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9:40 PM ET, December 23, 2011

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The New Republic:
TNR Exclusive: A Collection of Ron Paul's Most Incendiary Newsletters  —  For years, Ron Paul published a series of newsletters that dispensed political news and investment advice, but also routinely indulged in bigotry.  Here's a selection of some especially inflammatory passages …
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Timothy Egan / Opinionator:   Soldiers' Choice  —  So this is Christmas, season of peace …
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers frustrated with Boehner-Cantor soap opera  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) are being prodded by their House GOP colleagues to work through their battle-scarred relationship.  —  Republican lawmakers said they are frustrated …
Discussion: CNN and Campaign 2012
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Suicidal House Republicans  —  The payroll tax debacle is now the third suicidal episode undertaken by the House Republicans since they took control at the beginning of the year.  The first was when they voted almost unanimously for Paul Ryan's budget, which was filled with grist for attack ads …
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House approves payroll tax bill, sends to Obama for signature
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Hot Air
CNN:
Obama signs payroll tax cut extension
Anita Kumar / Washington Post:
Perry disqualified from Va. primary ballot  —  Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry failed to submit enough valid signatures to qualify for the Virginia primary ballot, state GOP officials said Friday evening.  —  Perry's campaign told state election officials it had submitted 11,911 signatures …
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Steve Contorno / Campaign 2012:
Rick Perry won't make ballot in Virginia  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry failed to get on Virginia's presidential primary ballot after the state Republican Party determined Friday that he didn't submit at least 10,000 valid signatures.  The GOP earlier announced former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney …
Discussion: Hot Air
Kevinliptak / CNN:
TRENDING: Trump dumps GOP  —  (CNN) - Donald Trump continued to tease a potential presidential run by changing his voter registration Thursday from Republican to “unaffiliated” and publicly denouncing the behavior of members of his former party.  —  Michael Cohen, an aide to Trump …
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Rachel Leven / Ballot Box:
Trump registers as an Independent, keeping door open to White House run
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Sara Sorcher / The Atlantic Wire:
Obama Blames Hawaii for his ‘Deep Down’ Laziness  —  The personality trait President Obama says he most deplores in himself and others is not exactly one you'd expect from, presumably, one of the busiest people in the world: laziness.  —  “You're lazy?”  Barbara Walters incredulously asked Obama …
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Holly Bailey / Yahoo! News:
Congressman apologizes for criticizing Michelle Obama's ‘large posterior’  —  A Republican congressman from Wisconsin has offered a personal apology to First Lady Michelle Obama after he was overheard at an airport lounge criticizing her “large posterior.”  —  Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner …
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. rejects South Carolina voter ID law, calling it discriminatory  —  REUTERS/Benjamin Myers (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)  —  The Justice Department on Friday entered the divisive national debate over new state voting laws, rejecting South Carolina's measure requiring …
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Justice Department blocks South Carolina's voter identification law
Discussion: The Politico
Justin Sink / The Hill:
New York Times sues Justice Department over targeted-killing memo
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Media continues letting Romney claims skate by unchecked  —  Steve Benen flags a Mitt Romney interview with Mark Halperin, in which Romney pushed back on criticism of his Bain years by claiming that Obama didn't create “any new jobs.”  Romney said: … Halperin didn't bother challenging Romney on this claim.
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Bob Vander Plaats' Pay-For-Play Scandal: Charged A Million Bucks For Endorsement, Asked Candidates To Drop Out  —  Bob Vander Plaats' endorsement of Rick Santorum has produced a backlash among conservatives in Iowa, some of whom are accusing the FAMiLY LEADER president of engaging in …
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Solange Uwimana / Media Matters for America:
Fox Celebrates Holidays With Outrageous Race-Based Attack On Obama  —  Fox News' animosity toward President Obama, three years into his presidency, is by now well-known.  This is the network that routinely calls Obama a socialist, accuses him of being involved in all sorts of conspiratorial plots, and claims that he hates America.
Joe Biden / Des Moines Register:
Vice President: This is what a real opportunity society looks like  —  M itt Romney recently laid out his plan for America.  Reading about it, I thought of my dad.  My dad was a hard worker.  He took pride in what he did.  And, like millions of Americans, that pride was put to the test …
John Wildermuth / San Francisco Chronicle:
Gay-friendly clergy disinvited from Castro church  —  Most Holy Redeemer Church, a Catholic parish in the middle of the Castro, is in trouble again with church leaders over how best to minister to its heavily gay and lesbian congregation.  —  In the latest incident, Archbishop George Niederauer …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and ABCNEWS
Larry Pearce / Governors' Wind Energy Coalition:
Former Sen. Tim Wirth outlines ambitious 2nd Obama term on climate change  —  President Obama has a “last window of opportunity” to get it right on climate change, U.N. Foundation President Tim Wirth warned this week.  —  The former Democratic U.S. senator from Colorado and undersecretary …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Grist
 
 
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Obama campaign returns Corzine donations
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Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
New Jersey remap a lump of coal for Democrats
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Stephanie Clifford / New York Times:
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What's next for Herman Cain
Discussion: FishbowlDC and NewsBusters.org
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Mary Orndorff / Sweet Home Potomac:
U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus may face challenge from state Sen. Scott Beason
Discussion: Ballot Box
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Voters leaving Republican, Democratic parties in droves
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Poll: Berkley holds slim lead over Heller for Senate seat
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Financial Times:
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