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11:15 AM ET, November 27, 2011

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Joseph W. McQuaid / unionleader.com:

For President, Newt Gingrich — This newspaper endorses Newt Gingrich in the New Hampshire Presidential Primary. — America is at a crucial crossroads. It is not going to be enough to merely replace Barack Obama next year. We are in critical need of the innovative …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Los Angeles Times, Booman Tribune, Scared Monkeys, The Spectacle Blog, Gawker, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, Business Insider and msnbc.com

Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:

Gingrich wins Union Leader endorsement — GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich received the endorsement of the influential editorial board of the New Hampshire Union Leader on Sunday, providing another boost to his surging campaign. — The endorsement gives the former House Speaker additional momentum …

Discussion: Don Surber

Serafin Gomez / Fox News:

Newt Gingrich Gets Big New Hampshire Endorsement — Former speaker of the U.S. House and current GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has received the coveted endorsement of the highly-influential New Hampshire newspaper “The Manchester Union Leader,” an endorsement Republican rival Mitt Romney has adamantly sought.

Discussion: Iowa Caucuses, americanthinker.com and American Spectator

Maggie Haberman / The Politico:

Union Leader endorses Newt Gingrich — The Manchester Union Leader, New Hampshire's most influential paper, picks Newt Gingrich as its candidate of choice in an editorial today (no link yet, but text provided by POLITICO's Ginger Gibson) across the top of the front page.

Discussion: Right Wing News

NewsMax.com:

Bill Clinton Praises Old Foe Newt Gingrich — More ways to share... Mixx — Stumbled — LinkedIn — Vine — Buzzflash — Newstrust — Technocrati — Forward Article — [Editor's Note: The interview below is an excerpt from a longer Newsmax interview …

Discussion: The Hill and Business Insider

Kevinliptak / CNN:
N.H. Union Leader backs Gingrich

Discussion: Poynter

David Frum / National Post:
In the Republican race, it's Romney, Huntsman or bust

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Moe Lane

James Joyner / Outside the Beltway:

Kimberly Webb Joyner, 1970 to 2011 — My wife, Kimberly Webb Joyner, died this morning in her sleep from unknown causes. She was 41. — She leaves behind two little girls she loved more than anything, Katie, who turns 3 on New Year's Eve, and Ellie, who was born June 21.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Vodkapundit and The Agonist

David Rose / Daily Mail:

BBC sought advice from global warming scientists on economy, drama, music... and even game shows — Britain's leading green activist research centre spent £15,000 on seminars for top BBC executives in an apparent bid to block climate change sceptics from the airwaves, a vast new cache of leaked ‘Climategate’ emails has revealed.

Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Biased BBC

The Independent:
Michael McCarthy: Climate change isn't a left-wing cause - the Iron Lady knew that

Discussion: JunkScience.com, Pirate's Cove and Tom Nelson

Jon Boone / Guardian:

Nato air attack on Pakistani troops was self-defence, says senior western official — US-Pakistan relations strained further after attack allegedly kills up to 28 and prompts ban on Nato trucks crossing Afghan border — An attack by Nato aircraft on Pakistani troops that allegedly killed …

Discussion: The Long War Journal, The Atlantic Online, Associated Press, US Politics, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Reuters and Jihad Watch

Associated Press:
Pakistan demands US vacate suspected drone base

Discussion: Telegraph, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit and New York Times

Edward Jay Epstein / media.nybooks.com:

What Really Happened to Strauss-Kahn? — Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his wife, Anne Sinclair, in the courtyard of their Paris residence, September 2011 — May 14, 2011, was a horrendous day for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, then head of the International Monetary Fund and leading contender …

Discussion: Guardian, TalkLeft, EconomicPolicyJournal.com and New York Magazine

Willis Eschenbach / Watts Up With That?:

An Open Letter to Dr. Phil Jones of the UEA CRU — Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach — Dear Dr. Jones: — You and I have been interacting, albeit at a distance, since I first asked you for your data some five years ago. I asked for your data in part because I was astounded by your answer …

Discussion: The Air Vent

Juilan Pecquet / The Hill:

Supreme Court hearing on Obama health law sets up lobbying storm — Next year's Supreme Court decision on the healthcare reform law could be the most heavily lobbied ever. — Corporations, unions, trade groups and advocates are expected to spend millions of dollars over the next few months trying …

Discussion: Prairie Weather and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

Kevinliptak / CNN:

Cain: Confusion has led to drop in support — (CNN) - Herman Cain ascribed his recent drop in the polls to false sexual harassment allegations and voter confusion about his positions on abortion and foreign policy, saying Sunday that some of his remarks over the past month had been taken out of context.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:

President as Piñata — A YEAR before President Obama faces re-election, take a look at what has happened to other Western leaders confronting voters in this economic vortex. — Spain's Socialist government was defeated in a crushing landslide vote a week ago, leaving the party …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Washington Monthly, Smartypants, The Political Carnival and Taylor Marsh

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

Saturday Night Card Game (Jeremiah Wright still scares Democrats) — This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: — As you know, I support Newt Gingrich. — But you also know that I have a policy of uniting behind any Republican candidate …

Discussion: Israel Matzav and TigerHawk

Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Team Romney on Obama: ‘We will tie them in knots’

Discussion: Power Line

James Kirkup / Telegraph:

Prepare for riots in euro collapse, Foreign Office warns — British embassies in the eurozone have been told to draw up plans to help British expats through the collapse of the single currency, amid new fears for Italy and Spain. — As the Italian government struggled to borrow …