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4:00 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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The Gallup Organization / Gallup:
Gingrich 37%, Romney 22% Among GOP Voters Nationwide  —  Gallup's initial Daily tracking finds all other candidates in single digits  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Newt Gingrich leads Mitt Romney 37% to 22% in Gallup's inaugural Daily tracking of Republican registered voters' preferences …
The Politico:
Newt Gingrich surge prompts Mitt Romney reboot
Discussion: ABCNEWS and CNN
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Romney latest candidate to say no to Trump
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.
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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
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.
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Obama's Osawatomie Speech Attempts a Populist Rebranding
Discussion: Washington Post
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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Jroot / Rick Perry for President 2012:
Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Obama Administration's Use of Gay Rights to Make Foreign Aid Decisions  —  AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry today issued the following statement:  —  “Just when you thought Barack Obama couldn't get any more out of touch with America's values, AP reports …
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Sec. Clinton To UN: ‘Gay Rights Are Human Rights, And Human Rights Are Gay Rights’
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Mediaite
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
US to use foreign aid to promote gay rights
Glenn Beck:
Glenn's revealing interview with Newt Gingrich - Story and Video  —  Glenn is back on TV!  Watch Glenn's new two-hour show available live and on-demand Monday through Friday on GBTV.com!  Start your two week free trial HERE!  —  Part 1 of the interview: Part 2 of the interview:
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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
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and The Politico
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Correction from White House: President didn't say he's ‘mad living here’
Discussion: The Politico and CNN
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Welcome to Texas!  —  Campaigning in Kansas today, President Obama momentarily forgot which of the 57 states he was in:  —  But that was just a slip of the tongue.  The really dumb thing he said is that the internet is causing unemployment: … This is one more reminder-as if we needed …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
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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.
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
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The Truth About Pundit Crap: Could Jon Meacham Be the Most Insufferable Human in Washington?  —  I have long proposed that every single major elite political pundit be frog-marched away from the buffet tables inside the Beltway and deep into the Blue Ridge Mountains, there to be confined …
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.
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Bob Woodward says sitting next to Al Gore is ‘taxing, unpleasant’  —  If you plan on throwing a dinner party full of VIPs, whatever you do, don't seat Bob Woodward next to Al Gore.  —  In a speech at the Organization for International Investment's annual dinner at D.C.'s Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Thursday …
 
 
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Luke Broadwater / Baltimore Sun:
Schurick guilty of election fraud in robocall case
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Corzine gets second subpoena to testify
Discussion: The Politico and US Politics
Tim Murphy / Political Mojo:
Aborted Fetus Campaign Ads Hit the Airwaves in Iowa
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Raw Story
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Obama administration targeting food stamp fraud as program reaches record highs
Alan Reynolds / Wall Street Journal:
Tax Rates, Inequality and the 1%
Discussion: The New Republic
Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
ALEC Deems Kids Eating Rat Poison An ‘Acceptable Risk’
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