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9:00 AM ET, December 15, 2011

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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Payroll tax cut and spending bill stall in Senate, raising threat of shutdown  —  Negotiations over how to extend a payroll tax holiday for 160 million Americans and avoid a government shutdown this weekend ground to a halt Wednesday after a standoff in the Senate over how to proceed.
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
White House backs down from threat to veto Defense bill over detainee language
Discussion: Wonkette
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
President Will Not Veto Defense Authorization Bill, Despite Detention Provisions
National Review:
Winnowing the Field  —  A hard-fought presidential primary campaign is obscuring the uncharacteristic degree of unity within the Republican party.  It has reached a conservative consensus on most of the pressing issues of the day.  All of the leading candidates, and almost all of the lagging ones, support the right to life.
New York Times:
In a Tactical Shift, Romney Trains Sights on Gingrich  —  Mitt Romney, his presidential aspirations suddenly endangered by Newt Gingrich's rapid resurgence, is employing aggressive new arguments in an effort to disqualify Mr. Gingrich as a credible choice to Republicans, calling him “zany” …
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The Caucus:
Romney Warns of Nominating ‘Zany’ Gingrich  —  Mitt Romney is sharpening his warning to Republicans about the consequences of nominating Newt Gingrich as the party's presidential candidate, declaring in an interview on Wednesday: “Zany is not what we need in a president.”  —  “Zany is great in a campaign.
Dr. Milton R. Wolf / Washington Times:
Staying true to the Tea Party  —  Glenn Beck dishonors Gingrich supporters  —  If you like Glenn Beck, you probably hate women.  Sounds outlandish, I know, but if you apply Mr. Beck's own twisted logic, it follows.  Glenn Beck recently accused millions of Tea Partyers of racism.
Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com
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A.Killough / CNN:
Candidates make appeal to anti-abortionists
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama looking good in Virginia
Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Occupy Protesters Interrupt Gingrich
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
At Fort Bragg, Obama Showers Praise on Troops Back From Iraq  —  FORT BRAGG, N.C. — President Obama observed the end of the war in Iraq on Wednesday before an audience of those who fought in it, telling a crowd of returning war veterans that the nine years of conflict in Iraq …
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Washington Post:   Iraq war draws to a quiet close
New York Times:
U.S. Officially Ends Its Mission in Iraq
Discussion: emptywheel and Guardian
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
NBC News Brass Reportedly Furious Over Handling Of Romney KKK Slogan Story  —  As if former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney didn't have enough problems already, a story that connects him to the Ku Klux Klan has now entered the cable news bloodstream.  AmericaBlog noticed that a phrase Romney has used …
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Commander in Creep  —  Got a friend who backs Obama?  They have a list of people like you.  —  Somewhere along the line, somebody signed us up for the Barack Obama campaign emails.  Normally we don't care for spam, political or otherwise, but these are so odd that we've kept them coming out of curiosity.
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Janie Lorber / Roll Call:
Occupy, Liberals Can't Get Together
Washington Examiner:
Romney is GOP's best choice  —  Mitt Romney participates in a wide-ranging interview with members of The Washington Examiner editorial board on Dec. 7.  (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)  —  The only Republican who can beat Obama  —  The headlines Wednesday morning brought the stunning news …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Tom Friedman, hitting rock bottom  —  Today's Tom Friedman's column has set off a firestorm.  Now, he says and writes many wrong-headed things, about China and other dictatorial regimes, primarily.  But today he hits rock bottom: … You see, in Friedman's eyes, the entire U.S. Congress is bought and paid for by a cabal of Jews.
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Marines' Haditha Interviews Found in Iraqi Junkyard  —  BAGHDAD — One by one, the Marines sat down, swore to tell the truth and began to give secret interviews discussing one of the most horrific episodes of America's time in Iraq: the 2005 massacre by Marines of Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha.
The Politico:
Playbook 2012: The Right Fights Back (Politico Inside Election 2012)  —  Buy this eBook  —  Two of America's most perceptive political reporters join forces for an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the race for the White House in POLITICO's Playbook 2012, a series of four instant digital books on the 2012 presidential election.
Discussion: American Spectator
Wall Street Journal:
A Bipartisan Way Forward on Medicare  —  Allowing private plans to compete with traditional Medicare will help lower costs and spur innovation.  —  Few issues draw more heated partisan rhetoric than the future of Medicare.  Seniors are a reliable and powerful voting bloc …
Tom MacDonald / NewsWorks:
Opponents in Philadelphia say bill on Sharia law unfair to Muslims  —  A bill in Harrisburg that opponents say is targeted against Muslims has followers of that faith upset.  —  House Bill 2029 would ban Pennsylvania courts from considering any foreign legal code or system that isn't identical with the Constitution.
Investor's Business Daily:
Documents Show Justice's Breuer Misled On ‘Furious’  —  Ethics In Government: Attorney General Eric Holder insists “nobody at the Justice Department has lied” about the gun-running scandal Fast and Furious.  That in itself is a lie, as his deputy's emails prove.
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan to announce new approach to preserving Medicare  —  House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, who has been castigated by Democrats and hailed by Republicans for his plan to privatize Medicare, will on Thursday unveil a new approach that would preserve the 46-year-old federal health program.
Christopher Doering / Reuters:
Exclusive: Regulators know where MF Global funds went  —  (Reuters) - Regulators now have a more complete picture of money transfers in the final days of bankrupt brokerage MF Global, but must sort out which transactions were legitimate before more money can be released to customers, a top official told Reuters on Wednesday.
City Room:
Woman Fatally Crushed in Midtown Elevator Accident  —  A 41-year-old woman was crushed to death when she entered an elevator at the Madison Avenue headquarters of the advertising giant Y&R and it suddenly rose before the doors had closed, pinning her between the floor of the elevator and ceiling …
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
GOP Sen. Coburn: My ‘Most Liberal’ Colleagues Are ‘More Intellectually Honest’ Regarding The Deficit  —  As Senate Republicans continue to stand against raising taxes on millionaires — even if it means the current payroll tax cut that's benefiting every working American expires …
Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
Lawyer asks judge to endorse Blagojevich for rehab  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Rod Blagojevich's attorneys have asked to have him placed in a drug abuse program when he starts his 14-year prison sentence for corruption, though they aren't saying if the former Illinois governor has a problem or if it's a legal move.
Discussion: TalkLeft and The Politico
 
 
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Doubts Emerge After European Union's Euro Deal
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Brian Wheeler / BBC:
The scandal of the Alabama poor cut off from water
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Jonathan S. Landay / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Marines promoted inflated story for Medal of Honor recipient
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Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC  —  Dems Consider Dropping Demands As Republicans Risk A Shutdown
Paul Krugman:
Speaking of People Whose Models Have Failed
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Carrier IQ faces federal probe into allegations software tracks cellphone data
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Rick Perry stresses values on Iowa bus tour kick-off
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Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Gary Busey withdraws Gingrich endorsement
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