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9:15 AM ET, December 7, 2011

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ABCNEWS:
Romney Team Shifts Tactics  —  The Mitt Romney campaign is making an immediate shift in tactics, a move that is necessary because, as one Republican close the campaign put it, “What they are doing now isn't working.”  —  At an event in Arizona, Romney himself said you will see more ads …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McCain preparing to play kingmaker in 2012 GOP race  —  Arizona Sen. John McCain, the GOP presidential nominee in 2008, is moving toward endorsing a candidate for 2012.  —  Republican sources familiar with his thinking say he will probably endorse his onetime political enemy, Mitt Romney.
Discussion: CNN and Taegan Goddard's …
The Gallup Organization / Gallup:
Gingrich 37%, Romney 22% Among GOP Voters Nationwide
Rush Limbaugh:
The So-Called Conservative Media Attacks Newt Gingrich
Discussion: The Reaction
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Romney latest candidate to say no to Trump
The White House:
Remarks by the President on the Economy in Osawatomie, Kansas  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody.  Please, please have a seat.  Thank you so much.  Thank you.  Good afternoon, everybody.  —  AUDIENCE: Good afternoon.  —  THE PRESIDENT: Well, I want to start by thanking a few folks who've joined us today.
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Newt Gingrich / Washington Post:
Full text of President Obama's economic speech in Osawatomie, Kans.  —  Good afternoon.  I want to start by thanking a few of the folks who've joined us today.  We've got the mayor of Osawatomie, Phil Dudley; your superintendent, Gary French; the principal of Osawatomie High, Doug Chisam.
Discussion: News Desk and The New Republic
Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
Obama attacks Republican economic theory: 'It's never worked'  —  President Obama, in one of his most expansive speeches to date, declared on Tuesday that supply-side economics is a failure and called “gaping inequality” across the country a moral shortcoming that is distorting American democracy.
A. G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
Obama Strikes Populist Chord With Speech in Heartland
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Obama's Osawatomie Speech Attempts a Populist Rebranding
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo! News:
At White House press briefing, reporter asks if Obama approves of bestiality  —  At White House press briefings, you don't normally hear questions about bestiality.  Today was not normal.  —  On Monday, press secretary Jay Carney fielded an unusual question from World Net Daily reporter Lester Kinsolving.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Carney says White House ‘not focused very much’ on Republican race  —  White House spokesman Jay Carney argued Wednesday that President Obama's Kansas speech on economic fairness was not intended to position the president in contrast to newly minted Republican frontrunner Newt Gingrich.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
White House doesn't have votes for nominee for consumer bureau chief  —  A White House push to secure support for President Obama's nominee to lead the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau looks to be well short of the 60 Senate votes needed to move forward.
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Correction from White House: President didn't say he's ‘mad living here’
Discussion: The Politico and CNN
Charles Krupa / ABCNEWS:
Rick Perry Says Human Rights for Gays 'Not in America's Interests'  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry said today that using foreign aid to combat human rights abuses against homosexuals in foreign countries is “not in America's interests” and attacked President Obama's decision to require U.S. agencies operating abroad …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Sec. Clinton To UN: ‘Gay Rights Are Human Rights, And Human Rights Are Gay Rights’
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Mediaite
Eric Pfeiffer / Yahoo! News:
Tennessee family home burns while firefighters watch  —  A Tennessee couple helplessly watched their home burn to the ground, along with all of their possessions, because they did not pay a $75 annual fee to the local fire department.  —  Vicky Bell told the NBC affiliate WPSD-TV …
Benjamin Domenech / Heartlander Magazine:
Quarter-Billion Taxpayer Dollars Spent on Penis Pumps  —  Benjamin Domenech is managing editor of Health Care News and a research fellow at The Heartland...  (read full bio)  —  TWITTER  —  According to data collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Marathon Pundit
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Obama Now Blames The Internet For Job Losses  —  “Layoffs too often became permanent, not part of the business cycle.  And these changes didn't just affect blue collar workers.  If you were a bank teller or a phone operator or a travel agent, you saw many in your profession replaced by ATMs and the internet …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Welcome to Texas!  —  Campaigning in Kansas today …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
Susan Crabtree / Washington Times:
Gingrich struggles on state deadlines for filing  —  May not make ballot in Ohio  —  Newt Gingrich is surging in the presidential polls, but his campaign organization has not caught up - making it possible he'll miss Wednesday's deadline to file enough signatures to even appear on Ohio's primary ballot.
Rachel Rose Hartman / Yahoo! News:
On private call, Republicans say attacking Obama personally is too dangerous: Yahoo News exclusive  —  Obama greets a crowd at Wilkes Barre/Scranton International Airport (Carolyn Kaster/AP)  —  Republicans on a private Republican National Committee conference call with allies warned Tuesday …
Kate Linthicum / L.A. NOW:
L.A. calls for end to ‘corporate personhood’  —  At a packed City Council meeting that included remarks from a man in a top hat with fake money tucked in the pocket of his suit, Los Angeles lawmakers Tuesday called for more regulations on how much corporations can spend on political campaigns.
Discussion: The Raw Story and Firedoglake
David K. Li / New York Post:
Alec Baldwin thrown off AA flight at LAX for refusing to turn off phone  —  What a smart Alec.  —  Hot-head Alec Baldwin was kicked off an American Airlines flight this afternoon in Los Angeles because he refused to turn off his cell phone, the actor said.
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
President Zardari suddenly leaves Pakistan — is he on the way out?  —  Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari left Pakistan suddenly on Tuesday, complaining of heart pains, and is now in Dubai.  His planned testimony before a joint session of Pakistan's parliament on the Memogate scandal is now postponed indefinitely.
Discussion: Guardian, Washington Post and msnbc.com
Curtis Cartier / The Daily Weekly:
Crystal Cox, Oregon Blogger, Isn't a Journalist, Concludes U.S. Court—Imposes $2.5 Million Judgement on Her  —  ​A U.S. District Court judge in Portland has drawn a line in the sand between “journalist” and “blogger.”  And for Crystal Cox, a woman on the latter end of that comparison, the distinction has cost her $2.5 million.
 
 
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