memeorandum: Gingrich seeks to prove staying power (Amy Gardner/Washington Post)

2:00 PM ET, November 22, 2011

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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 …

Discussion: Firedoglake, GOP 12, Washington Monthly, Roll Call, Daily Kos, The Politico, The PJ Tatler, Hot Air, Business Insider, msnbc.com, Taegan Goddard's … and CNN

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

Discussion: CNN, The Daily Caller and Taegan Goddard's …

Paul Begala / The Daily Beast:
Newt Gingrich Would Be a Godsend to the Democrats

Discussion: CNNMoney.com, The Reaction, Questions and Observations, The Daily Dish, National Review and NewsBusters.org blogs

Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Gingrich seeks to prove staying power

Discussion: The Atlantic Wire, CNN, The Politico and ABCNEWS

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 …

Discussion: Political Mojo, Ben Smith's Blog, Washington Post, Gawker, The Daily Dish, New York Times, Towleroad News #gay, Connecting.the.Dots and Wonkette

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

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Washington Monthly and Pundits Blog

Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Obama Campaign Blasts Romney's First TV Ad As ‘Deceitful’

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly, Washington Post, News Desk, msnbc.com and Death and Taxes

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.

Discussion: The Hill, Michelle Malkin, Taegan Goddard's … and The Page

Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico: Former Obama fundraiser sentenced

Annie Sweeney / Chicago Tribune:
Top Blagojevich adviser Tony Rezko gets 10½ years

Discussion: Associated Press, TalkLeft, Pundit Press and LobbyComply

Natasha Korecki / Chicago Sun Times:
Tony Rezko sentenced to 10-1/2 years in kickback scheme

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Dominic Holden / The Stranger …:

Pregnant Woman Blasted with Pepper Spray by SPD Says She Miscarried (Updated) — Posted at 3:55 p.m. and updated below with an interview with Jennifer Fox. — One of Occupy Seattle's outspoken activists who blogs under the name Ian Awesome has a post up this afternoon about the pregnant woman …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, ThinkProgress, Guardian, American Times, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Washington's Blog and Mercury Rising

Max Read / Gawker:

'It's a Food Product, Essentially': Fox News Starts Spinning Pepper Spray Cops — Tonight, Fox News hosts Bill O'Reilly and Megyn Kelly got to talking about a UC Davis police officer's appalling use of pepper spray on nonviolent protesters over the weekend. Guess what direction the conversation took!

Discussion: New America Media, ThinkProgress, Indecision Forever, Wonkette, US Politics, Firedoglake, Angry Black Lady Chronicles and The Stranger …

Ian Awesome / OneAngryQueer:
Pregnant Occupier Alleges Police Brutality Resulted In Miscarriage

Discussion: New York Times, Gawker, Booman Tribune, The Atlantic Online and City Room

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.

Discussion: The Reference Frame, The Strata-Sphere and The PJ Tatler

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 …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Guardian, BBC, Power Line and Hot Air

Tallbloke / tallbloke's talkshop:
Breaking news: FOIA 2011 has arrived !

Discussion: ThinkProgress, DeSmogBlog and blogs.telegraph.co.uk

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.

Discussion: Shot in the Dark, NewsBusters.org blogs, Ed Driscoll and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Despite attacks, Dems standing by Occupy Wall Street

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Maddow Blog, The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers and msnbc.com

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

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jammie Wearing Fools

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).

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, Connecting.the.Dots and Balloon Juice

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 …

Discussion: American Spectator and Ricochet Conversations Feed

Wall Street Journal:
Thank You, Grover Norquist

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, American Spectator, ThinkProgress and Business Insider

Jeb Hensarling / Wall Street Journal:
Why the Super Committee Failed

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Questions and Observations

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.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Don Surber, Bankrupting America, Business Insider, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and BizzyBlog

Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:
Growth Revised Down to 2%—Should We Be Worried?

Discussion: Washington Post, Economist's View and Prairie Weather

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

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Taegan Goddard's …, Mediaite, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, Weasel Zippers, Washington Monthly, Taylor Marsh, Liberal Values, Prairie Weather, Althouse, News Hounds, The Political Carnival, Truth Wins Out, Poynter and The Other McCain

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)

Discussion: L.A. NOW, The Jawa Report, PJ Media, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, Verum Serum, Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler and The Political Carnival

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.