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2:05 PM ET, December 8, 2011

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New York Times:
Democrats See 2-Horse Race, Adding Whip  —  WASHINGTON — The White House and its allies are starting to turn their sights to Newt Gingrich, invoking his tumultuous history as House speaker to brand him as the “king of gridlock,” a testament to his new viability and the sudden realization …
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Ann Coulter / Townhall.com:
Ann Coulter Newt Presents a Fresh New Virtual Face  —  Before you newly active Republicans commit to Newt Gingrich as your presidential nominee on the basis of the recent debates, here's a bit of Newt history you ought to know.  I promise you, it's going to come up if he's the candidate.
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
GOPers prep for ‘alpha dog’ debate  —  In a Republican presidential campaign marked by eventful debates, Saturday's forum stands to outdo all the others that came before it.  —  The drama is unmistakably building.  The ABC News/Des Moines Register debate at Drake University comes …
Discussion: CNN, Media Decoder, Swampland and The Caucus
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Mitt Happens: Gingrich Camp Says Personal Attacks Will Backfire
Discussion: Mediaite
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Gloves come off as Romney camp attacks Gingrich
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Romney launches coordinated assault on Gingrich
ABCNEWS:
The Forgotten Candidate: Ron Paul Gathers Momentum, Has Sights Set on Newt Gingrich
Discussion: The Daily Dish, GOP 12 and The Reaction
Mj Lee / The Politico:
Priebus: ‘Malpractice’ for me to back Trump debate  —  Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus spoke out Thursday against an upcoming GOP presidential debate to be moderated by Donald Trump, saying it would be “malpractice” for him as the leader of the party not to think the debate was problematic.
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Huntsman lashes out at GOP frontrunners
Discussion: The Politico
CNN:
RNC chair takes issue with Trump debate
Discussion: The Politico
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Rick Perry's Anti-Gay Iowa Ad Divides His Top Staff … 2012 Election , Log Cabin Republicans , Elections 2012 , Rick Perry , Video , Iowa Caucuses , Fabrizio Perry , Iowa Caucus 2012 , Perry Ad , Perry Dadt , Rick Perry 2012 , Rick Perry Ad Campaign , Rick Perry Don't Ask Don't Tell …
Fox News:
Holder Suggests ‘Fast and Furious’ Guns Will Be Used in Crimes for ‘Years to Come’  —  WASHINGTON - Attorney General Eric Holder suggested Thursday that weapons lost during the course of the failed “Fast and Furious” gunrunning operation will continue to show up at crime scenes in the U.S. and Mexico “for years to come.”
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: AG Holder could be impeached over gun-tracking program
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Republicans Less Enthusiastic About Voting in 2012  —  Republicans' enthusiasm gap over Democrats narrows  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Republicans' enthusiasm about voting in the election for president next year has decreased, with 49% of Republicans and independents who lean Republican now saying …
Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Poll: Elizabeth Warren soars 7 up over Scott Brown  —  UMass-Lowell, Herald poll shows attack ads harm both  —  Democrat Elizabeth Warren has opened up a lead against Republican incumbent Scott Brown for the first time in their U.S. Senate showdown, but a barrage of attack ads appears …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum  —  National Republicans and conservatives …
Wall Street Journal:
Corzine: ‘I Simply Do Not Know Where The Money Is’  —  A contrite Jon S. Corzine will express both sorrow and a firm defense of his actions Thursday in his first public appearance since the collapse of MF Global Holdings Ltd. in late October.  —  “Recognizing the enormous impact …
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Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Obama delaying Keystone pipeline to appease envelope stuffers, suggests McConnell  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday said President Obama decided to delay a decision on whether or not to permit construction of the Keystone XL pipeline in order to maintain the support …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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Ben Geman / The Hill:
Obama threatens veto if pipeline decision is added to payroll tax cut
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Eric Boehlert Targeted In Bungled ‘Verizon’ Sting … Verizon , Video , 99 Percent , Eric Boehlert , Mandy Nagy , Media Matters , Media Criticism , Mike Flynn , Sam Stein , Andrew Breitbart , James o'Keefe , To Catch a Journalist , Politics News  —  It was the middle of the day on Friday, and Eric Boehlert heard a knock on the door.
Investor's Business Daily:
Five Big Lies in Obama's Economic Fairness Speech  —  Election '12: One thing is certainly true about President Obama — no matter how many times people point out the falsehoods in his speeches, he just keeps making them.  Case in point: his latest “economic fairness” address.
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Journalism.org:
TWITTER AND THE CAMPAIGN  —  HOW THE DISCUSSION ON TWITTER VARIES FROM BLOGS AND NEWS COVERAGE AND RON PAUL'S TWITTER TRIUMPH  —  A detailed examination of more than 20 million Tweets about the race for president finds that the political discussion on Twitter is measurably different …
Discussion: The Politico, Poynter and Campaign 2012
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
Eric Cantor smacks down ‘insider’ Spencer Bachus  —  A day after Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus said he would move forward on an insider-trading bill, Majority Leader Eric Cantor stopped him dead in his tracks.  —  In a Wednesday meeting described by one source as …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Booman Tribune
Lerone Graham / WDBJ-TV:
Police officer shot on Virginia Tech campus  —  A police officer is reportedly the one who has been shot.  —  A police officer has been shot on the campus of Virginia Tech.  —  There is a report of a shooting on the campus of Virginia Tech.  —  BLACKSBURG, Va.—
Deanna Lambert / WSMV-TV:
Friends say classmate killed self after bullying on sexuality  —  Students at a local school are grieving a classmate.  Friends say the young man took his own life because he couldn't take any more bullying.  —  And they say school officials knew about the torment but didn't do enough to stop it.
 
 
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Alexis Levinson / The Daily Caller:
Obama recycles themes from failed democratic presidential campaigns
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
45 GOP Senators Filibustering Consumer Protection Nominee Have Received Millions From Wall Street This Year
US Department of State:
QUESTION: No.  —  MR. TONER: No, let's go ahead.  —  QUESTION: Stay on Syria.
Discussion: Washington Post and Campaign 2012
Lauren A. E. Schuker / Wall Street Journal:
NBC Courts Seacrest for ‘Today’
CBS News:
Putin: Clinton, U.S. to blame for voter unrest
Maggie Fazeli Fard / Washington Post:
Three Occupy D.C. members launch hunger strike
Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Scott's approval hits new low in poll: 26 percent
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Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Census: Widening income gap as blacks leave cities
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Politico
Emily B. Hager / New York Times:
Campaign Gains to Make Central Park Carriage Rides Horseless
Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
House Passes Bill To Grant Congress Veto Power Over White House Rules
Discussion: Firedoglake
Alec Baldwin / The Huffington Post:
A Farewell to Common Sense, Style, and Service on American Airlines
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

 
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