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11:45 AM ET, December 12, 2011

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Depression and Democracy  —  It's time to start calling the current situation what it is: a depression.  True, it's not a full replay of the Great Depression, but that's cold comfort.  Unemployment in both America and Europe remains disastrously high.  Leaders and institutions are increasingly discredited.
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Barack Obama's ‘60 Minutes’ Interview Has Me Screaming at My TV Again  —  Today on Morning Joe, they were playing clips of Steve Kroft's 60 Minutes interview with President Obama, and I literally started screaming.  There is only so much of this bulls-t I can endure without talking back to my TV:
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Jewel Samad / Investor's Business Daily:
As Americans struggle, the Obamas make do with 37 Christmas trees  —  The economy may be weak, unemployment strong and the first family soon to vacate the White House for another half-month of vacation in Hawaii.  —  But the Obamas have gone all out in decorating their house this year …
Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Kidding around: Romney defends bet  —  Mitt Romney on Fox & Friends this morning, responding to controversy surrounding his offer of a $10,000 bet with Rick Perry during last weekend's GOP debate. … He then blamed Barack Obama for advancing a narrative that Romney is out-of-touch.
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Huntsman's ex-campaign manager backs Romney
Discussion: CNN
Maeve Reston / Los Angeles Times:
Under fire for bet, Mitt Romney recalls more austere times
The Caucus:
Rival Campaigns Seize On Romney's $10,000 Bet
Jason Clayworth / Iowa Caucuses:
Iowa audience members yell at Rick Perry after Ames appearance [includes video]  —  Ames, Ia.  - A packed coffee house where Rick Perry spoke this afternoon turned into a bit of a ruckus that left the candidate heading out the back door and straight to his vehicle after several Iowans screamed questions about his views on gays.
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Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Perry going for broke in Iowa with 3 weeks to go
David Fisher / New Zealand Herald:
Sperm-donor kept wife in the dark  —  A conservative Christian politician has a secret life as a sperm donor for lesbian couples - even though he has campaigned against gay marriage.  —  American politician Bill Johnson has spent most of this year in Christchurch helping run the earthquake recovery …
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George Talbot / Breaking News from the Press-Register:
Alabama politician Bill Johnson caught in sperm donation scandal in New Zealand
Discussion: Jesus' General
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Boehner faces toughest leadership test  —  John Boehner's first year as Speaker has been filled with conflict as the Ohio Republican has battled President Obama, Senate Democrats and members of his House majority.  —  This week arguably is Boehner's biggest challenge of 2011 …
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Political winds shift to Democrats
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Prairie Weather
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Congress edges toward a compromise on spending
Discussion: NY Daily News and The Politico
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to hear challenge of Arizona's restrictive immigration law  —  The Supreme Court on Monday said it would review Arizona's restrictive immigration law that sparked a national controversy and inspired similar state efforts across the country to crack down on illegal immigrants.
Discussion: New York Times and National Review
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Supreme Court to consider Arizona illegal immigration law
Discussion: CNN
Daniel B. Klein / The Atlantic Online:
I Was Wrong, and So Are You  —  A libertarian economist retracts a swipe at the left—after discovering that our political leanings leave us more biased than we think.  —  BACK IN JUNE 2010, I published a Wall Street Journal op-ed arguing that the American left was unenlightened, by and large, as to economic matters.
Discussion: American Spectator
David Carr / New York Times:
When Truth Survives Free Speech  —  Last week, a story came across my desk that seemed to suggest that a blogger had been unfairly nailed with a $2.5 million defamation award after a judge refused to give her standing as a journalist.  A businessman who was the target of the blogger's inquiries brought the suit.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Record 64% Rate Honesty, Ethics of Members of Congress Low  —  Ratings of nurses, pharmacists, and medical doctors most positive  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Sixty-four percent of Americans rate the honesty and ethical standards of members of Congress as “low” or “very low,” tying the record “low” …
Paul Rincon / BBC:
Higgs boson: Excitement builds over ‘glimpses’ at LHC  —  The Higgs search is approaching its endgame at Cern  —  Scientists are widely expected to present evidence on Tuesday that the most coveted prize in particle physics - the Higgs boson - has been glimpsed.
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
As Kindle Fire Faces Critics, Remedies Are Promised  —  The Kindle Fire, Amazon's heavily promoted tablet, is less than a blazing success with many of its early users.  The most disgruntled are packing the device up and firing it back to the retailer.  —  A few of their many complaints: there is no external volume control.
Hans Villarica / The Atlantic Online:
Study of the Day: Drinking Alcohol Fuels the Desire for Unsafe Sex  —  New research shows that liquor consumption affects a person's intention to have unprotected sex, one of the leading causes of HIV infection  —  PROBLEM: Alcohol consumption has long been implicated in the incidence of unsafe sex, the leading cause of HIV infection.
San Francisco Chronicle:
Opposition grows to Occupy's port shutdown plan  —  Occupy Oakland's plan to shut down the city's bustling port on Monday for the second time in as many months is facing a complicating wrinkle nowhere in sight last time - opposition from several unions and some within the Occupy movement itself.
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: The real unemployment rate is 11 percent
J.E. Dyer / Hot Air:
Navy buys biofuel for $16 a gallon
Discussion: Don Surber and Campaign 2012
Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Trump: My debate is defining the race
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Can America regain most dynamic labour market mantle?
New York Times:
News Analysis: European Debt Deal May Not Be a Cure
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Daniel Yergin / Wall Street Journal:
America's New Energy Security
Discussion: Via Meadia
Tina Korbe / Hot Air:
Video: Why Obama's stimulus failed
Discussion: Betsy's Page
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Voting Rights? It All Depends
Bloomberg:
No One Says Who Took $586B in Fed Swaps
Phoebe Greenwood / Guardian:
Newt Gingrich condemned for calling Palestinians ‘terrorists’