memeorandum: Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich appeal for slots on Virginia ballot (Josh Gerstein/The Politico)

4:50 PM ET, January 15, 2012

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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:

Gingrich faces tough questions at SC campaign event with black church — GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich faced a round of tough questions in a campaign event before an African-American church in South Carolina on Saturday. — Gingrich spoke with members of the Jones Memorial …

Discussion: CNN, The Politico and The Hinterland Gazette

Brendan Sasso / Ballot Box:

Perry vows to fight on, regardless of result in South Carolina primary — Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Sunday vowed to continue his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination in Florida, regardless of his finish in the South Carolina primary. — “That's our intention,” he told Candy Crowley on CNN's State of the Union.

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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:

Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich appeal for slots on Virginia ballot — Texas Gov. Rick Perry's lawyers filed a motion with a federal appeals court Sunday, seeking to win him a place on the Republican presidential primary ballot in Virginia even though his campaign failed to gather the 10,000 signatures required by state law.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and The Other McCain

Amy Bingham / ABCNEWS:

SuperPAC Satire: Colbert Tells ABC About Faux Run — Running for president is hard work. But for comedian Stephen Colbert, who announced his plans to “explore” a presidential bid in South Carolina earlier this week, it's not the long hours of campaigning or the intense public scrutiny …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh and The Politico

New York Times:
Conservative Religious Leaders, Seeking Unity, Vote to Back Santorum

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ABCNEWS:
Romney Gives Unemployed Woman Cash on Ropeline

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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Optimistic Poll Data

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ABCNEWS:
SC Republicans Boo Newt Gingrich Over Romney Attacks

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Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Romney opens 21-point lead in South Carolina: Reuters/Ipsos poll

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New York Times:

The 1 Percent Paint a More Nuanced Portrait of the Rich — KINGS POINT, N.Y. — Adam Katz is happy to talk to reporters when he is promoting his business, a charter flight company based on Long Island called Talon Air. — But when the subject was his position as one of America's top earners, he balked.

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The State:

Huntsman could bring us back together — AFTER MONTHS of flirting with candidates who considered inexperience an asset, obstinance and vitriol a virtue and extremism — even flakiness — a job requirement, Republican voters seem to be settling down. Increasingly, they are rallying around …

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Candice M. Giove / New York Post:

‘Occupy’ art a stinker — It's political dis-scent: An olfactory artist has transported the stench of Occupy Wall Street from Zuccotti Park to a Staten Island art gallery. — “The Smell of a Critical Moment,” which opened yesterday at Doorways on Van Duzer Street, features 99 T-shirts …

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Associated Press:

Pakistan Taliban Leader Reportedly Killed in U.S. Drone Strike — ISLAMABAD - Intercepted militant radio communications indicate the leader of the Pakistani Taliban may have been killed in a recent U.S. drone strike, Pakistani intelligence officials said Sunday. A Taliban official denied that.

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Bloomberg:

Jamie Dimon's Plan to Fix the Housing Market — Jamie Dimon has a plan to fix the U.S. housing market: lock mortgage lenders and regulators behind closed doors until they figure it out. — “I would convene all the people involved in the business, I would close the door …

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
White House signals more aggressive stance to protect homeowners

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Nycsouthpaw / BuzzFeed:

Huffington Post Twitter Feed Got Hacked — The widely followed Twitter account @HuffingtonPost has been posting homophobic and strange messages Sunday afternoon. One tweet attributes the hacking to the “New York Post.”

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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:

Sen. Reid blasts Republican lawmakers for ‘obstructionism on steroids’ — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) blasted Republicans for what he called “obstructionism on steroids” on Sunday and said he hoped that GOP lawmakers would return to Washington willing to “compromise” with Democrats.

Discussion: The Politico

Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:

With ‘angry black woman’ remark, Michelle Obama addresses race head-on — Michelle Obama finally went there. — The first lady jumped head first into a discussion about racial issues. — She and her husband, the first African-American president, have mostly avoided addressing race except …

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The White House:

COMBATING ONLINE PIRACY WHILE PROTECTING AN OPEN AND INNOVATIVE INTERNET — Thanks for taking the time to sign this petition. Both your words and actions illustrate the importance of maintaining an open and democratic Internet. — Right now, Congress is debating a few pieces …

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