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10:55 AM ET, January 8, 2012

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ABCNEWS:
Why Mitt Romney Didn't Get Attacked In Saturday Night's Debate  —  The assumption was that Saturday's ABC/WMUR debate was going to produce some serious fireworks.  —  After all, you have a front-runner who is quickly assuming the mantle of the “inevitable” nominee.
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Buzzfeed Politics / Politics:
Romney: Politics For The Rich  —  His father told him he shouldn't go into politics if he had a mortgage to pay.  Most people have mortgages to pay.  —  (Reuters / JIM BOURG)  —  Mitt Romney suggested in today's debate that only rich people should run for office, and then quickly celebrated …
New York Times:
Romney Eludes Rivals' Attacks at Republican Debate in N.H.  —  GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — A relaxed and self-assured Mitt Romney sailed above the fray at a crucial debate on Saturday night as his Republican rivals engaged in a spirited fight to determine which of them would emerge as his most formidable opponent …
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
New Hampshire primary: Mitt Romney rises above squabbling pack  —  GOFFSTOWN, N.H. - The Republican presidential debate Saturday broke out into a volley of charges and counter-charges between the candidates, but left front-runner Mitt Romney almost entirely unscathed in the second-to-last forum before Tuesday's New Hampshire primary.
Michael O'Brien / msnbc.com:
Sunday debate offers GOP hopeful second chance at fireworks  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Republican presidential hopefuls will have a renewed opportunity to draw contrasts with each other in their second of two debates in a 12-hour span on Sunday morning.  —  A Saturday night debate …
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
GOP debate: No love for gay marriage  —  Republican presidential candidates staked out their positions on gay marriage during a Saturday debate in New Hampshire, where gay couples have been legally permitted to marry since 2010.  —  Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney want gay couples to enjoy certain benefits …
Discussion: The Politico
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Romney's private sector record cross-examined in NH Republican debate
Discussion: The Politico and CNN
A.Killough / CNN:
Gingrich in friendly attack-mode ahead of debate
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Romney Trips On Contraception Question: 'It's Working Just Fine, Just Leave It Alone'  —  At tonight's ABC News/WMUR Republican presidential debate at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney stumbled badly on a Constitutional question …
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Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Team Romney: Steph ‘obsessed’ with contraception  —  MANCHESTER, NH — Aides to Gov. Mitt Romney were left shaking their heads late Saturday night after a question directed to Romney by ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on the issue of contraception.  After the debate, one top Romney aide …
Discussion: Instapundit
James V. Grimaldi / Washington Post:
Billionaire Adelson gives millions to Gingrich Super PAC  —  Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has given $5 million to an independent committee supporting GOP presidential aspirant Newt Gingrich, the first of what is expected to be many millions the Las Vegas billionaire plans to spend this election year.
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Social conservatives start to coalesce around Santorum
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Gary Bauer to endorse Rick Santorum
Discussion: Reuters, The Politico and CNN
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Rick Santorum to get Gary Bauer endorsement Sunday
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Trailing in New Hampshire, Jon Huntsman takes the long view  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — More than 160 New Hampshire events and counting to his name, Jon Huntsman is hoping to pull off a political miracle Tuesday with the same shoe-leather campaign Rick Santorum ran with success in Iowa.
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Paul pushback on Huntsman video
Emily Goodin / Ballot Box:
Huntsman's New Hampshire strategy: ‘Speak from the heart’
Discussion: The Politico and CNN
Associated Press:
MSNBC chief: No decision on Pat Buchanan's return  —  (AP) PASADENA, Calif. — MSNBC's top executive said Saturday that he hasn't decided whether conservative commentator and author Pat Buchanan will be allowed back on the network.  —  Buchanan, a former GOP presidential candidate …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The Grating Santorum  —  MANCHESTER, N.H.  —  RICK SANTORUM was locking down the youth vote.  —  The man who fondly recalls nuns rapping his knuckles with rulers did some verbal knuckle-rapping of his own on Thursday with students at a forum in Concord hosted by New England College.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
ThinkProgress:
Didn't matter, Matthew said, since the medicine obviously wasn't for him. … The situation got worse from there.  Melbourne put his wife on the phone and even Googled the medication to show the pharmacist there was no law against selling it to a man.  But “she didn't want to see it,” he said.
Joseph W. McQuaid / unionleader.com:
Crisis for America  —  This newspaper has endorsed Newt Gingrich in Tuesday's Primary for one simple and important reason.  America is at a very dangerous point, and the current economic hole we are in is just part of the problem.  —  Former Speaker Gingrich is the one candidate who has the experience …
Discussion: The Politico and The Page
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Santorum Accuses Obama Of ‘Elitist Snobbery’ For Wanting Every Child To Go To College  —  ThinkProgress filed this report from Amherst, New Hampshire  —  President Obama has laid out an ambitious agenda for America's high school students, stating that by 2020, he wants the United States …
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Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Santorum: All Students Shouldn't Be Pushed to Go to College
Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite and The Hill
 
 
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