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7:05 PM ET, January 9, 2012

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Mark Maremont / Wall Street Journal:
Romney at Bain: Big Gains, Some Busts  —  Mitt Romney's political foes are stepping up attacks based on his time running investment firm Bain Capital, tagging him with making a fortune from the rougher side of American capitalism—even as Mr. Romney says his Bain tenure shows he knows how to build businesses.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Gingrich Swift Boats Romney  —  There is an informal set of rules governing attacks in the presidential primary campaigns, so as to keep things within the healthy, winnowing spirit of Darwinian competition, and away from dangerous subversion of the eventual nominee.
Reuters:
Mitt Romney and the Bain bomb  —  NASHUA, N.H. — Forget his specific rivals.  The biggest threat to Mitt Romney is hitting now and set to fully detonate in South Carolina: it's the Bain bomb.  —  While conservatives look unlikely to unite around one alternative to Romney …
The Caucus:
Gingrich's Own Close Tie to Buyout Industry
Discussion: Hot Air, The Page and DealBook
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Romney Waves Away Opponents' Intensifying Attacks
Christi Parsons / Los Angeles Times:
William Daley to step down as Obama's chief of staff  —  White House Chief of Staff William Daley, left, confers with White House Press Secretary Jay Carney as President Barack Obama addresses the media in the briefing room of the White Hous.  (Win McNamee/Getty Images / December 8, 2011)
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Daley to leave White House  —  White House Chief of Staff William Daley will step down from his post at the end of the month, according to a senior administration official.  —  Daley will be replaced by Jack Lew, head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).  —  Daley submitted a letter of resignation to Obama last week.
Discussion: CNN, The Politico and The PJ Tatler
Mark Landler / The Caucus:
Lew to Replace Daley as White House Chief of Staff
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Daley to step down as chief of staff
Discussion: CNN and Outside the Beltway
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
‘I like being able to fire people’  —  Mitt Romney's detractors in both parties are eager to point out one of the more glaring problems with the former governor's background: he's put thousands of Americans out of work.  —  And with that push in mind, Romney's critics could hardly believe …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Romney didn't really say he enjoys firing people  —  Dems are jumping up and down this morning because, as Taegan Goddard puts it, they've “caught him on video saying he likes firing people.”  —  Let me go on record saying it would be misleading and unfair to clip the video in question …
Byron Tau / The Politico:
Obama spokesman: ‘!!!’  —  Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt tweets …
Ashley Parker / The Caucus:
Romney Firing Remarks Draw Criticism From Huntsman
Laura Conaway / The Maddow Blog:
And Mitt Romney keeps on talking
Santina Leuci / ABCNEWS:
Todd Palin Endorses Newt Gingrich  —  ABC News' Santina Leuci and Z. Byron Wolf report:  —  Sarah Palin's husband is endorsing Newt Gingrich for president, Todd Palin told ABC News today.  —  But Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and John McCain's 2008 Republican running mate …
Matthew Breen / Advocate:
Gayest Cities in America, 2012  —  It's no secret that megalopolises New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles have robust LGBT life — and we've even heard tell of little queer hoods like the Castro and P-Town.  This isn't that list.  —  There's the official census with information …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Record-High 40% of Americans Identify as Independents in '11  —  More Americans identify as Democrats than as Republicans, 31% to 27%  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The percentage of Americans identifying as political independents increased in 2011, as is common in a non-election year …
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
GOP Voters Still Unenthused About Presidential Field  —  Romney Ahead Nationally, Santorum Gains Ground  —  OVERVIEW  —  On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, Republican voters continue to express mixed views of the party's presidential field.  Roughly half (51%) of Republican …
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Supreme Court grapples with messy Texas redistricting case  —  The Supreme Court justices grappled to find a way to resolve a messy Texas redistricting case during oral arguments Monday morning, presenting then knocking down a variety of small-bore solutions to reach an interim map for Texas's congressional and state-level elections.
Discussion: CNN
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Robin Bravender / The Politico:
SCOTUS upholds foreign money ban
Discussion: Election Law Blog
American Prospect:   Battle of the Supremes  —  The Montana Supreme Court …
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Media mob chases Ron Paul from campaign stop in New Hampshire  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — A campaign stop at a New Hampshire eatery unraveled into a bit of a circus when the media scrum chasing Ron Paul apparently became too much for the 76-year-old Texas congressman to handle.
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Michael Barbaro / The Caucus:
Paul Cuts Off CNN, Again
Discussion: Slate, Washington Post and The Hill
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Campaign Disavows Pro-Gay Rights Flyer From 2002 … GOP Debate , Mitt Romney , Republican Debate , Video , New Hampshire Primary , Romney Gay Rights , Romney New Hampshire , Mitt Romney 2012 , New Hampshire Primary 2012 , New Hampshire Romney , Social Issues , Politics News
Richard Black / BBC:
Carbon emissions ‘will defer Ice Age’  —  The climate, if not species, of an Ice Age “ought” to return within 1,500 years  —  Human emissions of carbon dioxide will defer the next Ice Age, say scientists.  —  The last Ice Age ended about 11,500 years ago, and when the next one should begin has not been entirely clear.
Robert Barro / Wall Street Journal:
An Exit Strategy From the Euro  —  The euro can be phased out the same way Europe's individual currencies were.  The bonds of troubled member states would benefit as a result.  —  Until recently, the euro seemed destined to encompass all of Europe.  No longer.
Discussion: Marginal Revolution and EconLog
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Reuters:
Merkel, Sarkozy press for quick Greek solution
Discussion: Truthdig
 
 
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
California Bars Prisoner From Reading ‘The Atlantic’
Discussion: Mediaite
Jay Nordlinger / National Review:
Conservatives vs. Capitalism
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
A weak defense of EPA (UPDATED)
Torie Bosch / Slate:
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie Responds to Female Hecklers With Offensive Oral Sex Joke
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Sidebar: Sidebar: Teresa Wagner's Lawsuit Against Iowa Law School Pits Activism Against Diversity
Discussion: Above the Law and Althouse
Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Gay marriage a threat to humanity's future: Pope
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Joe. My. God.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
America Locked A Children's Humanitarian Aid Worker In Gitmo For Seven Years
Discussion: Crooked Timber and Sky Dancing
 Earlier Items: 
David Remnick / New Yorker:
STATE OF THE UNION  — BOOKS - MOVIES - ART - MUSIC …
Discussion: Althouse
Haaretz:
VIDEO / Israeli Knesset member throws cup of water on colleague at height of heated argument
Fox News:
Suspected Islamic Extremist Arrested in Alleged Florida Bomb Plot
Discussion: Jihad Watch and The PJ Tatler
Wall Street Journal:
Rick Santorum's Economy
David Kotok / Business Insider:
An Alarming Development In China That Everyone Has Missed
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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