidential campaign was over? Think again. — President Barack Obama didn't have much to say about Mitt Romney's rekindled aspirations for the White House when he delivered a flat, “No comment,” earlier this month.
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Scott Walker visits D.C., slams D.C.
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Jeb Bush to Gain Most From Romney's Exit, Poll Finds
Jeb Bush to Gain Most From Romney's Exit, Poll Finds
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
The Romney Statement: Not Running. …
The Romney Statement: Not Running. …
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New York Times:
Mitt Romney Said to Decide Against Running in 2016 Presidential Election
Mitt Romney Said to Decide Against Running in 2016 Presidential Election
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Catalina Camia / Associated Press:
Mitt Romney decides against 2016 presidential race
Mitt Romney decides against 2016 presidential race
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Romney not running: Former GOP nominee out of 2016 race
Michael KranishGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Jeb Bush shaped by troubled Phillips Academy years — Possible presidential candidate had tumultuous four years at Andover school
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Michael Moore / Facebook:
The Day Clint Eastwood Said He Would “Kill” Me, 10 Years Ago This Week — A lot of people are asking me if this is true as this “rumor” about Clint Eastwood confronting me in 2005 has now re-surfaced and floated around the internet in the past few days. So I thought I should say a few words...
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Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Michael Moore: Clint Eastwood Once Threatened to Kill Me — Does this explain why Michael Moore has been so critical of American Sniper? In a long Facebook post Thursday night, the filmmaker recounted the time 10 years ago this month that Clint Eastwood allegedly threatened to kill him.
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Daily Mail:
'Kill our pilot and we'll execute ALL your prisoners': Jordan ‘says it will hang its ISIS captives’ if airman hostage is dead — Jordan has threatened to fast-track the execution of a would-be suicide bomber the Islamic State is trying to free if the terror group kills its captured pilot, it was reported today.
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Jerusalem Post:
Obama has agreed to 80 percent of Iran's demands in nuclear talks, Israeli officials tell Ch. 10 — Frontlines Podcast: How Bibi gambled and lost, twice — Top Senate Democrat: Netanyahu speech causing backlas... Netanyahu: Issues over US speech solvable, a nuclear ...
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Jeff Dunetz / “The Lid”:
Report: Obama Has Already Given Iran 80% Of What They Want.
Report: Obama Has Already Given Iran 80% Of What They Want.
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Hot Air and Ed Driscoll
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
The Republican Congress Meets Reality — Republicans promised to do a couple of things right away if given control of Congress. One was to pass a bill to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Another was to open up the Senate processes that they charged the Democrats had bottlenecked during their time in the majority.
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Alison Flood / Guardian:
George RR Martin's The Winds of Winter: no plans for publication in 2015 — Fans face a long wait for the sixth novel in the bestselling A Song of Ice and Fire series, but a new edition of three previously anthologised novellas set in the Game of Thrones world is due in October
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Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
Time Magazine's Jeffrey Kluger writes what might possibly be the stupidest article about climate ever - climate change causes volcanoes — The stupid, it burns like a magnesium flare. — Excerpt from the article: … Riiight. — Here's the money quote:
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Climate Depot
John Fund / National Review:
The Scandals at Justice — It is well known in legal circles that Eric Holder's Justice Department has become so politicized, so unprincipled, and so ethically shoddy that Loretta Lynch, President Obama's appointee to replace Holder, had to assure senators at her confirmation hearing that she was not Eric Holder.
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Vindicator:
Former Gov. Ted Strickland will run for the U.S. Senate next year, sources close to him confirmed today. — Attempts to reach Strickland, a Democrat, by The Vindicator today have been unsuccessful. — However, those sources say he told political allies Thursday that he would run …
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