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11:15 AM ET, January 6, 2012

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KCCI-TV:
Could Typo Rewrite Caucus History?  —  Caucus Vote Counter Says Romney Mistakenly Given 20 Votes  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Caucus night was chaotic in many places, with hundreds of voters, candidates showing up and the throngs of media who followed.  The world's eyes were on Iowa.
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Rasmussen Reports:
South Carolina Primary: Romney 27%, Santorum 24%, Gingrich 18%  —  What a difference a caucus makes.  Rick Santorum who two months ago had one percent (1%) support among likely South Carolina Republican Primary voters now is running a close second there with 24% of the vote.
ABCNEWS:
Gingrich on Romney Debating the President: ‘Obama is Going to Laugh at Him’  —  Former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich drew a clear distinction between himself and his rivals, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, and insisted in an interview with me today that he's the best conservative candidate to beat President Obama.
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Romney hits Obama's economic record despite improving jobs numbers
Discussion: The Politico
Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Santorum Booed After Gay Marriage Exchange  —  Rick Santorum was booed after a lengthy back-and-forth with several students in Concord, N.H., on the issue of same-sex marriage, which is legal in New Hampshire.  —  As Santorum addressed a group of college students, one asked …
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Was Santorum ‘Weird’ For Bringing Home His Stillborn Baby?  (UPDATED)  —  There is much I don't like about Rick Santorum's ideas, but the story of how he and his wife dealt with the tragic death of their baby is not something that bothers me.  Pete Wehner has an appropriately indignant post …
Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Rick Santorum: ‘We Always Need a Jesus Candidate’  —  WINDHAM, N.H. - Rick Santorum addressed his largest crowd ever Thursday evening while speaking at an event set up by a tea party group, the 9/12 project.  —  Santorum addressed the crowd and and took questions for almost two hours …
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Spotlight Shines on Santorum, Rough Edges and All
NBC's Andrew Rafferty / msnbc.com:
Santorum booed in contentious exchange over gay marriage
Peter Wehner / Commentary Magazine:
Partisan Politics and Vicious Assaults
Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
Santorum Insists On Comparing Marriage Equality To Polygamy In Heated Exchange With Students
Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
U.S. Adds 200,000 Jobs; Unemployment Rate at 8.5%  —  The United States added a robust 200,000 new jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday, in a sign that the long-awaited economic recovery has finally built up a head of steam.  —  The nation's unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent in December …
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Phil Izzo / Real Time Economics:
Unemployment Rate Drop Is for Real  —  The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 8.5% in December, while a broader measure dropped even further to 15.2% from 15.6% the prior month, both at their lowest levels since February 2009.  —  While the unemployment rate has been falling in part due …
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Unemployment Falls to 8.5%; 200,000 New Jobs Created  —  The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 8.5 percent last month as job creation was more robust than expected, providing continued signs that the nation's labor market is improving gradually.  —  Growth in manufacturing jobs helped offset …
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
A good jobs report — and a good year
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
Payroll jobs up, jobless rate falls to 8.5 percent
Tim Mullaney / USA Today:
Dec. unemployment rate lowest in nearly 3 years
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Marathon Pundit
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Path to Green Card for Illegal Immigrant Family Members of Americans  —  Obama administration officials announced on Friday that they will propose a fix to a notorious snag in immigration law that will spare hundreds of thousands of American citizens from prolonged separations from immigrant spouses and children.
Discussion: Colorlines
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Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Obama rule would let undocumented stay in U.S. during application
Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools
Susan Walsh / Latino.FoxNews.com:
Obama Administration Plans Immigration Rule Change
Discussion: Right Wing News
Tim Mak / The Politico:
Obama to ease green-card rule?
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
The Boston Globe:
For vision and national unity, Huntsman for GOP nominee  —  DISSATISFACTION WITH the economy, expressed in spasms of anger toward Wall Street and Washington; the dashed hopes of many who believed that Barack Obama's election would create a new spirit of unity; and genuine uncertainty …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Private sector jobs looking much stronger  —  In the previous post, we talked about the new monthly jobs report, but in keeping with tradition, here's a slightly different chart — one showing just the private sector job market.  —  Overall, the U.S. economy added 200,000 jobs in December …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Brad DeLong
Tom Tolan / JSOnline:
Judge rules for Walker campaign in case against state election officials  —  Waukesha — A judge ruled Thursday that the state Government Accountability Board needs to take more aggressive action to vet recall signatures that are expected to be submitted in two weeks against Gov. Scott Walker and other Republican office holders.
Greg Wilson / NBC Los Angeles:
Woman Scratches, Rubs Butt Over $30M Painting  —  Police say she was drunk  —  This work by Clyfford Still, titled “D No. 1,” was not damaged by a drunken woman.  —  A Colorado woman dropped her pants at a museum and rubbed her rear end all over a painting valued at $30 million, according to police.
Timothy R. Homan / Bloomberg:
U.S. December Hiring Probably Accelerated  —  Hiring in the U.S. probably accelerated in December for a second month, pointing to a strengthening labor market heading into 2012, economists said before a report this week.  —  Payrolls climbed by 155,000 workers after rising 120,000 the previous month …
 
 
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