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2:00 PM ET, November 22, 2011

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Quinnipiac University:
Gingrich On Top Of GOP Pack As Cain Fades, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Romney Ties Obama In One-On-One Matchup  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich more than doubles his share of the Republican presidential vote to lead the presidential pack with 26 percent and in a head …
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Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Six Issues to Watch for at Tonight's Republican Debate  —  The Republican presidential candidates will gather for their second foreign policy debate in 10 days Tuesday night in Washington - the field's 11th debate of the cycle. … Seem a bit redundant?  It may well be.
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Gingrich Announces National Security Team  —  Former CIA director R. James Woolsey and Robert McFarlane, national security adviser to President Reagan, have joined Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign as members of his national security advisory team.  —  They're the best known of the 10 men …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Gingrich and Romney seesaw in SC, NH
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Gingrich seeks to prove staying power
Josh Dorner / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: First Romney TV Ad Falsely Presents McCain Campaign Quote As Obama's  —  The Romney campaign's very first television ad, released this evening, dishonestly presents a 2008 McCain campaign quote as the words of President Obama.  The ad features a voice-over of Obama saying …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
New ThinkProgress ‘Ad’: Romney Says 'Let Us Just Raise Your Taxes Some More'*  —  Yesterday, Mitt Romney released his first campaign ad, which quotes President Obama saying “if we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose.”  But those weren't Obama's words; he was quoting a strategist for Sen. John McCain in 2008.
Discussion: Salon
CNN:
Democrats say new Romney ad distorts Obama's words
Josh Dorner / ThinkProgress:
In Defending Dishonest Ad, Romney Campaign Stunningly Claims Obama Won't Talk About The Economy
Discussion: The American Prospect
Tammy Webber / Associated Press:
Blago adviser Rezko sentenced to 7 more years … CHICAGO (AP) — A former top fundraiser for ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose trial exposed Illinois' pay-to-play political culture, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 1/2 years in prison but will get credit for time he has already served.
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Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:   Former Obama fundraiser sentenced
Annie Sweeney / Chicago Tribune:
Top Blagojevich adviser Tony Rezko gets 10½ years
Natasha Korecki / Chicago Sun Times:
Tony Rezko sentenced to 10-1/2 years in kickback scheme
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Jeff Id / The Air Vent:
Climategate 2.0  —  UPDATE3: 9:25 AM PST - Having read a number of emails, and seeing this quote from Mike Mann in the Guardian: … It happened again.  I woke up to find a link from FOIA.org on a thread.  Thousands of emails unlocked with 220,000 more hidden behind a password.
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Prof. Phil Jones / Watts Up With That?:
Climategate 2.0 emails - They're real and they're spectacular!  —  UPDATE: 8:20 AM PST These emails have not been verified yet, and this story was posted by one of my moderating staff while I was asleep.  Until such time they are verified, tread lightly because without knowing what is behind …
Tallbloke / tallbloke's talkshop:
Breaking news: FOIA 2011 has arrived !
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
OWS Following the Woodstock to Altamont Trajectory  —  Numerous observers have pointed out how the media and liberals (sorry for the redundancy) lavished sympathy on Occupy Wall Street until it became untenable to continue, after which they began to airbrush their previous encomia.
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Frances Martel / Mediaite:   Michael Moore: UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident ‘Resonates’ With The World Like Tienanmen Square
Elizabeth Flock / Washington Post:
Occupy march from Zuccotti Park to D.C.: My trip with the protesters
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Two Moons  —  In 1951, Samuel Lubell invented the concept of the political solar system.  At any moment, he wrote, there is a Sun Party (the majority party, which drives the agenda) and a Moon Party (the minority party, which shines by reflecting the solar rays).
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The ‘third force’ Brooks has been waiting for  —  David Brooks seems discouraged by the era of political “stagnation,” but I have good news for him. … Brooks gets one part of this horribly wrong.  Dems on the super-committee did more than “flirt with spending cuts” …
Discussion: driftglass
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Toomey: Dems Rejected Compromise, Demanded $1 Trillion Tax Hike  —  On November 7, Republican senator Pat Toomey proposed a compromise on taxes to members of the supercommittee tasked with cutting the deficit.  “There was a moment there, a 24-hour period, when several Democrats expressed …
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Wall Street Journal:
Thank You, Grover Norquist
Jeb Hensarling / Wall Street Journal:
Why the Super Committee Failed
CNBC:
Economic Growth Just 2%, Well Below Earlier Estimate  —  The U.S. economy grew more slowly than previously estimated in the third quarter, but weak inventory accumulation amid sturdy consumer spending supported views output would pick up in the current quarter.
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Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:
Growth Revised Down to 2%—Should We Be Worried?
Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:
Fox News Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don't Watch Any News: Study … Fox News , Fox News Fairleigh Dickinson , Fox News Less Informed , Fox News Less Informed Study , Fox News Study , Fox News Viewers , Fox News Viewers Know Less , Fox News Viewers Less Informed , Media News
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David Taintor / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC  —  The poll — which asked New Jerseyans where they find news …
Discussion: Gawker, Mediaite and The Stranger …
Kate Linthicum / Los Angeles Times:
Occupy L.A. receives offer to decamp  —  Protesters could get downtown office space and farmland if they leave City Hall.  —  Jim Lafferty, who has been negotiating with city officials on behalf of Occupy L.A., addresses protesters.  (Robert Lachman, Los Angeles Times / November 21, 2011)
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Sarah Palin Got Scolded by Roger Ailes for Not Announcing Her Non-Candidacy on Fox News  —  Sarah Palin's announcement that she wouldn't run for president disappointed her legions of admirers — but it infuriated Roger Ailes.  The Fox News chief wasn't angry about the decision itself.
 
 
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Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Corbett: Change in electoral votes going nowhere
The Politico:
Behind the scenes of the meltdown
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Michael Powell / New York Times:
Reporters Meet the Fists of the Law
Harry Reid / USA Today:
Republicans never found the courage
New York Times:
Separating You and Me?  4.74 Degrees  —  The world is even smaller than you thought.
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Perry: I would impose no-fly zone over Syria
New York Post:
They didn't fail - they succeeded in doing nothing
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Inside Obama Campaign Headquarters: Confident Urgency and an Empty Keg
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The consequences of presidential weakness
 

 
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