memeorandum: Gingrich comes out swinging in S.C. debate (CNN)

4:10 PM ET, January 20, 2012

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Wallacegw / CNN:

Fake CNN email used as dirty trick in South Carolina — CNN did not send out the email alert. — Follow the Ticker on Twitter: @politicalticker — It's not clear how many people received the fake email, though at least two members of the South Carolina GOP Executive Committee …

Discussion: The Politico, FITSNews, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Outside the Beltway, Balloon Juice, The Daily Caller, TVNewser, Washington Post and Daily Kos

Frank Newport / Gallup:

Romney's National Lead Down to 10 Points — Romney 30%, Gingrich 20% in the latest Gallup Daily tracking — PRINCETON, NJ — Mitt Romney is a considerably weaker front-runner among Republican registered voters nationally than he was at the beginning of the week.

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Jonathan Martinand Alexander Burns / Reuters:

Why Newt Gingrich is surging in South Carolina — NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — The final debate before the South Carolina primary brought into sharp relief why Newt Gingrich is re-emerging as a contender and Mitt Romney is stumbling toward the finish line. — With a rousing denunciation …

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Steve Kornacki / Salon:

The power of conservative victimhood — It took Newt about five minutes to steal the show at the final pre-South Carolina debate — If Newt Gingrich does pull off a victory in South Carolina on Saturday, he'll owe it to the skill with which he has tapped into the right's persecution complex …

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Clemson University:

Clemson Palmetto Poll finds Gingrich leading, 20% of S.C. voters still uncommitted — CLEMSON, S.C. — With polls opening in less than 24 hours for the important South Carolina presidential primary election, the final Palmetto Poll shows Newt Gingrich leading over Mitt Romney in a gritty battle fraught …

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Mitt Romney for President of the United States …:

“I THINK GRANDIOSE THOUGHTS” — Location — A Selection Of Speaker Gingrich's Thoughts Over The Years — Gingrich on Gingrich: — “I Am Essentially A Revolutionary.” (Adam Clymer, “House Revolutionary,” The New York Times, 8/23/92) — “Philosophically, I Am Very Different …

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Romney's ‘Prevent Defense’ Yielding Big Gains to Opponents

Discussion: American Prospect, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, A plain blog about politics, The New Republic, Wonkette, Outside the Beltway and The Mahablog

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
How Gingrich connects

Discussion: Wake up America

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Newt to GOP: Pass Medicare Part D or 'you don't deserve to govern'

Discussion: The Politico, American Spectator and National Review

Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
GOP Debate: Gingrich Kills Infidelity Question, and That's Just the Start

Discussion: Indecision Forever

Tim Mak / The Politico:
Stephen Colbert: Newt Gingrich a ‘Southern gentleman’

Discussion: CNN and Guardian

Anita Kumar / Washington Post:
McDonnell to endorse Romney for president

Discussion: American Prospect, CNN and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Romney calls on Gingrich to release House Ethics report

Discussion: Daily Kos

msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Showdown in South Carolina

Discussion: The Politico, A plain blog about politics and 2012 Decoded

Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Palin: ‘Dumb arses’ in media ‘overplayed their hand’ with Gingrich

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CNN:
Gingrich comes out swinging in S.C. debate

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Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Newt: CNN ‘Despicable’ To Bring Up ‘Trash’ Open Marriage Story

Discussion: The Impolitic, Firedoglake, Oliver Willis, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Hullabaloo and Seeing the Forest

Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:

Breaking News: Supreme Court Decides Texas Redistricting Case, Reverses Lower Court — In a unanimous per curiam opinion, the Supreme Court (with Justice Thomas concurring separately in the judgment) has reversed the maps drawn by the three judge court and remanded to draw new maps under new standards.

Discussion: Off the Kuff, Daily Kos, ACS Blog and Political Watch

Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:

Court rejects Texas maps, delays W.Va. map — UPDATE 12:09 a.m. Two hours after issuing its ruling on Texas's redistricting dispute, the Supreme Court put on hold a lower court's decision striking down the West Virginia legislature's new plan for electing that state's three members of the House of Representatives.

Discussion: TEXAS REDISTRICTING, Greg's Opinion, msnbc.com, Election Law Blog and Swampland

Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:

SCOTUS kills judge-drawn Texas map — The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a severe blow to Democrats Friday, throwing out a district court-drawn Texas redistricting plan that Republicans vigorously fought to have overturned. — The justices determined that a San Antonio-based federal court tasked …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Kevinliptak / CNN: Judge-drawn Texas redistricting map tossed out by Supreme Court

Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court sides with Texas on redistricting plan

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Adam Liptak / The Caucus:
Supreme Court Rejects Judge-Drawn Maps in Texas Redistricting Case

Discussion: Washington Monthly, RedState and The Stranger …

Julian Pecquet / The Hill:

Health plans ordered to cover birth control without co-pays — Most healthcare plans will be required to cover birth control without charging co-pays or deductibles starting Aug. 1, the Obama administration announced Friday. — The final regulation retains the approach federal health officials proposed …

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ThinkProgress:

Obama Administration Approves Rule That Guarantees Near-Universal Contraceptive Coverage — Our guest blogger is Jessica Arons, Director of the Women's Health and Rights Program at American Progress. — Today, in a huge victory for women's health, Health and Human Services Secretary …

Discussion: Firedoglake, Salon, The Gateway Pundit, Hullabaloo and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Jennifer Martinez / The Politico:

SOPA and PIPA dead ? for now — House and Senate leaders abandoned plans to move on SOPA and PIPA on Friday — the surest sign yet that a wave of online protests have killed the controversial anti-piracy legislation for now and maybe forever. — SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith …

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Aaron / Senate Democrats:
Reid Statement On Intellectual Property Bill

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Sydney Morning Herald:

Love online: 100,000 Grindr users exposed in hack attack — The Grindr app, left, and founder Joel Simkhai's profile. — A popular “meat-market” smartphone app that spawned a sexual revolution in Australia's gay community has been compromised by a Sydney hacker, potentially exposing …

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Taxes at the Top — Call me peculiar, but I'm actually enjoying the spectacle of Mitt Romney doing the Dance of the Seven Veils — partly out of voyeurism, of course, but also because it's about time that we had this discussion. — The theme of his dance, for those who haven't been paying attention, is taxes — his own taxes.

Discussion: JustOneMinute, The Moderate Voice, Prairie Weather, Washington Post, Paul Krugman and Greg Mankiw's Blog

Wall Street Journal:
How Much the Rich Pay — Mitt Romney, the 1% and taxes.

Discussion: Althouse

Bloomberg:

Canada Pledges to Sell Oil to Asia After Obama Rejects Keystone Pipeline — President Barack Obama's decision yesterday to reject a permit for TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone XL oil pipeline may prompt Canada to turn to China for oil exports. — Prime Minister Stephen Harper …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and White House Dossier

Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
Rejecting the Keystone pipeline is an act of insanity

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Todd Leopold / CNN:

Singing legend Etta James dies at 73 — Etta James, here performing at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2009, died Friday, January 20, due to complications from leukeimia, said her longtime friend and manager, Lupe De Leon. The singer was 73. — HIDE CAPTION — Etta James through the years

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ABCNEWS:

Obama Sings Soul Tune in Harlem — Shortly after taking the stage tonight for a fundraiser at the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem, President Obama broke into song. — Obama, standing behind the presidential podium, thanked his hosts and the performers who preceded him, including soul singer Al Green.

Discussion: Mashable!, The Impolitic, Gothamist, Talking Points Memo and alicublog

Tjfang / CBS San Francisco:

Bankrupt Solyndra Caught Destroying Brand New Parts — FREMONT (CBS 5) — After filing for bankruptcy last year, Fremont solar company Solyndra still owes American taxpayers half a billion dollars. But CBS 5 caught them destroying millions of dollars worth of parts.

Discussion: Hot Air and Atlas Shrugs

aina.org:

Muslims in Egypt Burn Christian Homes and Shops, Attack Church — (AINA) — A Muslim mob attacked Copts today in the Upper Egyptian village of Rahmaniya-Kebly, Nag Hammadi, Qena province, destroying and torching their homes, straw huts and shops, while chanting Allahu Akbar.

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