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OBAMA:: Georgia Birther hearing Proceeds Without Obama, Without Effect – HuffPo
January 27, 2012
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GINGRICH professes shock at Romney’s ‘dishonest’ debate performance – WaPo
January 27, 2012
MIAMI —Former House speaker Newt Gingrich said Friday that the reason he seemed less combative during Thursday’s televised debate was that he was shocked by what he described as rival Mitt Romney’s “totally dishonest” replies to several questions. In a telephone interview, Gingrich cited Romney’s remarks on immigration, his vote for ...Go To Article
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GOV. JAN BREWER releases private letter she gave Obama – CBS News
January 27, 2012
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Thursday evening released a copy of the hand-written letter she handed to President Obama in the confrontational meeting she had with him on an airport tarmac in Phoenix Wednesday. The meeting raised eyebrows Wednesday when Brewer, who has had a contentious relationship with Mr. Obama for years, was seen pointing her ...Go To Article
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FACEBOOK Readies IPO Filing for Next Week – WSJ
January 27, 2012
Facebook Inc. could file papers for an initial public offering as early as next week and is currently looking at a deal that would value the social network between $75 billion to $100 billion, said people familiar with the matter. Facebook could file IPO paperwork as early as Wednesday of next week, and Morgan Stanley is close to winning the "lead ...Go To Article
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RON PAUL braves snowy Maine in hunt for GOP delegates – AP
January 27, 2012
BANGOR, Maine (AP) -- Presidential hopeful Ron Paul wants other Republicans to know that he and his supporters plan to hang around for a while longer. The Texas congressman is on a two-day campaign swing through Maine, which holds caucuses starting Feb. 4. Paul addressed a packed town hall meeting in Bangor on Friday and said he was braving the ...Go To Article
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ELECTION 2012:: How A President Gingrich Would Balance The Budget – Forbes
January 27, 2012
Newt Gingrich has proposed a very aggressive, comprehensive, supply side, jobs and economic recovery plan. That includes an optional 15% flat tax, reducing the federal corporate tax rate to 12.5%, eliminating the tax on capital gains, abolishing the death tax, and immediate expensing for capital investment. The plan includes as well reforming the ...Go To Article
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SANTORUM Says He Will Not Drop Out of Race – NYTimes
January 27, 2012
MIAMI — Rick Santorum, who has been all but shut out of news media coverage since Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina primary last week, said Thursday that he was staying in the race for the long haul. But he also appeared to leave the door open for joining someone else’s ticket as the vice-presidential candidate. “I guarantee you, we are ...Go To Article
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ROMNEYCARE:: ‘It’s Not Worth Getting Angry About’ – The Weekly Standard
January 27, 2012
More than anyone else during any of the previous Republican presidential debates, Rick Santorum took dead aim tonight at the similarities between Romneycare and Obamacare. Arguing that those similarities could pose great problems for the Republican party and for the prospects for repeal if Mitt Romney were to win the nomination, Santorum implored GOP ...Go To Article
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JEFFREY LORD:: Elliott Abrams Caught Misleading on Newt – AmerSpectator
January 27, 2012
As Ronald Reagan used to say: Well. Yesterday we took note of former Reagan State Department official Elliott Abrams' piece over at NRO that went after Newt Gingrich on his relationship with Reagan. While voting regularly with Reagan as a young congressman from Georgia, Gingrich, claimed Abrams, "often spewed insulting rhetoric at Reagan, his top ...Go To Article
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ELECTION 2012:: Exhausted and heading toward Florida failure, Santorum heads home _ at least for now – WaPo
January 27, 2012
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — Rick Santorum is tired, almost broke — and going home. The former Pennsylvania senator is taking a pause from Florida campaigning just days before the Tuesday primary that even he expects to deal him a third consecutive loss. Santorum says he would rather spend his Saturday sitting at his kitchen table doing his taxes than ...Go To Article
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PEGGY NOONAN:: The GOP Takes a Wild Ride – WSJ
January 27, 2012
This is the most volatile and tumultuous presidential primary race of our lifetimes. Look at these numbers. In June 2011, in South Carolina, Mitt Romney led Newt Gingrich by 15 points, 27% to 12%, in a Public Policy Polling survey. Two months later, PPP had Rick Perry leading Mr. Romney by 20 points, 36% to 16%, with Mr. Gingrich running third. In ...Go To Article
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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER:: The president plays small ball – WaPo
January 27, 2012
Once upon a time, small ball was not Barack Obama’s game. Tuesday, it was the essence of his State of the Union address. The visionary of 2008 — purveyor of hope and change, healer of the earth, tamer of the rising seas — offered an hour of little things: tax-code tweaks to encourage this or that kind of behavior (manufacturing being the flavor ...Go To Article
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STRASSEL: Mitt Keeps Missing the Message – WSJ
January 27, 2012
Newt Gingrich's South Carolina bump is fading, and polls show Mitt Romney again leading in Florida. A Romney victory in the Sunshine State could sew this up. It won't be because Mr. Romney has become a better or more effective candidate. Primaries exist to help with that process, to let contenders read signals from the political landscape, to adapt, ...Go To Article
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GEORGE WILL:: Time for Romney to step it up
January 27, 2012
An Illinois lawyer who had a way with words once characterized a particular argument as weaker than soup made from the shadow of a pigeon that died of starvation. The argument for Mitt Romney benefiting from South Carolina's voting is almost as weak as Lincoln's soup, but here it is: In the physics of politics, actions generate reactions. Granted, ...Go To Article
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BYRON YORK:: In Florida, ugly Republican fight gets even uglier – WashEx
January 27, 2012
MOUNT DORA, Fla. - Newt Gingrich's appearance here, on a beautiful morning at a beautiful lakeside resort, marked a new escalation in the already-fierce battle between the former House speaker and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. For the first time, Gingrich added a long prologue to his stump speech, devoted entirely to an angry denunciation ...Go To Article
