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12:05 AM ET, January 10, 2012

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Josh Lederman / The Hill:
Crowd boos mentioning of McCain's name at Santorum event  —  SOMERSWORTH, N.H. — Drawing an implicit contrast with Mitt Romney on the eve of the first-in-the-nation primary, Rick Santorum on Monday implored New Hampshire not to settle for a centrist, establishment candidate.
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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.
WSJ Blogs - WSJ:
Romney Gets Instant Flak for Saying ‘You Can Fire Them’
A.Killough / CNN:   McCain: Super PACs will result in scandal, corruption
Emily Goodin / Ballot Box:
Romney looks forward to South Carolina
Discussion: CNN and The Politico
Mark Maremont / Wall Street Journal:
Romney at Bain: Big Gains, Some Busts
CNN:
Romney under fire as first primary vote approaches
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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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The Politico:
Bill Daley resignation: Why he had to go  —  The Bill Daley era on Monday screeched to a jarring, clattering conclusion.  —  Daley, who departs after a little more than a year as President Barack Obama's chief of staff, was never a great fit inside the West Wing — and Obama …
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Daley to leave White House
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Why You Cannot Say You ‘Like’ Firing People  —  As Derek Thompson points out on our site, and as the Romney campaign will be fully justified in reiterating, obviously Mitt Romney did not mean that he enjoys the process of telling people “you're gone!” when he made his infamous “I like being able to fire people” remark in New Hampshire.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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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 …
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Poll: Among GOP hopefuls, Romney fares best against Obama  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds a two-point lead against President Obama …
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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 …
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Poll: 58% of Republicans want more presidential choices
Discussion: Hot Air
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Texas Voting Rights Case Heard by Supreme Court  —  WASHINGTON — Several members of the Supreme Court appeared frustrated on Monday as they surveyed the available options and looming deadlines in a major voting rights case from Texas that could help decide control of the House.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
A way out on Texas?  —  Analysis  —  Well aware that it must act swiftly, the Supreme Court on Monday pondered two simple ways and one considerably more complex way to let Texas go forward with its 2012 elections for state legislature and Congress, but left open the possibility …
Discussion: Election Law Blog and The Politico
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
A weak defense of EPA (UPDATED)
ABCNEWS:
Supreme Court Hears Messy Texas Redistricting Case
Discussion: CNN and SCOTUSblog
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 …
Torie Bosch / Slate:
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie Responds to Female Hecklers With Offensive Oral Sex Joke … - New Hampshire Debate: Gingrich Attacks Romney for His “Pious Baloney” - CBS Stakes Its Claim as the Adult Contemporary of the Network Morning Shows  — Chris Christie Responds to Female Hecklers With Lame …
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 …
Jay Nordlinger / National Review:
Conservatives vs. Capitalism  —  The last two presidential election cycles have revealed a stinking hypocrisy in conservatives: They profess their love of capitalism and entrepreneurship, but when offered a real capitalist and entrepreneur, they go, “Eek, a mouse!”  And they tear him down in proud social-democrat fashion.
Christian Newswire:
Satan Cheers Graham, Osteen, Starr for Not Telling the Truth About Mormonism  —  Contact: Bill Keller, bkeller@liveprayer.com, 727-420-7005  —  Bill Keller, the world's leading Internet Evangelist and the founder of LivePrayer.com, with over 2.4 million subscribers worldwide reading …
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
 
 
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MaryAnn Spoto / New Jersey Online:
Sweeney: N.J. gay marriage fight will be with Christie, not Legislature
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
California Bars Prisoner From Reading ‘The Atlantic’
Discussion: Mediaite
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
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Discussion: Althouse and Above the Law
Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Gay marriage a threat to humanity's future: Pope
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CNN:
U.S. expels Venezuelan diplomat in Miami
Robert Barro / Wall Street Journal:
An Exit Strategy From the Euro
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Campaign Disavows Pro-Gay Rights Flyer From 2002
 

 
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