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(via Iowa Poll Goes to Bachmann - Paul Is Second - NYTimes.com)
So, what now?
Oh my god, delay that! What are you doing? I was joking! Don’t do that! Did we delay that?
Joe Scarborough’s initial reaction to Mark Halperin’s comments on MSNBC yesterday. http://youtu.be/Z2-HjBI_1ag
Come on, take a chance, have faith. I’m behind you. If you fall down I’m gonna catch you. Trust me.
Joe Scarborough’s comment to Mark Halperin just before the latter called President Obama a d#$% on live television, hoping the comment would be bleeped. http://youtu.be/Z2-HjBI_1ag
Under her, Germany has once again become a nation to emulate.
France’s Finance Minister Christine Lagarde on Angela Merkel - The 2011 TIME 100
We certainly didn’t anticipate that the material we published about the corruption in the leadership of Tunisia would fuel what has turned into quiet a revolution.
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State of the Union 2011 word cloud.

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State of the Union 2011 word cloud.

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Europe’s Odd Couple - NYTimes.com
SHE MAKES FUN, in private, of the way he walks and talks, of his rapid, jerky gestures and facial grimaces. He mocks her deliberation, her reluctance, her matronly caution. She has compared him to Mr. Bean and to the French comic Louis de Funès, with his curly hair and large nose. He sometimes calls her La Boche, the offensive French version of “Kraut,” and goes out of his way to give her an embrace and a double-cheeked kiss in the French fashion, the kind of contact that he knows very well, aides say, she cannot stand.

Love a good 3,000 words on Merkel. Will read that any day - if I find the time.

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Europe’s Odd Couple - NYTimes.com

SHE MAKES FUN, in private, of the way he walks and talks, of his rapid, jerky gestures and facial grimaces. He mocks her deliberation, her reluctance, her matronly caution. She has compared him to Mr. Bean and to the French comic Louis de Funès, with his curly hair and large nose. He sometimes calls her La Boche, the offensive French version of “Kraut,” and goes out of his way to give her an embrace and a double-cheeked kiss in the French fashion, the kind of contact that he knows very well, aides say, she cannot stand.

Love a good 3,000 words on Merkel. Will read that any day - if I find the time.

I think all of us know that politicians would have to confront the Facebook skeletons in their closet, but that it would be in 20 years, not in two years.
The Facebook Skeletons Come Out http://nyti.ms/cSrUZy
House Map - Election Results 2010 - The New York Times
Why money matter$:
In districts where spending by the Republican party exceeded $748,324 - the GOP won 27 of 28 races. All 27 victories were in districts previously held by Democrats.
(Great informational graphic by the New York Times!)

House Map - Election Results 2010 - The New York Times

Why money matter$:

In districts where spending by the Republican party exceeded $748,324 - the GOP won 27 of 28 races. All 27 victories were in districts previously held by Democrats.

(Great informational graphic by the New York Times!)

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Katty Kay and Matt Frei on mid-term aftermath 

The two World News America anchors talk about election night and what is to come for the new Congress.

Because you really want to hear their international perspective…

Almost 4 million people have voted and declared so on Facebook.

Almost 4 million people have voted and declared so on Facebook.

The most covered candidate of 2010: Christine O’Donnell - Yahoo! News

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The conversation shifts to: Sarah Palin.

Katty discusses Palin’s role in the mid-term election, and her reaction to a critical story over the weekend.

Cover of German magazine Der Spiegel: ‘The distraught States of America: A nation loses its optimism.’

Cover of German magazine Der Spiegel: ‘The distraught States of America: A nation loses its optimism.’

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