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7:00 AM ET, January 17, 2012

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Mark Halperin / The Page:
“Easy Answer,” Hard Ad  —  FIRST ON THE PAGE: New Santorum South Carolina TV spot finally goes where many conservatives (and commentators) expected Romney rivals to go.  —  Hits on Palmetto State TV stations Tuesday.  —  The script: … Watch it here.  »  —  HALPERIN'S TAKE
Discussion: The Other McCain, Hot Air and USA Today
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Romney Has 23-Point GOP Lead Nationally  —  Romney is up 13 points since just before Iowa caucuses  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Mitt Romney has climbed to a commanding 23-point lead over his nearest competitor among Republican registered voters nationally, based on interviewing conducted Jan. 11-15.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney way up in Florida  —  Mitt Romney's in a strong position to win this weekend in South Carolina, and he's in an even stronger position to follow it up with a big win in Florida.  Our first Sunshine State poll of 2012 finds Romney with a 15 point lead at 41% to Newt Gingrich's 26% …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Hot Air and Poll Watch Daily
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Attacks fly in Republican debate  —  Newt Gingrich was put on the defensive with the first question of Monday night's GOP presidential debate when he was asked about his recent attacks on Mitt Romney.  —  The former speaker repeatedly avoided making the same strident attacks on Romney's private-sector record he's made in recent weeks.
Justin Sink / Ballot Box:
GOP debate: Crowd gets rowdy when candidates talk foreign policy  —  The crowd at the GOP debate in military-heavy South Carolina got rowdy during a discussion of foreign policy, booing Ron Paul heartily and whooping and cheering when the other candidates took a hard line on foreign involvement.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Wallacegw / CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama tied with Romney & Paul in November showdowns  —  Washington (CNN) - Mitt Romney is all tied up with President Barack Obama in a likely general election matchup, with the president showing signs of weakness on the economy and Romney seen as out of touch with ordinary Americans, according to a new national survey.
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Activists say pro-Santorum vote was rigged  —  A civil war is breaking out among evangelical leaders over allegations of a rigged election and ballot stuffing at a Saturday gathering of religious and social conservatives.  —  At the meeting about 150 religious conservative activists at the Benham …
Zeke Miller / Politics:
Santorum Rattles Mitt Romney  —  He presses the frontrunner on an attack ad about allowing felons to vote.  The frontrunner stumbles.  —  Source: youtube.com  —  MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina—Rick Santorum put a target on Mitt Romney's back in tonight's Fox News presidential debate here, and didn't let up.
Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Romney in Line of Fire at SC Debate
A.Killough / CNN:
Gingrich pitch to conservatives: Don't vote for Santorum
Discussion: The Politico, Hot Air and Vodkapundit
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
National Polls Suggest Romney Is Overwhelming Favorite for G.O.P. Nomination
Discussion: Hit & Run, Carolina Live and CNN
A.Killough / CNN:
Santorum's wife: Rick doesn't hate anyone
Discussion: TBogg
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Group spends $6 million linking Obama to Solyndra in ad
Discussion: Ballot Box and The Impolitic
Congressman Allen West / Facebook:
Mr. President, please don't play the race card in 2012...  Mr. President, please don't play the race card in 2012  —  I was born in the inner city of Atlanta in 1961, when segregation was still rife, at a time when I would have been barred from visiting the very beaches that make up part …
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New York Times:
Forceful Attack Against Romney in G.O.P. Debate
Nancy Hass / The Daily Beast:
Before Karen Met Rick  —  The GOP contender's hard-core pro-life wife once dated an abortion provider.  Nancy Hass on their time together.  —  Karen Santorum, the ultra-pro-life wife and mother of seven home-schooled children, has been the perfect complement to her husband, Rick, as he chases the Republican presidential nomination.
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Arianna Huffington Critical Of Michelle Obama Over Seeming Indifference To Poverty  —  HUFF: THAT'S NOT ENOUGH  —  Arianna To MO: Watch The Bel Air Trips  —  How will they pin this one on conservatives?  —  From our establishment media friends, nearly every criticism of Michelle Obama …
Washington Examiner:
York: Final count could show Romney lost Iowa  —  A pile of counted ballots for the Republican presidential nominee sit on a table in the cafeteria at Kennedy High School during a caucus in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday, January 3, 2011.  (AP Photo/The Gazette, Cliff Jette)
Fox News:
Reid on bipartisanship: Republicans, drop the Tea Party ‘extremism’  —  Saying it's time to rebuild America by working together to create jobs, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Sunday prepared for Congress' return to Washington this week with a warning to Republicans to leave Tea Party …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Measuring futility  —  The Times' analysis looked at six …
Kevin Drum / Political Mojo:
Jon Hunstman, It Turns Out, Just Isn't That Good a Politician  —  Since I'm feeling lazy this morning, I'm going to outsource my Jon Huntsman commentary to a reader.  As it happens, he says exactly what I was thinking anyway about Huntsman's exit from the race:
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David Weigel / Slate:
Jon Huntsman's Presidential Campaign, RIP
Discussion: CNN and Democracy in America
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Riding Electability & Expectations, Romney Rolls to 35 Percent Support  —  Bolstered by the twin engines of electability and perceived inevitability, Mitt Romney's on a roll, advancing in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll to a 2-to-1 lead over his closest competitor in support for the Republican presidential nomination.
Discussion: The Page
Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
Wikipedia to shut down on Wednesday to protest anti-online piracy legislation  —  Wikipedia will black out on Wednesday to protest two controversial Internet piracy bills, founder Jimmy Wales announced Monday.  —  “Student warning!  Do your homework early.  Wikipedia protesting bad law on Wednesday,” Wales wrote in a Tweet.
Amanda Peterson Beadle / ThinkProgress:
On MLK Day, Romney Campaigning With Anti-Immigrant Official Tied To Hate Groups  —  On a day set aside to honor civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., Mitt Romney plans to tout his extreme immigration positions during a campaign stop in South Carolina today — with Kris Kobach …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
How Fares the Dream?  —  “I have a dream,” declared Martin Luther King …
 
 
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Mitra Amiri / Reuters:
Iran cracks down on Barbie, plans toys of captured U.S. drone
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers
Wolfgang Münchau / Financial Times:
After the downgrades comes the downward spiral
New York Post:
Private-sector experience? Oh, no!
Discussion: TBogg
Robert Pear / New York Times:
U.S. to Tell Drug Makers to Disclose Payments to Doctors
Discussion: The Raw Story and Truthdig
Burlington Free Press:
Vermont delegation rewarded staffers with $236,830 in bonuses
Discussion: Big Government and Don Surber
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