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Everyone’s Sick of the Primary

The moment of truth is about to arrive for Mitt Romney. Though one of his advisers was quoted recently as saying, “I don’t see any scenario where we’re not the nominee,” the former Massachusetts governor needs to finish in the top tier in Iowa on Tuesday and notch a decisive victory the following week in his neighboring state of New Hampshire. If he can’t pull that off, he could still lose the Republican nomination. Read full article > >

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Three ads that can seal the deal for Romney

Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted Monday to block President Obama’s choice for the No. 2 position in the Justice Department, leaving the nominee in an official limbo that has already lasted months. James M. Cole, a Justice Department veteran turned white-collar defense lawyer, was nominated for the post of deputy attorney general last May. But Republicans objected, citing, among other concerns, Cole’s previous support for trying international terrorism suspects in U.S. criminal courts. On Monday, 353 days after his selection, Senate Democrats tried to force a final vote on Cole’s nomination. Read full article > >

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Justice Department nominee remains in limbo after Senate vote

The last time that I looked at how a social media analysis company was predicting a major cultural event it turned out to be right. That was when Social Radar, an application from Infegy, a service that measures billions of messages and articles from millions of online sources to track chatter on the Web, predicted that the Green Bay Packers would win the Super Bowl . As a Chicago Bears fan, not the answer I wanted, but the right one nonetheless. Fast forward to this weekend and we have a different major cultural event taking place on Sunday evening. The Academy Awards may draw a completely different audience than professional football, but it’s still an event that pits fiercely partisan fans against one another. Avoid coming out on the losing end of the inevitable arguments by taking Meltwater’s advice and placing your bets with the people of the Internet. To build the infographic displayed below (click to enlarge), Meltwater “monitored all conversations dating back to Jan. 25, when the nominees were announced, but also cross-checked back to Jan. 20 to make sure the conversation was genuinely about the nominee in relation to the Oscars,” a spokesman for the company told Wired ‘s John C. Abell . “Doing this, we expected to see a spike in conversation on the 25th, and that is what happened in all cases.” So what have people been talking about over the past month? According to Meltwater, The King’s Speech will beat out Inception , The Social Network and the seven other nominees for Best Picture to take home the Academy Award. Natalie Portman has a clear lead over the four other nominees in the race for Best Actress and James Franco, who will be pulling double-duty as a host this year, will take home his first Oscar for his portrayal of Aron Ralston in 127 Hours .

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Internet Chatter: ‘The King’s Speech’ Will Win Best Picture

Remarks by Daniel M. Donovan Jr., the nominee in the New York race, about not demonizing Wall Street echo those of Elliott Management’s leader.

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Hedge Fund Is Key Donor to G.O.P. Attorney General Nominee