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2:30 PM, January 11th, 2012
Zoom washingtonpoststyle: Romney flip-flopping his way through New Hampshire. That is, George Romney. In 1968. George lost. His son Mitt, as you know, won. Cartoon by Bob Murphy via the Union Leader Like father like son? Here’s Michael Tomasky on how Mitt’s attack on Obama last night was too far right.

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Romney flip-flopping his way through New Hampshire.

That is, George Romney. In 1968.

George lost. His son Mitt, as you know, won.

Cartoon by Bob Murphy via the Union Leader

Like father like son? Here’s Michael Tomasky on how Mitt’s attack on Obama last night was too far right.

Reblogged from WNYC's Transmitter
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4:41 PM, January 10th, 2012
[Jon Sr.] would love nothing more than his son to become president of the United States. He will roll the dice, but he won’t keep rolling it. The house credit line is not unlimited.
An anonymous strategist and friend of the Huntsman family tells McKay Coppins (former Newsbeastie, now at Buzzfeed) about the Huntsman family dynamic, specifically with regard to ”the delicate issue of intra-family contributions.”
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4:15 PM, January 5th, 2012
Put me in the heart-shaped bathtub with Lady Gaga. I just want to get on the cover so I can finally gain my son’s respect.
Gen. Stanley McChrystal, as quoted by Michael Hastings in his new book The Operators, or, things you should never say to a Rolling Stone reporter. 
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