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11:30 AM ET, December 30, 2011

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NBC's Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC poll: Mitt Romney, Ron Paul neck-and-neck in Iowa; Newt Gingrich in 5th  —  In the past two weeks, support has fallen sharply in Iowa for Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich.  NBC's Chuck Todd reports.  —  By NBC's Mark Murray  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Michele Bachmann's hard fall  —  Four months ago, Michele Bachmann seemed poised for a banner December.  —  She'd just won the Ames Straw Poll — vanquishing her Minnesota rival, Tim Pawlenty, in the process — and was getting accustomed to life in the top tier of 2012 candidates.
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
CNN:
Front runners take short break from Iowa this weekend
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
IOWA NOTEBOOK: Occupy Caucuses?
Discussion: Daily Pundit
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Top Santorum supporter says he can win Iowa caucus
Discussion: The Politico and National Review
CNN:
TRENDING: In early book, Rep. Ron Paul criticized AIDS patients, minority rights and sexual harassment victims  —  Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) - Texas Rep. Ron Paul has distanced himself from a series of controversial newsletters from the 1980s and 1990s that bore his name and included inflammatory and racially charged language.
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Judy Woodruff / Online NewsHour:
Iowa Dispatch: After ‘Christmas With Ron Paul,’ a Texas Respite  —  Presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul greets supporters during a campaign event Thursday in Atlantic, Iowa; photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images  —  First stop after arriving Thursday in Iowa to cover the Republican presidential Caucuses …
Discussion: Ballot Box and Washington Post
Hunter Walker / PolitickerNY:
Stormfront Founder Don Black Says White Supremacists Thought Ron Paul Was ‘One of Us’
Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Ron Paul Downplays Newsletters : Only ‘Eight To Ten Sentences’ Were Offensive
Discussion: CBS News and Daily Kos
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Keynes Was Right  —  “The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.”  So declared John Maynard Keynes in 1937, even as F.D.R. was about to prove him right by trying to balance the budget too soon, sending the United States economy — which had been steadily recovering …
Discussion: Campaign 2012, Vox Popoli and Daily Kos
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WordPress Takes Down “Bare Naked Islam” Blog After Threats From CAIR  —  WordPress took down Bare Naked Islam Blog today after threats from CAIR.
Peter Schorsch / Saint Petersblog:
Latest Florida poll: Mitt Romney 27%, Newt Gingrich 26%; no one else in double digits  —  As Florida voters begin to focus on the state's pivotal GOP presidential primary at the end of January, the leading contenders are former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich …
Discussion: The Hill and Taegan Goddard's …
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
An Election Year Dawns Without Keith Olbermann  —  Keith Olbermann, who came to Current TV this year to remake the channel and compete against his old home, MSNBC, is sitting out the biggest political nights of the season.  —  Despite being the biggest star on the fledging channel …
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Wayne Besen / Truth Wins Out:
TWO Steps Up Campaign Calling on Chicago Archbishop Francis George to Resign with Full-Page Chicago Tribune Ad on Sunday  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Contact: Wayne Besen, Executive Director  —  More than 4,000 People Have Already Signed TWO's Petition Urging George to Step Down For Comparing LGBT Community to Ku Klux Klan
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Rick Santorum, Earmarxists, and the Pro-Life Statist  —  A number of people read my post yesterday about Rick Santorum and still are scratching their heads.  In my book RedState Uprising I spent a bit of time dealing with “pro-life statists” who will be the death of the conservative movement if we do not start standing up to them.
James Hohmann / The Politico:
Ron Paul slams Barack Obama on drone strikes  —  COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Ron Paul accused President Barack Obama on Thursday of offering suspected terrorists fewer legal protections than Nazi war criminals were given.  —  The Republican presidential candidate laced into Obama for authorizing …
Discussion: Pat Dollard and Weasel Zippers
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama visits Pearl Harbor for first time since entering office  —  President Obama on Thursday evening made his first trip to Pearl Harbor since becoming commander-in-chief.  —  The president and first lady Michelle Obama visited the USS Arizona Memorial, where they observed a moment …
Discussion: CNN and ABCNEWS
Malia Zimmerman / Hawaii Reporter:
Occupy Hawaii Island Movement Plans Protest Near Pelosi's Posh Hawaiian Hotel  —  BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN - U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, one of the most powerful supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement, may be in the right place at the right time to protest with the Big Island branch of the movement, Occupy Hawaii Island.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Nuclear Power Play: Ambition, Betrayal And The ‘Ugly Underbelly’ Of Energy Regulation
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Don Walton / Lincoln Journal Star:
Beutler brushes off Senate speculation; Nelson staff mulls campaign funds
Ynetnews:
Hezbollah's Nasrallah worth $250M?
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Israel Matzav
Los Angeles Times:
Iran naval chief says closing gulf to oil traffic would be easy
J.J. Gould / The Atlantic Online:
9-Foot-Tall Supersoldier Mourns Kim Jong Il
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Investor's Business Daily:
Kind columnist vows to help N.Y.Times readers on its reneged offer
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Despite GOP opposition, light bulb standards will phase in on Jan. 1
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Rick Santorum's Two-Step Plan To End Poverty