January 2012
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5 Days To Go...Gingrich Wins Tonight's...
5 DAYS UNTIL THE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY (25 delegates) 8 DAYS UNTIL THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS 15 DAYS UNTIL THE FLORIDA PRIMARY (50 delegates)
POST-DEBATE EDITION
TONIGHT…from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina…the 16th Republican Presidential Candidates Debate.
And it was fight night in Myrtle Beach.
Four of the five remaining candidates recognized that they have four hours over...
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6 Days To Go...Huntsman Dropping Out- Will Endorse...
6 DAYS UNTIL SOUTH CAROLINA (25 delegates) 9 DAYS UNTIL THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS 16 DAYS UNTIL FLORIDA (50 delegates)
TOP STORY: Jon Huntsman is dropping out of the 2012 Republican Presidential Race.
Coming less than a week after he finished third in the New Hampshire Primary and promised supporters that he would continue in the race on to the South Carolina Primary on Saturday, and a day...
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9 Days To Go...Conservatives Back Off Romney...
9 DAYS UNTIL SOUTH CAROLINA (25 delegates) 12 DAYS UNTIL THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS 19 DAYS UNTIL FLORIDA (50 delegates)
ALL POLITICS EDITION
MINDMELD: Today was one of those days in the election when there wasn’t one action that happened, or moment that occurred, but rather there was an amalgamation of forces that revealed a shifting dynamic in the race.
We hinted at it at the end of...
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10 Days To Go....Romney To Fight Back...Paul...
10 DAYS UNTIL SOUTH CAROLINA (25 delegates) 13 DAYS UNTIL THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS 20 DAYS UNTIL FLORIDA (50 delegates)
TOP STORY: US TO RESUME PEACE TALKS WITH TALIBAN- previous talks had collapsed in December- from The Washington Post’s Karen DeYoung
“A tentative U.S.-Taliban deal, including the transfer of five Afghan detainees from the Guantanamo Bay prison to Qatar and an...
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ROMNEY WINS...Paul Second...Huntsman Third...On to...
11 DAYS UNTIL SOUTH CAROLINA (25 delegates) 14 DAYS UNTIL THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS 21 DAYS UNTIL FLORIDA (50 delegates)
PRIMARY EDITION
THE LATEST RESULTS: 77.7% OF THE VOTE IN
ROMNEY 38.3% PAUL 23.2% HUNTSMAN 16.9% GINGRICH 9.7% SANTORUM 9.6%
ROMNEY’S VICTORY-
The Union-Leader’s Headline: “NH Speaks: It’s Romney” Boston Globe- “Romney a solid first,...
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Dixville Notch Votes in Less Than 2 Hours...Romney...
1 DAY UNTIL NEW HAMPSHIRE (12 delegates) 12 DAYS UNTIL SOUTH CAROLINA (25 delegates) 15 DAYS UNTIL THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS 22 DAYS UNTIL FLORIDA (50 delegates)
ALL POLITICS EDITION
“I LIKE BEING ABLE TO FIRE PEOPLE who provide services to me,” MITT ROMNEY, speaking today in Nashua, NH.
First- some context- and in the Romney’s campaign defense, the candidate was...
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2 Days To Go...After Two Debates, NH is Romney's...
2 DAYS UNTIL NEW HAMPSHIRE (12 delegates) 13 DAYS UNTIL SOUTH CAROLINA (25 delegates) 16 DAYS UNTIL THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS 23 DAYS UNTIL FLORIDA (50 delegates)
THE LATEST FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE- home of two debateswithin 12 hours this weekend and now less than 48 hours from the first in the nation presidential preference primary-
“Romney Under Attack in in Final NH Debate”- The...
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4 Days To Go...Romney's Commanding Lead, Paul...
4 DAYS UNTIL NEW HAMPSHIRE (12 delegates) 15 DAYS UNTIL SOUTH CAROLINA (25 delegates) 18 DAYS UNTIL THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS 25 DAYS UNTIL FLORIDA (50 delegates)
FRIDAY’S EARLY EDITION
TOP STORY: The Labor Department reported this morning that the US economy gained 200,000 jobs last month, which dropped the unemployment rate to 8.5%.
It is the lowest level of unemployment since...
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Tomorrow's Jobs Number Forecast at 150,000...5...
5 DAYS UNTIL NEW HAMPSHIRE (12 delegates) 16 DAYS UNTIL SOUTH CAROLINA (25 delegates) 19 DAYS UNTIL THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS 26 DAYS UNTIL FLORIDA (50 delegates)
TOP STORY: President Obama today become the first Commander-in-Chief to hold a press conference in the Pentagon Press Briefing Room, with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey, to announce...
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6 Days To Go Before New Hampshire...Romney Won...
6 DAYS UNTIL NEW HAMPSHIRE (12 delegates) 17 DAYS UNTIL SOUTH CAROLINA (25 delegates) 20 DAYS UNTIL THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS 27 DAYS UNTIL FLORIDA (50 delegates)
It was a busy news day. Here’s a look at what’s happened today:
Mitt Romney officially won the Iowa Caucus by eight votes over Rick Santorum.
Michele Bachmann said she was suspending her presidential campaign.
Rick...
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BREAKING: Rick Perry Reassessing Campaign, VIRTUAL...
7 DAYS UNTIL NEW HAMPSHIRE (12 delegates) 18 DAYS UNTIL SOUTH CAROLINA (25 delegates) 21 DAYS UNTIL THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
CAUCUS EDITION
BREAKING: Texas Govenror Rick Perry has just said he will reassess his presidential campaign and return to Texas- canceling a full line up of events planned in South Carolina tomorrow.
THE LATEST- ROMNEY AND SANTORUM IN VIRTUAL TIE FOR IOWA- The...
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Here We Go...Gingrich Says He Will Not Win...
1 DAY UNTIL IOWA (28 delegates) 8 DAYS UNTIL NEW HAMPSHIRE (12 delegates) 19 DAYS UNTIL SOUTH CAROLINA (25 delegates) 22 DAYS UNTIL THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
QUOTE OF THE DAY (SHOT) “I don’t think I’m going to win,” Newt Gingrich, to ABC News about his chances in tomorrow’s Iowa Caucus
AND/BUT (CHASER) ”We may pull off one of the greatest upsets in the history of the Iowa...
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2 Days To Go..It's a Three-Way Race...Santorum's...
2 DAYS UNTIL IOWA (28 delegates) 9 DAYS UNTIL NEW HAMPSHIRE (12 delegates) 20 DAYS UNTIL SOUTH CAROLINA (25 delegates) 23 DAYS UNTIL THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
THE LATEST FROM IOWA- headline from The Fix’s Chris Cillizza- on the ground in Des Moines- “Romney has best odds, Santorum has the momentum”
CILLIZZA- “At this point, there’s not much left for...