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Democrat balks over secrecy on Awlaki killing

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Five months after Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was targeted in a CIA drone strike, a Democratic senator is lambasting the Obama administration for not providing Congress with the legal basis for the killing of the U.S. citizen.
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Rick Santorum’s sweep surprised the Twitterverse

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

By the time Rick Santorum was declared the second-place finisher in the Iowa caucuses, you could have seen momentum had been building around him by the level of Twitter conversation.

The Fix’s Chris Cillizza wrote the day after the caucuses (which Santorum was later declared to have won):
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Mitt Romney mixes up Solyndra and Keystone pipeline

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

ATLANTA, Ga. – Oops.
Mitt Romney made a minor slip-up at a campaign event here Wednesday afternoon when he mixed up the name of a pipeline project favored by Republicans and the name of the Obama abminsitration-backed solar firm that the GOP argues has become symbolic of the White House’s failed policies.
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On heels of Santorum win, Romney strikes back in Atlanta

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

ATLANTA, Ga. – Mitt Romney took the fight to Newt Gingrich’s home turf Wednesday afternoon.
One day after he suffered a surprising defeat in a trio of states, the former Massachusetts governor and GOP front-runner split his campaign-trail attacks evenly between Gingrich and Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator who won Tuesday’s contests in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri.
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Mitt Romney allies attack Newt Gingrich in Ohio

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Romney hits Gingrich in Ohio, a bunch of Florida lawmakers are changing races, Americans for Prosperity is helping Scott Walker and Ron Paul has a plan.

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