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John Parkinson / ABCNEWS:
Pelosi Not Sitting on Trove of Gingrich Secrets — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi now says she is not sitting on a trove of opposition research on former House Speaker-turned-GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. — In an interview conducted Friday and published Monday …
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
GOP kingmakers unhappy with presidential primary frontrunner choices — The Republican presidential primary is shaping up as a two-man race, but influential conservatives are clearly expressing their dissatisfaction with choices A and B. — In recent weeks, key GOP lawmakers …
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Republicans See Gingrich, Romney as “Acceptable” Nominees — All other candidates seen as unacceptable by half or more of Republicans — PRINCETON, NJ — Newt Gingrich (62%) and Mitt Romney (54%) are the only two candidates Republicans say would be acceptable presidential nominees from their party …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Newt up in Iowa — Newt Gingrich has taken the lead in PPP's newest poll of Iowa Republican caucus voters with 27% to 18% for Ron Paul, 16% for Mitt Romney, 13% for Michele Bachmann, 9% for Rick Perry, 6% for Rick Santorum, 4% for Jon Huntsman, and 1% for Gary Johnson.
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Washington Post:
Gingrich emerges as clear front-runner in Iowa — DES MOINES — Propelled by his debate performances and the demise of Herman Cain's candidacy, former House speaker Newt Gingrich sits atop the Republican presidential field in Iowa with a clear lead over his closest competitors, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
GOP Is Now a Three-Man Race: Romney vs. Gingrich vs. Gingrich
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Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM SLIDESHOW: Meet The 2012 GOPers — Newt Gingrich
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Gingrich fires back at Pelosi over threat
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Felix Salmon:
The euro zone's terrible mistake — The FT is reporting today that the new fiscal rules for the EU “include a commitment not to force private sector bondholders to take losses on any future eurozone bail-outs”. If this principle really does get enshrined into some new treaty …
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Romney staff spent nearly $100,000 to hide records — (Reuters) - Mitt Romney spent nearly $100,000 in state funds to replace computers in his office at the end of his term as governor of Massachusetts in 2007 as part of an unprecedented effort to keep his records secret, Reuters has learned.
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Bachmann voices concerns, still undecided on attending Trump-moderated debate — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said her campaign is “still in the process of looking at” an upcoming debate moderated by businessman Donald Trump. — Bachmann said on CBS's “The Early Show” that it is a …
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First Read / msnbc.com:
Gingrich asks Trump to create ‘apprentice’ program for poor schoolchildren
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Reichle v. Howards — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether Secret Service agents protecting Vice President Dick Cheney may be sued for violating the free speech rights of a member of the public who made critical remarks about the Bush administration's war policies.
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Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
The ObamaCare Recusal Nonsense
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
An absurd choice for a health care award — Politico will host an awards dinner tonight, honoring “Policymakers of the Year” in a variety of categories and fields. That wouldn't be especially interesting, were it not for the news organization's choice for “Health Care Policymaker of the Year.”
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Freewayblogger / Tales of the Freewayblogger:
Scrapitalism — San Francisco (Three days @ 90,000+ viewers per day) — Berkeley (Five days @ 110,000+ viewers per day) — Statistic courtesy of Communist Agitprop Forbes Magazine — These signs are made quickly, easily and cheaply using scrap cardboard, paint and an overhead projector.
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David Catanese / The Politico:
Montana Chamber: Tester up 5 — A poll commissioned by the Montana Chamber of Commerce shows Sen. Jon Tester with a 5 percentage point lead over Rep. Denny Rehberg in the Senate race, 42 percent to 37 percent. — The data, obtained by POLITICO, was collected in mid-November …
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BBC:
Kepler 22-b: Earth-like planet confirmed — The planet, shown here in an artist's conception, lies about 15% closer to its star than the Earth is to the Sun — Astronomers have confirmed the existence of an Earth-like planet in the “habitable zone” around a star not unlike our own.
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Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
Iran's Revolutionary Guards prepare for war — Iran's Revolutionary Guards have been put on a war footing amid increasing signs that the West is taking direct action to cripple Iran's nuclear programme. — An order from Gen Mohammed Ali Jaafari, the commander of the guards …
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Fox News Business: The Muppets Are ‘Brainwashing’ Young People To Hate The Oil Industry — Life's a happy song, but not when Fox Business is singing along. The network is upset that the new Muppets movie, The Muppets, features an oil tycoon as a villain, with various contributors complaining …
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Jordan Zakarin / The Huffington Post:
The Muppets Are Communist, Fox Business Network Says
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Rep. King's fourth Muslim-American radicalization hearing to focus on military — The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is hoping his panel's hearing on the radicalization of Muslim-Americans within the U.S. military will reveal how the armed services can better protect itself against homegrown attacks.
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Meaghan Murphy / Fox News:
Recent Charges of Sexual Abuse of Children in Hollywood Just Tip of Iceberg, Experts Say — Allison Arngrim (left) starred on 'Little House on the Prairie. " She said stories about Corey Feldman and Corey Haim (right) being abused as child stars were common in the 1980s and 90s.
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Final government shutdown fight rings out the old year — House and Senate appropriators are laboring to produce a $900 billion omnibus bill by the beginning of next week. — Failure to reach a deal would result in a government shutdown when current funding runs out Dec. 16.
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