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10:00 AM ET, January 7, 2012

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Los Angeles Times:
Rick Santorum focuses on gay marriage  —  He suggests to a New Hampshire audience that an imprisoned father is preferable to a same-sex parent.  —  Mitt Romney leaves a campaign event outside an old peanut warehouse in Conway, S.C. (David Goldman, AP / January 6, 2012)
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ABCNEWS:
Republican Candidates Ready to Rumble in Key New Hampshire Debate  —  CHICAGO - With the race for the Republican presidential nomination at its most critical moment to date, only days before the crucial New Hampshire primary, the six candidates will square off Saturday night in Manchester …
Discussion: Power Line
Emily Schultheis / The Politico:
New Paul S.C. ad hits Santorum on ‘betrayal’  —  Ron Paul's campaign is out with this new ad in South Carolina, which hits Rick Santorum on his “record of betrayal.”  —  “One serial hypocrite exposed,” the ad says, showing clips of Newt Gingrich.  “Now another has emerged: Rick Santorum …
Universal Uclick / uExpress:
SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES UNITE FOR SANTORUM  —  On Tuesday night in Iowa, he stood before the cheering throngs like a Republican Rocky, or better yet, a latter-day Rudy suddenly lifted above his Notre Dame teammates in a fantastic storybook finish.  —  On Tuesday night, for the first time, Rick Santorum was a contender.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and National Review
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Rick Santorum's baby—and mine.
Discussion: CatholicVote.org
Rick Perlstein / Crooks and Liars:
Santorum's ‘Freedom’ is Pretty Much Slavery
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Paul blasts Santorum as ‘serial hypocrite’
Discussion: The Politico
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
‘The Obamas’: Book Reveals Friction Between Rahm Emanuel, Michelle Obama (UPDATE) … Barack Obama , Michelle Obama , Rahm Emanuel , White House , Obama , Video , Jodi Kantor , Obama White House , The Obamas , Obama Marriage , Obamas Marriage , The Obamas Jodi Kantor , Politics News
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Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
Michelle Obama and the Evolution of a First Lady  —  Michelle Obama was privately fuming, not only at the president's team, but also at her husband.  —  In the days after the Democrats lost Edward Kennedy's Senate seat in January 2010, Barack Obama was even-keeled as usual in meetings …
Carol Felsenthal / Chicago magazine:   Jodi Kantor Goes Inside the Obamas' Marriage in New Book
Elizabeth McNeil / People.com:
Kristy McNichol Wants to ‘Be Open About Who I Am’  —  Kristy McNichol has been out of the public eye for 20 years.  Now she's chosen to come out - to try to help kids who are being bullied.  —  McNichol, 49, who has lived with her partner Martie Allen, also 49, for the past two decades …
Sydney Morning Herald:
Climate change castaways consider move to Australia  —  Ben Doherty in Male, Maldives  —  Threat ... much of the Maldives could be lost to climate change.  —  THE President of what could be the first country in the world lost to climate change has urged Australia to prepare for a mass wave …
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Two new cases granted  —  UPDATE: The Court has announced that it will issue opinions in argued cases on both Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.  Further orders from today's Conference will be issued at 10 a.m. Monday.  —  The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to clarify when police may use …
New York Post:
This power grab's a sign of weakness  —  President Obama's executive power-grab this week — making four “recess” appointments when the Senate isn't in recess — is a mark not of his strength, but of his relative weakness.  He is asserting an authority he does not possess through the Constitution …
Discussion: Belmont Club and Betsy's Page
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama takes victory lap
Discussion: The Politico, CNN and Weasel Zippers
Dylan Byers / The Politico:
What Newt said about food stamps  —  Newt Gingrich's comments about African-Americans and food stamps, made at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire yesterday, have made the expected media rounds — from Slate to The Daily Beast to The Associated Press to MSNBC — but the interpretation has changed somewhat along the way.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Another Romney layoff victim, this one a conservative, speaks out  —  Reuters published a blockbuster story today on GS Technologies, a steel mill in Kansas City that was acquired by Bain Capital, leading to the layoffs of some 750 workers.  In this case, the workers lost promised severance pay …
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John Hudson / The Atlantic Wire:
The Sultriest Members of Congress  —  If you're the best-looking member in Congress, that won't guarantee you a high-ranking committee chair but it will bring you coveted media attention.  —  That's the finding from a new study by two Israeli professors in the journal of Political Communication.
Paul Conner / The Daily Caller:
Labor unions primary recipients of Obamacare waivers  —  Labor unions continued to receive the overwhelming majority of waivers from the president's health care reform law since the Obama administration tightened application rules last summer.  —  Documents released in a classic Friday …
Mike Pflanz / Telegraph:
20 killed as Nigerian gunmen attack Christian mourners  —  Gunmen in Nigeria on Friday opened fire on friends and relatives gathered to mourn the deaths of three Christians killed on Thursday, leaving up to 20 more people dead.  —  Nigeria has recently experienced a surge in ethnic and sectarian violence
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Rick Perry Unwinds Before New Hampshire Debate At Texas Shooting Range  —  ABC's Michael Falcone and Arlette Saenz report:  —  Ready, aim fire.  That's apparently Texas Gov. Rick Perry's idea of relaxation before returning to the campaign trail this weekend.
 
 
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CNN:
U.S. Navy rescues Iranian sailors
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Holly Robichaud / Lone Republican:
Wall Street money for Warren
Ben W. Heineman Jr / The Atlantic Online:
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Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Ron Paul Suggests Third Party Presidential Run Still An Option
Jared Bernstein / On the Economy:
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Discussion: Firedoglake and Hullabaloo
Ry Rivard / Charleston Daily Mail:
Redistricting battle to be appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
Discussion: Hotline On Call
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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
S.E.C. Changes Policy on Firms' Admission of Guilt
Discussion: Firedoglake and DealBook
Beth Stebner / Daily Mail:
Pictured: Home invader teen widow shot dead who 'was coming for her dead 58-year-old husband's drugs'
Gillian Kane / Slate:
Brazil's Insidious New Pregnancy Registration Law Violates the Privacy of Women
Discussion: Crooked Timber
Brad Cooper / Kansas City Star:
Legislator apologizes for ‘YoMama’ email about first lady