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8:50 PM 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 …
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David Frum / National Post:
In the Republican race, it's Romney, Huntsman or bust  —  Yesterday, 11 National Post contributors named their preferred Republican nominee in less than 250 words.  —  Being more indecisive and longer-winded, I needed 24 extra hours and 500 more words.  —  I'm looking for two chief things in a candidate for 2012:
Serafin Gomez / Fox News:
Newt Gingrich Gets Big New Hampshire Endorsement
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Union Leader endorses Newt Gingrich
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Pirate's Cove
CNN:
Bachmann dings Gingrich over immigration - again
Discussion: ABCNEWS and ImmigrationProf Blog
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.
Wolfgang Münchau / Financial Times:
The eurozone really has only days to avoid collapse  —  In virtually all the debates about the eurozone I have been engaged in, someone usually makes the point that it is only when things get bad enough, the politicians finally act - eurobond, debt monetisation, quantitative easing, whatever.
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Agence France Presse:
IMF readying ‘?600 bn rescue plan’ for Italy
Discussion: Business Insider
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Obama's toughest critic: Obama  —  President Barack Obama has plenty of critics — Republicans, liberals, the media — but the person hardest on the president, his administration and the Democratic Party is, at times, Barack Obama.  —  Obama has admitted that he's “screwed up,” is “frustrated” …
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Craven Political Crudités  —  BARACK OBAMA hates Thanksgiving and all that it represents.  —  Don't believe me?  Then consider his own words.  On Wednesday, previewing our annual overconsumption of fowl, the president said, “Tomorrow is one of the worst days of the year to be American.”
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:   Romney calls on Obama to block $600B in defense cuts
Ben Casselman / Wall Street Journal:
Help Wanted: In Unexpected Twist, Some Skilled Jobs Go Begging  —  DENVER—Ferrie Bailey's job should be easy: hiring workers amid the worst stretch of unemployment since the Depression.  —  A recruiter for Union Pacific Corp., she has openings to fill, the kind that sometimes seem to have all but vanished …
Daily Mail:
Muslim medical students boycotting lectures on evolution... because it ‘clashes with the Koran’  —  Muslim students, including trainee doctors on one of Britain's leading medical courses, are walking out of lectures on evolution claiming it conflicts with creationist ideas established in the Koran.
New York Times:
Arab League Approves Sanctions Against Syria  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Arab League approved tough economic sanctions against Syria on Sunday because of its violent crackdown against antigovernment protesters, an unprecedented step against an Arab country.  —  The sanctions …
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Powell: Tea Party presidential candidate can't win in 2012  —  Former Bush administration Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday dismissed chances for a Tea Party candidate to win the presidential election, criticizing the hard-line stance taken by the majority of the grassroots movement …
Discussion: American Times
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 …
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.
 
 
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David Kocieniewski / New York Times:
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Ben Farmer / Telegraph:
Insurgent commander who planned bomb attacks that ‘blew soliders to bits’ is granted amnesty
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Matthew Kaminski / Wall Street Journal:
‘The New Tammany Hall’  —  The historian of the American city …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Enduring Cult of Kennedy
Hector Becerra / Los Angeles Times:
Some vow civil disobedience at Occupy L.A.; others plan to leave
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Wall Street Journal:
The Tax Mess Deepens
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