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12/4: NBC News/Marist Poll: Romney Lead Narrows in New Hampshire Primary — Although Mitt Romney outpaces his closest competitor in New Hampshire's Republican Presidential Primary by 16 percentage points, his lead has been cut in half since a similar poll conducted in October.
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Taylor Marsh and The Moderate Voice
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12/4: NBC News/Marist Poll: Gingrich Races to the Head of the Pack in Iowa — With less than one month to go until the Iowa caucus, Newt Gingrich has surged to the top of the leaderboard in the state. Gingrich outdistances his closest rivals, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul, by 8 and 9 percentage points, respectively.
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CNN and Taegan Goddard's …

‘This Week’ Transcript: GOP Candidate Rick Santorum and Rep. Barney Frank
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Ben Smith's Blog, The Politico, Crooks and Liars, The Other McCain and Harry's Place


Huntsman's Cash-Poor Campaign Gets Help From Father
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No More Mister Nice Blog, CNN and Reuters

Gingrich takes control in Iowa
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Talking Points Memo, Iowa Caucuses and Washington Post

Michele Bachmann Talks Presidential Politics; Sens. Coburn, Conrad on Extending the Payroll Tax Cut — Special Guests: Michele Bachmann, Sen. Kent Conrad, Sen. Tom Coburn … CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: I'm Chris Wallace. — Herman Cain suspends his presidential campaign.
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Crooks and Liars, National Review and Campaign 2012
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Report: Cain to endorse Newt Monday — That was fast. — Fox-5 in Atlanta, the same station that broke the Ginger White allegations, is reporting that Herman Cain is going to endorse Newt Gingrich on Monday. Gingrich's camp put a late add of a press conference at 1:45 p.m. on his schedule.
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The Moderate Voice and The Right Scoop

Lies, Damned Lies, And Elections — As we wait to see whether the GOP nominates the guy who claims that his health plan was nothing like Obamacare, oh no, or the guy who claims that Freddie Mac paid him $1.6 million as a historian, one thing is obvious: this election is going to pose a major challenge to the news media.
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Balloon Juice and Brad DeLong

White House opens offensive to confirm consumer agency head — The White House on Sunday night launched a major offensive to get Richard Cordray confirmed this week as the new head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) created by the Dodd-Frank financial reform law enacted last year.
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The Politico

Obama to channel T.R. — Cain may endorse Newt — Gingrich talks Middle East, inner city this week - Perry bus tour - Iowa Poll: Newt, Ron Paul, Mitt, undecided, Bachmann, Cain, Santorum, Perry — GREEN ROOM CHEAT SHEET - our notes for “Face the Nation” roundtable:
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State attorneys general grill Republican candidates at forum
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New York Times, Towleroad News #gay and Althouse

Iowa Poll: Gingrich leads GOP pack, then Paul, Romney
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Washington Post, Political Mojo, The Caucus, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway, Washington Monthly and Booman Tribune


U.S. Drug Agents Launder Profits of Mexican Cartels — WASHINGTON — Undercover American narcotics agents have laundered or smuggled millions of dollars in drug proceeds as part of Washington's expanding role in Mexico's fight against drug cartels, according to current and former federal law enforcement officials.
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Runnin' Scared, Booman Tribune, Truthdig and JustOneMinute


The Profits on the Secret $7.7 Trillion Loans to TBTF Banks — Elliot Spitzer has an excellent article up at Slate about the $7.7 trillion secret loans that the Fed made to the nation's biggest banks. He wants criminal and Congressional investigations, as you would expect.
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CANNONFIRE

2010 Carbon Dioxide Output Shows Biggest Jump Ever — Global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil-fuel burning jumped by the largest amount on record last year, upending the notion that the brief decline during the recession might persist through the recovery.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money

U.S. official says no sign Iran shot down drone — (Reuters) - Iranian media reported on Sunday that their country's military had shot down a U.S. reconnaissance drone in eastern Iran, but a U.S. official said there was no indication the aircraft had been shot down.
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msnbc.com, The Long War Journal, americanthinker.com and HotAirPundit


31 Are Arrested at Occupy D.C. Building Site — WASHINGTON — Police arrested 31 people on Sunday night and tore down a barnlike building Occupy D.C. protesters began to erect that morning in a park two blocks from the White House where they have been camping out.
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RedState

Sunday Reflection: The higher ed bubble is bursting, so what comes next? — A couple of years back, I suggested in these pages that higher education was facing a bubble much like the housing bubble: An overpriced good, propped up by cheap government-subsidized credit, luring borrowers …
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ParaPundit


Police: Anti-Occupy Seattle protester beaten near SCCC — SEATTLE — Police say a man who displayed an antI-Occupy Seattle sign near Seattle Central Community College was beaten on Friday. — The 42-year-old man stood just north of the Occupy camp holding a sign that read “Occupy Somewhere Else, Not My School,” according to police.
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Don Surber, The Other McCain, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
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