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9:30 PM ET, December 29, 2011

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Paul West / Los Angeles Times:
Ron Paul: Sanctions against Iran are ‘acts of war’  —  Ron Paul campaigns during an event honoring veterans at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011.  (Charles Dharapak / Associated Press)  —  Reporting from Perry, Iowa— Defending himself against charges of isolationism …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Santorum Surge In Iowa and Beyond  —  The extent to which Rick Santorum has gained in Iowa polling is not entirely clear.  Although two polls have him with 16 percent of the vote, two others that were in the field at the same time have him at 10 and 11 percent, respectively.
msnbc.com:
Bachmann campaign loses second key staffer in Ron Paul flap
Discussion: National Review and The Page
Niall Stanage / Ballot Box:
New poll shows Romney with big NH lead
Discussion: CNN and The Moderate Voice
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney still up big in New Hampshire
Discussion: The Raw Story, Mediaite, CNN and Guardian
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Romney Edges Gingrich, 27% to 23%, for National GOP Lead
Fox News:
Santorum Claims Iowa ‘Spark’ as Polls Show Candidacy Surging
Discussion: Naked DC
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Top Santorum supporter says he can win Iowa caucus
Juana Summersand Charles Mahtesian / The Politico:
Ron Paul soft spot emerges: Foreign policy
Discussion: CNN, Tom Watson, Mediaite and Mercury Rising
Jeffrey Scott Shapiro / Big Government:
EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Pelosi's Daughter: ‘My Mom Wants to Leave Congress’  —  Alexandra Pelosi, daughter of House Minority Leader and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, told Big Government this week that her mother wants to leave Congress-and that she remains in Washington only at the behest of her campaign donors.
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Pelosi aides dispute daughter's claim  —  Nancy Pelosi's office says her daughter is wrong when she says the California Democrat wants to leave politics.  —  Alexandra Pelosi, the Democratic activist and filmmaker, said in an interview with Andrew Breitbart's Big Government …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Political Predictions for 2012  —  Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid …
Hunter Walker / PolitickerNY:
Stormfront Founder Don Black Says White Supremacists Thought Ron Paul Was ‘One of Us’  —  Ron Paul was a hot topic this week on the talk radio show hosted by prominent white supremacist Don Black and his son Derek.  Mr. Black said he received Mr. Paul's controversial newsletters …
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Joseph W. McQuaid / unionleader.com:
Ron Paul is truly dangerous  —  Ron Paul is a dangerous man.  While his domestic libertarian views are quite attractive to some voters fed up with politics as usual, it is Paul's position on issues of our national security that are truly dangerous.  —  Those views have been largely overlooked …
Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Ron Paul Downplays Newsletters : Only ‘Eight To Ten Sentences’ Were Offensive
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
White House Memo: Obama Gains Reputation as Distant in Washington  —  WASHINGTON — Air Force One had just landed in Manchester, N.H., on a brisk Tuesday morning last month when President Obama made an admission to Valerie B. Jarrett, his close friend and senior adviser.  —  “I just called Reggie,” Mr. Obama said.
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Slow News Week Leads to Headache-Inducing Obama Personality Profile  —  He's the one in control (White House photo)  —  This feels suspiciously like “he came in and trashed the place and it's not his place” journalism.  Maybe the ghost of David Broder animated this journalist for the purposes of the story:
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Pew Research Center:
Little Change in Public's Response to ‘Capitalism,’ ‘Socialism’  —  A Political Rhetoric Test  —  OVERVIEW  —  The recent Occupy Wall Street protests have focused public attention on what organizers see as the excesses of America's free market system, but perceptions of capitalism …
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Despite GOP opposition, light bulb standards will phase in on Jan. 1  —  New light bulb efficiency standards will begin phasing in on Jan. 1 despite intense opposition from conservatives, who have blasted the rules as a textbook unnecessary federal regulation.
Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Rick Santorum's Two-Step Plan To End Poverty … WASHINGTON — At a campaign event in Iowa on Wednesday, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum laid out his simple two-point plan for eradicating poverty in America.  —  “Do you know if you do two things in your life — if you do two things in your life …
The New Republic:
TNR On the Most Overlooked Stories of 2011  —  Lawrence Kaplan: America's Silent Withdrawal From Iraq  —  War is over.  —  No, really.  “Permanent” bases?  Absolutely not.  A decades-long partnership between Iraq and the United States?  With the American officials who guide the fortunes …
ABCNEWS:
Perry Draws Blank on Landmark Texas Anti-Sodomy Supreme Court Case  —  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Texas Gov. Rick Perry admitted Thursday that he didn't know about the Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas, a case decided while he was governor which struck down the state's anti-sodomy law and similar laws in 13 others.
Robert Reich:
My Political Prediction for 2012: It's Obama-Clinton  —  My political prediction for 2012 (based on absolutely no inside information): Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden swap places.  Biden becomes Secretary of State — a position he's apparently coveted for years.  And Hillary Clinton, Vice President.
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Hillary Chabot / Boston Herald:
Scott Brown: Media's pulling punches with Elizabeth Warren  —  U.S. Sen. Scott Brown yesterday opened the door to as many as four debates with likely Democratic rival Elizabeth Warren, even as he griped that the media is treating the Harvard Law professor with kid gloves while taking roundhouse punches at him.
Discussion: The Raw Story and Daily Kos
 
 
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Jason Embry / Austin American-Statesman:
Perry hits Santorum on earmarks, but Texas has sought its own
Discussion: The Politico and Ballot Box
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Obama administration secretly preparing options for aiding the Syrian opposition
Bryan Fischer / afa.net:
When we pick a president, we are in fact choosing a minister of God
Investor's Business Daily:
Kind columnist vows to help N.Y.Times readers on its reneged offer
Discussion: americanthinker.com
New York Times:
Egypt Raids Offices of Nonprofits, 3 Backed by U.S.
Mark Landler / New York Times:
U.S. to Sell F-15 Fighters to Saudi Arabia in Deal Worth $30 Billion
Discussion: The White House and Firedoglake
 Earlier Items: 
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Obama, Democrats Have Edge on Payroll Tax, Unemployment
Discussion: Campaign 2012 and Daily Kos
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
Instead of Work, Younger Women Head to School
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Is the U.S. Getting Older and Whiter, or Younger and More Diverse? Yes.
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts
 
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