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10:30 AM ET, December 24, 2011

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Anita Kumar / Washington Post:
Gingrich, Perry disqualified from Va. primary ballot  —  Former House speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry failed to submit enough valid signatures to qualify for the Virginia primary ballot, state GOP officials said Friday evening and early Saturday.
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Perry ballot petition rejected in Virginia  —  (CNN) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry will not appear on the Virginia primary ballot after submitting a petition that didn't meet the commonwealth's requirements, the Virginia Republican Party announced Friday.  —  In an announcement on their Twitter feed …
Discussion: The Politico
Associated Press:
Gingrich fails to qualify for Va. primary ballot  —  WASHINGTON - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has failed to qualify for Virginia's March 6 Republican primary, a development that complicates his bid to win the GOP presidential nomination.  —  “After verification …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Other McCain
Rockland County Times:
Two's Company, is Three a Crowd?  —  CORRECTION FROM EARLIER VERSION— Gingrich has not yet been certified as qualifying  —  The Virginia State Republican Party has indicated that of the seven candidates Mitt Romney and Ron Paul are the only two GOPers to qualify for their March 6 GOP primary ballot as of mid-Friday evening.
Steve Contorno / Campaign 2012:
Gingrich, Perry won't make ballot in Virginia
Discussion: Bob Owens and Hot Air
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Perry knocked off Va. primary ballot
Maeve Reston / Los Angeles Times:
Spotlight on Romney's marriage casts shadow on Gingrich's past
Discussion: Althouse
Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
Gingrich Defends South Carolina's Decision To Fly Confederate Flag At Capital  —  At an event in South Carolina yesterday, Newt Gingrich was asked by a town hall participant to offer his views regarding the state's decision to fly the Confederate flag at the statehouse in Columbia.
Discussion: The Politico and Booman Tribune
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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 …
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Justice Department blocks South Carolina's voter identification law
Discussion: The Politico
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Christmas greetings replace partisanship in weekly addresses  —  (CNN) - After weeks of squabbling over extending the payroll tax cut, Republicans and President Barack Obama turned their focus on the holidays in their weekly addresses Saturday.  —  The addresses, which typically ding …
Discussion: The Politico
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Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Barbara Walters' Slobbering Interview With Obama: What Super Power Do You Want?  —  Barbara Walters, who famously asked Katherine Hepburn what type of tree she was, may have outdone herself in a slobbering interview with Michelle and Barack Obama.  In previews of Friday's “20/20” segment …
Discussion: Doug Ross
Holly Bailey / Yahoo! News:
Congressman apologizes for criticizing Michelle Obama's ‘large posterior’
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Republican 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 …
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Obama says he's not bound by Guantanamo, gun-control provisions  —  President Obama said Friday he will not be bound by at least 20 policy riders in the 2012 omnibus funding the government, including provisions pertaining to Guantanamo Bay and gun control.  —  After he signed the omnibus …
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
The Big Lie  —  So this is how the Big Lie works.  —  You begin with a hypothesis that has a certain surface plausibility.  You find an ally whose background suggests that he's an “expert”; out of thin air, he devises “data.”  You write articles in sympathetic publications …
Discussion: Paul Krugman and American Prospect
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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Derrick Rose / WAFF-TV:
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John Schwartz / New York Times:
Michigan City of Troy, Led by Tea Party Mayor, Rejects Federal Dollars
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Obama campaign returns Corzine donations
Discussion: The Politico
Timothy Egan / Opinionator:
Soldiers' Choice  —  So this is Christmas, season of peace …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
LA faces millions in costs for Occupy damage
Discussion: Moe Lane and Weasel Zippers
John Wildermuth / San Francisco Chronicle:
Gay-friendly clergy disinvited from Castro church
Discussion: ThinkProgress and ABCNEWS
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
New York Times sues Justice Department over targeted-killing memo
Discussion: New York Magazine and Firedoglake
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
New Jersey remap a lump of coal for Democrats
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
What's next for Herman Cain
Discussion: FishbowlDC and NewsBusters.org
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Voters leaving Republican, Democratic parties in droves
 

 
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