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Newt Gingrich is angry

By ROGER SIMON ORANGEBURG, S.C. – – Newt Gingrich trundles into the meeting hall – – a former X-rated movie theater – – to rapturous applause. He is not the best-looking guy in Republican race or the best-funded or the most ideologically pure. But he has found his shtick, and he is shticking to it. [...]

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South Carolina primary: Scramble ahead of Saturday vote

By BILL NICHOLS COLUMBIA, S.C. The four surviving combatants in the 2012 Republican presidential field were crisscrossing South Carolina on Friday in the final hours before a critical primary that could either end the race or raise dramatic new questions about Mitt Romney’s hold on the nomination. After a tumultuous Thursday that saw Rick Perry [...]

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Standard & Poor’s downgrades 9 European nations

By JOSH BOAK | 1/13/12 5:42 PM EST The Standard & Poor’s rating agency downgraded nine European countries Friday, confirming that the continent’s efforts to contain a debt crisis that also threatens the fragile U.S. recovery have come up short. What began as excessive debts in countries such as Greece steadily evolved into concerns about [...]

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Mitt Romney and the Bain bomb

[ Editor's Comment:  As we all know by now, the media loves a horse race. It's good for circulation, for viewership and for website traffic. That being said, a lot of what passes as "news analysis" is pure propaganda. When the race card doesn't work to keep people interested in a race when a candidate [...]

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Martin May Switch to Missouri Governor’s Race

By: David Cantanese Former U.S. Senate candidate and current Missouri congressional candidate Ed Martin is now considering his third contest of the 2012 cycle: A race for governor. Appearing on Mark Reardon’s St. Louis radio program Tuesday afternoon, the conservative talk show host asked Martin to get in the race and Martin replied, “I will [...]

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Newt Gingrich’s chance to narrow GOP field

By JONATHAN MARTIN Months of speculation about whether the GOP race would eventually come down to two candidates may finally be coming to an end. If Newt Gingrich can seize the opportunity. The exquisite timing and validating effect of the New Hampshire Union Leader’s endorsement presents Gingrich with the biggest boost yet to his resurgent [...]

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Mitt Romney remains cool to climate science

  By DARREN SAMUELSOHN Mitt Romney is still trying to plant himself in the global warming skeptic camp. “My view is that we don’t know what’s causing climate change on this planet,” the GOP presidential front-runner said Thursday during a fundraiser in Pittsburgh. “And the idea of spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try [...]

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2012ers to attend Sept. 7 debate

The eight qualifying GOP candidates will debate Sept. 7 at the Reagan presidential library. | AP Photos By JAMES HOHMANN | The eight qualifying GOP presidential candidates have agreed to attend the Sept. 7 Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation debate. The Reagan Foundation, in conjunction with POLITICO and NBC News, will announce Thursday that Michele Bachmann, [...]

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Marco Rubio courts establishment Republicans

By SCOTT WONG SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — It might look like tea party hero Marco Rubio waded into enemy territory with stops in San Francisco and Beverly Hills this week. But rubbing shoulders with a different crowd is the point of the freshman senator’s three-day swing through the Golden State. The Florida Republican is out [...]

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Earthquake hits D.C. area

By REID J. EPSTEIN | 8/23/11 2:20 PM EDT Updated: 8/23/11 6:34 PM EDT A major earthquake struck the D.C. area on Tuesday afternoon, striking fear in residents and forcing the evacuation of government buildings, including the White House, Pentagon and Capitol, and shaking homes and structures up and down the East Coast. The 1:51 [...]

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