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Quotes of the Day - Wacky Road to the White House Edition The travel agent "Perry dropping out to spend more time with his Niggerhead Ranch." -- TPM's Brian Beutler. Journo has vivid imagination "I would just about empty my bank account for someone to yell 'GET OFF THE STAGE, HIPPIE' during this pre-debate rundown #fits" -- Reuters' Sam Youngman. Obesity alert "Sure, I'll eat these free cookies at the debate file. Haven't eaten enough down here. #obesity" -- RealClearPolitics' Scott Conroy. Warming up the audience "What you are missing at home: Press file is watching feed of what I would describe as a crowd fluffer: 'ARE YOU EXCITED TO BE HERE??'" -- Yahoo! News's Holly Bailey. Holding out until bitter end "The field is set. There is one last chance to avoid a Romney nomination. I won't fall in line until all other choices are exhausted." -- BigGov's and CNN Contributor Dana Loesch. Question to ponder... "Newt wanted an 'open' marriage. Did that also include an 'open' extramarital affair?" -- Mother Jones' Washington Bureau Chief and MSNBC Contributor David Corn. Howeesha's unusual proposal "I've decided DC needs a 'Rent a Mom' service for when you're sick. I'd pay top dollar for some pillow fluffing and soup right about now." -- The Hill's Howlma (a.k.a. Judy Kurtz). Reporter set to retire? "Stephen Colbert used a story of mine for his latest Super PAC ad. Well, now I can retire." -- Yahoo! News's Chris Moody. Unnecessary Tweet of the Day "'Gently heated yoga.' What does that mean?" -- Elahe Izadi, a race and class reporter for DCentric, an NPR Project Argo blog on WAMU 88.5. We have no explanation for the dense tweet. (But shhh...she is a former TBDer.) Gingrich's daughters: Something suddenly came up? "Gingrich's two daughters were set to do all morning shows to respond to Marianne interview. Now, they cancelled; per @bnurretoday" - NBC Chief Political Correspondent Chuck Todd. The Ass Kisser "It will take incredible guts and self possession for Newt to do well tonight" -- Political Commentator Dick Morris. He added, "Imagine doing this with your ex wife coming on one hour after the debate to blow you to hell!" Disrespectful or inventive? "What would I serve for #cnndebate if I didn't have to work? No question I would start with a Mitt Martini since he doesn't drink. Add olives." -- CNN Commentator Donna Brazile. Such pettiness... "Is John King going to make those annoying 'um' sounds during each candidate's answer again?" -- TPM Assistant Editor Igor Bobic. To which NJ's Ethan Klapper reached skyward and replied, "Oh God." Question of the hour "Who are all these women who willingly sleep with Newt Gingrich and how can we help raise their self-esteem? #ewwww" -- Kenny Rufino, Creative Director, Crown Publishing. Convo Between Two Journos "After all Rick Perry's gaffes to date, how can we be sure he won't mistakenly show up? #CNNdebate" -- NYT's Frank Bruni. To which NJ Editor-in-Chief Ron Fournier wrote, "You made NJ newsroom lol."

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