memeorandum: ABC News GOP debate tonight at 9pm ET from Iowa (Nate/2012 Election Central)

2:40 AM ET, December 11, 2011

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Frances Martel / Mediaite:

Glenn Beck: The Tea Party Supporting Gingrich Over Obama ‘Must Be About Race’ — Glenn Beck has made no secret of how much he dislikes Newt Gingrich- not even to Newt Gingrich's face. But he has yet to confront his supporters until last night, when he reasoned to Freedom Watch host Judge Andrew Napolitano …

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Christian Whiton / Fox News:

Why Washington Is Shocked, Shocked By Newt Gingrich's Rise Over Mitt Romney — One of the more enjoyable spectacles out of Washington lately has been the horror of establishment Beltway Republicans that Newt Gingrich just might be their presidential nominee, having jumped ahead of Mitt Romney in recent polls.

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Nate / 2012 Election Central:
ABC News GOP debate tonight at 9pm ET from Iowa

Discussion: Catholic Bandita, Maggie's Notebook, Mediaite, Taylor Marsh and Washington Post

Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:

The ABC/Yahoo Iowa Debate: What to Watch For — No days off! — That's the motto of the 2012 Republican presidential candidates (and the people that cover them) with only 24 days left before the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses. — FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2011, file photo Republican presidential …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Reuters, Iowa Caucuses, Althouse, Booman Tribune, msnbc.com and VentureBeat

Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:

Rick Santorum Will Score Upset Win in Tonight's ‘Pivotal’ ABC Debate in Iowa — That's not the headline on the ABC News story, of course: … We should recognize this as what it is: Hype, of the same sort of stuff Hunter S. Thompson used to write when he was moonlighting as a publicist for a Florida wrestling promoter:

Discussion: ABCNEWS, The Spectacle Blog, Daily Pundit and The Lonely Conservative

ABCNEWS:
With Race Heating Up, Republicans Set To Square Off In Pivotal Iowa Debate

Discussion: The Politico, NO QUARTER, Michelle Malkin, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Iowa Caucuses, Washington Post and Guardian

Richard Adams / Guardian:

GOP presidential debate in Iowa: as it happened — Mitt Romney suffered a $10,000 gaffe while Newt Gingrich brushed off a series of attacks during the GOP debate in Iowa — Live from Des Moines, it's Saturday night - and welcome to live-blogging coverage of the GOP presidential debate in Des Moines …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Los Angeles Times, Balloon Juice, CNN and Iowa Caucuses

CNN:

“Putin Out,” Russian protesters chant — Moscow (CNN) — Tens of thousands of Russians turned out in central Moscow and across the country Saturday to protest what they believe were rigged parliamentary elections. — United Russia, the party of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin …

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Miriam Elder / Guardian:

Russians protest over ‘election fraud’ — Tens of thousands defy bitter cold and fear of crackdown in challenge to victorious party of Vladimir Putin — Up to 50,000 people braved the cold and snow on Saturday to turn out for the largest ever protest against the rule of prime minister Vladimir Putin.

Discussion: Balloon Juice and Truthdig

Ellen Barry / New York Times:
Tens of Thousands Protest in Moscow, Russia, in Defiance of Putin

Discussion: VentureBeat and ThinkProgress

CNN:

Palestinians attack Gingrich comment on ‘invented’ people — (CNN) — Senior Palestinian leaders on Saturday strongly criticized comments by Republican presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich that the Palestinians are an “invented” people, calling them ignorant and racist.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Christian Science Monitor, American Power, American Spectator, National Review, The Moderate Voice, Atlas Shrugs, The Raw Story, The Caucus, The Hill, Outside the Beltway and Washington Wire

Associated Press:
Palestinians outraged by Gingrich remarks

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Fox News:
Gingrich Describes Palestinian People as ‘Invented’

Discussion: Associated Press

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:

LightSquared disrupts 75% of GPS receivers in gov't testing — The saga of LightSquared added a new chapter last night, as Bloomberg reported on the preliminary result of tests of the satellite Internet provider's service in relation to GPS devices. The Obama administration has pushed LightSquared …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
Falcone's LightSquared Said to Disrupt 75% of GPS in Tests

Discussion: Hot Air and Guardian

Eric Kleefeld / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:

TPM2012 — Santorum: ‘Science Should Get Out Of Politics’ — Rick Santorum is known for his insistence that religion has an important place in political life — and also for criticizing various examples of scientific consensus such as evolution, global warming, stem-cell research, human sexuality, and other matters.

Discussion: Liberal Values, Balloon Juice, Althouse and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

William Petroski / Iowa Caucuses:
Santorum: Parents, not Obama, know what is best for their child's education

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Little Green Footballs

Austin American-Statesman:

U.S. Supreme Court blocks Texas redistricting maps — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked the use of recently redrawn Texas congressional and legislative election maps, possibly throwing the March 6 primary election into disarray. — By granting the stay requested …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Greg's Opinion, Althouse and New York Times

George F. Will / Washington Post:

Ron Paul, spoiler? — On Oct. 12, 1948, the campaign train of Tom Dewey, the Republican nominee against President Harry Truman, pulled into Beaucoup, Ill., where, from the rear platform, he would speak to about 1,000 people. Before he began, the engineer mistakenly caused the train to lurch …

Discussion: Booman Tribune, Eunomia, No More Mister Nice Blog and NPR